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Lucasfilm did not benefit in any way at Tyburn Film Productions Ltd's expense, counsel said to the appeals court there on 3 December 2025, in part because it already possessed rights over Cushing's likeness and an agreement and consent from the Cushing estate to 'resurrect' him as Grand Moff Tarkin. Tyburn contends it earlier made an agreement with the late actor then, at the time, granting the company a veto over any use of his image prior to his 1994 death. That contract concerns a TV series titled 'Heritage of Horror', which never aired. Tyburn further asserts the deal permits it to effectively 'resurrect' Cushing using stand-ins and CGI to ultimately finish the programme then if the actor were to die whilst filming remained in progress...
Irish telecom operator Eircom’s damages lawsuit against BT Group over a public-sector contract must be carefully managed to trial to deal with confidentiality issues and other matters, a UK judge told the parties today. At the High Court in London today, a judge said Eircom’s damages action against BT over a public-sector contract needs tight case management through to trial to address confidentiality and related concerns. Eircom brought the claim after Ofcom in 2020 penalised BT for its behaviour during a tender. Speaking to both sides, Judge Adam Johnson urged them to resolve any confidentiality flashpoints themselves and signalled he had no wish to step in unless it became unavoidable. He also expressed confidence that parties would do everything possible to keep confidential designations to a minimum, noting this was necessary to maintain control over the conduct of the trial. He framed this as the
The following document is attached: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/274 dated 5 February 2026, revising Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1981, establishing a final anti-dumping levy on imports of ceramic tableware and kitchenware produced in...
Justice Richard Arnold granted AstraZeneca leave to appeal and permitted lorries carrying about 175,000 packs of Glenmark’s generics to move on to wholesalers, provided they did not reach pharmacy shelves while the case continued at any point during those interim proceedings. In this way, Glenmark could keep its first-to-market advantage, while causing only minimal detriment to AstraZeneca should the Court of Appeal later be persuaded to issue an injunction against supply. The judge said this approach maintained the status quo with the least possible prejudice to Glenmark’s position overall. The hearing was arranged at short notice, just days after the High Court refused AstraZeneca an injunction to block the diabetes generic from sale while the court considered whether the patents supporting the branded medicine were valid in law. Glenmark, Generics (UK) Ltd and Teva Pharmaceuticals have each begun proceedings in the UK to set...
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In this issue: Key developments and horizon scanning Trespass and adverse possession Enforcing security and property insolvency Disputes and remedies Electronic Communications Easements and covenants Neighbours and party wall disputes Service charges Additional Property Disputes updates Lex Talk®Property Disputes: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& As Key developments and horizon scanning Renters’ Rights Bill The Renters’ Rights Bill would reform the legal framework for rented housing, including scrapping fixed-term assured tenancies and assured shorthold tenancies; creating duties for landlords and related parties regarding rented properties and temporary or supported accommodation; and for associated and connected matters across the sector. The Bill progressed to House of Lords committee stage (day four) on 6 May 2025. See: LNB News...
ACA chair Stewart Hastie said the trade body backs the Labour government’s January 2025 proposal enabling companies that sponsor defined benefit pension arrangements to draw down substantial surpluses. He urged Pensions Minister Torsten Bell to deliver a pragmatic and successful new regime for defined benefit surplus release. Hastie stressed that pension trustees must remain central to the process, but that the necessary detail — including a new regulator code — should arrive sooner rather than later and underpin a practical approach if the behavioural shift sought is to be achieved......
In this issue: International Arbitration Investment treaty arbitration Institutional and ad hoc arbitration Other arbitration and ADR-related news and developments Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Useful information International Arbitration Singapore—carve-out from restructuring moratorium granted in favour of arbitration In restructuring, it is vital that a debtor is afforded time and space to craft its plan. This is usually delivered by a moratorium, preventing third parties from initiating actions against the company or its assets. That safeguard can create friction with arbitration. In a pro-arbitration seat like Singapore, must the court invariably permit an exception to the moratorium to let a third party commence arbitration against the debtor? In Sapura Fabrication v GAS, the Singapore Court of Appeal ruled there is no automatic obligation to allow such a carve-out. The court, however, retains...
Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA ( Gol Linhas) Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA ( Gol Linhas) announced it has reached an ‘agreement in principle’ with an ad hoc cohort of senior noteholders covering exit financing and their backing for its Chapter 11 plan, set for a confirmation hearing later this month before a New York bankruptcy judge. The debtor initially unveiled its Chapter 11 plan in December, stating it had secured an accord with creditors, major investor Abra Group Ltd, and other stakeholders to eliminate US$2.5bn of outstanding debt obligations. Through a mix of refinancing transactions, debt-for-equity swaps, and broader balance-sheet restructuring measures, the airline intends to dispose of about US$1.7bn in prepetition funded debt and up to US$850m in total in other liabilities......
In this issue: The Pensions Regulator DB superfunds Investments Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers The Pensions Regulator The Pensions Regulator ( TPR) has refreshed its guidance, setting out clearly the circumstances in which a third‑party applicant (e.g. trustees, scheme managers, and sponsoring employers) may formally request that TPR exercises one of the following powers: appointing an independent trustee, a step that can be essential to protect members where trustees fall short of their duties granting extra time by extending the deadline for a cash equivalent transfer ( CETV extension) revoking a prohibition order or a suspension order that stops a person from acting as a trustee waiving an automatic disqualification that would otherwise prevent a person from being a trustee of the scheme Responsibility for decisions on these third‑party applications lies with the Determinations Panel, a TPR committee that operates separately and makes decisions...
In this issue: Equity capital markets Share purchase agreements Lexis Nexis® Webinars Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Equity capital markets ESMA releases technical advice as part of Listing Act implementation The European Securities and Markets Authority ( ESMA) has issued technical recommendations to the European Commission to support the effective and smooth roll-out of Directive ( EU) 2024/2811 (the Listing Act), setting out detailed guidance on delegated acts to be adopted or amended in relation to the Market Abuse Regulation ( EU) 596/2014 ( EU MAR) and the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive 2014/65/ EU ( Mi FID II). For EU MAR, the advice pinpoints key junctures for public disclosure in drawn-out processes, explains when deferral of disclosure is barred, and sets out a Cross- Market Order Book...
In this issue: Key developments Air emissions and climate change Energy for environmental lawyers Environmental disputes and proceedings Environmental enforcement and prosecutions Environmental information ESG and sustainability Hazardous substances and chemicals Nature, biodiversity and habitat conservation Waste Waste producer responsibility regimes Water, flooding and drainage Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Key developments OEP submits advice to UK government on strengthening Planning and Infrastructure Bill The Office for Environmental Protection ( OEP) has provided guidance to the UK government aimed at reinforcing environmental safeguards in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. While acknowledging the intention to deliver better outcomes for development and the natural environment, the OEP cautions that the Bill, as presently framed, may erode protections embedded in existing environmental law. Its advice highlights priority...
In this issue: Financial sanctions Other financial crime Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Financial sanctions Navigating the complexities of sanctions compliance in law firms— OFSI’s Legal Services Threat Assessment April 2025 saw the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation ( OFSI) issue its inaugural Legal Services Threat Assessment, one instalment in a suite of sector‑specific studies on sanctions threats. The publication sets out OFSI’s perspective on compliance risks facing legal services, illuminating the nuanced hurdles the UK profession encounters in upholding financial sanctions. It also highlights sector vulnerabilities and the persistent compliance challenges UK law firms confront under financial sanctions. Adopting OFSI’s recommendations enables firms to strengthen controls and reduce exposure to potential sanctions breaches within the UK legal services sector at large. Against a backdrop of geopolitical volatility and ever more complex regimes, firms should stay alert and take a...
In this issue: Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Agency and distribution Consumer protection Contracts International Sale and supply of goods Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Advertising, marketing and sponsorship ASA rulings—7 May 2025 The Advertising Standards Authority ( ASA) received three objections claiming an ad campaign distorted the welfare standards granted to farmed animals under the RSPCA Assured scheme. Adfree Cities was one of the complainants. The ASA dismissed the complaints. See: LNB News 07/05/2025 21. Agency and distribution Expect complex ruling from UK justices in car dealer case Law360, London: On 2 April 2025, the UK Supreme Court heard submissions in the joined test cases Johnson v First Rand Bank Ltd, Wrench v First Rand Bank Ltd and Hopcraft v Close Brothers Ltd. The appeals concern findings of the Court of Appeal. The Supreme Court has indicated judgment will be issued no earlier than July 2025. See News...
