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The investment forms part of Zip’s plans for global expansion, for which it recently raised $177m

London-based law firm representing 2.3 million BT customers seeking compensation for alleged landline overcharging

A report by KPMG and Baker Mackenzie shows a positive response to virtual hearings from legal professionals, but also concerns with concentration and witness coaching

The tech-focused invesment firm is set to combine its portfolio company Consignor with Marlin Equity Partners-backed Unifaun

Acts to boost competition and standardise safety rules are set to be the bloc’s biggest update to digital regulations for decades

The European Commission did not have a strong enough case within existing anti-competitive legal frameworks to block the $2.1bn merger, despite widespread condemnation from consumer rights groups

The sale comes as Paws Holdings aims to enhance its e-commerce offering in a market worth €41bn annually and Ocado Retail moves to focus on its grocery business, despite a rise in demand for pet supplies during the pandemic

In a first for the city-state, Singapore-headquartered law firm Rajah & Tann has teamed up with local cybersecurity provider Resolvo Systems to help businesses manage digital data amidst increasing cyber threats

The lawsuit, lodged in December by 10 Republican-led states, accuses the tech giant of breaking consumer protection and antitrust laws

More than half of senior fintech professionals also expecting rise in dealmaking, according to Pensar Media survey

Doug Hargrove considers how changes in the legal sector brought about by the pandemic could become a permanent, fundamental shift

Cooley has boosted its cyber/data/privacy team and East Coast trial bench with the hire of Tiana Demas from Facebook, where she was assistant GC and led a team investigating cyberattacks

The European Patent Office’s report shows the US is by far the most innovative country in Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies, with Europe losing ground China and Korea

The ongoing case of Van Buren v. United States is set to have huge consequences for cybersecurity and computer crime enforcement

In the first case of its kind in the world’s largest surveillance system, a Chinese court has found a wildlife park’s use of facial recognition technology was illegal

Consumers in the bloc are set to have a powerful new right to bring forward class action cases

The startup, which is backed by a co-founder of Google Maps, has moved its headquarters to the British capital to position itself at the centre of the global legaltech industry

Two big names in e-discovery law and information governance, Am Law 100 member Nelson Mullins and Redgrave, are set to combine in one of the largest law firm mergers so far this year

Alexander Egerton looks at what a business needs to consider as it shifts to e-commerce

Merlin Piscitelli examines dealmakers' attitudes to the digitilisation of M&A and the benefits it can bring across the whole lifecycle of a deal