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22 Dec 2010, 6:51 am by By CHRIS V. NICHOLSON
With the British business minister, Vince Cable, out and the culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, in, News Corporation's bid for BSkyB is more likely to clear the final regulatory hurdle. [read post]
7 Mar 2012, 7:57 am by Walter Olson
Creative application #95,724 of international human rights law: maybe it turns out to ban U.S. [read post]
15 Apr 2010, 7:04 am by Walter Olson
From Computing (UK): Law firm Tilly Bailey & Irvine (TBI) has stopped the bulk mailing of legal threats on behalf of rights holders to people accused of illegal file-sharing. [read post]
27 Nov 2010, 6:13 pm by Steven
WSJ.com – “Deborah Shorley, the head librarian at the U.K. [read post]
11 Oct 2010, 2:59 am by By DEALBOOK
France is ready to drop objections to a key part of a law to tighten rules on hedge funds in exchange for concessions from London, moving to end a row that threatened to harm relations with Washington, Reuters reported. [read post]
31 Mar 2010, 6:59 am by Walter Olson
“Great-grandmother given an electronic tag and curfew for selling a goldfish to a 14 year-old”, Telegraph: Joan Higgins, a pet shop owner, was caught selling the fish to the teenager in a ’sting’ operation by council officials. [read post]
2 Aug 2012, 5:02 am by By EVELYN M. RUSLI
ING, the Dutch financial firm, is reviewing strategic options for its Canadian and British online banks, according to a statement released on Thursday. [read post]
6 Dec 2009, 7:21 am
"Two former lawyers whose firm earned £136 million by handling compensation claims for sick miners lost their appeal yesterday against being struck off for dishonesty. [read post]
10 Sep 2010, 11:58 am by Walter Olson
A West Yorkshire man who gardens in the nude says the building of houses nearby would violate his human rights. [read post]
24 Sep 2009, 9:03 pm
Because having to wait in the regular line for a ride at the amusement park might be too stressful. [read post]
29 Nov 2014, 1:00 pm by Mitch Watkins
The United Kingdom’s Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill, HC Bill 127, had its first reading in the House of Commons on Wednesday, November 26. [read post]
2 Mar 2010, 3:53 am by By DEALBOOK
Britain should reform its takeover rules to ensure firms' long-term interests are prioritized over short-term financial gains, business secretary Peter Mandelson said in a speech to be delivered late on Monday, Reuters reported. [read post]
10 Sep 2011, 10:02 pm by Walter Olson
Britain: “The government is to ban referral fees in personal injury claims in an attempt to curb the ‘compensation culture’. [read post]
7 Feb 2020, 5:45 am by T. Augustine Lo and Nelson Dong
On January 17, 2020, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) published two new rules that will greatly expand the scope of minority investments by foreign persons in U.S. businesses that are subject to CFIUS review. [read post]
11 Oct 2010, 3:17 am by By DEALBOOK
Crispin Odey, one of London's most vocal hedge fund managers, is no longer enamored of Barclays and is now placing his bets on Lloyds Banking Group. [read post]
3 Apr 2011, 6:16 am by Walter Olson
Britain is rethinking its curiously limp penalties for illegal property occupation [Legal Blog Watch]: As a result, for example, when hotelier Connan Gupta moved out of his house in Camberwell for a week while it was being renovated, he returned to find 10 unwelcome Italian students who had moved in and changed the locks. [read post]
15 Sep 2010, 4:43 am by Walter Olson
It seems the concern is “to prevent ‘heavy and wet’ clothing from falling onto people below. [read post]
27 Sep 2011, 9:47 am by Walter Olson
“Kite flying, schoolyard games and sports day sack races have all been hit by an ‘epidemic’ of health and safety excuses, which should be challenged by the public, the Government said. [read post]
28 Apr 2010, 3:49 am by By DEALBOOK
The U.K.'s Financial Services Authority has been asked by a former minority investor to take a closer look at the proposed $600 million London listing of Russian fertilizer firm, Uralchem, The Telegraph reported. [read post]