In this issue: Corporate Governance Dates for your diary Weekly highlights from other practice areas Corporate Governance Plus500 loses vote against remuneration report at AGM Plus500, a global multi-asset fintech that operates proprietary, technology-led trading platforms, did not secure shareholder support for its Directors’ Remuneration Report ( DRR) for the year ended 31 December 2024. At the AGM on 6 May 2025, just 48.64% of votes cast were in favour of approving the DRR. This substantial level of opposition follows last year’s AGM, where only 34% of votes backed the DRR, with the company also failing to achieve a majority in favour at its AGMs in both 2023 and 2022. The DRR for the year ended 31 December 2024 records that the CEO and CFO each received remuneration packages exceeding $4.9m for the 2024 financial year, rising from $3.7m in 2023......
In this issue: IP and technology Copyright & associated rights Trade marks/passing off Patents Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information IP and technology AI model providers get confirmation of delays to EU Code of Practice MLex notes that providers of general‑purpose AI ( GPAI) models — including Open AI, Google and Microsoft — have been advised that the legal deadline for a final Code of Practice supporting compliance with the EU AI Act will be missed, with publication potentially a few months away. The postponement reflects attempts to align the Code with guidance on GPAI obligations and to secure backing from leading AI companies while the US government exerts pressure. See: AI model providers get confirmation of delays to EU Code of Practice. Lack of IP ownership set to add costs for the Post Office over Horizon Natalie Welch, senior associate at Marks & Clerk LLP,...
Antitrust Court of Appeal refuses permission to appeal against the CAT’s judgment upholding CMA’s decision finding excessive and unfair pricing over NHS thyroid drug prices; reinstates original fine imposed by CMA The Court of Appeal refused permission to appeal and, when handing down judgment in Cinven Capital Management ( V) General Partner Ltd & Ors v CMA, reinstated the CMA’s fine. The appeal concerned the CAT’s ruling of 8 August 2023, which had confirmed the CMA’s conclusion that the Chapter II prohibition of the Competition Act 1998 was infringed regarding the supply of liothyronine tablets, an essential medicine for treating thyroid hormone deficiency. CMA’s 2021 decision On 29 July 2021, the CMA delivered an infringement decision finding that Advanz Pharma abused a dominant position by levying excessive and unfair prices for liothyronine tablets. The authority imposed penalties totalling over £101.4m, including £40.9m on Advanz Pharma and £51.9m on...
In this issue: UK, EU and international regulators and bodies Financial crime and sanctions Consumer protection Complaints, compensation and claims management Investigations, enforcement and discipline Regulation of capital markets Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products ( PRIIPs) Dispute resolution for financial services lawyers Regulation of derivatives Sustainable finance and ESG Banks and mutuals Investment funds and asset management UK Mi FID II EU Mi FID II Consumer credit, mortgage and home finance Payment services and systems Fintech and cryptoassets Regulation of AI in FS Lex Talk®Financial Services: a Lexis®Nexis community Financial Services Enforcement Database Daily and weekly news alerts Intraday news alerts Dates for your diary UK, EU and international regulators and bodies Treasury Select Committee publishes letter from FCA CEO following recent evidence session The House of Commons ( Ho C) Treasury Select Committee ( TSC) has issued a letter dated 30 April 2025 from Nikhil Rathi, Chief Executive of the Financial Conduct Authority ( FCA), arising from the recent evidence hearing on the ‘ Work of the...
Irish Data Protection Commission ( DPC) The Irish Data Protection Commission ( DPC), serving as Tik Tok’s lead supervisory authority in the EU, concluded that the short-form video platform breached General Data Protection Regulation ( GDPR) requirements on transparency and the legality of international data transfers. It did so by moving EU users’ personal data to the People’s Republic of China without ensuring protections equivalent to those guaranteed within the EU. Beyond issuing a monetary penalty, the Irish regulator has directed Tik Tok to bring its processing operations into full compliance within six months. Should the company fail to meet this deadline, its transfers of personal data to China will be halted, the authority noted. “ The GDPR requires that the high level of protection provided within the EU continues where personal data is transferred to other countries,” said DPC Deputy...
