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  Wikipedia Loses Legal Challenge Over UK Online Safety Act

  By William Janes

  The charity behind Wikipedia lost a challenge to the Online Safety Act on Monday after claiming that the online ...(read more)

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  UK Opt-Out Claims Surge To €77B Amid Class Action Boom

  By Ronan Barnard

  There was "extraordinary" growth in class actions in the U.K. and across Europe in 2024 as new procedural mechan...(read more)

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• Addleshaw Helps PIC On £4.3B Rolls-Royce Pension Deal

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Pension Insurance Corp. PLC said Monday that it has covered £4.3 billion ($5.8 billion) of pension liabilities for British aerospace and defense giant Rolls-Royce PLC to help streamline its business operations.

• Ørsted To Raise $9.4B After Delays To US Wind Farm Sale

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Denmark's wind power giant Ørsted AS said Monday that it plans to raise $9.4 billion with support from the Danish state as it blamed resistance by the U.S. government to wind power after Donald Trump took office for disrupting its investment plans.

• Bar Council Calls For 'Urgent' Probe Into HMCTS IT Bugs

  By Ronan Barnard

  The Bar Council called on Friday for an investigation into reports that IT bugs in case management software caused information and evidence used in court cases to be hidden, overwritten or disappear, potentially affecting the outcome of litigation.

• River Island Gets Legal Green Light For £54M Rescue Plan

  By Sophia Dourou

  River Island secured approval by a court Friday of a £54 million ($75.5 million) rescue plan aimed at preventing the struggling High Street fashion retailer from running out of cash and falling into insolvent administration by September.

• KKR Tries To Steer NHS Landlord Away From Rival £1.8B Bid

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Private equity firm KKR made a final attempt on Friday to lure healthcare property manager Assura PLC away from a planned £1.79 billion ($2.4 billion) takeover by Primary Health Properties, claiming that its own terms offer more certainty to shareholders. 

• UK Gov't Reviews Opt-Out Class Action Regime

  By Joanne Faulkner

  The government has announced plans to review whether the opt-out collective action regime "strikes the right balance" between getting money into the hands of consumers and protecting companies from unmeritorious claims, 10 years after its introduction. 

• Carter-Ruck Partner Faces Tribunal Over Alleged SLAPP

  By Ashish Sareen

  The Solicitors Regulation Authority said Wednesday that it had referred a partner at Carter-Ruck to a tribunal for allegedly improperly using the legal system through a strategic lawsuit against public participation.

• EU's Anti-Suit Win A Good Omen For China FRAND Complaint

  By Alex Baldwin

  The World Trade Organization's recent decision to side with the European Union in a battle over Chinese standard essential patents hamstrings a tactic from licensees to bar patent owners from suing in other jurisdictions but bodes well for the bloc's parallel challenge to Beijing's unilateral rate-setting decisions.

• SEC Pursues UK Man's Assets Over $10M Stock Fraud

  By William Janes

  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has launched a legal action in England to enforce a $350,000 U.S. court judgment against a man the agency has alleged was involved in a $10 million fraudulent trans-Atlantic microcap stock trading scheme.

• Barclays Defends Firing Banker Over Alleged Fee Cover-Up

  By Lucia Osborne-Crowley

  A Barclays PLC subsidiary told an employment tribunal on Tuesday that it was entitled to fire an ex-investment banker for allegedly attempting to conceal an error in client interest fees, saying it conducted a thorough investigation and denying the ex-employee's unfair dismissal claims.

• The Spectator Wins YouTuber Leicester Riots Libel Case

  By Sophia Dourou

  The Spectator and a journalist on Tuesday beat a YouTuber's defamation claim, after a judge ruled that an article describing his comments on civil unrest between Hindus and Muslims had not substantially damaged his reputation.

• AML Reforms Are Missed Opportunity, Law Society Says

  By Christopher Crosby

  The government's proposed updates to anti-money laundering regulations will do little to ease the compliance burden on law firms and are a "missed opportunity" to cut unnecessary rules, the body representing solicitors said on Tuesday.