Mastercard and Visa are back in court over interchange fees February 14, 2024 The lawsuits allege that Mastercard and Visa both acted unlawfully by overcharging businesses for accepting credit and debit card payments on corporate and consumer cards.
Roman Abramovich: Ex-Chelsea owner loses legal bid against EU over Putin sanctions December 20, 2023 Abramovich had filed a lawsuit at the EU’s general court against the European Union Council, which imposed the punishment on the oligarch.
Klarna-backed £1.8bn lawsuit fights Google search engine manipulation February 7, 2022 Swedish price comparison firm PriceRunner said it was suing Alphabet-owned Google for about €2.1bn (£1.8bn), the latest firm to take legal action alleging the search giant manipulated search results.
German court tells ResearchGate to take down academic papers following copyright lawsuit March 4, 2022 A German court has said academic social media website ResearchGate must take down research papers that were uploaded onto its website by academics, after ruling in favour of two academic publishers, who claimed ResearchGate’s activities break copyright laws. The Munich court said ResearchGate, which has 20 million users worldwide, must take down research papers that [...]
Facebook fails to block antitrust lawsuit over WhatsApp and Instagram ownership January 12, 2022 Meta faces another blow as it loses its attempt to dismiss a US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) antitrust lawsuit, which could force it has to sell WhatsApp and Instagram.
Kazakhstani mining company’s libel lawsuit against British author dismissed by High Court judge March 2, 2022 A libel lawsuit, put forward by a Kazakhstani mining company against Financial Times journalist Tom Burgis over his new book, has been thrown out of court. A High Court judge dismissed a case brought forward by Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC), after the firm sued Burgis for libel, over comments made in the first two [...]
Russian oligarch backed fund LetterOne files lawsuit against private equity firm that cut ties following war in Ukraine July 7, 2022 The Luxembourg headquartered investment fund founded by sanctioned Russian oligarchs Mikhail Fridman and Petr Aven has filed a lawsuit against the London private equity firm that manages $5bn (£4.2bn) of it’s money. Multi-billion-dollar investor LetterOne is taking legal action against Pamplona Capital Management, in calling on the private equity firm to open its books, after [...]
J&J and three other drug distributors settle opioid crisis lawsuits for $26bn February 25, 2022 US pharma giant Johnson & Johnson, and three of America’s largest medical distributors, have agreed to pay $26bn (£19bn) to settle more than 3,000 lawsuits over the role they played in fuelling America’s opioid crisis. New Jersey drugmaker J&J, and medicine distributors Cardinal Health, AmerisourceBergen, and Distributors McKesson, finalized a deal through which they will [...]
The bad apple that cost Dechert £47m February 28, 2024 Neil Gerrard used to be a hot shot lawyer in the City. But after being hit with multiple lawsuits, he is now known for very different reasons.
Universal record label settles UK dispute with King Crimson over Kanye West ‘Power’ sample May 15, 2024 The Universal Music Group has settled a UK lawsuit with a representative for English rock band King Crimson over royalties for Kanye West's 'Power' song