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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Last weekend's Saturday Law Interview featured Dr. Steven Vaughan, a former city solicitor and now a legal academic with expertise on the laws regarding the regulation of nanotechnology as well as the standard and quality of legal advice offered by corporate law firms: 'Regulating nanotechnology & the quality of corporate legal advice'.
- UN dismisses #NORTHKOREA claim that damning human rights report is invalid http://t.co/6DpXU067gH
- Ohio death penalty anonymity law is unconstitutional, inmates say #US http://t.co/PjP7j8aKS2
- UN dismisses North Korea’s claim that damning human rights report is invalid #US http://t.co/6DpXU067gH
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Fenwick & West adds Kaye Scholer partner to nascent Shanghai base | The Lawyer http://t.co/TcuvI7f6SL
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Kobre & Kim launches fourth US office in San Francisco with IP hire | The Lawyer http://t.co/qke3v7dLaM
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Addleshaws' TLT hire leads to Barclays instruction on case against former Dewey partners | The Lawyer http://t.co/0Ptbe7NCIb
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Freshfields, HSF and Fieldfisher to battle for UK spots on Pearson's global legal panel | The Lawyer http://t.co/O01Gr9vKWR
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Irwin Mitchell appoints brokers ahead of possible 2015 IPO | The Lawyer http://t.co/kBp1swRJiD
- Australia: extracting value - local alliances are helping international firms do more business | Law Gazette http://t.co/mA3FntOdFy
- Barrister wins appeal after BSB evidence blunder | Law Gazette http://t.co/OsxilWqmNu
- Clifford Chance silent on future of ‘YouTube trainee’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/oms8SU80YC
- Law firm employee barred over £19,000 toner deception | Law Gazette http://t.co/x5TK777Kt1
- Quarter of homebuyers ‘would pay more’ for conveyancing | Law Gazette http://t.co/SrLpiZnaOf
- Left's New Issue: All-Inclusive Resorts: hoteliers and resort owners worried by possible VAT increase #GREECE https://t.co/WGypcjhb6J
- C.I.A. Report Found Value of Brutal Interrogation Was Inflated #UShttps://lnkd.in/dGxUxjJ https://t.co/T0ja7q1U6F
- Family Seeks Release of a Guantánamo Detainee Turned Author Mohamedou Ould Slahi #US https://t.co/BW4Tdkwell
- Smartphones Don't Make Us Dumb https://t.co/BluvrQN794
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCU8a3
- #FRANCE attacks: 'Hero' Lassana Bathily gets citizenship http://t.co/4ArXhOEbvs
- Iraq war report 'delayed until after UK election' http://t.co/wHiDINNaQq
- Liability legislation threatens nuclear programme in #INDIA https://t.co/lJdWmbDzf1
- Draft legislation: the Individual Savings Account Regulations (surviving spouses) https://t.co/HZLx6oz0SK
- Obama to propose new student privacy legislation #US https://t.co/ol3JlSk9Xa
- First openly-gay High Court judge 'in very happy relationship' #IRELAND https://t.co/25KERJYpwQ
- Self-styled Scottish separatist fights to postpone extradition on terror charges #IRELAND https://t.co/QOzlVd30yo
- B.C. Human Rights Tribunal dismisses toilet-paper complaint #CANADA http://t.co/3dftZUmLaB
- Ryanair calls for preliminary hearing ahead of tribunal in to alleged discrimination of pilot #IRELAND http://t.co/FBdd1WWGax
- Kanpur's 700 Tanneries Major Source of Pollution in Ganga: National Green Tribunal #INDIA https://t.co/U9jzVW0MLW
- Christian health worker takes NHS trust to tribunal over accusation of converting Muslim colleague https://t.co/AwehR3BZ0N
- International Criminal Tribunal for #RWANDA An Anglo-American Creation in Support of the Kagame Dictatorship http://t.co/wyGUKByTUO
- City law firm in dash to add artificial intelligence to software robots | Legal Futures http://t.co/QURZMQwGW7
- SRA resorts to outsourcing after 49% increase in tribunal referrals | Legal Futures http://t.co/2SQe1s5uGG
- Wednesday's 1st Edition LawNewsIndex: 20th January #Law #News #lawyers #legal #judiciary #justice #courts #rights http://t.co/9K1kTeF7MV
- #SRILANKA To Introduce 19th Amendment Empowering Independent Commissions, Judiciary https://t.co/uQ7XsWQqA9
- #NIGERIA Bar association Seeks End to Judiciary Workers Strike https://t.co/HjUOXlBMN7
- Unsatisfactory judiciary must not be tolerated, says the Chief Justice Sir Albert Palmer #SOLOMONISLANDS https://t.co/y4ec1HEdyq
- #TRINIDAD judiciary investigate how crucial informal on defamation lawsuit was withheld to opposition leader https://t.co/QWwY9W2Ib9
- President Xi Jinping orders Party to support judges to exercise their duties independently #CHINA https://t.co/DE6Cq3FxVj
- Lawyers join forces with journalists and social workers to protest against government snooping | Legal Futures http://t.co/YjgsXQVvyC
- The call for punitive taxation on owners who leave houses empty is justified when the cost to society is so high http://t.co/28hEdfhBnA
- Why is Britain turning a blind eye to the mass slaughter of songbirds? http://t.co/F89XPaa8zU
- Kenneth Clarke: Eurosceptics are working against British interests http://t.co/xhB4AJYVxl
- There will always be anti-semitism, but let’s also remember how protected and valued we Jews in the UK are http://t.co/BcvPgGritV
