The European Commission has hit Apple with a €1.84 billion fine, the third-largest EU antitrust fine in history. The fine concludes a four-year investigation centered on the impact of Apple’s App Store practices on competition in music streaming, an investigation that was partly launched in response to a 2019 complaint…

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia issued a default judgment last week against a defendant accused of defrauding a law firm and a hospital of money for a settlement between the hospital and the firm’s client. Grady Memorial Hospital Corp. in Atlanta was involved in a settlement agreement with…

Paul Hastings has hired a six-partner tech-focused IP litigation team from Allen & Overy based in Palo Alto, New York, and Washington, D.C., as the firm continues to expand its tech offerings in Northern California, the firm said Monday. The team, which focuses on patent litigation and matters before the…

Delaware filed a lawsuit seeking to cancel certificates of formation for companies accused of misrepresenting themselves as affiliates of Indian Fortune 500 company Reliance Industries Ltd. Delaware Attorney General Kathleen Jennings sued Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd. and Reliance Industrial Investments and Holdings Ltd., seeking the revocation of RRV’s corporate charter…

Kirkland & Ellis has laid off at least nine of its capital markets lawyers in Asia, where it has offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong, according to three sources within the firm. The capital markets lawyers were told to attend their weekly team meetings last week in person rather…

The UK National Crime Agency (NCA), together with other law enforcement agencies of the European Union and the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC), are investigating the use of the financial system to launder shady money from Russian and Ukrainian bookmakers. One of them is the well-known 1xBet. According to a source…