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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: EU fundamentals Competition and State aid Energy Environment Financial services Insurance Life Sciences Regulatory TMT International trade Lex Talk®EU Law: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content EU fundamentals European Commission releases September 2024 infringement package The European Commission has issued its September 2024 infringement package, identifying the Member States it is pursuing for breaches of obligations under EU law. This cycle includes letters of formal notice to 17 Member States for not properly transposing Directive ( EU) 2022/2464, the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, and to Spain for incomplete transposition of Directive 2019/1158, the Work-life Balance Directive, among other matters. See: LNB News 26/09/2024 28. Competition and State aid Antitrust— Google and Alphabet v Commission ( Google Shopping) The Court of Justice has dismissed Google’s most recent...
Risk & Compliance weekly highlights—3 October 2024 In this issue: Financial sanctions Other financial crime Cybersecurity Other Risk & Compliance updates this week Lex Talk®Risk & Compliance: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Latest Q& A Financial sanctions The Office of Financial Sanctions ( OFSI) has added two additional frequently asked questions to the UK Financial Sanctions FAQs. The new questions specifically concern General Licence INT/2024/4919848, as well as trust services. See: LNB News 01/10/2024 24. The Office of Financial Sanctions ( OFSI) has revised General Licence INT/2023/3179120 on payment to water companies for water and sewage. OFSI has updated the definitions of UK Designated Persons and Return Payments, and has also made the validity of the...
In this issue: Brexit, retained EU law and assimilated law Pay Prohibited conduct (discrimination etc) Prohibited conduct protection at work Financial services and banking: employment issues Employment Tribunals Employment Appeal Tribunal Pensions Immigration and cross-border Northern Ireland employment law Dates for your diary Trackers Employment resources on Lexis+® Daily and weekly news alerts Brexit, retained EU law and assimilated law Retained EU Law ( Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 ( Commencement No 2 and Saving Provisions) ( Revocation) Regulations 2024, SI 2024/976: This instrument cancels a UK statutory measure—the Retained EU Law ( Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 ( Commencement No 2 and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2024, SI 2024/714. It employs powers within the Retained EU Law ( Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 ( REUL( RR) A 2023) relating to...
The court found In three distinct cases brought by the Belgian and French bar associations, the court determined that the EU’s ban on supplying legal advisory services to the Russian government or entities established there does not undermine the fundamental right to obtain legal advice from a lawyer. The judges held that the restriction does not apply to services strictly necessary to exercise the right of defence in judicial proceedings and to ensure an effective legal remedy. Consequently, legal counsel connected to judicial, administrative, or arbitral proceedings falls outside the scope of the prohibition, meaning only non-contentious matters remain barred......
Consumer Arbitration— Wells Fargo & AAA under scrutinity for alleged misrepresentation Filed in California federal court late last week, a new suit by plaintiff Joseph Bacigalupi claims Wells Fargo and the American Arbitration Association ( AAA) committed fraud by assuring consumers that arbitration is simpler and cheaper than taking cases to court. The pleading contends the reverse is true. According to the complaint, 'the representations by Wells Fargo and AAA used to trick consumers into agreeing to arbitration are untrue.' It further asserts that 'the touted arbitration regime is laden with intricate, burdensome rules, is improperly skewed by withholding consumers’ access to their own records and therefore to a genuinely fair hearing, and is anything but a speedy or cost-efficient forum.' The action also contends that the AAA arbitration provision embedded in Wells Fargo’s consumer agreements breaches California’s unfair competition law because it compels...
In this issue: Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Brexit Contracts International Sale and supply of goods Supplier management Supply of services Lex Talk®Commercial: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Advertising, marketing and sponsorship The Competition and Markets Authority ( CMA) has released a practical compliance guide (the Guidance) on environmental claims for fashion brands, drawing on the principles in its Green Claims Code (the Code). It has also encouraged 17 fashion brands to revisit their green claims in light of the Guidance. In their article, Nigel Parr, partner, Christopher Eberhardt, counsel, and Olivia Spong, associate, at Ashurst, set out the main insights from the Guidance and consider the potential consequences for businesses both inside and beyond the fashion industry, including effects on internal...
In this issue: Criminal procedure and evidence Bribery, corruption, sanctions and export controls Cybercrime and data protection offences Environmental offences Financial services and pensions offences Food safety and hygiene offences Fraud, forgery, tax and theft offences Health and safety and corporate manslaughter offences Insolvency offences and Companies Act offences Local authority prosecutions Lex Talk®Corporate Crime: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers New Q& As Useful information Criminal procedure and evidence Government stops commencement of new assimilated law court procedures The government has laid an instrument that cancels commencement of section 6 of the Retained EU Law ( Revocation and Reform) Act 2023. Consequently, the planned court procedures for assimilated law will not take effect as first...
