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May 09, 2024
TV Presenter, Ex-Football Pro Battle Over Online Slurs
Television presenter Jeremy Vine battled in a London court on Thursday against Joey Barton, a former professional footballer, over the meaning of online posts accusing Vine of being an advocate for compulsory COVID-19 vaccination and a "bike nonce."
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May 09, 2024
Sony Film Co. Sues Media Group For $49M Over Share Deal
Sony Group's Columbia Pictures has brought a $49 million claim in London against a media company that allegedly failed to pay for any shares in an entertainment business it had agreed to buy.
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May 09, 2024
Sports Direct Seeks To Revive Newcastle Injunction Bid
Sports Direct urged an appeals court on Thursday to grant it an injunction to force Newcastle United to stock its store with replica kits of the Premier League football club, arguing that the antitrust tribunal was wrong to refuse its request.
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May 09, 2024
Google Fights To Shut Down Advertising Antitrust Case
Tech giant Google asked a London tribunal on Thursday to strike out a proposed class action brought on behalf of website publishers who run advertisements over alleged anti-competitive practices, arguing the claim is not properly pleaded and does not sufficiently set out damages.
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May 09, 2024
Video Game Developer Loses Bid To Register Branding
A European Union court has rejected a bid by an Italian marketing and training game developer to register its "Gamindo" branding, ruling that the mark was too similar to another company's "Gamigo" brand.
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May 09, 2024
Insurer Beats Engineering Co.'s New Bid For $10M Payout
England's Court of Appeal said Thursday that an insurer should not be on the hook for $10.4 million (£8.3 million) after a ship crashed into an oil platform, throwing out a legal challenge by a French engineering company.
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May 09, 2024
Construction Giant Cimolai Settles €10.6M Forex Dispute
Italian construction giant Cimolai has settled a €10.6 million ($11.4 million) claim from Ebury Partners over foreign exchange contracts that the steel pipe manufacturer signed in 2022.
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May 09, 2024
University Not Liable For Staffer's Remark At Social Event
A former university member of staff cannot hold her old employers liable for a colleague's warning at a social gathering over her legal claims against the institution because he was not acting in the course of his employment, a tribunal has ruled.
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May 08, 2024
Ex-Student Union Leader Settles Anti-Zionist Beliefs Claim
The former president of the National Union of Students, who was ousted over allegations of antisemitism, has settled her discrimination claim with the organization, her lawyers said.
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May 08, 2024
EGC Won't Annul EU Decision To Toss Spanish Tax Scheme
The European General Court will not annul a European Commission decision that a Spanish tax scheme for vessels built in its domestic shipyards must be abandoned because it was incompatible with the European Union's internal market, according to a judgment released Wednesday.
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May 08, 2024
Appeal Court Wrongly Allowed Challenge To $5M Cargo Award
Britain's top court ruled on Wednesday an appellate court was wrong to allow an agriculture distributor to challenge two arbitral awards totaling just over $5 million arising out of a botched sale of pulse cargoes, finding the appeal should not have been granted on the basis of a notional new contract.
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May 08, 2024
Marsh Can't Duck Chemical Co.'s Negligence Claim
A London court on Wednesday refused Marsh's bid to strike out a global chemicals group's claim alleging the insurance broker negligently arranged faulty motor insurance cover.
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May 15, 2024
Squire Patton Hires Partner Trio As UK Expansion Continues
Squire Patton Boggs LLP said Wednesday that it has hired three partners in Birmingham and London in a move to boost its offerings in litigation; leveraged finance; and environmental, social and governance.
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May 08, 2024
StanChart Bids To Toss Investors' Sanctions Claim On Appeal
Standard Chartered PLC urged an appeals court Wednesday to toss accusations from investors that it had downplayed the extent to which it had breached U.S. sanctions against Iran by hundreds of billions of dollars, saying they have insufficient evidence to support them.
