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Apple, Sony, Visa, Mastercard fight 'unlawful' UK mass-claim funding deals

By Simon Zekaria ( June 10, 2025, 15:15 GMT | Insight) -- Apple, Sony, Mastercard and Visa told UK appeal judges today that third-party litigation funding agreements underpinning mass lawsuits against them are unenforceable. Their challenge follows a 2023 Supreme Court ruling that "damages-based agreements" are unenforceable for collective competition-law proceedings.Apple, Sony, Mastercard and Visa told UK appeal judges today that third-party litigation funding agreements underpinning mass lawsuits against them are unenforceable....

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