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  Ex-Goodwin Lawyer Charged With Insider Dealing By FCA

  By Christopher Crosby

  A former M&A solicitor at Goodwin Procter was charged with insider dealing Wednesday over allegations that he tr...(read more)

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  UK Eyes Options For Regulating Employee Monitoring Tech

  By Adele Redmond

  The government asked for responses on Wednesday about how it should establish rules on surveillance of employees...(read more)

• Bird & Bird Reports Slower Revenue Growth, Fall In PEP

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Bird & Bird reported another year of slowing revenue growth and a second consecutive decline in profit per equity partner on Wednesday, saying that a challenging market shaped by geopolitical uncertainty and economic volatility had weighed on its performance.

• Pfizer, BioNTech Beat US Rival's COVID Vaccine UPC Case

  By Jamie Lennox

  Pfizer and BioNTech have defeated a COVID-19 vaccine patent infringement claim from U.S. biotech firm Promosome, convincing the Unified Patent Court that the blueprint for immunization against the virus is invalid because it wasn't new compared to earlier technology.

• English Law Fit To Resolve AI Harm Claims, Lawyers Say

  By Eddie Beaver

  English law is equipped to determine civil liability arising from the use of artificial intelligence, according to a government-backed legal statement which concludes that established principles of contract and negligence are capable of addressing harms linked to AI.

• Charles Russell Speechlys Launches In US With Withers Hires

  By Ashish Sareen

  Charles Russell Speechlys LLP said Wednesday that it has hired a team of lawyers from Withers to establish a permanent presence in the U.S. for the first time, the next step in its international expansion strategy.

• PwC Error Inflated Lender's €189M Claim, Real Estate Biz Says

  By Eddie Beaver

  Real estate developer Urbas has admitted to defaulting on loan agreements but argued that a €189 million ($215 million) claim brought by a Luxembourg credit provider for repayment must be recalculated because PwC allegedly undervalued the shares appropriated by the lender as collateral.

• UniCredit Stake In Commerzbank Now Just Short Of Control

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Italian lender UniCredit said Wednesday that it holds 49.65% of the voting rights in Commerzbank AG of Germany despite resistance from the German state about the approach.

• Lufthansa Says Judge Throttled Profits In Patent Win

  By Alex Baldwin

  German aerospace giant Lufthansa argued Tuesday before the Court of Appeal that it should have received more from an avionics company after prevailing in a long-running patent infringement claim over its in-seat power outlet technology.

• Puma Blocks Tiger Woods' Animal TM For Golf Brand

  By Max Austin

  Puma has convinced European officials to block Tiger Woods' golf brand from registering a running tiger as a trademark, finding that consumers shopping for sportswear would likely associate the design with its famous jumping cat logo. 

• Lloyd's Can't Overturn $3.7M Ruling Over Forged Ship Policy

  By Joel Poultney

  Lloyd's of London's Belgium-based subsidiary has lost a bid to overturn a decision ordering it to pay $3.7 million to a ship financier to cover losses after a cargo ship struck a mine in Ukrainian waters, with a London appeals court ruling that a forged insurance policy did not sink the lender's claim. 

• Ugandan Farmers Sue TotalEnergies Unit To Halt Oil Pipeline

  By William Janes

  A group of Ugandan farmers launched a bid on Tuesday to stop construction of an oil pipeline by a TotalEnergies subsidiary, saying that the infrastructure project violates their environmental rights.

• HMRC Admits New State Pension Tax Errors Over 4 Years

  By Martin Croucher

  The government has said it accidentally overtaxed millions of Britons for their state pension income over four years, but that the tax ministry is working to ensure the error will not be repeated.

• Weil-Led PE Firm To Buy German Tire-Maker's Unit For €4.25B

  By Dawood Fakhir

  Continental has said it will sell its rubber, plastics and industrial fabrics division ContiTech to investment firm Lone Star Funds in a deal worth up to €4.25 billion ($4.85 billion) as the German company moves to focus solely on manufacturing tires.