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  Lambretta Owner Says Betrayal Fueled Brand Rights Grab

  By Eddie Beaver

  The company claiming ownership of the Lambretta brand told a court on Wednesday that a longtime licensee betraye...(read more)

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  Bratz Maker Fends Off Startup's £90M Antitrust Appeal

  By Sophia Dourou

  A startup toymaker failed on Wednesday to revive its claim against MGA Entertainment after the Court of Appeal r...(read more)

• DWP Boss Says Admin Errors Likely To Be Inevitable

  By Martin Croucher

  The new top civil servant at the Department for Work and Pensions said Wednesday that more administrative errors are likely to be inevitable because of antiquated computer systems and the scale of the work.

• Gov't To Probe Sky's £1.6B ITV Buy Over Public Interest

  By Najiyya Budaly

  The culture secretary said Wednesday that she will intervene in Sky Group's proposed £1.6 billion ($2.2 billion) purchase of the broadcast and streaming division of ITV to safeguard media plurality in the U.K.

• Architect Cannot Block Builder's £7.3M Cladding Defect Claim

  By Isabel Jackson

  Architect Hawkins Brown cannot block United Living's £7.3 million ($10 million) claim over cladding defects at a London development, a court ruled Tuesday, finding the builder acted in good faith by excluding the allegations from an earlier dispute.

• Ex-QPR Player Seeks £165K Over Docs Irwin Mitchell Withheld

  By Adele Redmond

  A professional footballer sought nearly £165,000 ($221,000) in wasted costs from Irwin Mitchell LLP on Tuesday, after the firm accepted that a former Irwin Mitchell solicitor negligently withheld documents from the Football Association that were relevant to the midfielder's racism claim.

• CPS Prosecutor Rapped For Citing AI-Created Precedent

  By Max Austin

  A senior prosecutor at the Crown Prosecution Service has admitted to citing a made-up legal precedent during a High Court review over a child defendant, the agency's second slip-up this year over false submissions.

• Netflix Can't Pause UPC Dispute Over Video Playback Patent

  By Max Austin

  Netflix has failed to pause an injunction won by a U.S. rival over a video streaming patent, with the Unified Patent Court ruling that a pending challenge at a European intellectual property authority was not reason enough to put the dispute on hold. 

• Google AI Results May Infringe Publishers' IP, EU Court Told

  By Alex Baldwin

  An adviser to the European Union's top court urged justices on Tuesday to rule that the real-time retrieval and use of online press publications by AI chatbots to answer queries may infringe the rights of publishers, in a first-of-its kind copyright dispute against Google.

• Gov't Warnings On Poundland May Prove More Bark Than Bite

  By Najiyya Budaly

  The government's threats to intervene if it finds Gordon Brothers tipped Poundland into insolvency lack legal force, lawyers say, but political pressure and directors' duties could save the retailer because ministers cannot force the owner to accept rescue bids.

• New Cladding Law Puts Manufacturers In Litigation Crosshairs

  By William Janes

  Lawyers believe that the cladding remediation bill before Parliament will draw manufacturers into more building safety disputes by giving developers and contractors an easier route to recover repair costs, widening litigation over who ultimately pays to make residential buildings safe.

• Allianz Loses 'Imminent' Fire Risk Appeal Over £4.2M Claim

  By William Janes

  Allianz failed to have an apartment block owner's £4.2 million ($5.6 million) fire safety repairs claim thrown out on Tuesday, with a London appeals court rejecting its challenge over whether the defects posed a threat of "imminent" damage.

• Gov't Lays Out Major Reforms On 'Guided Retirement'

  By Joel Poultney

  The U.K. government on Tuesday proposed plans that would require retirement savings providers to offer people approaching retirement with default pension options.

• Barrister Keeps Bias Claim Against Ex-Chambers Alive

  By Jamie Lennox

  A tribunal has refused to throw out a barrister's discrimination claim against his former chambers and multiple individuals, ruling in a decision released Tuesday that his claim is not bound to fail.