30th April - LAW NEWS

491 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: It doesn’t take a lawyer to realise this attack on legal aid will have a deleterious effect on justice. Chris Grayling wants to shave £200m off the legal aid budget. Having made the decision to cut, the law of unintended consequences comes into play. Full story - The Independent

• Clothed in Misery: Latest deady chapter in the story of miserable labor conditions in the global garment industry http://t.co/WpdjIdZCHO 
• US: Supreme Court should have said that every state has the duty to pay for counsel for indigent criminal defendants http://t.co/RwW9He0sEK 
• Massacre in NIGERIA Spurs Outcry Over Military Tactics http://t.co/IrpYkSVFCT 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: OC hits 100 UK partners with Speechlys restructuring hire | The Lawyer http://t.co/7dYEjl3TB2 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: CMS adds eight in London as part of 31-strong promos round | The Lawyer http://t.co/fRymkJ1TKv
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Bakers, OC take roles as Best Buy exits Carphone Warehouse JV | The Lawyer http://t.co/tgvRgZzbwJ 
• Magic circle lead charge against Libor-rigging claims at the CoA | The Lawyer http://t.co/sf8hyaHz9q 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Japan's Nishimura and Asahi launches into Myanmar and Thailand | The Lawyer http://t.co/BWAuk8u9n4 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Burges Salmon partner promos dip to three after bumper 2012 round | The Lawyer http://t.co/gyqaNoMKLO 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: US duo lead on $586m sale of stake in China's Twitter-like Weibo | The Lawyer http://t.co/LgSWnhBzVN 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Eversheds goes international with increased promotions round | The Lawyer http://t.co/9QSR8VjzYa 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Slaughters hands NQ lawyers salary bump to £63,000 | The Lawyer http://t.co/WTlkSfHnwv 
• A lack of judges at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) is causing delays | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/RC8eOlExe4 
• Covent Garden porters cannot keep all of porterage fee | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/PZHzm9yYua 
• First person jailed by Court of Protection speaks out | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/lQt1fuXHlE 
• Social media and reputation management - what’s over the marksman’s line? | LawInSport http://t.co/LqYjAHPCmg 
• Nespresso loses fight over coffee capsules | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/xbiHRNv7ye 
• The Tyco-Eversheds deal – from whiteboard to renewal | Law Gazette http://t.co/Hu6tXeCg10 
• Model of a modern secretary general | Law Gazette http://t.co/wkr3p6Axlf 
• Saatchi promises safeguards in negligence immunity bill | Law Gazette http://t.co/UdVTSgiTJO 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• The weekly roundup of Law News Blog from TheLawMap: The Law Business: 22-28th April http://t.co/pJizD4BBQs
• A blow to EL claims | Law Gazette http://t.co/xT49UGOHnT 
• Contributory negligence: employee or lawful visitor? | Law Gazette http://t.co/NwqMNbOSZt 
• High Court throws out JR on ‘easyCouncil’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/i8zykX9FeY 
• ‘Mayhem’ threat as Wales votes against QASA | Law Gazette http://t.co/PKQ9JuQ6LN 
• Interest swap mis-selling claims company eyes ABS status | Legal Futures http://t.co/9I5uwjCK5s 
• Bringing all legal advice into regulatory net may resolve consumer confusion, says LSB chief | Legal Futures http://t.co/jZKfhZKXBg 
• Licensed conveyancers support retaining referral fees | Legal Futures http://t.co/zWZutrgZrN 
• BBC Welsh music royalty row with EOS goes to tribunal http://t.co/Qj3qxuiTx4
• INDIA: Green tribunal shifts Sterlite gas leak case to New Delhi http://t.co/CUBklPTpbu 
• LEBANON: Former Prime Minister Hariri's assassination investigation tribunal probes witness details leak http://t.co/bUKKczwsTj 
• US: NFL to fight anti-gay bias, says N.Y. attorney general http://t.co/1XCE7qVfCM 
• ISRAEL: Attorney general affirms policy of e-mail searches of foreign travelers http://t.co/Qb23y1f6N1
• US: Indian-American attorney to prosecute Boston bomber http://t.co/2iCSOgGRxb 
• IRELAND: Enda Kenny calls for calm as abortion debate becomes more fractious http://t.co/wsOtdYpyxA 
• BURMA: No need to change law on Rohingya citizenship: Myanmar panel http://t.co/KtZdIYzHzI 
• ISRAEL: Emergency law limiting detainee rights extended http://t.co/aHNhmw8zOb 
• BURMA: Suu Kyi 'rule of law' mantra distant hope in Myanmar http://t.co/g6UJvK2lBG 
• CANADA: Ontario judge tosses gun charges against 13-year-old over improper strip search http://t.co/gzev8c8EOw 
• IRELAND: Judge orders arrest of man accused of withholding information on murder of Alan Ryan http://t.co/GBN3AMLSPw 
• Judge orders Blackburn Rovers to pay former manager Berg millions in compensation http://t.co/DcebuJk7UO
• Photographers' anger at law change over 'orphan works' http://t.co/HPwsk5ewur 
• UK's 'Instagram Act': Will your photos become everyone else's? http://t.co/yp93ZaEFry 
• Legal aid cuts could spell the end for Thanet criminal law firms http://t.co/aVTr3HMrCW 
• Discrimination: Ageism factor faces critical legal test in the UK http://t.co/wJPOu0uVOe 
• EGYPT: Morsi and Egypt judiciary draw closer on proposed legislation http://t.co/FBDlLhJrR8 
• Prisoners stripped of right to watch TV http://t.co/eitLlDQnAo 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Hill Dickinson puts jobs at risk amid firm-wide business review | The Lawyer http://t.co/nlLB67EacY 
• Peers repeat call for more judges at CJEU | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/J6SFzP2aY6 
• The Price Of Cheap Clothes | HumanRights.ie http://t.co/TFq7bmENsF
• Tory rapped for "inappropriate" comments about council's solicitor http://t.co/zW7LagDEd9 
• Homeland lawyers 'sloppy' with copyright requests | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/B2tyGjDAKu 
• Pakistan's legal profession protests against lawyer attacks | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/SWF21YBCYr 
• SFO incomes increases from asset seizures | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/a7EqrtKw3l 
• Tyco renews fixed fee deal | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/YzDQ4gxXVw 
• Philippine Chief Justice lambasts legal profession | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/3f8ugPdpVy 
• Corporate confidence rises in Oceania | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/6mkPf0mF6Y 
• Bee deaths: EU to ban neonicotinoid pesticides http://t.co/4XiYsOWXyU 
• Could youth commissioners do the police more harm than good? http://t.co/46ucRiONlx 
• Barclays Libor court case delayed until April 2014 http://t.co/hofKEPf2qC 
• How HMRC treated its Goldman Sachs tax deal whistleblower as a criminal http://t.co/570tEg4j3P 
• THAILAND considers opening Tourist Court to speed up justice for foreign visitors http://t.co/gEHpOHbbTC
• Funeral for Hillsborough justice campaigner Anne Williams http://t.co/RAA8nQAiBD 
• KENYA: Chief Justice denies taking bribe in presidential petition http://t.co/C6yTPcQZxU 
• POLAND: Polish Justice Minister Gowin Fired on Embryo Controversy http://t.co/tqbZRR9qSH 
• Helen Mann inquest: Head teacher 'worried over Ofsted review' http://t.co/oNaJqahYr2 
• Dental nurse 'poisoned boss's coffee with mercury' http://t.co/UElr6T8VlK 
• BANGLADESH: Dhaka factory collapse - Owner Rana faces anger at court http://t.co/OxebyThhqF 
• INDIA: Complying with legal issues abroad challenge for Indian companies: Study http://t.co/nEsgXBNrn7 
• European Central Bank only to publish OMT legal act if activation imminent http://t.co/chUmrYJpjF 
• AUSTRALIA: Legal aid denied to offshore detainees http://t.co/ZqlCTmKByT 
• Constable Stephen Carroll murder: PSNI 'sabotage' claim at appeal http://t.co/1SK75VUmcz 
• Deal or No Deal winner Caroline Banana sentenced to carry our community work for benefit fraud http://t.co/kxm0PJENnm 
• NEPAL: Police investigating an alleged fight between European climbers & their Nepalese guides on Mount Everesthttp://bbc.in/10n5scL 
• WWI prisoner of war postcard found http://t.co/jpB2UscvE3
• Men guilty of raping boy, 14, in Manchester Debenhams http://t.co/EH61OfVoMJ
• Wales child abuse: Operation Pallial inquiry finds evidence of 140 claims http://t.co/z746xEvqXa

29th April - LAW NEWS

490 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: Lawyers vie for prosecution role as Keir Starmer quits. Calls for replacement to be experienced prosecutor as director acknowledged for bringing humanity to role. Full story - Guardian Law

