Carter-Ruck Pro Cleared Over Alleged OneCoin SLAPP

By Sophia Dourou

A disciplinary tribunal on Friday dismissed allegations that a Carter-Ruck partner improperly threatened to sue a whistleblower who exposed the multibillion-dollar OneCoin cryptocurrency scam, ruling that the case against her "was based on hindsight" rather than misconduct.

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Microsoft Says £2B Class Action Fails To ID Viable Legal Test

By Ronan Barnard

Microsoft said at a London antitrust tribunal on Friday that a claim potentially worth £2.1 billion ($2.8 billion) should not be given clearance to continue, arguing the competition lawyer proposing to bring it had not identified a route for it to go to trial.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Laura Stewart Liberty

This past week in London has seen Shell hit with a climate change claim from 100 survivors of a typhoon in the Philippines, London Stock Exchange-listed Oxford Nanopore bring legal action against its co-founder, and the editors of Pink News sue the BBC for defamation following its investigation into alleged sexual misconduct at the news site.

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Brief

Marketing Firm, Betting Operator End $19M Sponsorship Row

By Eddie Beaver

A marketing agency has settled its nearly $19 million claim against an online sports betting operator over allegations that the operator cut it out of Brazilian football sponsorship deals the agency had helped secure.

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Brief

BBC Hit With Libel Claim By Founders Of LGBT News Website

By Joanne Faulkner

The couple who run LGBT news website PinkNews have filed a libel claim against the BBC after describing allegations broadcast in a documentary investigating sexual misconduct at the publisher as "false, inconsistent and malicious."

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