UK’s M&A Watchdog Emerges from EU’s Shadow with Massive New Powers December 30, 2020 By Jonathan Browning The UK’s parting of the ways from the European Union means that an obscure 7-year-old watchdog is about to gain...
Mastercard Faces $18.6B Class Action in UK December 14, 2020 By Jonathan Browning Mastercard Inc. faces the prospect of a 14 billion-pound ($18.6 billion) UK class action — the largest of its kind...
UK Supreme Court to Consider Landmark Equal-Pay Case Against Walmart’s Asda July 13, 2020 By Jonathan Browning A long-awaited equal pay lawsuit at the U.K. Supreme Court could see thousands of mostly female workers obtain better wages...
UBS Settles Lawsuit with Former Trainee Who Alleged Rape by Senior Employee June 29, 2020 By Jonathan Browning UBS Group AG settled a lawsuit brought by a former trainee in London who said she was raped by a...
Google Faces $3.9B iPhone Privacy Lawsuit After London Court Reinstates Case October 3, 2019 By Jonathan Browning and Ellen Milligan A U.K. lawsuit filed against Google by millions of iPhone users over data-collection claims was given the go-ahead by London...
BNP Broker Wins Sex Discrimination Lawsuit, Highlighting Unequal Pay, Laddish Culture September 18, 2019 By Jonathan Browning A broker at BNP Paribas SA who complained about being paid less than male colleagues won her employment suit after...
Marriott Faces $124M Fine for Massive Data Breach Under New Data Protection Rules July 11, 2019 By Patrick Clark and Jonathan Browning The massive hacking of Marriott International Inc. reservation databases could lead to a 99 million-pound ($124 million) fine as the...
Ex-AIG Employees, Seeking Back-Bonuses of $100M, Win British Court Ruling June 26, 2019 By Jonathan Browning A group of former traders and managers at American International Group Inc. won a London judge’s backing in their battle...
2 Ex-AIG Employees Win $10M in France, Ahead of Separate $100M Bonus Case in UK June 21, 2019 By Gaspard Sebag and Jonathan Browning Two former American International Group Inc. employees won awards totaling about $10 million after French judges chastised the insurance giant...
British Hacker Gets 4 Years in Jail for TalkTalk Data Breach June 12, 2019 By Jonathan Browning A British man who hacked TalkTalk Telecom Group Plc, blackmailed executives and offered to supply customer data has been jailed...