- Two British businessmen arrested on suspicion of involvement in sale of naval vessels to Nigerian security company http://t.co/BuAKDZQZnS
- Child abuse inquiry panel member says she has been ‘bullied’ by barrister http://t.co/gJXII88rc2
- Scaffolding collapse in central London leaves two women with serious head injuries http://t.co/vtbVXBiW94
- Stuart Kerner sex case: parents withdraw children from school run by 'groomed' teacher's wife http://t.co/OZBm2WMW20
- Glamour model in £44k benefits fraud while starring in Playboy film http://t.co/ud33IxnSEN
- Doctor accused of child rape in US overturns extradition bid http://t.co/rAQgPlpoff
- The day I found out I'm a 'Domestic Extremist' - When the police must use intrusive powers http://t.co/Og145NyVoy
- Drink-drive fails increase as police change tactics http://t.co/2xDwKqiNKC
- Tomb Raider fan stabbed three women because he couldn't lose his virginity http://t.co/7JvwKENmQL
- Few law firms calculate the cost of a cyber attack | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/JQosrIDbIv
- Fried Frank to end Asia presence from June | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/6IgjbWMmDk
- Lawyers suspicious over wellbeing plans | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/FEKyuH9aqD
- US law firm mergers decline in 2014 | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/8zA0V48QcW
- Canadian firms plan diversification after Heenan Blaikie lesson | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/RXNZY02tIf
- EY starts Swedish desk with team of six in Stockholm | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/bscb7YQ6tv
- Greenberg Traurig expands Mexican operation | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/UahIXYD8kK
- CC forced into terrorism debate by trainee's YouTube talk | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/b7ELKNrj2y
- Bali Nine: mercy must be part of every justice system, says #AUSTRALIA PM Tony Abbott http://t.co/Tlyn87aUbq
- New Pennsylvania Chief Justice Thomas Saylor seen as bringing leadership by consensus #US http://t.co/iEuZZkjhe4
- Delaware chief justice targets prison racial disparities #US http://t.co/A0vZGNjLPM
- Conviction of ex-police chief finally brings justice for 1980 Spanish embassy attack #GUATEMALA https://t.co/KNXocbJuwy
- #US still pursuing long road to justice in 1998 Africa embassy bombings http://t.co/vxKvibexCa
- Tough words from a former police chief and BC Solicitor General on state of RCMP #CANADA https://t.co/fRUJa1nlAK
- Journalist Nick Butterly's T-shirt with famous headline deemed 'offensive' by Parliament security #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/9KNpARqmNc
- Lisburn Solicitor convicted of sexually assaulting a female colleague fined £1,000 £2.5k compensation https://t.co/m53r8d1su0
- Solicitor Richard Caplan jailed after trying to cheat blind people's charity out of £200,000 https://t.co/8Ay9RDzP9r
- NT Police hand McRoberts investigation to solicitor for Northern Territory #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/Nc6CCphwmy
- British spy agency scooped up U.S. and U.K. reporters' e-mails http://t.co/6civrtLMZm
- Changes to UK terrorism law may weaken the independent scrutiny of bills on anti-terror https://t.co/VeBcyDVuYi
- UK workplaces "safer than ever before", says government, as figures show 84% of rules have been improved http://t.co/1AhDIShBo1
- A Jewish couple's battle for civil partnership equality in the UK http://t.co/encaYpHimW
- Magistrates in new legal aid warning to Grayling as survey shows growing fears over justice system https://t.co/A9rtXQEtAx
- #LEBANON religious laws violate women's rights: HRW https://t.co/2JwJn8TroT
- UK’s use of secret evidence in courts a ‘threat to rule of EU law’, report for Brussels parliament says https://t.co/I0h0REPoR4
- Campaigners face uncertainty in legal battle against housing developments in Bradford http://t.co/KjFoy1Yi1a
- Chesterfield builder sues after losing three fingers in wood chipper http://t.co/KsZCxa81J4
- Andrew hires top lawyer William Clegg to fight under-age sex claims http://t.co/TAdSBzKmhj
- Honours Barrister to get OBE for legal work and fund-raising http://t.co/jGEAdGz5Lr
- Record award for family of Turkish boy whose circumcision was botched http://t.co/7Lj0lO5mwW
- Recruitment industry needs to be regulated: temporary workers’ rights are routinely denied http://t.co/WRNE0XmipJ
- Five Florida football players charged with gang-raping fellow student #US http://t.co/b7cwB8qOqf
- Broadband provider Sky to block pornography by default to protect children http://t.co/sbs8dqpkHS
- Lincoln council moves ahead with legal highs ban in city centre https://t.co/kUYQp8oHlW
- LASPO reforms cut motor insurance legal fees, IFoA finds http://t.co/iBNS3Q9Yx5
- Catholic's legal bid over 'misery' caused by loyalist Belfast protest camp http://t.co/41lqT9SkSq
- Legal Aid overhaul to offer more family law help #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/eBWBzsVdC4
- People are increasingly worried about privacy and lax legal protections http://t.co/4JO0pzxu6e
- Proposed circumcision of four-year-old Florida boy leads to legal battle #US http://t.co/vQsCElmoWC
- Gay blood ban costs Stormont Department of Health £40,000 in legal costs http://t.co/dkY96t1SAs
- Human Rights Act and Judicial Review - restricting access to Justice? https://t.co/X9DA5Nkifn
