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A sweeping set of reforms to the personal injury sector came into force on Monday, a milestone that the government hopes will cut by £1.2 billion ($1.7 billion) the cost of motor insurance for millions of Britons.
Brazilian mining company Vale SA is seeking to compel discovery from a Manhattan real estate corporation in a long-running effort to recover funds from an alleged billion-dollar fraud perpetrated by BSG Resources and its owner, Beny Steinmetz.
A U.K. judge ordered the arrest and two-year imprisonment of an underwriter for an AXA XL unit, saying the absence of Paul Alan Corcoran from a hearing in civil litigation involving Britain's tax authority helped guide her contempt ruling.
A London judge ruled on Friday that a legal challenge to a restructuring of coffee chain Caffe Nero should continue to trial to clarify whether the company behaved questionably during a vote on an insolvency package.
A London judge has thrown out Samsung's bid to recover a portion of a price-fixing settlement relating to LCD panels from LG Display, after concluding that the dispute does not belong in England.
The past week in London has seen a diamond broker do battle with an old client, a luxury Qatari conglomerate go after its Lebanese insurer and J.K. Rowling's literary agent sue Fieldfisher LLP. Here, Law360 looks at those and other new claims in the U.K.
A former Russian government fisheries official has partially settled his $350 million lawsuit alleging that three former business partners cheated him out of his share of a substantial fishing empire, a lawyer for the defendant revealed at a hearing on Friday.
Four funds suing Argentina for refusing to pay out on a bond told a London court on Friday that the South American country has not been trying hard enough to obtain documents vital to the dispute, putting preparations for trial at risk.
A German investor has fought back against a €1.6 million ($1.9 million) lawsuit brought by its would-be investment partner, telling the court that the breakdown of the partnership was an administrative error.
A movie financier lost an appeal on Friday that sought to overturn a ruling allowing Allianz and other insurers to avoid paying millions of pounds under a completion guarantee, finding there was no ambiguity in a policy clause governing returns.
Ashurst announced Thursday that it has elected its U.K. corporate leader Karen Davies to be the firm's new global chair, succeeding Ben Tidswell when he retires from the partnership in July to join the U.K. Competition Appeal Tribunal.
A British maker of industrial fabrics used to stabilize terrain urged an appellate court on Thursday to toss a decision holding that a rival's patent for a train trackbed liner is valid and that it had infringed the competitor's invention.
A subsidiary of Sports Direct won its appeal on Thursday to block Rangers Football Club from suing a rival merchandiser for a cut of replica jersey sales in the latest round of the retail giant's long-running legal battle.
A judge has pared down interdealer broker TP ICAP's lawsuit that accuses a rival of failing to disclose major regulatory investigations while negotiating a £1.3 billion ($1.6 billion) acquisition after finding that some claims were too vague.
A defunct law firm has said that Chubb, AIG and other insurers waited too long to sue to recover money paid out under a professional indemnity insurance policy because of its alleged fraud against Santander and other mortgage lenders.
The Serious Fraud Office said at a trial on Thursday that ENRC's "speculative" lawsuit, which alleges that the agency encouraged a former Dechert LLP attorney to leak confidential information, is an attempt to derail its long-running corruption investigation into the Kazakh mining giant.
A London court ruled Thursday that Nike could register a "Footware" trademark for shoes embedded with technology, rejecting Puma's arguments that the term cannot be protected because it is a mashup of two descriptive words.
British insurance giant Aviva has hit back against a lawsuit brought by two doctors over a loan for their General Practice surgery, dismissing a claim that the finance contract contained hidden derivative products.
An exemption within U.K. data rules that allows the government to blanket refuse people access to their personal records in immigration cases is unlawful because it doesn't include specific safeguards, a U.K. appeals court ruled Wednesday.
Royal Dutch Shell must cut its global carbon emissions by 45% compared to 2019 levels in the next 10 years, a Netherlands court ruled Wednesday in a landmark verdict that activists hailed as the start of a global "green wave."
A former Dechert LLP attorney accused of leaking confidential information about Kazakh miner ENRC to the media and Serious Fraud Office to expand his retainer was the victim of a campaign to "blacken" his name, the law firm argued at trial on Wednesday.
A London judge ruled on Wednesday that Facebook did not infringe an American app developer's patent for livestreaming video, but also invalidated the patent for being obvious in light of an earlier invention.
