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  Amazon, InterDigital Video Patent Trial Set For September

  By Alex Baldwin

  The High Court has set the first trial in Amazon's global patent licensing spat with InterDigital for September ...(read more)

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  FCA Warns Wealth Managers On Risk In Advice Consolidation

  By Alex Davidson

  The Financial Conduct Authority said Friday it has found that some companies are relying on risky borrowing when...(read more)

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• Bias For FRAND Forum Is Not Bad Faith, Appeal Court Rules

  By Alex Baldwin

  Chinese technology giant ZTE convinced justices at the Court of Appeal on Friday to overturn a ruling that it acted in bad faith by proposing an interim cross-license with Samsung for its 5G patents on terms set by Chinese courts.

• Nigeria Must Reveal £11M Barristers' Fee Details In Costs Row

  By William Janes

  An energy company that defrauded Nigeria won a bid Friday to force the West African state to provide more information about £11 million ($14.4 million) of barristers' fees ahead of a battle over the country's £44 million legal bill.

• LSB Reveals Scope Of Mazur Regulatory Advice Review

  By William Janes

  England's legal oversight regulator has revealed that its review of watchdogs after the High Court ruling on Mazur will investigate whether their guidance about who could conduct litigation had an "adverse impact on the regulatory objectives."

• Ex-F1 Driver Massa Alleges Conspiracy Over 2008 Title Loss

  By Joanne Faulkner

  Former Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa alleged on Thursday that the sport's highest authorities conspired to cover up a deliberate crash at the Singapore Grand Prix, denying him the 2008 world championship.

• Libyan Fund Fees Were Legit Compensation, Financiers Claim

  By Ronan Barnard

  The former head of a U.K. fund manager and a Swiss banker have denied diverting millions of dollars in improper fees from a Libyan sovereign wealth fund, telling a court on Thursday that any fees they accepted were legitimate compensation for their work.

• Wachtell, Debevoise Help AIG Buy $2.1B Stake In Insurer

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Insurance heavyweight AIG, led by Wachtell and Debevoise, said Thursday that it will buy a minority stake in Weil-guided underwriter and insurer Convex Group Ltd. for $2.1 billion.

• Aircraft Lessors Hit Back At SpiceJet In $120M Rent Battle

  By William Janes

  A group of aircraft leasing companies have fought back against SpiceJet's attempt to escape a $121 million claim for unpaid airplane rent, arguing that the Indian airline cannot dodge the payments because planes were grounded during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Amazon Ruling Could Spark Premature Global Patent Claims

  By Alex Baldwin

  The success of Amazon's bid to stop InterDigital preventing the High Court from determining final licensing terms for InterDigital's patents could encourage companies to bring litigation earlier to gain leverage in licensing spats, lawyers say.

• Senior Barrister Disbarred After Admitting Sexual Harassment

  By Ronan Barnard

  A senior criminal barrister was disbarred at a London legal disciplinary tribunal Wednesday after he admitted sexually harassing a junior colleague in 2018.

• UK Starts Redress Program For 'Capture' Post Office Scandal

  By Alex Davidson

  The government launched a new compensation program on Wednesday for postmasters who suffered financial losses as a result of faulty Capture accounting software.

• Iraqi Fails To Block Kuwait Extradition Over £243M Fraud

  By Eddie Beaver

  An Iraqi national wanted in Kuwait over an alleged £243 million ($322 million) property fraud has failed to challenge his extradition, as a court found Wednesday that it was the correct move amid strong public interest in the U.K. honoring its international obligations.

• Ecclestone Bids To Ax Massa's £64M Claim Over 2008 F1 Title

  By Joanne Faulkner

  Bernie Ecclestone and the governing bodies of Formula One urged the High Court on Wednesday to throw out claims brought by Felipe Massa about the result of the 2008 world championship, with lawyers arguing that Massa's own mistakes cost him the title.