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SkyKick Ruling Could Put Pressure On Burdened UKIPO
When the U.K. Supreme Court agreed to tackle what counts as bad faith for trademark filings, the country's intellectual property officials feared that they would be forced to consider the intention of the applicant in all proceedings. All eyes are now on the UKIPO to see how big the deluge of challenges is — and whether the agency can keep up.
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Damning findings in civil litigation that the directors of London Capital & Finance ran the bonds company as a Ponzi scheme could foreshadow the Serious Fraud Office's parallel criminal investigation into the failed £237 million ($300 million) investment business, lawyers say.
Following the news Tuesday that Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP will pay associates year-end and special bonuses in line with those handed out by Milbank LLP this year, the firms' peers have begun to respond, with swift matches Wednesday by Paul Hastings LLP and McDermott Will & Emery LLP.
A union for civil servants won its case on Wednesday for compensation as the U.K. Supreme Court ruled that the government was not entitled to stop automatically deducting membership fees from workers' pay.
The U.K. Supreme Court refused Wednesday to recognize a Russian bankruptcy order against two properties owned by banker Georgy Ivanovich Bedzhamov in Britain, confirming a legal principle that foreign courts do not have jurisdiction over English land.
Longtime legal compensation leader Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP has reportedly announced year-end and special bonuses for its associates in line with those offered by peer law firm Milbank LLP over the summer and earlier this month.
European firm Venner Shipley is expanding by snapping up the lawyers at London-based AA Thornton, growing its bench with expertise in the intellectual property area.
Judges who sometimes "sit up" on more senior High Court cases cannot legally be considered part-time workers, an employment tribunal has ruled, quashing their discrimination claim.
The Financial Conduct Authority has charged four men with fraud over the collapse of a credit union for cab drivers that required a £21 million ($26.6 million) payout to more than a thousand customers from a government bailout scheme six years ago.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP-led Amcor PLC said Tuesday it has agreed to purchase fellow packaging company Berry Global Group Inc., in an all-stock deal that values Berry at more than $8.4 billion.
A London court dealt a blow on Tuesday to Lenovo's hopes of getting a short-term license to use Ericsson's essential 5G patents, as it refused to declare that a "willing licensor" in Ericsson's shoes would offer a deal.
