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July 25, 2025
How Fox's 'Twibel' Case Could Challenge Defamation Law
Activist Laurence Fox will ask the Court of Appeal on Monday to consider how defamation law treats libel claims arising from a series of social media posts and what 'serious harm' can be inflicted in a fast-paced online world.
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July 25, 2025
Car Makers Must Reveal Internal Docs In Dieselgate Trial
Motorists and campaigners won their bid Friday to force car manufacturers to disclose documents and pleadings in the upcoming Dieselgate trial, with the High Court ruling that the public interest in understanding the emissions case outweighs any commercial sensitivity.
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July 25, 2025
Pharma Co. Sues Generali In £2M Alzheimer's Coverage Claim
A pharmaceutical company has alleged that Italian insurance giant Generali Group wrongly refused to pay out as much as £1.96 million ($2.63 million) under an income protection policy after a senior employee became incapable of doing his job because of Alzheimer's disease.
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July 25, 2025
Bahraini Bank Worker Loses Whistleblowing Case Over Delay
A short-lived employee of a Bahraini bank has lost his bid to sue his former employer, as a London tribunal ruled he waited too long to bring his claim he was fired for whistleblowing.
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July 25, 2025
EasyGroup Settles Trademark Claim Against Postal Co.
EasyGroup has settled its claim against U.S. postal technology company EasyPost, which the budget conglomerate accused of infringing its "easy" family of trademarks.
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July 25, 2025
Odey's Libel Claim And Sex Assault Case To Have Joint Trial
Hedge fund manager Crispin Odey's £79 million ($106.2 million) libel claim against the Financial Times will be tried jointly with claims by five women accusing him of sexual abuse, a London judge ruled Friday.
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July 25, 2025
Ruling Puts Dexia's €400M Row With Torino In English Courts
A judge ruled Friday that England has exclusive jurisdiction to hear a €400 million ($469 million) dispute over the validity of transactions Dexia SA inked with Comune di Torino in Italy to restructure the municipal government's debts.
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July 25, 2025
AXA Wins £675M Missold PPI Payout Fight With Santander
AXA has won a £675 million ($907 million) battle with Santander to recover payouts for wrongly sold payment protection insurance as a London court ruled that the Spanish banking giant was liable for "systemic failings" in historical sales of the policy.
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July 25, 2025
Impossible Foods Loses Case For 'Impossible Bakers' TM
A Spanish bakery has beaten an attempt by plant-based meat maker Impossible Foods Inc. to nix its "Impossible Bakers" trademark as a European court found that shoppers would distinguish the signs even when they were stamped on identical pastry products.
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July 25, 2025
Trainline Loses Bid For Docs In £32M Rail Contract Dispute
Trainline.com Ltd. on Friday lost its attempt to force the government to hand over documents linked to what the rail operator alleges was an unlawful £32 million ($43 million) contract deal, with the judge saying the government will first have a chance to get the whole claim thrown out.
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July 24, 2025
SportPesa Chair Claims Stake Dilution Was Deliberate Fraud
The former chair of online betting company SportPesa was the victim of an unlawful scheme to dilute his valuable stake in the company, his lawyer said in closing submissions at a London trial on Thursday.
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July 24, 2025
Ukrainian State-Owned Bank Targets Russia In New Claim
State-owned Oschadbank said Thursday it has taken the first steps to initiate arbitration against Russia over the loss of its assets in the southern and eastern regions of Ukraine, citing the Kremlin's "gross violations" of international law.
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July 24, 2025
EasyGroup Gets TMs Revived In Pair Of UK Appeals
A Court of Appeal panel on Thursday granted easyGroup victories in two separate disputes over its family of brands, reviving several trademarks and upholding some of its infringement claims.
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July 24, 2025
Fintech Execs Deny Misleading Bank In £4M Fraud Claim
Defunct fintech startup BrickVest Ltd. and its co-founders have denied allegations brought by a German specialist property lender in a £4.2 million ($5.7 million) London claim that they hid additional investment in the business before its collapse.
