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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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Antitrust Commission fines Pierre Cardin and Ahlers €5.7m for restricting cross-border sales of clothing Pierre Cardin and Ahlers €5.7m for restricting cross-border sales of clothing The Commission has adopted an infringement decision against Pierre Cardin and its licensee, Ahlers, for breaching Article 101 TFEU by limiting cross-border sales of Pierre Cardin‑licensed clothing ( AT.40642). Joint fines amounting to €5.7m have been imposed on the two companies. The Commission determined that, for over a decade, Pierre Cardin and Ahlers engaged in anti‑competitive agreements and concerted conduct designed to stop other Pierre Cardin licensees, and their customers, from selling licensed clothing, both offline and online, by restricting sales: into Ahlers’ EEA‑licensed territories; and/or to low‑price retailers (such as discounters) offering lower prices to consumers in those territories. Consequently, the Commission levied fines totalling €5.7m on the parties......
NSI Act: High Court rejects judicial review of Government order requiring Russian-backed investor to sell broadband provider under the NSI Act 2021 On 20 November 2024, the High Court delivered its judgment in The King (on the application of Letter One Core Investment, S. A. R. L. and another) v Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industry, a judicial review of a final order issued under section 26(3) of the National Security and Investment Act 2021. That order, made by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, required Letter One to divest Upp Corp Ltd ( Upp) on national security grounds (the Final Order). The Court dismissed the challenge. Background Letter One sits within one of Europe’s largest investment groups, whose portfolio includes the Holland & Barratt chain of health and well-being product stores. The group was founded and is...
ECCTA and the failure to prevent fraud offence The offence of failing to prevent fraud was brought in by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 ( ECCTA 2023) as part of a suite of initiatives designed to combat financial crime. It was also one of a number of measures directed at tackling financial crime. It extends the corporate failure to prevent framework, building on the failure to prevent bribery and failure to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion offences, created by the Bribery Act 2010 and the Criminal Finances Act 2017, respectively. Set out in sections 199–206 of ECCTA, it seeks to hold large organisations, regardless of their form, incorporation, or formation, to account for fraud carried out by employees, agents, subsidiaries, or others delivering services for or on its behalf, where the fraud was intended to benefit the...
In this issue: Cybersecurity Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Cybersecurity ENISA releases report on cybersecurity investments under NIS 2 Directive The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity ( ENISA) has issued a study assessing the effects of Directive ( EU) 2022/2555 ( NIS 2 Directive) on cybersecurity investment and organisational maturity. It notes a marked rise in information security expenditure, with 9% of EU IT investments now directed to this area......
In this issue: Cases and decisions Types of Insurance UK Regulation International Regulation Case trackers Key dates Daily and weekly news alerts Lex Talk®Insurance: a Lexis®Nexis community Cases and decisions Appeal tracker: Gatwick Investment Ltd and others v Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe Se and other cases The Court of Appeal hearing is scheduled to begin on 21 January 2025. In an earlier ruling, the Commercial Court addressed specified preliminary points advanced by various claimants pursuing business interruption insurance claims against the defendants. These proceedings followed the Coronavirus pandemic and concerned policy interpretation issues, including whether payments received through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme ( CJRS) furlough arrangements ought to be taken into account. The claimants comprised businesses that, acting in line with government guidance, were required to shut during the pandemic. The defendants were the insurers of the...
Judge Thomas Leech stated he was unconvinced that investors who based their decisions solely on Barclays’ share price or its listed status had any realistic chance of persuading the Court of Appeal that their claims might prevail at all. He added that his October 2024 ruling, which reduced the claim’s value by more than half, had been reached after careful legal consideration. “ I should have the courage of my convictions, and if I am satisfied the claims ought to have been struck out, it is not open to me to grant permission to appeal,” Judge Leech remarked. Hundreds of institutional investors, including the Allianz Global Investors Fund, are pursuing Barclays following a complaint by the New York attorney general concerning the bank’s LX Liquidity Cross trading platform, which erased billions of pounds in market value......
