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  Mobile Phone Giants To Face £3.3B Overcharging Class Action

  By Joanne Faulkner

  The Competition Appeal Tribunal approved on Friday a £3.3 billion ($4.4 billion) collective action alleging that...(read more)

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  How Mishcon Helped Uncover £5.6B Money Laundering Plot

  By Christopher Crosby

  Law360 examines here how a suspicious activity report raised by Mishcon de Reya about a client's attempted trans...(read more)

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• McDermott's London Chief Talks Merger, PE And Expansion

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Just over 100 days after its merger, the London chief of McDermott Will & Schulte LLP already sees the benefits of the combination of hiring senior lawyers and getting new business as the firm prepares to move its offices from the City to Mayfair to be closer its private equity clientele.

• Billionaire Used Spy To Extract Privileged Info From Solicitor

  By Eddie Beaver

  Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego used a private intelligence agent to dupe a law firm partner into divulging privileged and confidential information about a man Salinas claims defrauded him out of more than $415 million, a London court has found.

• Denmark Has Until Dec. 12 To Appeal £1.4B Cum-Ex Defeat

  By Sophia Dourou

  Denmark has 28 days to try to revive its £1.4 billion ($1.8 billion) case over a tax fraud allegedly orchestrated by convicted hedge fund trader Sanjay Shah, a judge said Friday as he gave full reasons for refusing permission to appeal.

• BHP Found Liable In £36B Brazil Dam Collapse Case

  By Joanne Faulkner

  BHP can be held liable in a £36 billion ($47 million) claim for the collapse of a dam in Brazil that triggered the country's worst environmental crisis, a High Court judge ruled Friday, handing a major win to lawyers representing more than 640,000 individuals.

• Carter-Ruck Test Case Could Redefine SRA's Privilege Rights

  By Joanne Faulkner

  The Solicitors Regulation Authority is facing an unprecedented court challenge from Carter-Ruck to its power to force law firms to hand over privileged documents, a case that could embolden clients to refuse consent far more frequently and force legislative reform.

• Getty Ruling A Mixed Bag For Online Copyright Protections

  By Alex Baldwin

  Rightsholders have a clearer path to pursue copyright infringement claims for digital works imported into the U.K. after the High Court's landmark decision in Getty Images' copyright claim against Stability AI, lawyers say, but the decision is likely to leave creatives feeling unable to crack down on artificial intelligence.

• Mastercard Settlement Faces Delay Amid Innsworth Challenge

  By Joanne Faulkner

  Walter Merricks has said he is frustrated by a judicial review launched by the litigation-funder behind his landmark MasterCard claim, which is preventing a share of a £200 million ($263 million) settlement from reaching consumers in Britain.

• A&O Shearman Settles £93M Negligence Claim Against BNY

  By Lucia Osborne-Crowley

  A&O Shearman has settled its case that alleged that Bank of New York Mellon caused Nationwide Building Society to face a £93 million ($122 million) tax bill by bungling the issuance of notes, the parties confirmed on Thursday.

• Microsoft Can't Block Software Resales In £270M CAT Claim

  By Lucia Osborne-Crowley and Alex Baldwin

  A software reseller overcame its first hurdle in its bid to claim £270 million ($355 million) from Microsoft, with a tribunal rejecting Microsoft's argument's that resellers do not have the right to sell on products they have licensed from the tech giant.

• UK Banker Bonus Changes Could Boost Treasury Coffers

  By Josh White

  The U.K.'s relaxation of bonus rules for bankers may result in a tax windfall for HM Treasury along with what financial advisers expect to be a rise in the use of certain investment planning strategies, particularly those used to fund startups.

• Apple Can Appeal $502M FRAND Case To Top UK Court

  By Jamie Lennox

  Apple has won permission to appeal in the U.K.'s top court against a ruling that it must pay $502 million for a FRAND license to equip its iPhones with Optis' essential 4G patents.

• UK Proposes New Cybersecurity Laws To Guard Vital Services

  By William Janes

  The government revealed Wednesday that it will table a battery of new laws to beef up the country's cyber-security defenses for essential public services like healthcare, drinking water, transport and energy.