Travelers Insurance should be allowed to prevent a law firm accusing the insurer's former lawyers of negligence from having access to documents stemming from long-running litigation over defective breast implants, its attorneys told a London appeals court on Wednesday.
A judge has allowed victims of London Capital & Finance PLC to challenge his decision that many bondholders cannot recover their losses under Britain's Financial Services Compensation Scheme because the product they were sold could not be classed as investments.
Software developer SkyKick urged a London appeals court on Wednesday to overturn a ruling that it had infringed Sky's trademarks for its cloud-based email migration and backup services, saying a judge had mismatched the British broadcaster's trademark registrations with its technology products.
The U.K. Court of Appeal's recent decision in Adams v. Options UK, and upcoming hearing in Financial Conduct Authority v. Avacade, highlight important precautions self-invested personal pension operators should take when dealing with unauthorized third parties, says Paul Ashcroft at Wedlake Bell.
If recent talks for the U.S. to rejoin the Iran nuclear deal pan out, financial activity between formerly sanctioned entities and European counterparties will likely increase, and demand for certain types of legal work may shift, say Kartik Mittal and Stephanie Limaco at Zaiwalla.
In PJSC National Bank Trust v. Mints, the U.K. High Court imposed costs on the prevailing party for failure to notify the court of related proceedings, demonstrating an approach that judges may use to mitigate the risk of discordant outcomes in multijurisdictional litigation, say Thomas Grant at Cambridge University and Scott Kieff at George Washington Law School.
As U.K. government relief measures that have shored up businesses amid the pandemic taper off, parties that cannot resolve restructuring or insolvency issues through commercial bargaining will influence the types of matters appearing before courts for years, say attorneys at Freshfields.
Opinion
Even if the underlying arbitration in Servotronics v. Rolls Royce concludes before the U.S. Supreme Court decides the case, the court should recognize an exception to mootness and resolve the circuit split on whether a U.S. discovery statute applies to international commercial arbitration, say attorneys at Freshfields.
UK litigators should note several best practices for adapting to the hurdles, and capitalizing on the benefits, of virtual trials, and expect the new hearing format to persist beyond the end of the pandemic, say Christopher Boyne and Emma Laurie-Rhodes at Debevoise.
Editor's note: This guest article has been removed due to the authors' ongoing involvement in the case discussed.
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision this week to review Servotronics v. Rolls-Royce — a case concerning use of a U.S. discovery statute in aid of private international arbitration — will result in greater certainty as to the statute's scope and allow domestic parties to better defend themselves from foreign discovery requests, say Dan Ward and Elena Davis at Ropes & Gray.
The U.S. International Trade Commission's recent order denying Ocado's attempt to stay a dispute with AutoStore pending resolution of its inter partes review petitions signals that an ITC complainant's patents are effectively shielded from IPR challenges, at least under current Patent Trial and Appeal Board practice, say attorneys at Reichman Jorgensen.
Opinion
Trade, historical and geographical advantages give London the post-Brexit opportunity to strengthen its position as the leading arbitration-friendly jurisdiction in the region and become the hub for European parties in dispute, says Leigh Crestohl at Zaiwalla.
The U.K. Supreme Court recently directed MasterCard v. Merricks back to the Competition Appeal Tribunal after clarifying the tests for class action certification, likely resulting in a green light for the action and a review of the regime-specific costs and funding models of the opt-out class action, says Andy Ellis at Practico.
Opinion
The German high court's recent decision in Sisvel v. Haier set a productive tone in balancing the rights of patentees and implementers in standard-essential patent disputes, and its understanding of negotiation realities should be followed by the U.S., say Cravath's David Kappos, former U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director, and Daniel Etcovitch.
Following Brexit, jurisdictional issues in U.K.-Swiss disputes and the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments will be governed by each country's respective national laws, rather than the Lugano Convention, creating uncertainty and potentially more expense and satellite litigation, say Janine Alexander at Collyer Bristow and Sébastien Collart at 100 Rhône Avocats.
The prospect of joining a law firm during the pandemic can cause added pressure, but with a few good practices — and a little help from their firms and supervising attorneys — lawyer trainees can get ahead of the curve while working remotely, say William Morris and Ted Landray at King & Spalding.
Multinational companies should take a pragmatic approach to Foreign Corrupt Practices Act compliance by being aware of key risk areas — such as inappropriate gift-giving, liability for third-party actions, and countries with recurring corruption issues — and implementing custom-designed procedures that evolve with their operations, says Howard Weissman at Miller Canfield.