• It doesn’t take a lawyer to realise this attack on legal aid will have a deleterious effect on justice http://t.co/GsrzSzdpPM 
• Under the US Supreme Court: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev entitled to a lawyer? http://t.co/WpbDaPWwK0 
• Mesh scandal: Lawyer on why £7m compensation case will not be the last http://t.co/GR8VnaUwjU 
• US ‘Spy’ Held in Venezuela Is Filmmaker, Lawyer Says http://t.co/ywBMpkckJr 
• INDIA: Lawyer who took up the cases of 1984 anti-Sikh riot victims after seeing helpless survivors at a refugee camp http://t.co/c04JlBMTMT 
• DUBAI: Lawyer asking court to be exempt from representing father who tortured daughter to death http://t.co/L4RXnbhT2a
• Fate of hundreds in the Bristol area decided in secret courts http://t.co/lXpogu3TKl 
• INDIA: ​Mumbai gets its first Shariah court to settle civil, marital disputes http://t.co/VpW47rWmb5 
• INDIA: Chief justices of high courts want higher salary than top state officials http://t.co/VHJ3B1JNcr 
• CANADA: Author raises questions about top court's review into Constitution allegations http://t.co/Fcbl5A65VE 
• The UAE's human rights record must be questioned on president's UK visit http://t.co/KNH0Qthixs 
• David Cameron should reject both press charters and opt for an ombudsman http://t.co/fFFRKYXGa4 
• Using the ABS structure to deliver council legal services? Creative thinking indeed at Lambeth Council | The Lawyer http://t.co/cTjYQkZxqh 
• If the judiciary can’t keep pace with technology, US-style closeted juries will become the norm | The Lawyer http://t.co/B9aN8QTWBe 
• A touch of steel in the boardroom in Clifford Chance, Australia | The Lawyer http://t.co/NOvJNYHVX0 
• ‘Quality assurance’ for criminal advocates appears to be a doomed push for price-competitive tendering | The Lawyer http://t.co/RH4l02Wv0v 
• Restricting judicial review process is constitutional matter, nothing to do with cutting red tape | The Lawyer http://t.co/8IGYlMNB4m 
• Tough questions to face on trainees | The Lawyer http://t.co/YJcgK2gwgE 
• Offshore firms are not letting proposed regulatory changes to the legal profession put them off | The Lawyer http://t.co/Sirtyz0u7L
• Offshore: Corporate and litigation roundup | The Lawyer http://t.co/jO0DtC0iaz 
• Online piracy enforcement in the UK – Copyright lawyers want legislation reformed and simplified | The Lawyer http://t.co/ic6a0Ymdg3 
• The trainee intake model has reached critical point with shrinking business opportunities | The Lawyer http://t.co/C1nXxegAfS 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• PI firms can prosper with right skills, says Graves | Law Gazette http://t.co/UoDRZMx5Ge
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Linklaters promotes six in City as 24 new partners revealed | The Lawyer http://t.co/3ueiCT4PW9 
• Society targets ‘special relationship’ with US visit | Law Gazette http://t.co/5PwMrCnejd 
• Governance threat to M&A | Law Gazette http://t.co/VPAQ3cg2Sq 
• Malaysian lawyers denied access to clients | Law Gazette http://t.co/FDDsdqGRic 
• Scrap ‘flawed’ asylum system, says Society | Law Gazette http://t.co/Y285APnq7C 
• Majority will avoid sanctions on compliance | Law Gazette http://t.co/f88ukpNIAh 
• Taxpayer to foot bill for interpreter pay rise | Law Gazette http://t.co/7ZCpRaqEbK 
• PCT bidders risk flouting conduct code | Law Gazette http://t.co/kbdKE2Nl6E
• US: Wins and Losses in the Fight Against Tobacco http://t.co/H3BmJ4g1py 
• US: Next Steps on Military Sexual Assaults http://t.co/MR3E0C8abJ 
• Court Ruling Takes a Stand on Essential High-Tech Patents http://t.co/0dnU19A2OT 
• Cross-dressing Kurds in IRAN to support women’s rights http://t.co/JWuXEB83qL 
• ISRAEL: Jewish women eye further court fight for Western Wall rights http://t.co/SNhKxBVt7n 
• CHINA: Draft amendment stresses consumer rights http://t.co/gZa18Oc1Qq 
• Rights-for-shares scheme is wrong, but Government forced it through http://t.co/50kx4arJEo 
• 'Rights’ that make a mockery of our courts? http://t.co/Tzy5q28QMw
• How do I become an international human rights lawyer? http://t.co/cTgIoUVF1v 
• Why not compile a national list of hate-preachers? http://t.co/xhiaD4lqmI 
• 'There's a horrible culture that criticises women all the time. It has to stop' http://t.co/TJQxDOMBYS 
• Police urged to open new stations in shopping centres http://t.co/JbPcbkSjjE 
• PAKISTAN: Election Tribunal declares disqualify former PM Ashraf http://t.co/Nxjv2Zmx6Y 
• Tribunal Judge Retirement - David Sacks retires with effect from 27 April 2013 http://t.co/tPowBKI7Zd
• ICC judge withdraws from Kenyan leaders' case http://t.co/B4aiDn2kon
• India conveys concern to SAUDI ARABIA over new labour law http://t.co/ngOoo4o92T 
• GREECE passes reform law to unlock more EU/IMF rescue loans http://t.co/2zTcEVHWWC
• EGYPT: President indicates compromise has been reached with judiciary to defuse an uproar over a proposed law http://t.co/bJHQSTFopu 
• INDIA: PM Manmohan Singh rejects demand for Law Minister's resignation http://t.co/2Ib9SwSIrF
• Large scale reforms to law governing cases of defamation have become law as the Defamation Bill gains Royal Assent https://t.co/lUQW5YJ5B2 
• Scotland should opt into UK wide press regulation, say committee of MSPs http://t.co/xztPWGlJi3 
• Legislation Outlawing Caste in the UK Gets Queen Elizabeth’s Approval http://t.co/EO1VxVXtix 
• Legal aid: Lawyers in Wales agree strike action http://t.co/YVlIXAhTdN 
• Casteism equal to racism? UK law holds key http://t.co/Bpnlsm9ZTV 
• New legal aid reforms end 'justice for all', lawyers warn http://t.co/813Zl61SlV 
• Sunrise Festival go-ahead, despite fears over noise & traffic related challenges http://t.co/TZYmHxv0XY
• Former Rangers' director King: Whyte legal threat 'without merit' http://t.co/Kj5WHOTPWr 
• Dangerous legal high Clockwork Orange found on sale across Wales http://t.co/GGRzNUhzJn
• AUSTRALIA: Legal case threatens ratings agencies' bottom line http://t.co/yjel2fOZL0 
• AUSTRALIA: Bookmaker Tom Waterhouse will consider legal action against John Singleton over serious allegations http://t.co/7HjFZzupps
• Tobacco display ban in large shops comes into force http://t.co/Z2aYpi0eaC 
• Wales child abuse: Operation Pallial inquiry update due http://t.co/z746xEvqXa 
• Dubai drugs trial: David Cameron 'concerned' over torture claims http://t.co/rnTvX0Whgy 
• New Michael Jackson trial pits family against concert organiser AEG Live http://t.co/O58Y3Rkecp 
• English Pen: we've got a defamation bill but it's how we act that matters http://t.co/pGAKvNiceu 
• ENRC investigated for bribery in Africa and Kazakhstan http://t.co/C4fpukdWC9 
• British men await Dubai court verdict amid accusations of torture http://t.co/2EZ1uDsoIj 
• Judge describes 'wicked and selfish' motive of using daughter to provide parent with a fourth child http://t.co/uv5wKHTot1 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Video interview with Walkers' Pierce: offshore sector focused on transparency | The Lawyer http://t.co/961qQTGffQ 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: DAC Beachcroft expands construction with Watson Burton hire | The Lawyer http://t.co/2ue5ENWTHb 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Shulmans rebounds from slump with revenue hike to £7.8m | The Lawyer http://t.co/XOXvP0SCku 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Incoming Weightmans management: London tops the agenda | The Lawyer http://t.co/FALj2eBT9W 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: A&O takes biggest hit as magic circle squanders £10m on lost trainees | The Lawyer http://t.co/agfm5TMf6S
• Making alternative business structures work | Legal Futures http://t.co/pRJuJBbJuc 
• Do small law firms have a brand? | Legal Futures http://t.co/AOpFNM4tDg 
• SRA: new 'growth duty' could give rejected firms and individuals stick to beat us with | Legal Futures http://t.co/D6lTuRlJTd 
• Jordans recruits senior in-house lawyer to spearhead ABS | Legal Futures http://t.co/pYvlW3lFES 
• Barrister boss of eyes ABS as he hits out at litigation ban | Legal Futures http://t.co/pYew3iBrkO 
• Some theories about motivations behind Boston attack and the role the Internet played in shaping them are outrageous http://t.co/kZ6fJHcyId 
• BURMA: Press freedom still not living up to the law, seminar told http://t.co/YVqPRSldwT 
• CANADA: ‘Law Enforcement Against Prohibition’ http://t.co/6Ysoru4ubx 
• The Lockerbie Bomber. Read the secret SCCRC 800-page Report on our forum. http://t.co/TGbV0IHRuu 
• Former Justice Secretary Ken Clarke brands UKIP clowns with no good policies but a collective dislike of foreigners http://t.co/4Ajk2vwbV7 
• US: State of Colorado Repeals Its Immigration Law req http://t.co/jeAduzU47i 
• BANGLADESH: Owner of collapsed building who had ignored health and safety issued has been arrested http://t.co/S0R2fMKdpv 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp