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July 24, 2025
Amazon To Face £4B Dual Class Actions In UK
The U.K.'s competition court gave the green light on Thursday to two class actions against Amazon, totaling £4 billion ($5.4 billion), alleging that the e-commerce giant abused its dominant market position to the detriment of retailers and consumers.
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July 24, 2025
CMS Fights £10M Negligence Claim Over Investec Deal
CMS has denied allegations of negligence from a former client, saying the property developer gave the green light to repayment terms with Investec that the law firm negotiated and is now falsely claiming to have been caught off-guard by the deal.
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July 24, 2025
Munich Re Can't Nix Private Equity Firm's $491M IPO Claim
Munich Re Group failed Thursday to get a private equity firm's claim of approximately $491 million struck out, after a court found that it couldn't rule out the possibility that the German reinsurer had breached an agreement over the public listing of a U.S. company.
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July 24, 2025
Coca-Cola To Pay Sales Rep £9K For Unfair Data Error Firing
A former merchandiser for Coca-Cola has won more than £9,000 ($12,200) in compensation, with the Employment Tribunal finding that the drinks giant unfairly dismissed him over minor data errors and must pay him his lost wages.
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July 24, 2025
Investment Biz Denies Financier's $3.5M Unpaid Loan Claim
An investment company and its director have denied they breached a contract for a $2 million loan issued by a financier for an investment in a drinks business, telling a London court that the money is not yet repayable.
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July 24, 2025
Thaler Claims Inventorship Of AI Patent After DABUS Ruling
Counsel for Stephen Thaler told a London court on Thursday that the computer scientist should be able to get divisional patent protections for the inventions he initially claimed were created by DABUS, his own artificial intelligence model.
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July 24, 2025
Winery, Distributor Copied Artists' Work For Bottle Label
British artist Shantell Martin won on Thursday her case that an Argentinian winemaker and a U.K. distributor copied her black-and-white line drawing style for bottle labels, as a London court ruled that the businesses had infringed her copyright.
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July 24, 2025
Acer Asks Court To Set FRAND License For Nokia Patents
Acer has asked a London court to order Nokia to offer a license for its essential video coding patents, also arguing that the court should set fair terms for a global deal amid international litigation between the pair.
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July 23, 2025
ICJ Puts Reparations On The Table In Climate Change Case
The International Court of Justice on Wednesday delivered its long-awaited advisory opinion on governments' obligations with respect to climate change, issuing a rare, unanimous decision that opens the door for nations harmed by human-caused greenhouse gas emissions to seek reparations.
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July 23, 2025
Gibson Dunn Snags 3VB KC As New Int'l Arbitration Co-Chair
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has recruited Christopher Harris KC, a senior barrister with 3 Verulam Buildings, to co-chair its international arbitration and judgment and arbitral award enforcement practice groups.
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July 23, 2025
Astellas Beats Generics' Bid To Nix Cancer Drug Patent
Generic-drug makers on Wednesday failed to convince a London appellate judge to nix remaining protections for Astellas Pharma's blockbuster prostate cancer treatment Xtandi because the evidence provided was "tainted with hindsight."
Expert Analysis
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How UK Supreme Court May Assess Russia Sanctions Cases
In two recent U.K. Supreme Court cases challenging the U.K. Russia sanctions regime, the forthcoming judgments are likely to focus on proportionality and European Convention on Human Rights compatibility, and will undoubtedly influence how future challenges are shaped, says Leigh Crestohl at Zaiwalla.
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How EU Digital Act Could Shape UK Technology Disputes
Noncompliance with the recently effective European Union Digital Operational Resilience Act will add layers of complexity to disputes and litigation for U.K.-based firms servicing EU entities, but international standards may serve as a bridge between jurisdictional and contractual misalignments, says Siobhan Forster at Alvarez & Marsal.