In this issue: Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Networks and network connections Renewable energy Nuclear energy Air emissions, efficiency, and climate change International energy Lex Talk®Energy: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Ofgem consults on Gas Transporters traditional metering licence conditions Ofgem has issued its decision from the August 2024 consultation reviewing the Gas Transporters’ traditional metering licence conditions, setting out its proposals and rationale to keep these conditions in force until 31 December 2025. It has also opened a statutory consultation on changes to the Special and Standard Special licence conditions for Gas Transporters held by National Gas Transmission Plc and the Gas Distribution Network Operators, suggesting the current end date for the ‘ Sunset...
Lenovo Group Ltd and others v Inter Digital Technology Corporation and others [2024] EWHC 596 ( Ch) What are the practical implications of this case? Practitioners and industry participants involved in negotiating SEP licences will note this ruling, as it tackles (i) the practical concerns that arise once a court-set FRAND licence expires, including issues after the term ends, and (ii) the new issue of whether the English courts—one of the very few court systems prepared to fix global FRAND terms—will state the terms of an ‘interim’ FRAND licence......
In this issue: UK mergers UK antitrust EU antitrust EU State aid Lex Talk®Competition: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Caselex UK mergers Tereos fined for failure to comply with requirements of CMA information during phase 2 investigation The CMA issued a notice, dated 25 September 2024, imposing a penalty on Tereos SCA and Tereos United Kingdom and Ireland Limited (together, Tereos) under section 110 of the Enterprise Act 2002 for failing to comply with a section 109 notice served by the CMA. That notice required the supply of board minutes and internal materials concerning Board and corporate governance during the phase 2 investigation. A fine of £25,000 was levied. The CMA concluded that Tereos had not, by the deadline, delivered all the information sought. In particular, Tereos did not provide Board...
In this issue: Transferring property Residential property Property development Environment, energy and buildings Property taxes Property in Scotland Lex Talk®Property: a Lexis®Nexis community Additional property updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers New Q& As Transferring property Extent of expert determination provision Further to the earlier report in Dandara South East Ltd v Medway Preservation Ltd [2024] All ER ( D) 26 ( Sep), [2024] EWHC 2318 ( Ch), the High Court allowed the defendants’ bid for a stay so that an expert could determine a dispute arising under a land sale contract. The court dismissed the claimant’s case that the contractual expert determination mechanism did not bite on the dispute, holding that the clause functioned as a one‑stop shop for all quarrels flowing from the...
Aer Cap says it held valid Aer Cap’s barrister, Mark Howard KC of Brick Court Chambers, told the court there is “no realistic prospect” of recovering 116 aircraft and 15 separate engines. He said Russian operators have “taken” them and continue to fly its Boeing fleet. The world’s biggest aircraft lessor has aligned with other leasing firms to sue major insurers, including Chubb, Fidelis and the Lloyd’s of London market, over jets and engines trapped in Russia since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The conflict and ensuing sanctions led Aer Cap and fellow lessors to terminate leases with 15 Russian airlines, yet, two and a half years later, the aircraft remain in Russia. Howard said Aer Cap brings a “straightforward” claim under its contingent or possessed insurance policies, asserting the aircraft and engines are physically “lost”. He added the real dispute lies between the...
In this issue: Probate Court of Protection UK taxes for Private Client HMRC Manuals updates Insolvency— Private Client Digital assets and cryptoassets Contentious trusts and estates International Question of the week Additional Private Client updates this week HMLR updates Practice Guide 1 and form FR1 Daily and weekly news alerts Lex Talk® Private Client: a Lexis+® community New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& As Useful information Probate Direct payment scheme for IHT—extended to investment providers The direct payment facility enabling personal representatives to settle inheritance tax ( IHT) from the deceased’s funds has been widened to include investment providers. See: LNB News 01/10/2024 8. Court of Protection Complex clinical issues and avoiding delay in SMT applications ( Re PG, Serious Medical Treatment) In this ruling, Mr Justice Cobb analyses the intricate and demanding clinical considerations around investigating and treating suspected gynaecological cancer for PG, a 57-year-old woman with a confirmed diagnosis of schizophrenia, accompanied by paranoid and persecutory delusional beliefs. Cobb J...
