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City elite battle OFT in overdraft fees test case

A landmark case brought by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) regarding the fees charged by banks for unauthorised overdrafts is set to hit the High Court later this week (16 January), with a host of top City firms lining up to oppose the competition authority. The case will see the OFT take on seven banks and one building society in a bid to prove that the charges, which have affected thousands of customers, are illegal.
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International Edition

New Bar Council head Dutton moves to ensure revamped silk round really is an annual event

Newly-appointed Bar Council chairman Timothy Dutton QC has called for an improvement in the QC selection process to make sure it is completed annually, warning that an overly bureaucratic system could put candidates off.
2 minute read

International Edition

Quadrant Chambers senior clark retires

Quadrant Chambers senior clerk Gordon Armstrong is to take early retirement in mid-January, having served as senior clerk and chambers director since 1984. During his time in office the set expanded from a small set at 2 Essex Court specialising in admiralty law to a commercial chambers of 44 barristers at Quadrant.
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International Edition

Timothy Dutton QC: We must defend the English Bar

Like many at the Bar, I came to the profession out of a desire to serve justice using the skills of an advocate. This belief in justice is rooted in idealism when we are young in the profession.
4 minute read

Inside Counsel

Judge Sanctions Qualcomm Outside Counsel, Criticizes In-house Lawyers

A federal magistrate judge in San Diego issued sanctions Jan. 7 against six lawyers representing Qualcomm in its high profile patent battle with Broadcom.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

Residents Say IBM Made Them Sick

More than 90 current and former residents of Endicott, N.Y., sued IBM Jan. 3 for wrongfully and recklessly dumping toxic chemicals into the environment around the company's Endicott location, causing health problems and damaging property and the environment.
3 minute read

International Edition

Senior IP judge Pumfrey dies at 56

A senior UK intellectual property (IP) judge, Lord Justice Pumfrey, has died at the age of 56, just a month after his promotion to the Court of Appeal. Pumfrey died of a stroke at home in the early hours of Christmas Eve. Three days earlier he had handed down his judgment on a complex dispute between mobile phone giant Nokia and Interdigital Technology Corporation.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

InsideCounsel Roundtable: Bringing E-Discovery In-House

Over the last several years, e-discovery has become the stuff of nightmares for in-house counsel who find themselves embroiled in litigation. The amount of electronic data the average businessperson produces has grown exponentially, the costs to conduct e-discovery have soared and the revised Federal Rules for Civil Procedure have increased...
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

IP Owners Challenge State Immunity from Infringement

California knows a thing or two about patent law. For 12 consecutive years its university system has been the largest public recipient of U.S. patents--receiving ...
12 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Weed Worries

California case tests employers' right to fire medical marijuana users.
6 minute read

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