Lawyers and litigation funders have hit back at EU plans to regulate the third-party litigation financing industry in claiming new rules could limit access to justice. The clashes come after the EU parliament on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly in favour of adopting a report by German MEP

The UK’s financial sector is experiencing a wave of brute force Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, new data obtained through a freedom of information request shows. Hackers are increasingly using brute force tactics to launch cyberattacks against the UK’s financial sector, as they pivot away

Despite the cost-of-living crisis, salaries have dropped since Covid, with the initial uptick in economic activity in 2020 failing to line the pockets of UK staff. That’s according to the latest data from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) – the trade body for the

The EU executive plans to raise about €140bn (£121bn) by imposing windfall taxes on energy companies’ “abnormally high profits” and redirecting proceeds to households and businesses struggling with soaring bills. Announcing long-awaited emergency measures to tackle the rising price of electricity, the EU official in charge

The John Lewis Partnership slumped to a first half loss of £99m largely driven by soaring inflation which prompted customers to spend less in its stores. Inflation also hit costs, as the department store group warned of a “highly uncertain” outlook in the run-up to the

Zoom is set to diversify into email and digital calendars in an attempt to challenge larger rivals that have sought to dent the video conferencing group’s ubiquity for remote workers. As competitors build up their own video chat services, Zoom is working to broaden its offering.

Google lost an appeal in one of Europe’s leading courts yesterday against a record multibillion-euro fine for abusing its dominance of the Android mobile phone ecosystem, paving the way for further claims. Although the penalty was cut to €4.1 billion from €4.3 billion, after the court