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May 08, 2024
Puma Can't Trip Up Rival Shoe Designs IP
Puma failed Wednesday to convince a European court that two rivals' sneaker designs had soles that were too similar to its own to gain design protections after the court concluded that it had to consider the shoes as a whole.
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May 08, 2024
Daimler Loses Bid For 'Certified' Trademark At EU Court
Auto giant Daimler lost its bid on Wednesday for trademark registration over a logo bearing the word "certified" as a European Union court found that the word had no distinctive meaning in connection with trucks.
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May 08, 2024
Solicitor Struck Off For Asking Client For Sexual Images
A tribunal struck off a solicitor on Wednesday after concluding that he dishonestly persuaded a vulnerable client to send him sexually explicit images by falsely claiming he needed them to prevent her ex-husband from posting them as revenge porn.
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May 08, 2024
Dr. Martens Accuses Temu Of Google Search TM Use
Dr. Martens has accused Chinese ultra-fast fashion giant Temu of paying Google to show its knockoffs of the British shoemaker's famous black boots in the search results of online shoppers.
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May 08, 2024
Reed Smith's $13M Ask May Breach Sanctions, Barclays Says
Barclays has told a London court that it rightfully refused to transfer approximately $13 million back to a sanctioned shipping company at Reed Smith LLP's request after a collapsed tanker deal, arguing that it declined so it could avoid violating sanctions.
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May 08, 2024
Car Charging Supplier Claims Morrisons Ditched It For Rival
Supermarket giant Morrisons allegedly ditched an electric vehicle charging supplier for a competitor without giving any warning that the chain had lost faith in the provider's technology years before, according to a London court claim.
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May 08, 2024
Advertisers Fight For Class Action In Google Antitrust Case
A group of advertisers fought for a green light for their class action against Google owner Alphabet on Wednesday, arguing that their case meets the requirements for a class proceedings order because there are serious issues of abuse of market dominance to be tried.
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May 08, 2024
Litigation Funder Probably Owned By Sanctioned Oligarchs
A court has found that there is "reasonable cause" to suspect that a litigation-funder that backs a $1.34 billion fraud claim from a collapsed Russian bank against its former owner is controlled by individuals sanctioned in the U.K.
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May 08, 2024
South Africa Immune To Sunken WWII Silver Salvage Claim
Britain's highest court ruled Wednesday that South Africa has sovereign immunity against a salvage repayment claim from a company that recovered around $43 million worth of silver bullion from a cargo ship sunk during the Second World War.
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May 07, 2024
Climate Cases Haven't Hurt Oil, Gas Credit Quality, S&P Says
Climate change litigation has skyrocketed over the past 10 years, increasing climate litigation risk, but the credit quality of the oil and gas sector has remained unaffected, S&P Global Ratings concluded in a report published Tuesday.
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May 07, 2024
Uniper Looks To Nix Russian Court's Anti-Arbitration Order
German energy company Uniper has appealed a Russian court ruling threatening a multibillion euro fine if it continues to pursue an arbitration claim in Sweden that accuses the Russian company Gazprom of reneging on a contract to deliver gas, the company said Tuesday.
Expert Analysis
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PR Perspectives: Strategies For Lawyers Publicizing Litigation
Any business or high-profile individual could end up in court, and with a global audience watching on through social media, lawyers would be wise to use strategic methods to shine a favorable light on their work and cases, says Steve Rudaini at MD Communications.
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Alstom Arb. Case Shows 3 Approaches To Corruption Claims
French, English and Swiss courts have provided differing assessments of post-award corruption allegations in the long-running case Alexander Brothers v. Alstom, which is clearly undesirable, and may affect arbitration tactics, says Harriet Chopra at Fladgate.
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Applying The Singapore Convention In UK: The Key Questions
While the U.K. government's recent decision to join the Singapore Convention is welcome, the hard work arguably starts now in devising the domestic rules to implement it, which should not be treated as a straightforward exercise, says Jan O'Neill at Herbert Smith.
