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Prosecuting social media giants that fail to prevent fraud on their platforms would "sharpen the blade" in law enforcement's armory, a novel leap in criminal liability needed to fight runaway fraud, the top barrister behind the proposals told Law360.
Ryan Junck and Vanessa McGoldrick of Skadden talk to Law360 about the strategy behind the dismissal of the case against the Hauser & Wirth art gallery, the challenges of litigating a first-of-its-kind prosecution and what the judgment means for sanctions enforcement.
Radical proposals to overhaul how the U.K. combats fraud would increase the incentives for defendants to plead early, heap pressure on digital platforms to overhaul their culture and redirect funds into the criminal justice system.
The implosion of the U.K.'s first-ever criminal trade sanctions case throws a "spanner in the works" for prosecutors but might not totally check their ambitions of aggressively enforcing wide-ranging restrictions imposed on Russia, lawyers say.
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Prosecuting social media giants that fail to prevent fraud on their platforms would "sharpen the blade" in law enforcement's armory, a novel leap in criminal liability needed to fight runaway fraud, the top barrister behind the proposals told Law360.
Ryan Junck and Vanessa McGoldrick of Skadden talk to Law360 about the strategy behind the dismissal of the case against the Hauser & Wirth art gallery, the challenges of litigating a first-of-its-kind prosecution and what the judgment means for sanctions enforcement.
Radical proposals to overhaul how the U.K. combats fraud would increase the incentives for defendants to plead early, heap pressure on digital platforms to overhaul their culture and redirect funds into the criminal justice system.
The implosion of the U.K.'s first-ever criminal trade sanctions case throws a "spanner in the works" for prosecutors but might not totally check their ambitions of aggressively enforcing wide-ranging restrictions imposed on Russia, lawyers say.
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July 27, 2026
A Greek financier who allegedly swiped $450 million from Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego in a fraudulent stock-for-cash loan deal has "numerous other victims," a prosecutor told a Manhattan federal judge Monday.
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July 27, 2026
Lawyers representing app developers suing Apple in a £785 million ($1 billion) group action accused the tech giant of trying to strangle the action by asking for "an oppressive level of disclosure" in a London antitrust tribunal Monday.
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July 27, 2026
Google has settled a price-comparison company's claim that the technology giant abused its dominance in the online search market by steering users away from the rival's website and toward Google's own comparison-shopping service, a London tribunal said Monday.
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July 27, 2026
A Moldovan tycoon wanted for allegedly masterminding a $22 billion money-laundering ring was the "leader" of an organized criminal group that corrupted judges to circumvent Russian currency controls, a prosecutor told a London judge Monday.
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July 27, 2026
A company director has been disqualified for seven-and-a-half years for allowing two of his companies to channel money as part of a £13.9 million ($18.5 million) unauthorized banking transaction scheme, the Insolvency Service said Monday.
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July 27, 2026
Victims of a convicted investment fraudster are set to recover most of the money they lost after a court ordered him to repay more than £655,000 ($872,000) under proceeds-of-crime legislation, the Financial Conduct Authority said Monday.
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July 27, 2026
The U.K. Supreme Court ruled Monday that Bahrain cannot invoke state immunity to block personal injury claims by two dissidents who allege the country infected their computers with surveillance software while they were living in London.
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July 27, 2026
The Home Office must explain how it believes that an employer has breached right-to-work rules when it issues a penalty notice, the U.K. Supreme Court ruled Monday.
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July 24, 2026
Reckitt said Friday that it will sell its Russian hygiene business to a local consumer goods company at an expected loss of approximately £175 million ($233.2 million), more than four years since the beginning of the Ukraine war.
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July 24, 2026
A senior barrister Friday won an eleventh hour reprieve from contempt of court proceedings over a closing address to a jury while representing a Palestine Action activist in criminal proceedings, when an appeals court stayed the case while his jurisdictional challenge is underway.
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July 24, 2026
Insurers covering vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz could be at risk of breaching international sanctions against Iran if they reimburse shipowners that might be forced to pay transit tolls to Tehran under any settlement reached after the war, legal experts warned.
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July 24, 2026
Clarion Housing Association Ltd. has said it did not make false representations to an insurance company to secure bonds for two development projects in England, arguing that any misunderstanding about who would be carrying out the building works was not its fault.
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July 24, 2026
Home REIT PLC said Friday that it will "vigorously defend" a £1.6 million ($2.1 million) claim by former adviser Smith Square Partners LLP for an allegedly unpaid contractual fee tied to the company's property sales process.
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July 24, 2026
The past week in London has seen financial advice firm Smith Square Partners sue ailing social housing company Home REIT, Pogust Goodhead hit with a contract claim by one of its investors, and Entain faced with its latest claim in expanding litigation linked to alleged bribery at its former Turkish business. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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July 24, 2026
Mercedes-Benz will be the only automaker to face a damages trial in London in November over claims it used unlawful emissions-cheating software after a judge ruled Friday to separate the case from related proceedings against four other major carmakers.
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July 23, 2026
A London judge on Thursday delayed the Serious Fraud Office from prosecuting a technology company accused of breaching a corporate criminal settlement as the business said it intended to sell itself to pay the outstanding £2.1 million ($2.8 million) it owes the agency.
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July 23, 2026
Motorists suing major carmakers for allegedly fitting out diesel vehicles with unlawful emissions-cheating software asked a London judge Thursday to delay an upcoming damages trial while they appeal a judgment that dismissed most of their claims.
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July 23, 2026
A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday tacked on more time behind bars for the architect of the $57 million Bar Works shared office space investment Ponzi scheme, expressing concern that the Englishman has the potential to reoffend despite cooperating against four co-conspirators.
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July 23, 2026
A London appeals court ruled Tuesday that Moorwand Ltd. is not liable for £160,000 ($213,000) lost in an authorized push payment scam because the payment services provider had no reason to suspect the transfer instructions were fraudulent.
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July 23, 2026
Weightmans has launched a new insurance fraud platform in partnership with U.S. risk management company Verisk, saying the technology will help insurers spot suspicious activity sooner and better manage higher-risk claims.
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July 23, 2026
A collapsed investment company has sued the Royal Bank of Scotland for more than £73 million ($97 million), accusing the lender of allowing cash earmarked for solar farms to be siphoned off by the company's director.
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July 23, 2026
Electrolux has denied causing a startup to lose more than £200 million ($266 million) amid their failed home appliance development partnership, telling a London court that it did not misuse any of its opponent's confidential information.
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July 23, 2026
The City regulator said Thursday it has decided to ban a father and son from U.K. financial services after a London court found they had engaged in fraud and misused client money in the sale of an insurance brokerage.
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July 23, 2026
Britain's audit regulator said Thursday it imposed financial sanctions worth £18.2 million ($24.3 million) in the financial year that ended in March — up from the £14.5 million it issued in the preceding 12 months.
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July 23, 2026
The European Union fined Google owner Alphabet Inc. a total of €890 million ($1.04 billion) on Thursday after finding that the U.S. technology giant unfairly favored its own services in search results and restricted app developers from directing users to cheaper options.