28th April - LAW NEWS

489 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

• British man Grant Cameron accused of drug offences in Dubai, was allegedly tortured by police http://t.co/4VPEaxKfTg 
• CANADA: Top court's review into Constitution allegations unacceptable, according to Quebec 
• IRELAND: High Courts to extend sittings into summer holidays http://t.co/fkW7aST3bK 
• More on Originalism and Same Sex Marriage: A Response to Mike Ramsey | Online Library of Law and Liberty: http://t.co/oqrpa5lxC2 
• If on a Winter’s Night a Drone Strike | Online Library of Law and Liberty: http://t.co/au8YcthCpH 
• Defence lawyer fails to appear in PAKISTAN court for Mumbai attack http://t.co/uWasuXWxsw 
• Illegal tattooists are branding people in GARDEN SHEDS as experts warn of HIV risk http://t.co/ap9WfCELRt. 
• Chris Grayling to end early release for violent criminals http://t.co/LrttFVJb20
• US: Obama backs abortion-rights group in fight for women's health http://t.co/1NjDXZGUTb 
• Human rights are worth fighting for - John Precott http://t.co/fkEFCAkZ4L
• Shining light on workers' rights http://t.co/EpcGkgvB0I 
• EGYPT: Judiciary in the hands of vested interests http://t.co/2LH9rADGns 
• CANADA: Conservative Indo-Canadian Appointee To Canadian Human Rights Tribunal Accused Of Abusing Staff http://t.co/TUgUwuUI4B
• Court awards anonymity for victim of libellous "paedophile" allegations | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/rSYr2ADEf8 
• Jihadist suspect cannot be extradited to United States because of his mental illness | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/6KsYZ4LVzm 
• Political Advertising TV Ban (Just) Upheld, Bad Law and International Human Rights - The Human Rights Roundup http://t.co/nmYizl9NZt
• The spanner of "human dignity" in the wheels of modern medicine | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/AjrVapJrNO 
• Strasbourg ties itself in knots over advertising ban | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/XXmEC5Lvul 
• Government pressing ahead with (most of) its proposals to restrict access to judicial review | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/Q6eqnAB1Q0 
• How can the courts manage the Facebook phenomenon? | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/4494gtoRZi 
• Supreme Court find A1P1 breach in retrospective legislation | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/DoaJEtEH6p 
• The felling of a tree might breach occupier's right to respect for a home | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/ZgmUJKnEjt 
• What is the UK Supreme Court? Head to YouTube to find out (with cheesy muzak) | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/BFAoDL7cf5 
• Judicial Review reform: What does "totally without merit" mean? - Paul Bowen QC | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/KMJIC8QFJt 
• Denounce the ECHR to deport Abu Qatada... You cannot be serious! | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/FFeWEYKsxS 
• Genetic testing of children up for adoption | UK HUman Rights Blog http://t.co/5Zt17ZJmwh
• Ex-SAS officer to sue Met for unlawful arrest http://t.co/HQthhnvNvb 
• The opposition to secret courts is gathering pace http://t.co/sM9ixZGnqo 
• Home Office fury as drug dealer immigrant wins right to stay in UK http://t.co/PuS87gFXZh 
• Proceeds of crime: £80m seized from Scottish criminals http://t.co/Z4LRjCqXM6 
• Danny Jones stabbing death: Teenager charged with murder http://t.co/INEz4TcrzQ 
• Overprotected children 'more likely to be bullied' http://t.co/VqHFiu1Ygm 
• Schools 'should teach how to view porn', sex forum says http://t.co/JaJlOAVHGf 
• Hull death: Teenager arrested after woman dies http://t.co/JaiEs52ehb 
• M9 death teenager named as Michael Easton, 13 http://t.co/B689gzxEhO
• Why a law is needed to secure an EU referendum http://t.co/VKmWROzwJv 
• GREECE tables law on latest EU-IMF loan deal http://t.co/pmer4q9bpo 
• CANADA: After years and a sharply divided supreme court decision, judge rules woman must remove niqab to testify http://t.co/j53BPqb77g 
• ICC judge withdraws from KENYA’s Hague cases http://t.co/yrQDApCpUG 
• Judge favors Microsoft in deciding value of disputed Motorola patents http://t.co/hf090VrFAb 
• Human rights groups ask FIFA to withdraw BAHRAIN candidate http://t.co/QAV0Ro9rO4 
• PAKISTAN human rights body condemns assault on Sarabjit http://t.co/8APmvxhEOz 
• AUSTRALIA: Boycott call over human rights abuse in Sri Lanka http://t.co/E1EEzhCN3c 
• Keighley and Skipton law firm helps parties get a fair deal http://t.co/Ye1wKEQA9S 
• St Andrews campaigner’s £173,000 legal bill leaves environmental group furious http://t.co/HMyDmTN79X 
• MALAWI: New Chief Justice would be Anastasia Msosa http://t.co/mPclGGrdad 
• Catholic barrister assesses significance of the Scottish midwives victory for religious freedom in the UK http://t.co/FvszpEoqJJ 
• Leveson's refusal to probe lawyers' affair is 'staggering', says Tory MP http://t.co/xVFdnWdUtt
• N ZEALAND: Family law Barrister disappointed that Government is to repeal a clause that protects children from abuse http://t.co/H9S2fZMoiv 
• BANGLADESH: Garment workers Burn Factories to Protest Unsafe Conditions http://t.co/8tO7rDqIYD
• Mutual legal assistance treaty between the UK and Jordan https://t.co/UnJEsFWC7A 
• ITALY: Legal expert slams INDIA's Supreme Court ruling on marines http://t.co/YpOw0o6CRT 
• Ex-beauty queen in legal aid fraud http://t.co/FU8ULC34gQ 
• Lawyers warn legal aid changes will result in justice system 'armageddon' http://t.co/RnAifXamn4 
• Libel Cases Now Harder to Bring in England http://t.co/O52A9MXFMI 
• The 2013 American Law 100 http://t.co/RkiaKonpy8
• Mississippi man arrested in US ricin letters inquiry http://t.co/oMDhmyEagC