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How EU's Anticoercion Tool May Counter New US Tariffs
The never-before-used anticoercion instrument could allow the European Union to respond to the imposition of U.S. tariffs, potentially effective March 12, and gives EU companies a voice in the process as it provides for consultation with economic operators at different steps throughout the procedure, say lawyers at Crowell & Moring.
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How 2025 Act Refines The UK's Arbitral Framework
The U.K.'s Arbitration Act 2025 marks the regime's first significant reform since 1996 and aligns the nation's approach more closely with international principles, which means practitioners should take note of key procedural and strategic adjustments, including the explicit power of summary disposal, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn.
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Leaked Docs In Man City Case Raise Admissibility Questions
The Premier League’s claims that Manchester City Football Club fell foul of financial fair play regulations are partly based on documents unlawfully obtained by an activist, which means the independent commission deciding the case will need to weigh whether the evidence is permissible against the principle of open justice, says Stuart Southall at KANGS Solicitors.
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Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises
“No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.
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EU Paper Urges Data Protection And Competition Law Unity
A recent European Data Protection Board position paper calls for closer cooperation among data protection and competition authorities, and provides valuable insight for businesses seeking to ensure compliance across an increasingly complex regulatory landscape, say lawyers at Paul Weiss.
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Key Points From Gov't Consultation On Copyright And AI
The U.K. government’s current consultation on mitigating artificial intelligence input and output risks to copyright holders seeks to facilitate copyright holders in bringing actions against AI developers that make unauthorized use of protected works and mandate consistent labeling of AI-generated content, say lawyers at Deloitte.
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Decoding Arbitral Disputes: Equal Rights Limit State Immunity
The Court of Appeal of England and Wales' recent determination that Spain’s London embassy could not dodge a former U.K.-based employee’s discrimination claims by invoking sovereign immunity reaffirms its position that employment and human rights should come before the privileges of foreign powers, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray’s Inn.
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What To Expect As CAT Considers Mastercard Settlement
It is expected that the Competition Appeal Tribunal will closely scrutinize the proposed collective settlement in Merricks v. Mastercard, including the role of the case’s litigation funder, as the CAT's past approach to such cases shows it does not treat the process as a rubber stamp exercise, say lawyers at BCLP.
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Managing Transatlantic Antitrust Investigations And Litigation
As transatlantic competition regulators cooperate more closely and European antitrust investigations increasingly spark follow-up civil suits in the U.S., companies must understand how to simultaneously juggle high-stakes multigovernment investigations and manage the risks of expensive new claims across jurisdictions, say lawyers at Paul Weiss.
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What 2025 Holds For UK, EU Restructuring And Insolvency
European Union and U.K. restructuring developments in 2024, with a new era of director accountability, the use of cramdown tools and the emergence of aggressive liability management exercises, mean greater consideration of creditors' interests and earlier engagement in restructuring discussions can be expected this year, says Inga West at Ashurst.
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How GCs Can Protect Cos. From Geopolitical Headwinds
Geopolitical uncertainty is perceived by corporate leaders as the biggest short-term threat to global business, but many of the potential crises are navigable if general counsel focus on what is being said about a company and what the company is doing, says Juliet Young at Schillings.
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What BT Ruling Will Mean For UK Class Actions
The Competition Appeal Tribunal’s recent dismissal of a £1.3 billion mass consumer claim against BT, the first trial decision for a U.K. collective action, reminds claimants and funders of the high bar for establishing an abuse, and provides valuable insight into how pending mass consumer cases may be resolved, say lawyers at Ashurst.
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Exam Board Ruling Expands Scope Of 'Newcomer Injunctions'
The High Court's recent decision granting AQA Education a digital "newcomer injunction" prevents anonymous internet users from distributing unlawfully obtained exam materials, and extends the scope of such injunctions from issues of trespass to the protection of confidential information, say lawyers at Fieldfisher.