European Union lawmakers and national governments are lobbying intensely to pull top jobs and policy their way as the new European Commission is formed for the next five years.

A bill expected to bring in new rights for workers and unions is the main event in U.K. employment law in what's left of 2024 — but lawyers say that an upcoming law change on sexual harassment and major disputes could also shape employers' practices. Here, Law360 looks at what to keep an eye on for the rest of 2024.

Two more solicitors must face a London disciplinary tribunal over allegations they advised clients to provide fake stories in their asylum claims following an undercover Daily Mail investigation into bogus asylum applications.

Russia said Friday that it has revoked the diplomatic status of six British embassy employees after accusing the U.K. outpost of espionage, as geopolitical tensions between the two countries continue to rise.

Scotland has sued Actavis and Allergan to recover the additional money they allegedly charged for hydrocortisone tablets used to treat a rare autoimmune disorder, the specialist antitrust tribunal said Friday after an appeals court reinstated price-fixing fines against the drugmakers.

Danish freight company DSV AS said Friday that it has agreed to acquire Schenker AG, the logistics division of German rail operator Deutsche Bahn AG, at an enterprise value of €14.3 billion ($16 billion) to create a "transport and logistics powerhouse."

Mishcon de Reya LLP said Friday that it has raised the salaries of its newly qualified solicitors in the U.K. by almost 6%, boosting annual pay to £95,000 ($124,000) and joining the law firms that are adjusting their pay scales to stay competitive.

National Grid PLC said Friday that it has agreed to sell its electricity supply system to the U.K. government for £630 million ($827 million), which will bring it into public ownership.

A National Crime Agency investigator who quit his job a day after he was offered the opportunity to regain his official accreditation has lost his claim that he was forced to resign.

A proposed £16.5 billion ($21.7 billion) merger between Vodafone Group PLC and the telecommunications networks of Three UK could raise tens of millions of mobile customers' bills, Britain's antitrust authority warned Friday.