Crispin Odey has sued the Financial Times at a London court after the newspaper published articles that contained a string of allegations of sexual misconduct against the well-known financier.
Crispin Odey has sued the Financial Times at a London court after the newspaper published articles that contained a string of allegations of sexual misconduct against the well-known financier.
Law firm Hugh James is being sued for as much as £1.5 million ($1.9 million) by a former pupil of a Catholic school who alleges solicitors mishandled his claim over historical sexual abuse.
A co-founder of a French incubator has urged a London court to throw out a claim brought against him by his former company over allegedly misappropriated funds, saying the aim of the "vexatious and oppressive" litigation was to "destroy" him.
Amazon, Google, Airbnb and other internet companies have won their fight against a law requiring them to provide Italian authorities with information about their operations as the European Union's highest court ruled Thursday that the obligation breaches of the bloc's rules.
A Welsh football club has sued its former coach in a London court for over £750,000 ($955,000), alleging he breached his contract when he moved to work for a competing team, according to newly public court filings.
The ex-wife of Vladimir Putin's former son-in-law has claimed that a venture capital firm owes her £1.1 million ($1.4 million) for allegedly failing to help her to secure her divorce proceedings and a $60 million prenuptial agreement.
A law firm's legal advice, even that concerning the setting up of a corporate investment structure, is within the scope of legal professional privilege guaranteed by European Union law, an adviser to the EU's highest court said Thursday.
Testimony wrapped Thursday in a California federal criminal trial over claims that former Autonomy CEO Michael Lynch and finance vice president Stephen Chamberlain duped HP into overpaying billions for the British tech company, as Chamberlain opted not to testify in his own defense after Lynch stepped off the witness stand.
An appeals court in Sweden has this week set aside a €10.6 million ($11.48 million) arbitral award issued to a Dutch renewable energy firm after Italy dialed back economic incentives for the renewable energy industry, saying the award violates European Union law.
A European court ruled Wednesday that a Belgian plant nursery can register a new type of succulent, upholding an earlier decision by the bloc's plant intellectual property rights body to refuse a Dutch company's challenge to the plant.
A patent holding company has accused Xiaomi in a French court of unlawfully using its tech patents for "nearly all" of 4G-enabled devices, just a week after suing the phone giant in India.
The European Union's Court of Justice on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that corporate tax exemptions Spain extended to seaports were illegal state aid, brushing aside arguments that a more thorough economic analysis was warranted to prove the tax breaks bestowed an unfair advantage.
A wealth fund manager has sued his employer for £252,900 ($321,300) in missing management fees and bonuses, alleging at a London court that his trust in bosses meant he didn't realize they had underpaid him for several years.
With more than six months since the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act's enactment, it is time to look at the steps organizations can take to prepare for imminent changes, including the new failure to prevent fraud offense and extensions to Companies House authority, say lawyers at Mayer Brown.