In this issue: Practice Compliance forecast Financial sanctions Other financial crime Cybersecurity Other Practice Compliance updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Practice Compliance forecast New Practice Compliance forecast as at 20 November 2024 Our latest Practice Compliance forecast (as at 20 November 2024) is now available. This edition covers: Release of long‑anticipated government guidance on the failure to prevent fraud offence; FATF consulting on revisions to its Standards and refreshing grey‑listing criteria to intensify risk focus; The Legal Ombudsman’s transparency proposals and forthcoming Scheme Rules amendments; SRA consultation on publishing regulatory decisions, updating the financial penalties regime, and client money in legal services. See News Analysis: New Practice Compliance forecast as at 20 November 2024. Financial sanctions FCDO implements new sanctions against international...
In this issue: Medical devices Competition in life sciences Research and development Medical devices Commercialisation Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Medical devices Medical devices and the EU AI Act—how will two sets of regulations work together? Alison Dennis, partner and joint head of Taylor Wessing’s international life sciences group, examines how the EU AI Act slots into the existing regulatory regime for medical devices. See News Analysis: Medical devices and the EU AI Act—how will two sets of regulations work together? Competition in life sciences CMA: CAT fines Pfizer and Flynn £69m for excessive epilepsy drug pricing In 2022, the CMA imposed penalties of £63m on Pfizer and £6,704,422 on Flynn, amounting to £69.7m overall. The CAT reimposed virtually the same fines, concluding that Pfizer and Flynn had deliberately exploited their dominant market positions. The tribunal described their pricing as...
In this issue: Public procurement Social housing Children's social care Governance Social care Healthcare Licensing Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Latest Q& As Public procurement Serious issue to be tried but damages an adequate remedy justifying lifting of automatic suspension ( RHH Ltd v OG Ltd) In Robert Heath Heating Ltd v Orbit Group Ltd [2024] EWHC 3039 ( TCC), the Technology and Construction Court considered a contested procurement dispute. It held the claimant had shown a serious, triable case, alleging infringements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 by the defendant during the procurement process. The judge determined that monetary compensation would be an adequate remedy should the claim succeed, and that it would sufficiently protect the claimant’s position. The court also acceded to the defendant’s application to lift the...
In this issue: UK mergers UK subsidy control UK market studies EU antitrust Lex Talk®Competition: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Caselex UK mergers CMA prohibits Spreadex/ Sporting Index merger; Spreadex ordered to unwind the merger The CMA has published its final report from its phase 2 review of the completed purchase by Spreadex Limited ( Spreadex) of the B2C business of Sporting Index Limited ( Sporting Index). Both Spreadex and Sporting Index supply UK customers with fixed odds betting and sports spread betting, while Spreadex also operates in financial spread betting and casino betting. As the only two licensed online providers of sports spread betting, the CMA found that residual competitive pressures after the deal—from unlicensed sports spread betting operators, financial spread betting firms and sports fixed odds betting...
In this issue Court of Protection UK taxation for private clients Updates to HMRC Manuals Tax avoidance, evasion and non-compliance Budgets and Finance Bills Private client insolvency Digital and crypto assets Charity and philanthropy Disputed trusts and estates Pensions, insurance and tax‑efficient investments International Further Private Client updates this week Question of the week News alerts—daily and weekly Lex Talk® Private Client: a Lexis+® community New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& As Useful information Court of Protection Court rules that an anonymity application under CPR 39.2(4) and section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998 must proceed on a statutory basis ( PMC (a child by his mother and litigation friend FLR) v Local Health Board) The claimant, a boy born in 2012,...
In this issue: Contract law Building safety Litigation Arbitration Tax for construction lawyers Standard form contracts Construction industry news Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Construction trackers Contract law Employer deemed out of time in issuing a notification on the Monday after a Sunday deadline ( My Contracts v 74 Hamilton Terrace) In My Contracts Ltd v 74 Hamilton Terrace Freehold Ltd [2024] EWHC 2896 ( TCC), the TCC issued a declaration at the contractor’s request concerning the construction of a clause that imposed a deadline for the employer to notify costs for which the contractor was responsible. The court concluded the employer missed the deadline by serving the notice on the Monday immediately after the final day for service, which had fallen on a Sunday. Central to the decision was that the clause made no...
Backrgound Letter One forms part of one of Europe’s largest investment groups, whose portfolio features the Holland & Barratt health and well-being products retail chain. It was established and is owned by Russian oligarchs. In January 2021, Letter One bought Fibre One for £100m, and renamed it Upp. In December 2022, the then Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industry, Grant Shapps, instructed One Letter to sell Upp. It was sold to Virgin Media O2 for under £144m, which Letter One said it had already invested by then......
