Carmakers Face UK ‘Dieselgate’ Lawsuits Worth at Least $7.6B, Lawyers Say June 12, 2024 By Sam Tobin Some of the world’s biggest carmakers are facing 1.5 million lawsuits in Britain for allegedly cheating emissions tests that could...
HP Claims $4 Billion Losses in London Lawsuit Over Autonomy Deal February 12, 2024 By Sam Tobin Hewlett-Packard lost more than $4 billion over its acquisition of British software firm Autonomy because of an elaborate fraud masterminded...
Brexit Backer and Inventor James Dyson Loses Libel Lawsuit Against UK Newspaper December 1, 2023 By Sam Tobin James Dyson, the billionaire inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner, lost a libel lawsuit on Friday against a British newspaper...
London Metal Exchange Triumphs in Lawsuit Over Canceled Nickel Trades November 30, 2023 By Sam Tobin and Pratima Desai The London Metal Exchange (LME) won a legal battle with U.S. financial firms on Wednesday which brought a case demanding...
UK Firm Sold Thousands of Unverified Jet Engine Parts, CFM Says September 21, 2023 By Sam Tobin and Tim Hepher Jet engine maker CFM International said on Wednesday thousands of engine components may have been sold with forged paperwork by...
AstraZeneca Faces 2 London Lawsuits Over COVID-19 Vaccines August 24, 2023 By Sam Tobin AstraZeneca is facing two London lawsuits, including one from the husband of a woman who died after receiving the Anglo-Swedish...
Lapsus$ Hacker Targeted Uber, Revolut, Grand Theft Auto Maker, London Jury Finds August 24, 2023 By Sam Tobin A teenage member of the Lapsus$ hacking group was on Wednesday found by a London jury to have hacked Uber...
UK Court Dismisses Climate Case Against Shell in Blow for Activists July 25, 2023 By Sam Tobin Environmental law charity ClientEarth’s unsuccessful attempt to sue Shell over its climate strategy shows the difficulties in bringing activist shareholder...
Barclays Wins UK Supreme Court Appeal Over Push Payment Fraud July 13, 2023 By Sam Tobin and Kirstin Ridley Barclays on Wednesday won a UK Supreme Court appeal that turned on the extent of banks’ duties to protect customers...
London Metal Exchange Canceled Nickel Trades to ‘Save’ China’s Tsingshan, Court Told June 21, 2023 By Sam Tobin, Eric Onstad and Pratima Desai The London Metal Exchange canceled $12 billion worth of trades when nickel prices went haywire in March 2022 to “save”...