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Briefing Notes
Disputes
Quinn Emanuel London head Richard East joins the claimant team in the Mariana dam litigation as an October court hearing approaches on representation disputes
Group litigation at this scale turns as much on who controls the claimant mandate as it does on the underlying legal merits.
International
US charges Virginia tech CEO and Russian co-defendant with concealing Russian ownership of digital forensics firm Oxygen Forensics from US government agencies
A Heathrow arrest on a US wire fraud charge signals that beneficial ownership concealment in government tech contracts now carries extradition-level risk.
M&A
Brookfield Closes In on $2bn Acquisition of Financial Crime Specialist Actimize
RegTech assets command premium pricing precisely because compliance spend is non-discretionary.
Energy & Tech
HMRC Publishes UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism Guidance Ahead of January Start
CBAM guidance is live, UK importers must act before January.
Disputes
Courts Resist Blanket Medical Disclosure Orders in UK Personal Injury Claims, Proportionality Test Decisive
A claimant's medical past is not automatically fair game just because they've sued.
Energy & Tech
Campaigners warn that scrapping the UK windfall tax early could cost the country up to £8.6bn by 2030
Every billion of windfall tax revenue at stake resets the political calculus for North Sea investment incentives and the deals that depend on them.