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Intel ordered to pay $2.18bn after losing US patent infringement trial

The chip maker has been sued in Texas by a company that acquired the tech patents


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Kirkland & Ellis, Goodwin Procter advise on Vector Capital SPAC merger with Rocket Lab

The go-public merger with Vector Acquisition values the combined company at $4.1bn


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Carlyle's acquisition of Swiss watch industry supplier Acrotec ‘powered by sustainable financing’

Linklaters’ leveraged finance co-head, Oliver Sceales, flags ESG’s role in deal’s funding


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Squire Patton Boggs targets ‘epicentre of US privacy legislation’ with senior Los Angeles hire

Alan Friel joins top 40 US firm from BakerHostetler as deputy chair of data privacy and cybersecurity


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Facebook to pay $650m settlement in US privacy lawsuit

Patel v Facebook will see nearly 1.6m Facebook users receive payouts, after the tech giant allegedly used photo-tagging without permission


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NHS faces legal action over Palantir contract

The Denver-based tech firm secured its first deal to handle NHS data last March for the nominal sum of £1


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Trustpilot picks London for IPO as it eyes £1bn valuation

Revenues of the Copenhagen-based consumer review website grew by a quarter last year


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UK Tribunal Blocks Epic from Apple action but Google still on English hook

A UK tribunal hands down differing verdicts to defendants Google and Apple in latest juncture of Epic Games’ complaints over in-app purchases


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DLA Piper boosts new space law credentials with partner hire from Hogan Lovells

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Huawei CFO loses High Court bid for internal HSBC documents

Huawei’s CFO Meng Wanzhou is fighting extradition to the US in a case that highlights the complexity of legal proceedings involving global tech giants


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Australia passes Facebook and Google news law

The world-first law is intended to make Google and Facebook pay for news content on their platforms


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Pinsent Masons’ Vario launches training platform for its flexi-lawyering service

All professionals who have worked in the firm’s flexi-lawyering service in the past year will be given access


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