Government to face Atos in court following spat over £845m supercomputer contract May 23, 2022 The UK government is set to face IT company Atos in the UK’s High Court next month after the French firm filed a lawsuit against government over its decision to award an £845m Met Office contract to Microsoft. The French multinational is claiming its bid was wrongly excluded from the tendering process on the grounds [...]
EY and property tycoon Jamie Ritblat settle dispute with HMRC for ‘significant’ sum July 5, 2024 HMRC's tax dispute with accounting firm EY and Jamie Ritblat, a British property investor has been resolved after the parties reached a confidential settlement
Salesforce and Oracle accused of breaching GDPR in €10bn lawsuit August 14, 2020 A class-action lawsuit has accused tech giants Oracle and Salesforce of breaching EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in their processing and sharing of data for advertising purposes. Non-profit organisation The Privacy Collective, which filed the lawsuit, alleged the two companies are misusing consumers’ personal data through their third-party cookies Bluekai and Krux, which are [...]
Former Autonomy boss back in court over loss suffered by HP February 10, 2024 Lawyers for the former boss of software firm Autonomy will be back in court on Monday as Hewlett-Packard (HP) seeks damages over losses it suffered.
Crypto market stays flat as Binance faces legal trouble and Citi predicts tokenisation boom April 3, 2023 CryptoCompare's Francisco Memoria looks over the past seven days in the crypto calendar to decipher what narratives have moved the market.
777 Partners takeover of Everton in further doubt after firm hit with legal action May 6, 2024 A prospective takeover of Everton has been plunged into further doubt by legal action from the former owners of Standard Liege. The American private equity firm could lose all of its assets in Belgium as a result. Former owner Bruno Venanzi and the shareholders of Standard’s stadium allege that they have not received the second [...]
Who created Bitcoin? A UK court trial is set to decide January 15, 2024 The self-proclaimed inventor of Bitcoin is set to appear at the High Court today as a trial gets underway to decide if he really is the creator of the first-ever cryptocurrency.
Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance still owes Greensill Capital nearly £500m April 17, 2024 The administrators for Greensill Capital are still owed around $587.2m (£472m) from Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance, it has been revealed.
Former Met police detective sues ex-City lawyer over ENRC hacking claims February 27, 2023 A former Metropolitan police officer has accused an ex-City lawyer of trying to hack his emails to steal information about Kazakh mining company ENRC. Former detective Cameron Findlay has claimed ex-Dechert partner Neil Gerrard orchestrated a campaign of ‘spear-phishing’ attacks against him during a court dispute surrounding the Kazakh firm, US court papers show. A [...]
Shareholders launch campaign to tie Elon Musk’s salary to Tesla’s ESG October 20, 2022 Shareholders, spearheaded by activist investor Tulipshare, have launched a campaign to tie Elon Musk’s salary to Tesla’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance. The announcement comes months after the electric vehicle (EV) powerhouse was booted from S&P’s ESG index. According to Tulipshare, tying the chief executive’s salary to ESG would ensure the company improves its [...]