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  AstraZeneca's $1B Drug Protections Too Vague, Generics Say

  By Alex Baldwin

  Generic drugmakers urged the High Court to revoke patent protections for AstraZeneca's $1 billion Type-2 diabete...(read more)

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  Kirkland-Led BWGI Offer Values French Glass Co. At €6.1B

  By Dawood Fakhir

  Asset manager BWGI said Monday it is making an offer for the shares of Verallia it doesn't already own, giving t...(read more)

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• Fieldfisher Elects Vivien Davies As Senior Partner

  By Ashish Sareen

  Fieldfisher LLP said Monday that it has elected Vivien Davies, an expert in commercial disputes, as its next senior partner as the firm looks to build upon its expansion in Europe in recent years.

• IBM Wins Software Reverse Engineering Claim Against Rival

  By Jamie Lennox

  A London judge ruled Monday that a tech firm breached its customer agreement with IBM by reverse engineering the computing giant's software to help develop a competing product.

• Actor Says Guardian Sex Assault Articles 'Smashed My Life'

  By Ronan Barnard

  Actor Noel Clarke testified at a trial Monday that allegations in a national newspaper he had sexually harassed, abused and assaulted women for around 15 years had "smashed my life."

• Partner Moves In London Hit Record Total In Jan. And Feb.

  By Ashish Sareen

  Partner moves in London's legal market hit a new high in January and February amid an exodus from Memery Crystal LLP and continued expansion by U.S. law firms, industry data published by a legal recruitment consultancy revealed on Monday.

• Iranian Oil Co. Faces $96M Claim Over Crashed Ship Hire Deal

  By William Janes

  A Cypriot shipping business has sued an Iranian state-owned oil company for $96 million at a London court, alleging that it reneged on a contract to hire a ship and sparked a series of unfortunate events including the seizure of a tanker and a mutiny.

• £800M Pollution Class Action Against Water Cos. Rejected

  By William Janes

  The U.K.'s competition court on Friday threw out an £800 million ($1 billion) proposed class action against several water companies over their alleged failure to report pollution, concluding that the case was excluded by legislation governing the water businesses. 

• Actor Says Guardian Got 'Sexual Predator' Story 'Plum Wrong'

  By Ronan Barnard

  Actor Noel Clarke accused the publisher of the Guardian newspaper in a court Friday of trying to "go for the jugular" when it published articles about allegations that he had sexually harassed, abused and assaulted women for around 15 years.

• Barclays GC Helped Staley Respond To Epstein Controversy

  By Sophia Dourou

  Former Barclays boss Jes Staley was helped by executives in the bank to draft talking points to "properly reflect" his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein to avoid being sacked as trustee from his alma mater, the bank's former top lawyer told a trial court Thursday.

• Visual Variations Argued As Key In 'Lego Exception' Designs

  By Alex Baldwin

  Courts should look at the "overall impression" that a connector makes in the context of a broader modular system in order to decide whether the design merits intellectual property protections, an adviser to the European Union's highest court said Thursday in a case that could affect how something called the "Lego exception" applies.

• 5 EU States Fined €39M Over Whistleblowing Law Delays

  By William Janes

  Europe's top court on Thursday fined five European Union member states a total of almost €39 million ($42 million) after concluding that they took too long to adopt an EU directive to boost protections for whistleblowers.

• Ericsson Can't Take Lenovo License Feud To Top UK Court

  By Jamie Lennox

  A London appeals court has refused Ericsson's bid to have the U.K.'s top court consider its ongoing licensing feud with Lenovo after ruling that a "willing licensor" in the Swedish company's position would have agreed to an interim license.

• Insurer Wins Landmark Appeal In Scotbeef Moldy Meat Case

  By Joel Poultney

  A London appeals court has ruled that a British insurer does not have to pay out over 100 tons of spoiled beef, finding in the first judgment of its kind that the company storing the meat breached its insurance policy terms.