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  Lenovo, Ericsson End Patent Spat With Cross-Licensing Deal

  By Alex Baldwin

  Lenovo has settled all ongoing litigation with Swedish telecoms giant Ericsson after the two companies struck a ...(read more)

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  Pinsent Masons Promotes 24 Partners In Latest Global Round

  By Tom Fish

  Pinsent Masons said Thursday that it has promoted 24 lawyers to its partnership, a slight rise from 2024's numbe...(read more)

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• Staley Told No 'Deliberate' Epstein Lies , Lawyer Says In Close

  By Sophia Dourou

  Former Barclays CEO Jes Staley was honest about the nature of his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, his lawyer reiterated in closing submissions at trial Thursday, arguing that Staley told no "direct or deliberate" lies.

• Trump Must Pay £626K Legal Costs In Steele Dossier Case

  By Ronan Barnard

  President Donald Trump was ordered by a London judge Thursday to pay about £626,000 ($820,000) to cover the legal costs for the defense of the authors of the infamous "Steele dossier" against his data protection claim, which was thrown out of court last year.

• FCA Pleads For Quick Motor Finance Decision From Top Court

  By Joanne Faulkner

  The U.K. financial regulator urged Britain's highest court Thursday to deliver its decision on motor finance commissions "as soon as possible" so that hundreds of thousands of open complaints can be dealt with in an "orderly, consistent and efficient way."

• UK Watchdog Plans Tighter Controls Of Mastercard, Visa Fees

  By Alex Davidson

  The U.K. payments watchdog has proposed tough measures to force Mastercard and Visa to reveal more about their processes for charging fees to businesses amid concerns about ill explained sharp rises.

• Charles Russell Boosts Partnership With 11 Promotions

  By Ashish Sareen

  Charles Russell Speechlys LLP said Thursday that it is promoting 11 lawyers from its U.K. offices to its partnership, boosting partner numbers in practice areas including private client, employment and dispute resolution.

• All SQE Exams 'Equally Challenging,' SRA Test Body Says

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  The assessment provider for the Solicitors Regulation Authority sought on Wednesday to reassure future candidates taking the lawyers' qualifying exam that all test papers are "equally challenging," despite noticeable differences in pass rates between exams.

• Consumers Tell UK Justices Car Dealers Owe Transparency

  By Joanne Faulkner

  Consumers bringing a test case on motor finance commissions told the U.K. Supreme Court in a hearing Wednesday that car dealers arranging financing for the purchase of vehicles were acting as "classic" credit brokers and owed a duty to act in borrowers' best interest.

• Top UK Court Says Arraignment Failure Won't Void Conviction

  By William Janes

  Britain's top court on Wednesday reinstated the conviction of a man who was found guilty of murder for a second time after a retrial, ruling that convictions should not be overturned because of a procedural failure to conduct a second arraignment.

• Ex-Ryanair Pilot Fights 'Fiction' Of Contractor Status In Appeal

  By Adele Redmond

  A former pilot for Ryanair told the Court of Appeal on Wednesday that his contractor status was a "fiction" as he fought efforts from the airline and a staffing company to overturn rulings that he is entitled to equal conditions with Ryanair's directly employed staff.

• Class Rep Says Appeal Court Entitled To Allow £2.7B FX Claim

  By Sophia Dourou

  A class representative said Wednesday that the Court of Appeal was entitled to allow a £2.7 billion ($3.5 billion) foreign exchange claim to go ahead as an opt-out class action, arguing Britain's specialist competition tribunal was wrong to effectively end the proceedings.

• Microsoft Sued In Germany Over Video Coding Patents

  By Jamie Lennox

  Three licensors in Via LA's patent pool have sued Microsoft in Germany for allegedly infringing their essential video-coding patents through its sales of Windows and Xbox products, their lawyer said Wednesday.

• AstraZeneca Keeps Generics Off Shelves Ahead Of Appeal

  By Alex Baldwin

  Counsel for AstraZeneca convinced the Court of Appeal on Monday to review a decision to let rival Glenmark release its generic version of a billion-dollar diabetes treatment under an agreement that the company can ship supplies of the drug already packed in trucks as long as it doesn't move ahead with retail sales in the meantime.