27th April - LAW NEWS

488 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

• How to make drug courts work in the US http://t.co/k0sZWnB8vu 
• JAMAICA: n Caribbean, gridlocked courts stall lives http://t.co/r4Jisitn2E 
• US: ‘South Park’ creator skips court, delaying trial of man charged with breaking into his home http://t.co/1qjLUJ7BFW 
• INDIA: Supreme Court indefinitely postpones trial court proceedings against Mittal and Ruia http://t.co/0eI5VKr144
• US: UCLA chemistry professor ordered to stand trial in fatal lab fire http://t.co/Y0mGRwAnRj 
• SPAIN: Dutchman arrested over huge web attack http://t.co/9QRgmxkc4V 
• How Britons fled grim jihadist camp http://t.co/lDx59tHRMi 
• Heathrow expansion protesters hold Barnes rally http://t.co/c7DK6UaWds
• N KOREA to issue verdict on US citizen on charges including attempting to overthrow government http://t.co/Zj2QgBWcSn 
• Armed drones operated from RAF base in UK, says MoD http://t.co/Ejhp7ephK7 
• Actor Tom Conti: My dad, sent to a prison camp for being Italian in UK during WW2 http://t.co/Q4gfPQ3LoN 
• Boston bombings: Was DAGESTAN the starting point? http://t.co/iSAKRuNW1E 
• BANGLADESH: Dhaka building collapse - Factory owners arrested http://t.co/IbhSga8B2V 
• Keir Starmer proves the case for not having a prosecutor as DPP http://t.co/h5BJSLbVEV 
• World Intellectual Property Day - why you should engage with the event | The Firm http://t.co/60Rymt6IKO 
• Donald Trump's anti-windfarm ad banned over Lockerbie parallels | The Firm http://t.co/uEoIgAxiYb 
• Do not hang up - Keeping clients on hold is a risky business | New Law Journal: http://t.co/4Vx8zmE28z 
• Court fee waivers - MoJ consulting on new court systems | New Law Journal: http://t.co/7OriXwMU7x 
• Costs reforms: “Variable” form of one-way qualified costsshifting for defamation & privacy cases? | New Law Journal: http://t.co/iSsHs5lV4t
• Five law firms have been named in The Times “Top 50 Employers for Women” list | New Law Journal: http://t.co/Iwtfl9DlRm 
• Skilled workers’ rule is unlawful - High Court rules against immigration rule | New Law Journal: http://t.co/od4etIYMuk 
• SLOVAKIA: Police seize huge arsenal of illegal weapons belonging to criminal underworld http://t.co/XndAqJYwNs 
• CHINA hands down death sentences in finance crackdown http://t.co/T3f8wc3Dls
• SIERRA LEONE: The role of the judiciary in tackling corruption and charging fraudsters http://t.co/NaKXZsUxVl 
• Illegal mines tarnish gold from GHANA http://t.co/46mVsm0dnC 
• HIV warning over illegal tattooists http://t.co/8QZ4Neqidg
• Ex-lawyer suffers setback in £4.25m Leonardo da Vinci court battle http://t.co/7grF4BdycK 
• Thousands of Brotherhood supporters demand 'judicial purge' at EGYPT's High Court http://t.co/5dYntxlqwJ 
• Employment tribunal decisions 15.04.13 to 21.04.13 http://t.co/uevgHC0EEb 
• N ZEALAND: High profile lawyer Doug Taffs suspended for bringing profession into disrepute by drink-driving http://t.co/bpySfNwPBI 
• Former housekeeper wins victimisation case against boss http://t.co/77251cRVpy 
• Tribunal finds former Al-Maktoum College principal tried to ‘rewrite history’ http://t.co/BnW3BgACMn 
• PHILIPPINES optimistic that United Nations tribunal to rule favorably on territorial claim http://t.co/4GdwVVx6c0 
• RUSSIA: ‘Smokers’ rights’ movement holds founding convention http://t.co/SpuS758uAs 
• US: Obama condemns 'assault on women's rights' in passionate Planned Parenthood speech http://t.co/AW8yFONbMb
• US: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev 'sat emotionless as he was read his rights,' says witness http://t.co/BZ5QGOMDtx
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• GREECE financial crisis causing country to fall behind on human rights obligations http://t.co/6PvhOlpHOF 
• Facebook/Twitter users aren't above the law: Judge warns after ruling on pictures claiming to show Bulger killers http://t.co/JO2vv4fraU 
• Met to combine rape and abuse units to tackle grooming gangs http://t.co/TgFmtRjMGn 
• Police call for smartphone app backup http://t.co/P6VHeAU3EJ
• INDIA: West Bengal to legislate a new law to protect small investors http://t.co/Y8tvzn1VUs 
• US has no legal basis to launch a military action in Syria, but Congress could change that http://t.co/8YwxNRsdZd 
• INDIA: Law Minister says he has done no wrong, government rules out his resignation http://t.co/PHxvLC6Xqb
• Judge Cuts Google’s Motorola Royalty Demand to Microsoft http://t.co/VRYmEPstNL 
• Cash-crisis Salford uni faces huge legal bill in libel row u-turn http://t.co/QmtmMzxIbO 
• Law firm Clifford Chance to roll out 1,600 BlackBerry smartphones http://t.co/uJZLYxRREG 
• Free speech champion slams Stormont for blocking Defamation Bill http://t.co/TFp6HtliqW 
• Vladimir Putin threatens to change RUSSIA's adoption laws over gay marriage http://t.co/rvjBuwKC2C 
• UK Deputy Prime Minister says 'snooper's charter' will not become law http://t.co/FMck173NXW 
• Margaret Hodge urges accountancy code of practice over role in tax laws http://t.co/NKUBRrqOpz 
• MEPs welcome European Court of Justice ruling on anti-gay Romanian football owner George Becali http://t.co/NjVv2JebIy 
• Rape and Justice in the Civil War http://t.co/mVjZ5uJGYR 
• BANGLADESH Prime Minister vows justice over factory collapse http://t.co/UtMhXbdwWp 
• Justice Department accuses US citizen of being Cuban spy http://t.co/v0uTBSE27C
• Jury continues deliberations in Scalford murder trial http://t.co/UpFCliYXzt 
• US: New York police find 'part of 9/11 plane landing gear' http://t.co/DXGav4XjEp 
• Debit card customers tied down by time limit on refunds http://t.co/wVWZguXh3m 
• Earring back injury case: Safaa Pate in £1m claim http://t.co/2p3d9Oo4C8
• SAUDI ARABIA: Religious police keeping an eye on men deemed too handsome lest they woo the womenfolk http://t.co/2WCpm7Sf96 
• Craig Denholm, officer named in 'amnesia' report over Milly Dowler hacking, lands top role with another force http://t.co/WjJflkp5Ow 
• PR guru Max Clifford charged with 11 counts of indecent assault on teenage girls http://t.co/zItcgkr7RU 
• Endorsement of Royal Charter on press regulation will not undermine monarchical neutrality http://t.co/StMQ6WSp5m 
• Homeland lawyers 'sloppy' with copyright requests | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/9Y5U7I3ek8 
• Kiwi's crank up legal training | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/N7NO7N1eZO 
• Accountants surpass law firms in social media race | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/pfbq2e2ggq 
• Lawyers praise Google's 'peace offering' | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/naCNvP3WL0
• Oz lawyers revel in bribery crackdown | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/2kcklP30Ro 
• Bakers shake promotion approach to meet equality targets | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/amIQDtXgwm 
• SOMALIA: Mogadishu shooting - Top legal official killed http://t.co/TF2kOQircD 
• ISRAEL: Women worshipers score legal victory http://t.co/7KnheWA0jo 
• Family of a Belfast engineer killed after safety systems on his equipment failed has been denied public funds http://t.co/6nzHiC05Pv 
• GERMANY: Commerzbank Bonus Appeal Fails as Dresdner Bankers Win Again http://t.co/JoL7X2UeSp 
• Western Firms Feel Pressure as Toll Rises in BANGLADESH http://t.co/R2llWIoMRY 
• AUSTRALIA: Guantanamo lawyer to defend Nauru 10 http://t.co/y7NbjhVzMk 
• INDIA: Robbers strike at home of senior lawyer and kill son http://t.co/bXGs3DL3Mq

26th April - LAW NEWS

487 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: An Introduction to the Jackson Reforms: having caused a lot of buzz within the legal profession over the past couple of months, the Jackson reforms to the Civil Procedure Rules in England and Wales have finally come into action this month. Full story - Legal Futures

