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  • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
    Ocado Group PLC
    Ex-Jones Day partner told client to ‘burn’ evidence in Ocado probe, court hears

    Raymond McKeeve said his actions were designed to protect his Brexit party politician wife

  • Sunday, 26 June, 2022
    Patisserie Holdings PLC
    Patisserie Valerie settles with Grant Thornton over £200mn claim

    Administrators end lawsuit that alleged negligence in audits of café chain

  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    Competition & Markets Authority
    UK construction groups accused of ‘bid rigging’ in £150mn contracts

    Watchdog says cartels involving ten companies colluded on tenders in London and Midlands

  • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
    Glencore
    Glencore admits bribery after UK corruption probe

    Serious Fraud Office weighs prosecutions of individuals following guilty pleas to offences in Africa

  • Monday, 20 June, 2022
    EY
    EY break-up plan could pay partners up to $8mn each in shares

    Big Four firm hopes to sell 15% of consulting business in $10bn public listing

  • Monday, 20 June, 2022
    InterviewCompetition & Markets Authority
    UK risks being a ‘rule taker’ on tech regulation, warns CMA chief

    Andrea Coscelli says Britain is falling behind Europe on reining in dominance of Big Tech

  • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
    Veolia Environnement VE SA
    Veolia promises to sell UK units to appease competition watchdog

    Disposal would create third-largest waste management supplier in UK with £1bn revenues

  • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Suez lines up retaking old UK waste business after Veolia tussle

    French groups wait on British antitrust regulator’s judgment before settling fate of operation

  • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
    Meta Platforms
    Meta fails to overturn Giphy sale order by UK competition regulator

    CMA may have to look again at decision as result of Facebook parent’s one successful challenge at tribunal

  • Monday, 13 June, 2022
    Cost of living crisis
    Retail fuel market faces probe by UK competition watchdog as prices soar

    Competition and Markets Authority to conduct urgent review of how prices are set at the pump

  • Friday, 10 June, 2022
    Technology regulation
    Apple and Google face UK probe over mobile browser dominance

    CMA consults on launching investigation into tech groups’ mobile browsers and cloud gaming services

  • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
    Mishcon de Reya
    Mishcon IPO stalled for the ‘foreseeable future’

    Law firm postpones London listing due to poor market conditions

  • Tuesday, 7 June, 2022
    Competition & Markets Authority
    UK competition watchdog finds price-fixing of Rangers FC replica shirts

    CMA says Elite Sports, JD Sports and the Scottish football club broke competition rules

  • Monday, 6 June, 2022
    Cravath
    Cravath to open second US office

    Elite New York law firm taps senior staffers from federal agencies for base in Washington DC

  • Tuesday, 31 May, 2022
    Serious Fraud Office UK
    SFO secures two convictions in green investment fraud

    Prosecution after seven-year inquiry into Brazil forestry scam rare good news for agency

  • Tuesday, 31 May, 2022
    Competition & Markets Authority
    UK competition watchdog gets new chair after 2-year search

    Government names former senior partner at Boston Consulting Group Marcus Bokkerink as preferred candidate

  • Monday, 30 May, 2022
    UK retail industry
    UK regulator orders Morrisons to keep McColl’s operations separate

    CMA issues ruling while it investigates supermarket chain’s takeover of convenience store operator

  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    KPMG LLP
    Bankrupt former KPMG partner sues law firm over job loss

    Claims that Herbert Smith Freehills tipped off his employer about his debt problems tied to ski chalet investments

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    Glencore
    Glencore to plead guilty to bribery charges and pay $1.5bn penalty

    Prosecutors say commodities trader approved millions of dollars in corrupt payments for oil access in Africa

  • Monday, 23 May, 2022
    Clifford Chance LLP
    Clifford Chance raises pay for newly qualified lawyers to £125,000 a year

    ‘Magic circle’ law firm is latest to raise salaries as sector competes for talent

  • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
    Utilities
    French waste and water tie-up risks rise to UK bills, regulator warns

    Merger of Veolia and Suez could lead to ‘more costly and lower quality services’ as local authorities face less choice

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    Serious Fraud Office UK
    SFO largely cleared of wrongdoing after UK court battle with ENRC

    Judge rejects most of Kazakh mining group’s claims over SFO’s conduct during probe into alleged corruption

  • Sunday, 15 May, 2022
    InterviewHow to Lead
    Pallas’s Natasha Harrison: ‘I felt completely like an outsider going into law’

    The British-born lawyer was set to take over from David Boies, one of the world’s most famous litigators, but instead quit to start her own firm

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    Competition & Markets Authority
    UK competition watchdog to end 2-year search for new chair

    Clive Bannister set to be named CMA head and Sarah Cardell lined up as interim chief

  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
    UK labour disputes
    Unite fails to win recognition at FCA days after calling first strike

    Trade union will not be able to formally represent workers at the financial services watchdog

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