Visa and Mastercard won their bid for permission to appeal a ruling that found their swipe fee schemes had violated competition rules, with the Competition Appeal Tribunal ruling Tuesday that all the credit card giants' grounds of appeal merit a full hearing.
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Visa, Mastercard Win Shot At Overturning Fee Liability Ruling

By Lucia Osborne-Crowley

Visa and Mastercard won their bid for permission to appeal a ruling that found their swipe fee schemes had violated competition rules, with the Competition Appeal Tribunal ruling Tuesday that all the credit card giants' grounds of appeal merit a full hearing.

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Barclays Defends £800M Deduction For Financial Crisis Debt

By Josh White

Barclays Bank defended its tax treatment of £3 billion ($4 billion) in debt instruments issued during the financial crisis, telling the U.K. Upper Tribunal on Tuesday that £800 million should be deductible as a debit arising from a loan.

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BoE To Toughen Bank Liquidity Rules After Credit Suisse

By Alex Davidson

The Bank of England's regulatory arm proposed tougher rules on Tuesday to help ensure that banks, building societies and larger investment companies can speedily cash out on liquid assets, as it learns from the events at Silicon Valley Bank UK and Credit Suisse.

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LITIGATION

Mex Group Faces Losses Probe After Dropping £85M Case

By Eddie Beaver

A London court on Tuesday ordered an inquiry into losses allegedly caused by a worldwide asset freeze obtained by Mex Group against two business executives and a financial services company, after the group abandoned its £85 million ($114 million) proceedings underpinning the freeze.

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PE Firm Can't Get Early Win In £50M Software Biz Buyout Case

By William Janes

A private equity firm has lost its bid for an early win in its £50 million ($66.7 million) claim that the previous owner of a software business it acquired breached warranties by incorrectly stating that the company had necessary software licenses.

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Modi Rejects India Torture Protections In $2B Extradition Case

By Ronan Barnard

Jewelry magnate Nirav Modi argued in a London court on Tuesday that his extradition to India over an alleged $2 billion fraud should be blocked because he would be at risk of torture during interrogation if he was prosecuted there.

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Tourism Biz Says Delayed Losses Save $74M Orrick Claim

By William Janes

A Nigerian tourism business fought on Tuesday to save its claim that Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP caused it to lose almost $74 million by negligently advising on an investment deal with private equity giant Carlyle Group.

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POLICY & REGULATION

FCA Prioritizes Car Finance Provider Cooperation On Redress

By Alex Davidson

The Financial Conduct Authority released Tuesday its regulatory priorities for consumer finance providers in a report, calling on boards and chief executives of motor finance businesses to work constructively with the regulator on redress.

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Pension Group Formed To Raise Trustee Investing Standards

By Joel Poultney

The government has revealed that a new working group has been set up to develop statutory guidance to support retirement scheme trustees in their investment decision-making.

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TPR Calls On DC Programs To Consolidate Amid 15% Decline

By Dawood Fakhir

Britain's pensions regulator urged defined contribution pension programs on Tuesday to consider consolidating after new data showed a sharp drop in the number of schemes and continued dominance by master trusts.

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DEALS

Victory Bolsters Janus Henderson Bid As Willkie Advises

By Al Barbarino

Victory Capital Holdings urged Janus Henderson Group on Tuesday to engage on a revised takeover proposal that boosts the cash portion of its bid while trimming the stock component, a move that Victory said provides greater value certainty to Janus and its shareholders.

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Oakley Capital Investments Plows £9M Into Software Firm

By Dawood Fakhir

Oakley Capital Investments Ltd. said Tuesday that it has agreed to invest up to £9 million ($12 million) in cloud software company Groupe Senef.

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Brief

Swiss Re Strikes $2B Longevity Deal With US Insurer Athene

By Martin Croucher

European insurance giant Swiss Re said Tuesday it has inked a $2 billion longevity reinsurance deal with U.S. annuities provider Athene.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

3 Verulam Buildings

4 New Square

Blackstone Chambers

Boutique Law LLP

Brick Court Chambers

Cooke Young

Doughty Street Chambers

Eversheds Sutherland

Freshfields

HSF Kramer

Hailsham Chambers

Harcus Parker

Jones Day

Kings Chambers

Linklaters LLP

Milbank LLP

Monckton Chambers

One Essex Court

Orrick Herrington

Scott&Scott

Skadden Arps

Stephenson Harwood

Wachtell Lipton

Willkie Farr

gunnercooke LLP

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Barclays PLC

Credit Suisse Group AG

HSBC Holdings PLC

Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales

Janus Henderson Group PLC

MasterCard Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

Oakley Capital Ltd.

Punjab National Bank

SVB Financial Group

Swiss Reinsurance Co. Ltd.

The Carlyle Group Inc.

Trian Fund Management LP

UBS Group AG

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bank of England

Competition Appeal Tribunal

Department for Work & Pensions

Financial Conduct Authority

HM Revenue & Customs

Prudential Regulation Authority

The Crown Prosecution Service

UK First-tier Tribunal

UK High Court

UK Pensions Regulator

UK Upper Tribunal