• Will the police follow the justice system and stop treating child suspects as adults? http://t.co/xWWVsgWEPF 
• Two in court accused of breaching Bulger killers injunction http://t.co/Jp3CBsPyiO 
• Anonymous UK founder accused of rape at Occupy London camp http://t.co/zNGKNwUp5f 
• SNP urged to rebel over plans to close courts http://t.co/vfEbbRpHbK 
• Lords completes Crime and Courts Bill http://t.co/c8gT5eDygN 
• INDIA: Security forces can be tried in criminal courts too, says Supreme Court http://t.co/ufY4OGtmqa
• Craig Whyte’s sacked housekeepers in tribunal bid http://t.co/BtWcYSlUrB 
• The previous week's round-up blog from TheLawMap: The Law Business: 15th to 21st April http://t.co/I0BX8EsfZi
• LAW FIRM NEWS: US pair lead as Permira and HgCapital funds raise £4bn | The Lawyer http://t.co/kfDnAE89kU 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Copyright body Fact to reveal first GC after Wiggin secondment | The Lawyer http://t.co/lC9PJGlmQl
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Bakers plans to double female equity partner share to 30 per cent | The Lawyer http://t.co/NW149f4G9j 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: China's Yingke launches in Israel with local merger | The Lawyer http://t.co/e9THMNDptQ 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: CoA throws out Linklaters client Commerzbank's bonus appeal | The Lawyer http://t.co/4QK27cjrFk 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Taylor Wessing favours global network in 16-strong promos round | The Lawyer http://t.co/j8KWi6g3XQ 
• ‘Shares for rights’ becomes law - ERR Act enshrines health and safety change | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/IRW5yoOz5U 
• Panorama's exposé of sharia councils didn't tell the full story http://t.co/TZngVtRFsK
• Society warns against muddling funding for interventions | Law Gazette http://t.co/IX41ypicKE
• The petition protesting about price-competitive tendering | Law Gazette http://t.co/GzP5NFkRT3 
• Whiplash claims at five-year low, official figures reveal | Law Gazette http://t.co/9jXzCgJdai 
• Civil rights groups urgently demand that Members of the European Parliament protect the privacy of their citizens http://t.co/1ixswhmk3R 
• EGYPT proceeds with judiciary law despite uproar http://t.co/Uv3FIQ7r9l 
• EGYPT: Islamist party accuses top judge of endorsing foreign interfence http://t.co/aI46dDD8Jq 
• Painting the pets: an interview with George W Bush http://t.co/vnlcQ0chcg 
• Ban 'insider' tax accountants from government - MPs http://t.co/CYjGznOSAM 
• To protect our children, we must talk to them about rape | Desmond Tutu, Jacob Lief and Sohaila Abdulali http://t.co/WY0aPEkl1R 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Allen & Gledhill adds five-partner disputes team from Rajah & Tann - Legalweek http://t.co/fSj6xdAtEo
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Tyco re-signs Eversheds for two-year fixed fee contract - Legalweek http://t.co/YpPqVf3rDy 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: DWF merger run set to continue as firm targets London and international expansion - Legalweek http://t.co/pqaCQebO7O 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Hogan Lovells defends firm's bonus scheme in face of partner criticism - Legalweek http://t.co/OE55LT1exq 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Weil Gotshal's London arm rolls out range of alternative billing methods - Legalweek http://t.co/g4VPTIcjkO 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Bakers aims to double female representation among equity - Legalweek http://t.co/PCNYeleKXt 
• Judges rule against law allowing 17-year-olds to be treated as adults in custody following two teenage deaths http://t.co/RZE0MIVfH3 
• KUWAIT studies possible retreat from media law http://t.co/PNbB3jkBmK 
• Liberalising the law: the cold wind of competition sweeps the legal-services market | The Economist http://t.co/UC0r7raXla 
• RUSSIA NGO law: Election watchdog Golos fined http://t.co/NtPVG8ln55
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• Twitter 'hack crash' raises questions of market integrity http://t.co/ocaEZPJXW2 
• Boy, 15, charged over Highbury bus killing http://t.co/IhFnIfa5mC 
• Eight-year ban for doping trainer http://t.co/T186ccBbUE 
• Hyundai 'offensive' car advert pulled after complaints http://t.co/vdJ0sHabYB 
• People attending terror training camps will be barred from holding passport, says Theresa May http://t.co/TA8XgITkEM
• Putting the value back into conveyancing | Legal Futures http://t.co/WvzM7bbSTS
• Legal advice charity becomes first not-for-profit to set up an ABS | Legal Futures http://t.co/rAZ9ZN0v0m 
• Reed Smith thinks big by signing up to major work experience initiative | Legal Futures http://t.co/DLeBasMPcW 
• SAUDI ARABIA: Judge Bars Women from Trial of Human Rights Activist http://t.co/IcsKUmWge4 
• ANGOLA: Human Rights Improving? http://t.co/4xhjN86qOH
• ISRAEL: Policy of detaining Palestinian children continues to draw fire from Human Rights groups http://t.co/yqXDjr1N4O 
• GERMANY set to face human rights review http://t.co/WF1ZdTyhN3 
• AFGHANISTAN Rights Group: Female Police Need Private Bathrooms http://t.co/7FIsBn5C8q 
• US: Florida 'Anti-Sharia' Legislation Is Simply Bad Law http://t.co/9RnV0Ki2Yj
• UK Defamation Act 'will strengthen freedom of expression' http://t.co/ORHhcW2VEF 
• UK sports law firm enters Irish market http://t.co/Q73Ux0k2M0 
• Prime Minister rules out UK negligence law change in wake of alleged care home abuse investigation http://t.co/BSSUzWIeEN 
• UK online surveillance plan is unworkable and won't become law, says Deputy MP Nick Clegg http://t.co/UGpIMis0Cy 
• Gender plays key role in Guatemala trial | Int Law Grrls http://t.co/gioiZ4RSDJ 
• Repealing the 1971 Sorcery Act: A Solution to Papua New Guinea's Witch Hunts? | Int Law Grrls http://t.co/V0nV7oivXB 
• Peace in process | Int Law Grrls http://t.co/22BUTyrjKe 
• Write On! New Frontiers in the Law of War | Int Law Grrls http://t.co/SqD8OcS7dm 
• Teaching the Right to Peace | Int Law Grrls http://t.co/l7DqsaCgg0 
• Steve Bell on the alternative press regulation charter - cartoon http://t.co/d8JqtNqjPi 
• Assessing the justice of claims over legal aid cuts http://t.co/qNodbQbtQa
• Wonderful speech by French Minister of Justice following historic gay marriage vote http://t.co/FEuxRf5MhC 
• CANADA: Justice minister fast-tracks law to curb cyberbullying after death of Rehtaeh Parsons http://t.co/BjjJa8R3Pt 
• Murder accused claims he only wanted to hurt, not kill, his victim http://t.co/ZYfy2OuLzB 
• Jury "cannot be sure enough" to convict in child sex trial, says barrister http://t.co/GbJCrFmqN4 
• Guidelines on dealing with crimes on ships approved by Legal Committee International Maritime Organisation http://t.co/mgo3HvzU5q 
• Queen’s awards for legal sector businesses | Law Gazette http://t.co/pbqLskmcya 
• Nintendo's Legal Team Forces Mobile Dev To Make Lead Character Less Yoshi-Like http://t.co/I9LT8e03Y2
• Ealing Council Launches Legal Challenge To A&E Closures http://t.co/o0lgPuxuqC 
• Payback: GREECE govt to launch legal battle for new WWII reparations from GERMANY http://t.co/MfHydX95iy
• Judge in order to Northern Ireland Justice Minster David Ford over inmate’s legal aid http://t.co/Lt0eWe4MaD 
• US: Updating an E-Mail Law From the Last Century http://t.co/1eiTdO1bdR 
• Despair Drives Guantánamo Detainees to Revolt http://t.co/NuBqNXhB6Q 
• No Room for Radicals in the US - American mosques are central to fighting Muslim extremists http://t.co/sjzBwnd0Qc 
• An Introduction to the Jackson Reforms | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/TzcxQ3MM27 
• The lot of an international employment lawyer in Italy | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/d3VnMYtlGY 
• More lawyers support Sri Lanka suspension | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/PDIDhAXe2D
• News Corp agrees $139m shareholder settlement | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/KlcXn9Dcy2 
• Top Chinese firm opens first US office | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/FfBNUYPonQ 
• Co-op withdrawal good news for law firms | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/jFEFiIKHHj 
• Boston bomb suspect's lawyers suffer budget cuts | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Un2EdBJGap 
• "Defence witness comes into court to give evidence with the slogan Weekend Offender on his jumper" Livingstone Brown http://t.co/m8yMFbijyt 
• Two people charged over Kate Middleton topless photos http://t.co/MVNCqNkBEA 
• Trial of Putin critic opens in RUSSIA http://t.co/Hp53NeLBi3 
• SWEDEN: “I’m not illegal, I’m a human being” http://t.co/yBPgJAkXpw 
• Schools should be fined for illegally excluding pupils, inquiry finds http://t.co/KHhxHwjwL3
• N ZEALAND Lawyer calls for synthetic cannabis ban http://t.co/pBbvPfdicc 
• SINGAPORE Cartoonist arrested for sedition http://t.co/P64LA8o7R2 
• US Appeals Court Ruling Favors Richard Prince in Copyright Case http://t.co/ucJ3eXcxEX 
• BANGLADESH building collapse: what price fast fashion? http://t.co/MVLWSREyZE
• Could the UK leave human rights treaty over Qatada? http://t.co/ngBjnFGolE 
• Qatada case could take months: Home Secretary Theresa May http://t.co/1FmcDDQlJI
• US: Gay rights groups pushing to be included in immigration reform bill http://t.co/CBrgpteSRs 
• UK tribunal orders BoI to pay £30m in tax bill case http://t.co/p8K9IGcGbq 
• Newspapers set out rival plan for press regulation http://t.co/nZ38sqEH3E 
• 4,000 mile journey ends at a London cemetery http://t.co/vhHIXAos22 
• 'Sick and depraved' primary school teacher jailed over indecent images he filmed and shared http://t.co/NzILubOU8K 
• White Muslim convert defies judge as he is jailed for terror offences http://t.co/fIN5V0UCh8 
• US: NY judge sentences terrorism defendant to life http://t.co/DMLpPRTegs

25th April - LAW NEWS

486 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: SRA set to relax rules on non-material breaches as nearly 1,000 firms face COLP/COFA action. Full story - Legal Futures