In late March 2025, the UK Supreme Court considered the appeals of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo. The Libor and Euribor prosecutions emerged after the 2008 financial crisis, with the pair frequently cast by the media as symbols of a high-risk culture blamed for precipitating the collapse. Hayes, handed an 11-year custodial sentence, was labelled in court as ‘motivated by greed’. Yet did their conduct constitute a criminal offence? Although investigations and prosecutions unfolded across the globe — in France, the US, Japan, Canada, Germany and Singapore — only the UK has sustained convictions. Here, the men were prosecuted for conspiracy to defraud, a common law crime seemingly without a direct analogue in those other jurisdictions that scrutinised the same behaviour. The Libor litigation has reignited arguments about whether the offence is too expansive and should be abolished. These cases also pose...
For decades, the United States fronted these efforts through prosecutions brought under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ( FCPA). On 10 February 2025, however, President Donald Trump signed Executive Order No 14209, halting FCPA enforcement. During this suspension, the US Department of Justice ( DOJ) intends to re-evaluate enforcement strategies, and likely endorse a new course that may dilute future US prosecutions in the United States. That step will inevitably leave a gap requiring attention by the international community. Given the increasingly cross-border character of FCPA cases, and the tested detection and enforcement frameworks backed by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD) over many years, liberal democracies worldwide are well placed to occupy that space with credible, co-ordinated action. They could pursue a kind of ‘ Reverse Marshall Plan’, stepping forward to lead the rollout of a robust...
Mergers The Commission approved: the purchase of shared control of Outlet Mall Group Holding S.à.r.l. ...
The European Commission’s 24 March 2025 decision, which classifies the arbitral award in Antin v Spain ( Infrastructure Services Luxembourg S.à.r.l. and Energia Termosolar B. V. (formerly Antin Infrastructure Services Luxembourg S.à.r.l. and Antin Energia Termosolar B. V.) v Kingdom of Spain, ICSID Case No ARB/13/31) as unlawful and incompatible state aid under Article 107(1) TFEU, represents one of the gravest tests yet to the enforceability of intra‑ EU investment arbitration awards. Building on the Court of Justice of the European Union’s Achmea and Komstroy rulings, it imposes strict duties on EU Member States to resist recognition or enforcement of such awards, both at home and in non‑ EU fora. It also underscores the Commission’s far‑reaching view of its competence under state aid rules, with clear repercussions for investors’ legitimate expectations and their enforcement tactics. The conclusion has immediate, real‑world...
Re Sino- Ocean Group Holding Ltd [2025] EWHC 205 ( Ch) What are the practical implications of this case? The practical implications of this judgment are: Questions about how a voting class is constituted or composed should, preferably, be aired at the convening hearing, not deferred to the sanction hearing. A dissenting creditor cannot simply contend that liquidation or any other ‘relevant alternative’ advanced by the plan company is not the relevant alternative for Condition A; they must also identify a specific alternative. It is not abusive for a plan company to include a consenting class within a plan, even if this enables a cross‑class cram down, provided the plan has a meaningful effect on that assenting class. When assessing any challenge to whether a special interest creditor’s vote is representative, the court will proceed flexibly rather than apply a rigid “but for”...
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This Practice Note This Practice Note reviews mechanisms used in settling litigation. A Tomlin order consists of a consent order paired with a schedule. It operates to stay proceedings on terms that have been agreed. The provisions contained in the schedule may remain confidential. This Practice Note describes the scope of confidentiality attaching to the schedule and sets out how it differs from a standard consent order. Sample wording for a Tomlin order is included, alongside links to precedents, as well as guidance on court approval. It also addresses varying, setting aside and enforcing a Tomlin order, including the considerations the court will take into account when handling applications for each. Further guidance is provided on interpreting and applying the relevant provisions of the CPR; however, some courts and divisions impose very specific requirements for both drafting and approval, and for approaching the schedule and confidentiality issues. Accordingly, you must consider the particular rules and court guide provisions in the forum where your claim is proceeding when drawing up the Tomlin order...
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