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Judicial Review Lessons From Financial Ombudsman Case
Even though the judicial review claim was dismissed in the recent High Court decision Shawbrook Bank v. Financial Ombudsman Service, it has important legal and practical takeaways for lenders who can obtain real value by challenging FOS decisions, say lawyers at Linklaters.
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Understanding ESG Considerations In Social Lending
In light of recent updates to sustainable finance guidance by loan market associations, lenders should ensure they request compliance information for projects intended to provide social benefits in order to encourage borrowers to hold environmental, social and corporate governance factors as a priority, says Jasmine Robinson at Taylor Wessing.
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How To Approach Different Data Types In E-Disclosure Matters
The High Court's recent decision in Terre Neuve v. Yewdale highlights the importance of practitioners adequately approaching e-disclosure obligations, including understanding their data landscapes and the nuances of different data types, say Fiona Campbell at Fieldfisher and Alejandro Gomez-Igbo at Forensic Risk Alliance.
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EPO Decision Adds To Sparse Case Law On Core AI Patents
The recent European Patent Office Board of Appeal decision in the Sparsely connected neural network/Mitsubishi case is remarkable for its technicality, and provides rare guidance for companies on the requirements for core artificial intelligence invention patents, says Alexander Korenberg at Kilburn & Strode.
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Key Takeaways From Recent UK Insolvency Disputes
As recent insolvency statistics show that U.K. registered company insolvencies are up 16% compared to last year, having a strong understanding of recent key U.K. decisions and how insolvency disputes operate is more important for companies now than it has ever been, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.
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Why The Draft UK Fraud Offense May Not Be A Game Changer
Although the U.K.’s proposed "failure to prevent fraud" offense will generate a need for large businesses to reassess their existing processes, given the long lead-in times for prosecutions and the Serious Fraud Office's current success rate, it seems unlikely that the corporate fraud landscape will be immediately transformed, say Charles Kuhn and Charlotte Gill at Clyde & Co.
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A Review Of The EU FDI Screening Regulation And Its Scope
The EU advocate general’s recent broad interpretation of the EU Foreign Direct Investment Screening Regulation takes account of some of the geopolitical challenges faced by the bloc, and may foreshadow a revision of the regulation and widen the scope of investments screened, say Vassilis Akritidis and Jean-Baptiste Blancardi at Crowell & Moring.
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How Lawyers Can Best Avoid Money Laundering Issues
There are basic questions that solicitors must ask of clients to avoid money laundering risks, but in light of recent fines imposed by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority for failure to comply with anti-money laundering regulations, firms must also ensure they document their diligence process, says Harriet Holmes at Thirdfort.
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Taxing The Digital Economy: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
U.S. tech companies should watch for important developments in international taxation, including the resolution of Apple's decade-old state aid case, growing frustration with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's global tax plan and adoption of the digital services tax instead, says Joyce Beebe at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
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How Ed Sheeran's Serenade May Have Swayed The Jury
While Ed Sheeran's performance of his hit song "Thinking Out Loud" at trial could not protect him from the subconscious copying doctrine, it may have tapped into jurors' intuitions about independent creation, winning him the copyright infringement suit over the song, says Christopher Buccafusco at Duke University School of Law.
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Tackling UK Case Backlog Requires Proper Court Funding
Until the U.K. government takes powerful measures to address IT issues, poorly maintained courtrooms and wage demands, the crown court backlog will continue to rise to the detriment of all stakeholders in the criminal court system and the public at large, says Rubin Italia at Stokoe Partnership.
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UK Ruling May Affect 3rd-Party Fraud Liability Post-Insolvency
While the recent Court of Appeal decision in Tradition Financial Services v. Bilta could make Section 213 of the Insolvency Act a powerful tool for liquidators, it also heightens the risk of companies tangentially involved in fraud being subject to claims following insolvency, say attorneys at Dechert.