• IRAN: Judiciary Chief stated that most executions are related to drug dealers http://t.co/kssIPPWd2A 
• Scottish Judiciary apologises for 'quack doctor' comment in baby death appeal http://t.co/IqEYOyVJNZ 
• EGYPT Proceeds With Judiciary Law Despite Uproar http://t.co/sAUCVN3X9J 
• IRELAND: Abortion legislation divisions expected to arise at Fine Gael and Labour meetings http://t.co/cFRyjKzasC 
• Sven-Goran Eriksson and Nancy Dell'Olio settle bitter flat legal row http://t.co/3ZfbXddMje 
• Smartphone theft drives surge in pick-pocketing http://t.co/iRdjf3wkdy 
• Woman photographer and publisher charged in probe into topless pictures of Duchess of Cambridge in France http://t.co/sSgzoehuGT 
• Teenager wins landmark challenge over police arrest laws http://t.co/CVq5V3SK9y 
• New powers to strip passports from British terror suspects http://t.co/CAqRyqBnpW 
• Judge throws out Sir Victor Blank's bid to stop basement development http://t.co/EKf2anNVdi
• Abu Qatada will not be deported for many months, admits Theresa May http://t.co/oP33muE7C8 
• Debunking myths about the UK supreme court http://t.co/2V39rVyxcL 
• Samsung admits its phones may contain tin from area mined by children http://t.co/hrzSxPTVUQ 
• ENRC: Serious Fraud Office launches criminal investigation http://t.co/w7J13EST7d 
• Woman raped twice at Occupy London protest camp, court hears http://t.co/G3Q1jpa9mO 
• SOUTH AFRICA: Activists vow to fight on after MPs pass 'secrecy bill' http://t.co/YX2De2jUu1 
• Hillsborough disaster police officers to refuse to give evidence to inquest http://t.co/ZZgLn6ibSQ 
• Nick Clegg: No 'web snooping' bill while Lib Dems in government http://t.co/TAraHXJgnu 
• UK trio jailed for preparing acts of terrorism http://t.co/oPNK7TZ387 
• Fuller quarry deaths: Children 'unlawfully' killed http://t.co/nJjdsI3muf 
• Boston bombing suspects' mother regrets emigration to US http://t.co/biec4sx1ty 
• Swedish police say they have found drugs on board a tour bus used by Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber http://t.co/aW6TY6ljhw 
• BANGLADESH: Dhaka building collapse - building owners hiding from police, but dozens found alive in rubble http://t.co/tlRjwTOiDb 
• Leveson report: Newspapers reject press regulation plans http://t.co/cGHWXG1fEE 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Betfair wagers on Freshfields as £910m CVC takeover bid snubbed | The Lawyer http://t.co/9CgbToEA8X 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Quinn Emanuel boosts products liability group with Skadden hires | The Lawyer http://t.co/n4vvH1DLU1 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Bakers, CC lead as Thailand's Chearavanont buys retailer for $6.6bn | The Lawyer http://t.co/KdqpD99Baa 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Herbert Smith relocates disputes partner Kehoe to Dubai | The Lawyer http://t.co/XLuu0grZjE 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Eversheds top as lawyers lose out to accountants on social media | The Lawyer http://t.co/HJF4L7X6uD 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Field Fisher and 4 New Square silk set for horse doping hearing | The Lawyer http://t.co/V1S9RVat0z
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Harper Macleod posts 9.5 per cent revenue jump to £21m | The Lawyer http://t.co/gLGqk4YAKR 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Allen & Gledhill raids Rajah & Tann for five-partner team | The Lawyer http://t.co/w2aUWaho6W 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Ex-Cobbetts partner joins creditors' committee following open letter | The Lawyer http://t.co/HcxO7Tbet5 
• SRA board backs moving cost of interventions to Compensation Fund | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/5Dp2yFx8tg 
• SRA right to raid compensation fund - for now at least | Law Gazette http://t.co/nwQRWiRVNi 
• QASA gets go-ahead from bar regulator | Law Gazette http://t.co/zRnUoCA7Y3 
• MoJ announces new deal for courtroom interpreters | Law Gazette http://t.co/L224UL0W7h 
• Grayling's plan to drive a wedge between bar and solicitors | Law Gazette http://t.co/k0iK2n0Fnj 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• LAW FIRM NEWS: CC, A&O and Bakers score lead roles on $6.6bn Thai retail bid - Legalweek http://t.co/Wx2M9AmTdx 
• IRELAND: Courts does not have power to overturn Callely finding, Supreme Court hears http://t.co/7BYnkMLY8s 
• Courts in Gwent sending people to prison 'too often' http://t.co/LC3HrDFR3U 
• ARGENTINA: Congress Aims to 'Democratize' Courts http://t.co/WWfHdXef0k 
• File on ex-Rangers chief Charles Green sent to fraud office http://t.co/DlweeFpJ6s 
• Rapper Aggro Santos 'raped woman and girl' http://t.co/lhgTwvGXPI 
• Catholic midwives win right to not be involved in abortions http://t.co/EyAUgsxf0v 
• The Abu Qatada farce is scripted by our judges http://t.co/vVJj0E3SeP
• Osborne saves shares-for-employment rights scheme with extra safeguards http://t.co/mtKP4D4cae 
• Abu Qatada: holding the line on law http://t.co/Z6iicboMMg
• Lawyers vie for prosecution role as Keir Starmer quits http://t.co/KmTt4cwqZu 
• Press regulation: more work ahead http://t.co/hTKUAm3ram 
• Cornish IFAs focus on solicitor ties and lifestyle planning http://t.co/dDMhaxTCCu 
• York solicitor prepares for Oxfam Trailtrekker challenge http://t.co/2TpPAXFYbA 
• Cubans collect human rights prize eight years late http://t.co/2Cd0LoJF86 
• GREECE: Racist attacks on the rise, rights groups say; police accused in some incidents http://t.co/Z0C3JJqRh6 
• Stop killer robots before it's too late, Human Rights Watch warns http://t.co/FtgkNAr2Ff 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: New litigation boutique recruits former Blackstone head Beazley QC as partner - Legalweek http://t.co/v7zpV1Tqj8
• LAW FIRM NEWS: New litigation boutique recruits former Blackstone head Beazley QC as partner - Legalweek http://t.co/v7zpV1Tqj8 
• CPS begins search for new DPP as Starmer confirms end of tenure | Legalweek http://t.co/LeSdwippMs 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Mills & Reeve secures George Davies merger as partners vote for tie-up - Legalweek http://t.co/bfdBYDUr4j 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Norton Rose makes up 33 to partner ahead of Fulbright tie-up - Legalweek http://t.co/dN6OvACH0P 
• New duty to support growth should not allow regulators to block "risky business models" | Legal Futures http://t.co/Gv24qNAyRu 
• Last-ditch bid to delay QASA rejected as Deech argues for necessity of scheme | Legal Futures http://t.co/IHKvVcdeYK 
• UK Treasury and Scottish Government address "fundamental question" of currency for independent Scotland http://t.co/tQ3kreFIdk 
• Bristol law firm advises on £250m purchase of service stations http://t.co/r873cA7OyG 
• 'Sharia councils must be penalised if they do not operate within the law of the land' http://t.co/boA3ELQDZb 
• Minister says UK 'gold plating' of EU laws has stopped http://t.co/UwyZaxAycJ 
• Department of Justice must provide legal aid to man with no barrister http://t.co/YaS8Gru6e0
• CANADA: Justice minister says victims' rights bill months away as consultations continue http://t.co/4HDto71rQ7 
• INDIA: Justice Verma leaves behind legacy of tougher rape law http://t.co/iDvciCkseE 
• Office of Fair Trading continues crackdown on payday lenders as two more are shut down http://t.co/VHBTC6j4s5 
• Islamic militants were caught out when Microsoft Word saved backups of deleted plans http://t.co/O55PvqNBXI 
• Milly Dowler police 'amnesia' over phone hack claims http://t.co/2FIf1t7b4j 
• Catholic midwives win appeal over abortion case http://t.co/Flp7i6evBs
• Sun royal editor Duncan Larcombe among Elveden charged http://t.co/vPhDyM4msl 
• Operation Yewtree: Freddie Starr facing fresh claims http://t.co/mUE1qq00Rk 
• US: Justices give break to legal immigrants convicted of pot possession http://t.co/WJVDz3nKUo 
• Legal adviser to EGYPT’s president resigns, says Brotherhood “monopolizing” rule http://t.co/okRCD4JepL 
• Lawyers rally for Egyptian judiciary independence | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/i6dOsn4Xdz 
• Turkcell control bid hits injunction buffer | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/vTy3hTVwLh 
• BP lawsuit funder announces credit increase | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/ZnA1pPPFMh
• Law firm's 'political intelligence' work ends after probe | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/6DBrpQoOzU 
• Norton Rose announces 33 partner promotions | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/0PCo9qaeXX 
• May unveils bilateral treaty to deal with Qatada | Law Gazette http://t.co/RPFjOZstcO 
• NIGERIA: President Appoints Waki, Second Female Member, Into Boko Haram C'ttee http://t.co/zxVZrq45Qb
• CHINA's Top Private Law Firm Zhong Lun Establishes New York Office http://t.co/4AXDUPGr9m 
• Barrister calls on people to have their say on Hartlepool councillors’ links http://t.co/xjk3VfIFFB 
• Gang murdered boy during rush hour at Victoria station http://t.co/TpbEsKmaSQ 
• Fewer defendants jailed at Cambridgeshire magistrates' courts http://t.co/A9GK6dkClU 
• INDIA: Fast track courts, civil court soon in more districts http://t.co/1i2PyJKpBb 
• Gerry Adams knew of abuse claims for nine years http://t.co/Lo66CPz6ww 
• Call to fine schools over illegal exclusions http://t.co/bT3dfRTI5a 
• US: Petition To Drop the world 'Illegal' Delivered to New York Times http://t.co/4NToADTPD9 
• Lords pass defamation bill http://t.co/6ILxANS84d 
• Police back change in law to treat 17-year-olds in custody as juveniles http://t.co/vVORSkLwdB 
• US: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should not face the death penalty, even for a capital crime http://t.co/1HFcJgO0Vm 
• ISRAEL: tourists face email inspections http://t.co/6DgjiBy0dN
• Ministers to consult on QOCS for libel | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/KvmOdpzuxM 
• AFGHANISTAN: ‘A Chinese Threat to Afghan Buddhas’ http://t.co/RnEJ8OO6rH 
• US: Focus Shifts in Ricin Case as Charges Are Dropped http://t.co/CTX49lYwPc 
• VIETNAM: In Hard Times, Open Dissent and Repression Rise http://t.co/Z9HB79dwaF

24th April - LAW NEWS

485 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: The quickest way to cut costs at hard-pressed firms is for partners to take less out of the business. Full story - The Lawyer