In this issue: Planning appeals When planning permission is needed Planning issues in energy projects Housing Highways and rights of way Buildings and Building Regulations Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Latest Q& A Related Documents Planning appeals PINS confirms planning and enforcement appeal deadlines for the 2024 festive period The Planning Inspectorate ( PINS) has set submission cut-offs for planning and enforcement appeals in England over Christmas and New Year 2024. Parties should meet the standard dates for filing documents in the weeks beginning 23 and 30 December 2024. Where a deadline lands on a bank holiday, filings must be made before that day. Although case officers may assess extension requests individually, no deadline will run past 10 January 2025. For enforcement matters, PINS has no power to prolong the period for lodging an...
In this issue: UK, EU and international regulators and bodies Accountability, culture and social governance Prudential rules Risk oversight and controls Financial crime and sanctions Complaints, redress and claims handling Investigations, enforcement and discipline Capital markets oversight Derivatives regulation Banks and mutuals Investment funds and asset management EU Mi FID II Insurance regulation Payment services and systems Fintech and cryptoassets AI regulation in financial services Financial Services Enforcement Database Intraday news alerts Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary UK, EU and international regulators and bodies MPs raise deep-rooted problems at FCA in critical report Law360, London: A forthcoming report from a cross-party group of MPs is set to underscore shortcomings in how the Financial Conduct Authority ( FCA)...
In this issue: Arbitration under the AA 1996 Act International 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 Arbitration under the AA 1996 Act England and Wales—the Commercial Court dismisses jurisdictional challenges to US$750m investment treaty arbitration award In The Czech Republic v Diag Human Se and another [2024] EWHC 2102 ( Comm), the Czech Republic moved to overturn a US$750m investment treaty award, advancing multiple objections under sections 67 and 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996 ( AA 1996). The award, dated 18 May 2022 (the ‘ Award’), was issued by a London-seated arbitral tribunal (the ‘ Tribunal’) constituted under the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic- Switzerland bilateral investment treaty (the ‘ BIT’). The arbitration proceeded in accordance with the UNCITRAL Arbitral Rules 2010. In an earlier judgment of 8 March 2024 (the ‘ March...
In this issue Key developments and horizon scanning Transferring property Property development Environment, energy and buildings Property taxes Property in Scotland Additional property updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New Q& As Key developments and horizon scanning MHCLG announces leasehold reforms for 2025—implementation of LFRA 2024 and modernisation of commonhold The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government ( MHCLG) has outlined a far‑reaching package of proposed leasehold changes planned for 2025. On 21 November 2024, Matthew Pennycook, Minister of State for Housing and Planning, issued a written statement on leasehold and commonhold reform, addressing the commencement of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 ( LFRA 2024) and setting out further intentions to reform both leasehold and commonhold. LFRA 2024 Pennycook confirmed the government’s aim is to bring LFRA 2024 into effect as rapidly as...
In this issue Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Consumer protection Contracts Intellectual property International Public procurement Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Advertising, marketing and sponsorship ASA rulings—27 November 2024 The Advertising Standards Authority ( ASA) assessed two matters: a promotion offering free Persil detergent with a Samsung washing machine purchase that misled consumers, and a paid Google advertisement by Wizz Air featuring a misleading environmental claim. Both challenges were upheld. See: LNB News 27/11/2024 30. Consumer protection CMA finds loyalty pricing offers genuine savings in UK supermarkets The Competition and Markets Authority ( CMA) carried out an in-depth review of supermarket loyalty pricing. Examining 50,000 products, it found 92% of loyalty-priced items delivered real savings versus their usual prices, with typical reductions of 17–25%. The CMA found no...
When is a medical device including AI subject to the EU AI Act? Any medical device that is, or incorporates, an AI system as defined by the EU AI Act, and is intended for the EU market, must comply with the Act’s rules. The term ‘ AI system’ is interpreted broadly and can encompass solutions that leverage big data to generate, for example, reasonably accurate predictions of an indication, even if they are not strictly what many would regard as artificial intelligence. As a consequence, many medical devices already available are captured within the Act’s scope... Medical devices and high- or limited-risk AI systems under the EU AI Act Medical devices may fall into high-risk or otherwise limited-risk categories. High-risk devices are subject to a more demanding regulatory framework that, in addition to medical device regulation obligations, requires Notified Body...
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