In this issue: Public Law case law quarterly— Q3 2024 Brexit highlights Brexit SIs Post- Brexit transition guidance Constitutional and administrative law Judicial review Equality and human rights Public procurement Subsidy control and State aid Management and strategic planning Lex Talk®Public Law: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Public Law case law quarterly— Q3 2024 The quarterly Public Law case law round-up sets out summaries and commentary on significant rulings gathered by the Lexis+® UK Public Law team each quarter. This issue spotlights, in particular: the Supreme Court’s obiter remarks on the applicability of retained EU law to events predating Brexit; an ECJ preliminary reference concerning extradition to the UK; and the Court of Appeal’s conclusion that public authorities are not obliged in public law to issue a policy describing the exercise of a discretion. See News Analysis: Public Law case law quarterly— Q3...
In this issue: UK, EU and international regulators and bodies Accountability, culture and social governance Prudential requirements Financial crime and sanctions Investigations, enforcement and discipline Regulation of benchmarks and IBOR reform Regulation of capital markets Sustainable finance and ESG Banks and mutuals Investment funds and asset management EU Mi FID II Regulation of insurance FSMA regulated pensions activity Payment services and systems Fintech and cryptoassets Regulation of AI in FS Post- Brexit regulatory developments Lex Talk®Financial Services: a Lexis®Nexis community Financial Services Enforcement Database Daily and weekly news alerts Intraday news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Latest Q& As UK, EU and international regulators and bodies EBA outlines work programme for 2025 The European Banking Authority ( EBA) has released its programme of work for 2025. As set out in its plan, alongside other priorities next year, among other mandates, the EBA will progress implementation of the EU Banking Package ( CRR III/ CRD VI), begin oversight of critical third-party IT service providers under the Digital...
In this issue: International Arbitration Other arbitration and ADR-related news and developments Useful Information Lex Talk®Arbitration: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts International Arbitration India—arbitral award vitiated at its root by misreading/misunderstanding of the basic contractual framework The dispute in Trans Engineers India v Otsuka Chemicals centred on a tribunal issuing a ‘nil’ award on rival claims and counterclaims arising from a plant expansion at a Rajasthan project site. The bid to set aside the award succeeded, with the court emphasising that neglecting to grasp the parties’ foundational contractual framework leaves an award open to attack. The ruling underlines that arbitrators must first appreciate the parties’ relationship and contractual architecture before turning to the substance of the case. Drawing on five Supreme Court of India authorities, including the recent DMRC Ltd v Delhi Airport Metro Express, the judge...
In this issue: Planning policy Planning appeals Retained EU Law Lex Talk®Planning: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Latest Q& A Related Documents Planning policy Industry bodies’ responses to NPPF consultation The Construction Industry Council ( CIC) has issued its response to the National Planning Policy Framework ( NPPF) consultation. While the CIC backs the government’s aim to speed up housebuilding, it also highlighted several reservations about the government’s plans, including: that the NPPF does not tackle the poor standard of housing often produced through permitted development rights......
In this issue: Anti-dumping Safeguards Trade in goods WTO Customs Lex Talk®International Trade: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Anti-dumping New Category 1 steel import quotas come into effect The Trade Remedies Authority ( TRA) has announced that the UK government has endorsed its advice to revise the tariff rate quota on Category 1 steel imports, taking effect on 1 October 2024. The refreshed steel safeguard will be divided into two bands— Category 1A, available to those importing for commercial application, and Category 1B for downstream processing. The Category 1A allowance will stay at just over 1 million tonnes per year, while Category 1B will be set 132% higher than Category 1A, equating to around 2.3 million tonnes annually. Category 1B allocations will be distributed on a global basis, with a 40%...
In this issue: Private children Public children Medical treatment Lex Talk®Family: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Updated content New Q& As Useful information Private children Contact ( Re M ( Children: Contact in Prison)) In Re M ( Children: Contact in Prison) [2024] EWCA Civ 1104, [2024] All ER ( D) 43 ( Sep), the Court of Appeal allowed the appellant mother’s challenge to an order that had permitted only limited contact between the two children and the imprisoned respondent (the father). Both parents were police officers. After their separation, the mother left the family home with the children. The father subsequently began a relationship with another officer. The mother and children later returned to the home for a time, during which the father raped the mother on two occasions. Extensive...
In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Sponsored work Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Preventing illegal working International Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Latest Q& A Key developments Future developments— Immigration calendar Please note that our Immigration calendar outlines key forthcoming developments relevant to business immigration advisers. UK immigration control: how it works Replacement BRP service closed on 26 September 2024 and no more BRPs issued from 31 October On 26 September 2024, the Home Office updated a range of guidance documents and materials to confirm the withdrawal of the replacement Biometric Residence Permit ( BRP) service on that day, as part of the ongoing transition to a fully digital immigration status from 1 January 2025. In a related, linked development, the Home Office emailed...
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