• Disabled people vow to appeal against independent living fund ruling http://t.co/1VUEdiRS60 
• US: Eric Rudolph, the anti-abortion behind 1996 Atlanta bombing was tried as criminal. What makes Boston different? http://t.co/YRRKLoONqd 
• Can Britain withdraw from the European human rights convention? http://t.co/7b7HETFcaz 
• Theresa May announces new Jordan treaty to allow Abu Qatada deportation http://t.co/oP33muE7C8 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Ex-Dewey chief Davis to pay $500k settlement to resolve claims | The Lawyer http://t.co/Cjdn5vAuCk 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Mills & Reeve and George Davies vote for £77m June merger | The Lawyer http://t.co/XEbAtm6ceI 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Norton Rose promotes five in City in 33-strong global partner round | The Lawyer http://t.co/nWgCn9ncgC 
• Co-op blames ‘economic environment’ for collapse of Lloyds deal | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/xTcdn6OHdr
• Law firm marketing essentials | Law Gazette http://t.co/HnRZhzZ4wn 
• CPS: Keir Starmer to step down after five-year term | Law Gazette http://t.co/dHXDMgF13z 
• Collapse of banking deal won’t affect legal services, says Co-op | Law Gazette http://t.co/rAFLoDS6O1 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• US: Trial begins for Iranian-American accused of helping Iran launch its first satellite http://t.co/FetMUabBA4 
• INDIA: High Court urged not to refer all green cases to tribunal http://t.co/EwO9FdbGxj 
• ISRAEL: Lawyer stated that Palestinian hunger striker to end fast http://t.co/8dKztdXt5Q 
• CANADA: Lawyer of terror plot suspect calls timing of arrest 'notable' http://t.co/5dO3f22REl 
• Rights group says HAITI government not doing enough to halt evictions from quake settlements http://t.co/AWlWutVfep 
• US: Gun Rights Groups Boost Lobbying 61% to Defeat New Laws http://t.co/G0l05lrI0y
• Singapore Court refuses permission to instruct UK silk | The Lawyer http://t.co/6N1pFPgXCL 
• Blackstone Chambers' Beazley quits the bar for litigation boutique | The Lawyer http://t.co/5gqwVkvJKN 
• SRA survey: quarter of lawyers were privately educated | Legal Futures http://t.co/FG1tOXHnNz 
• Government bans caste discrimination | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/yecJ90wF0D 
• Injections to plump up the skin are a "crisis waiting to happen" and should be available only on prescription http://t.co/j2MzlqctKS 
• UK Peace Index highlights rate of fall in violent crime http://t.co/OTqJsXYtN3 
• BURMA pardons more political prisoners http://t.co/gkRWF2Cm5T 
• Gene patents are a hindrance to innovation http://t.co/8K19f2PrfA
• Theresa May to set out next steps over Abu Qatada deportation http://t.co/QeNTraC0UK
• The benefits of IT forums | Law Gazette http://t.co/hyZ92IOni0 
• Abu Qatada: Government appeal bid rejected http://t.co/Tx5KMTb06R 
• CANADA train 'al-Qaeda plot' suspects in court http://t.co/CrauZHJPls 
• Leveson defends inquiry over barristers allegations http://t.co/Tc31Jt4Xh7 
• Boston Marathon bombing: FBI faces Tamerlan Tsarnaev questions http://t.co/xMoW50UoWW 
• US drops case against ricin letter suspect Paul Curtis http://t.co/aIQYE3hgqY 
• CHINA mulls online shopping legislation http://t.co/ByFWit8o57 
• The Boston bombings: Matters of law | The Economist http://t.co/Kf9Eup4B9S 
• ISRAEL: Diaspora Jews must speak out against the Israeli Law of Return http://t.co/xgSvUZBYuL 
• US: New law gives senior citizens bigger tax break http://t.co/d0ZwlFcc2j 
• CHINA mulls draft law to check tourism price hikes http://t.co/tDBoIi1YS1
• SRA set to relax rules on reporting non-material breaches as nearly 1,000 firms face COLP/COFA action | Legal Futures http://t.co/sCdCT6GuMv 
• 'Click and collect' law firm eyes major expansion after ABS licence award | Legal Futures http://t.co/SB8UgOS1ml
• Mystery surrounds how James McCormick managed to build thriving business selling fake bomb detectors http://t.co/OcBhyfIV4S 
• QPR manager Harry Redknapp contests motoring charges http://t.co/AY9uhw3UM4 
• Police make first arrest in North Wales children's homes abuse inquiry http://t.co/rF5jijEESE 
• Student jailed for £5,000 attempt to bribe professor over failed dissertation http://t.co/WPvGN47ngb 
• Millionaire businessman James McCormick found guilty of selling fake bomb detectors http://t.co/zAPkEd6oAG 
• Fresh blow for Government over Abu Qatada deportation http://t.co/EfBT441SM1
• Rebecca Godden's mother urges taxi driver to 'come clean' on daughter's murder http://t.co/W21IPg4MjC 
• Home Office fears Liberal leader Nick Clegg will veto 'snooper's charter' http://t.co/oNKcqeZZte 
• MI6 to be investigated over treatment of three more terror suspects http://t.co/GTRuObqKXE 
• ENRC chairman quits amid internal inquiry into corruption allegations http://t.co/8GoGcH3llm 
• Paedophile wins legal battle to work where he might encounter children http://t.co/yWuKog0ukQ
• Pressure to produce horse race winners must have been a factor in the Godolphin drugs case http://t.co/FhbOqzX38Y 
• MI5 and MI6 budget cuts could put public at risk http://t.co/K27tFtZzQC 
• Lawyers strike in Pakistan after kidnapping | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/FTCe8v0e2z
• Apple scores key victory in patent battle | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/kLtkQQOn57 
• Hollywood lawyer takes stand against Supreme Court | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/hDB1pdHYG5 
• Google fined over wi-fi data harvest | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/8fgMzhjwgU 
• UK courts disrupted as barristers stage protest | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/ZDsPbWYjsn 
• Shearman pulls out of Düsseldorf and Munich with office closures | The Lawyer http://t.co/B0FAJ3gZOk 
• US: New Yorkers Expect More Arrests of Legislators, Maybe Their Own, Poll Says http://t.co/yISr6HFrmZ 
• INDIA: Higher courts can award 30-year jail while commuting death sentence, and limit state’s remission power http://t.co/hVbTTFZvma
• Law Society ‘disappointed’ as courts closures move closer http://t.co/fSsVyY5qq9 
• Commonwealth Regional Courts: an appraisal — II http://t.co/dwguv4dRHN 
• IRELAND: Parents in court after daughter misses 69 school days http://t.co/vR2e2xqvYg 
• Courts postcode lottery: Criminals four times more likely to avoid jail if they offend in the right areas http://t.co/4vazbCUwOr 
• INDIA: 'You are 'manipulating courts', Supreme Court tells Sahara Group http://t.co/1mcu2uy6df
• What does Earth Day mean for an environmental law scholar? http://t.co/R97dxpaGtb 
• US Law and Politics: The Boston legal issues http://t.co/Irru84MqyH 
• US: Fordham Law and the Woodrow Wilson Center Release Report on Privacy http://t.co/zFqzCJ1Hid 
• N ZEALAND: Cricketer McCullum drops plans of legal action after Parker apology http://t.co/6mgfAOQHV6 
• Northern Ireland legal aid row threatens sentencing http://t.co/59fq4MLTUD 
• ITC tosses Motorolas legal complaint against Apple http://t.co/lMhMYj7GSG 
• PAKISTAN: Legal experts to challenge Musharraf’s house as sub-jail http://t.co/gNyDfABUoh
• KENYA: Why Justice Is Crucial in Uhuru's Mission for Peace http://t.co/sH5cxRyY0H 
• CANADA: Supreme Court justice's departure puts pressure on PM http://t.co/PpJwxWb4RY
• Lord Justice Leveson: counsel's relationship with barrister did not compromise inquiry http://t.co/KXPYXjfRA4 
• Medical neglect law needs shot in the arm | The University of Manchester http://t.co/I8IOjIJTAg 
• Kate Middleton’s Baby To Launch Revolutionary Law If It’s A Girl http://t.co/seFoIQrv5h 
• Top law firm Pinsent Mason to lead quiz into Rangers' Green and Whyte links http://t.co/cuDZrEbT8b 
• Drug smuggling British grandmother loses appeal against Government after it refused to fund legal challenge to death http://t.co/yfTpN8RTpn 
• Oppressive UK surveillance laws set bad example for rogue states http://t.co/WyWBWCLlPz 
• FRANCE: French parliament approves new law on same-sex marriage http://t.co/Hm4ktWzKCz 
• EU Laws Opt-Out 'Could Damage UK Security' http://t.co/KVJQobiE9u 
• Funding cuts to Victoria Legal Aid force delay of major trial http://t.co/qWVhio8mj0 
• Judge to inspect government notes about Pat Finucane http://t.co/UIaAyE63qK 
• Parochialism and arrogance of US views of human rights http://t.co/fa5KGJZw6b 
• Political advert ban ‘does not breach human rights’ http://t.co/FApvuoYENL 
• IRELAND: Jury Finds Poor Care in Death of Woman Denied Abortion http://t.co/EnTpQMWYIb 
• US: Breaking Laws and Fighting Fire Ants in a Rush to the Texas Bluebonnet Fields http://t.co/DJOCigvicZ 

23rd April - LAW NEWS

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FOCUS OF THE DAY: Three-quarters of lawyers say they are more stressed now than they were five years ago, according to a survey by legal charity LawCare. Full story - Law Gazette

