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  EU Moves To Block Meta's WhatsApp Restriction On AI Rivals

  By William Janes

  The European Union's competition regulator revealed Monday it plans to impose restrictive measures on Meta over ...(read more)

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  Bristol Airport Challenges Cardiff's £200M Subsidy Package

  By Joanne Faulkner

  Bristol Airport told a tribunal on Monday that it "relishes" competition but that a decision by the Welsh govern...(read more)

• Boohoo Investors Battle Over Split £177M Sweatshop Trial

  By Sophia Dourou

  Investors argued on Monday that the question of whether misleading statements by Boohoo on its use of sweatshops induced them to invest in the fast fashion giant should be determined at the second stage of their £177 million ($242 million) claim.

• Slaughter and May Leads NatWest £2.7B Wealth Manager Buy

  By Dawood Fakhir

  NatWest said Monday that it has agreed to acquire British wealth manager Evelyn Partners from Permira, a global investment company, and private equity firm Warburg Pincus for £2.7 billion ($3.7 billion) to boost its private banking and wealth management business.

• Weil Helps Advent, FedEx Buy Poland's InPost For €7.8B

  By Najiyya Budaly

  A consortium that includes U.S. private equity firm Advent International LP and FedEx Corp. said Monday that it has agreed to buy InPost for €7.8 billion ($9.2 billion) to back the growth in Europe of the Polish parcel locker company.

• How Olympians Can Skate Over Thin Ice With IP Law In Milan

  By Jamie Lennox

  As the world's top athletes descend on northern Italy for Friday's opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics, they must prepare to walk a tightrope of intellectual property rules that are unique among global sports tournaments.

• Elton John Says Mail Intrusion Was 'Outside Human Decency'

  By Ronan Barnard

  Elton John told a London court Friday that alleged invasions of his family's privacy by the publisher of the Daily Mail were "outside even the most basic standards of human decency."

• Insurance Market Braces For Landmark COVID Furlough Case

  By Martin Croucher

  Britain's top court is to hear a COVID-19 dispute that will affect the immediate survival of thousands of businesses and have long-term ramifications for how insurers treat state support at times of crisis in the future.

• UK TM Rights Don't Apply To Pre-Brexit EU Disputes

  By Hanna Vioque

  Europe's top court ruled Thursday that intellectual property owners cannot rely on earlier U.K. trademarks in European opposition proceedings that began before Brexit, unless they can show those rights continued in other member states after the U.K.'s withdrawal from the European Union. 

• OFSI Overhauls Its Powers, But Lawyers Doubt Impact

  By Christopher Crosby

  Moves to double the fining powers of Britain's sanctions watchdog would have little impact on enforcement, lawyers fear, although they say that a proposed program for agreeing settlements with companies could be just enough to speed up the regulator's cases.

• Clyde & Co.'s Hamburg Team Leaving To Launch New Firm

  By Ashish Sareen

  Clyde & Co. LLP is set to lose its team in Hamburg, with almost all of its members departing to form a new boutique law firm.

• Amazon Attacks £4B Class Actions Over 'Outrageous' Funding

  By Sophia Dourou

  Amazon sought permission on Thursday to challenge two class actions totaling more than £4 billion ($5.4 billion) over its unfair treatment of third-party sellers, arguing that the Competition Appeal Tribunal was wrong to certify the claims without grappling with their "outrageous" funding agreements.

• UK Moots Further Exceptions To Delayed Fire And Rehire Law

  By Adele Redmond

  Employers would be able to fire and rehire staff who reject changes to shifts and cuts to housing, share schemes and compensation for expenses under proposals by the government on Wednesday to further dilute its crackdown on the cost-cutting tactic.

• Quinn Emanuel Client Appeals To Block Ex-Staffer's Abuse

  By Eddie Beaver

  A client of Quinn Emanuel argued at a London appeals court on Wednesday that judges can restrain a former employee from sending abusive messages to the firm's lawyers if the conduct interferes with the court's processes.