• Older prisoners are fastest-growing part of jail population, says chief inspector http://t.co/XjrnYBvgMU 
• Chris Grayling's attack on judicial reviews is itself 'meritless' http://t.co/PRY57gWIj7 
• US: New York City Plan Sets 21 as Legal Age to Buy Tobacco http://t.co/WNpO7zfA0M 
• Legal aid for prisoners does not need to be cut – it already has been http://t.co/TjD7s4XHoX 
• US: Many wounded in the Boston bombings could face staggering bills for care, rehabilitation or compensation http://t.co/JIGaDVwmsp 
• Partner numbers at US firms' City offices soar in last five years | The Lawyer http://t.co/DUdLXDyLNO 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: A&O raids Shearman for Düsseldorf corporate partner | The Lawyer http://t.co/oo0QNMZhC7
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Peters & Peters client Black Cube settles dispute with Vincent Tchenguiz | The Lawyer http://t.co/fXwRk5nysm 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Holman Fenwick boosts construction with triple partner hire | The Lawyer http://t.co/3ldY6z4yUN
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Herbert Smith Freehills promotes 19 with a focus on Asia Pacific | The Lawyer http://t.co/5RRP6Kd0kZ 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: A&O implements trainee pay rises for first time since 2010 | The Lawyer http://t.co/h7j8835nmu 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Ashurst promotes 12 to partner including seven in London | The Lawyer http://t.co/Iv2pl3uVLv 
• Co-op launches ‘massive expansion’ of family legal aid service | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/1b62we0DL2 
• Grayling goes ahead with judicial review curbs | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/JwGScVrwCK 
• Lords fold on health and safety reform | Law Gazette http://t.co/OPCvTeHoFi 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• Boston Marathon bombings: How notorious bombers got caught http://t.co/seoqQTIL00 
• Arrests over Millwall v Wigan FA Cup disorder http://t.co/nz2kFk1Ytc 
• Sussex Police probe Councillor John Cherry's race remarks http://t.co/PdcSdRWkLX 
• Army recruitment at 16 'should stop' http://t.co/rftsbC25cO 
• EU crime opt-outs 'could damage UK crime fighting' http://t.co/vEVI0fdOic 
• Rape conviction rate at an all-time high http://t.co/cmKf37XOf3 
• EU policing and justice opt-out would endanger internal security, Lords warn http://t.co/HO2s0Nr1pN
• Legal fee rises will stem 'soaring' judicial review cases, says MoJ http://t.co/wWzKl0ISqP 
• CHINA: Liu Xia, house arrested wife of Nobel peace prize winner appears in public http://t.co/PVpX2tZnRj 
• Government has failed to justify EU opt-out, say peers | Law Gazette http://t.co/w8dl7suC80 
• GUATEMALA: Historic Genocide Trial against Former Dictator. Court Procedures Disrupted http://t.co/c4Qn7pn2D5 
• GREECE: Ex-Minister Is Tried in Bribery Cover-Up Case http://t.co/daDTKlfaH9 
• Facebook Trial Over ‘Timeline’ Trademark Rights Delayed http://t.co/6n5ST7lr4O 
• KUWAIT: Trial of opposition leader Musallam Al Barrak adjourned http://t.co/6Fz4zZJFRX 
• US: Jury chosen in Michael Jackson wrongful death trial http://t.co/yg2DIyZGKU 
• SAUDI ARABIA: Employers of illegal workers in Saudi to pay deportation cost http://t.co/7gbTvXlgRb 
• US: Boston bombing suspect's wife 'very distraught,' lawyer says http://t.co/tIARoT3l4l 
• CANADA: One woman’s reign of terror at rights tribunal: DiManno http://t.co/dGuznEpjPI 
• INDIA: Tribunal order fuels verbal spat between Tata Power, R-Infra http://t.co/32nKtgKHyy 
• IRELAND: Tribunal corrects Richardson reference http://t.co/47G4TMcvET
• Police search for woman in racist YouTube rant http://t.co/HIuMoIsWKy 
• Councillor faces explosives charges after Denbigh evacuation alert http://t.co/zjtW4MVcdn 
• Suspected paedophiles arrested after vigilante parents pose as underage girls online http://t.co/GQmwNlWzQe 
• Boston bombing suspect Dzokhar Tsarnaev faces death penalty over weapon of mass destruction charge http://t.co/7qlj7CerWK 
• Gerry Adams gives evidence at brother Liam's trial for child sex abuse http://t.co/33OYUe98Jj 
• University of Houston Law professor sees Internet domain name expansion as major test for future cyber-communications http://t.co/Zcqlu5Ra3V 
• GERMANY: City of Hamburg Fines Google for Violating Privacy Law http://t.co/csIh3u0krj 
• IRELAND: Govt committed to abortion legislation before summer break http://t.co/3fCs8JxBji
• ICC Prosecutor Targets Human-Rights Abuses in Central African Republic http://t.co/qJ7jDFhELB 
• BURMA: Myanmar Unrest Is 'Ethnic Cleansing' http://t.co/h4Bv2e8i8T
• Promoting European legal values abroad | Law Gazette http://t.co/xPzHAXsWt4
• CJC recommends measures against defamation costs | Law Gazette http://t.co/UsMOAJevpn 
• Rape figures show all-time high in conviction rate | Law Gazette http://t.co/iBhel7Q3Wj
• Co-op goes face-to-face with nationwide family legal aid service | Legal Futures http://t.co/Kp85GgZFp6 
• Dynamo Legal launches collective marketing brand with eye on £7m marketing warchest | Legal Futures http://t.co/11KVlEjI8D
• Google boss defends 'immoral' UK tax arrangements http://t.co/BycjSOG6ye 
• Property ownership for cohabitees - common myths exposed http://t.co/azjY6tIe5u 
• LIBERIA: Officials Insist Justice System is Improving http://t.co/71CTpZNC90
• US: Law school dean regrets ‘censorship’ of Chief Justice Roberts visit http://t.co/Kv4SkflEYV 
• INDIA: Former Chief Justice JS Verma dies, he was heading panel looking at violence against women http://t.co/MBL7azeCo7 
• Barrister Cherie Blair: I want to see women achieve full equality before I die http://t.co/unQkfjd4RB 
• Panorama: Inside Britain’s Sharia Courts, BBC One, review http://t.co/4kK4OytHIZ
• Tales From the Prison of International Notoriety - Amanda Knox’s Memoir, ‘Waiting to Be Heard’ http://t.co/jKLkyhbZhX 
• Grandfather dies after doctors 'misdiagnosed pea on lung for cancer' http://t.co/mDkNYnnvkY 
• Eco millionaire fights ex-wife's claim for maintenance 20 years after divorce http://t.co/QleF9ww8jf 
• Rochdale care homes to sue council leader for suggesting children not safe after grooming scandal http://t.co/z8T9gfqlB9 
• Teacher's human rights breached by unproven allegations disclosure http://t.co/QRKmPhb7iK 
• Government U-turn on defamation bill heralds libel reform victory http://t.co/t89ZryOXmC 
• Boston bomb suspect charged with 'using weapon of mass destruction' http://t.co/jpaxuCMUZh
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Jeantet builds real estate with Orrick hire | The Lawyer http://t.co/XmbRenHoil 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Ropes bulks up in City and Hong Kong with Fried Frank duo | The Lawyer http://t.co/T7LLMFSbeK 
• Brick Court silk instructed on Tobin tax challenge | The Lawyer http://t.co/lkrnD7tMbM
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Sidley Austin hires former Man Group GC after 10-year tenure | The Lawyer http://t.co/VPXU4Fmlco 
• Video and the law firm | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/W7eLAkaAda 
• Law firm toner bandit pleads guilty | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/E1nWQutVkK 
• Qatari Lawyers' Association on the ropes | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Cjm8tcOl5e 
• Sony hacker jailed for a year | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/rEgvNI74x7 
• Musharraf denied meeting with lawyers | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/QI31O6jnJe 
• Oz tipped to lead global class actions | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/FkTup64tQN 
• BP deadline sees states join legal battle | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/tT3ADYsTRt
• Peers reject workplace rights-for-shares scheme http://t.co/fR1tiilp0e 
• Iraq Inquiry: Inject urgency to complete report, peers urge http://t.co/7zYKS7kKDO
• CANADA foils 'al-Qaeda inspire' terror attack on train http://t.co/LWYnPfhr0P 
• Boston marathon bombing: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev charged http://t.co/eiwryOwKkH
• Former FIFA officials Warner and Blazer face likely legal cases and FBI probe http://t.co/Ah8Kq24xE7 
• GERMANY: Lufthansa considered legal action over planned strike http://t.co/hAUsxseuxB 
• BP's legal gamble may trim spill bill by billions http://t.co/fcDnLKURxH
• Luxembourg supports Britain's legal challenge to Financial Transaction Tax http://t.co/QCCUm6r7xC 
• BURMA riots: Video shows police failing to stop attack http://t.co/6zeNZrg2zI 
• News Corp settles phone-hacking claim http://t.co/KxYkxA3yP1 
• Google fined over illegal wi-fi data capture in GERMANY http://t.co/2TS1oZbnX7 
• Ex-minister Chris Huhne could face £100,000 legal bill http://t.co/9Sbd3eScqW 
• Prestatyn fire deaths: 'Give me lie detector test to prove I'm not a murderer' http://t.co/D9kiubt9hf 
• Victim Support head warns funding changes could kill charity http://t.co/JU2kAp8oey 
• News Corporation reaches $139m settlement with shareholders http://t.co/PEsKZ8LAN8 
• Virgin Atlantic wins ‘name racism’ battle | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/4RRFySEz7Z 
• Strasbourg backs UK on political advertising | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/zPW9Tk8FJn 
• New face for Nicklinson campaign | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/KRzKjj1mZI