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FOCUS OF THE DAY: Tech-savvy law students were last week invited to pursue careers delivering legal services via technology businesses instead of the conventional route of joining a legal firm, at a meeting of IT executives committed to establishing London as a global hub for lawtech start-ups. The issue was among themes discussed at the third monthly meeting of the lawtech working group of Tech London Advocates (TLA) – a network of more than 2,500 senior IT specialists who “champion, connect and support London’s technology sector”. Full story - Legal Futures
FOCUS OF THE DAY: Tech-savvy law students were last week invited to pursue careers delivering legal services via technology businesses instead of the conventional route of joining a legal firm, at a meeting of IT executives committed to establishing London as a global hub for lawtech start-ups. The issue was among themes discussed at the third monthly meeting of the lawtech working group of Tech London Advocates (TLA) – a network of more than 2,500 senior IT specialists who “champion, connect and support London’s technology sector”. Full story - Legal Futures
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- Attorney general rejects Gove claim that EU deal is not legally binding https://t.co/EqanXiwZ7A
- Privacy or publicity? Book guides journalists through a legal quagmire https://t.co/jKxnm25nkA
- Is David Cameron's EU deal legally binding? It depends | Joshua Rozenberg https://t.co/51ebYEeHGW
- Court lets mother appeal against ban on using dead daughter's frozen eggs https://t.co/0ALxMJ7p3I
- Rotherham child abuse trial: four men and two women found guilty https://t.co/1TbkK1kzYe
- Colombian court bans oil, gas and mining operations in paramos #COLOMBIA https://t.co/SME5FmnwWi
- ‘Never seen it so bad’: violence and impunity in #BRAZIL’s Amazon https://t.co/qltNn2cf9j
- Hitler Rojas - the Peruvian farmer killed for opposing a mega-dam? #PERU https://t.co/Us253aSWkw
- Heathrow 13: I'm terrified at the thought of prison, but have no regret https://t.co/lxmlvEz6vw
- Britain 'sets dangerous precedent' by defying UN report on Assange https://t.co/fDgDqO1WGk
- European court could challenge Cameron's deal, says former journalist Justice Secretary Michael Gove https://t.co/1BqOzSEAsr
- Spy mania 2.0: the rise in 'crimes against the state' in #RUSSIA https://t.co/UtniAIav7p
- Criminal Appeal Court confirms correct forum for bail applications - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hTJs0yyWHG
- Prestigious arbitration pre-moot celebrated by participants - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fIAnCvCmaU
- Law dominated by the privately educated - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FFfdQ4nItv
- Solicitor for borrower owed duty of care to lender for 'negligent misstatement', appeal judges rule - Scottish Legal…https://t.co/0LzCJJjwkg
- Amnesty report condemns assault on human rights by governments around the world - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/SVctcjvVTR
- Blog: Scottish Courts waste no time in getting tough on environmental crime - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/1HLlP0EfyQ
- Businesses urged to follow slavery law or face unlimited fines - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2rxsmE6SI7
- Gove claims Cameron's EU deal not yet legally binding - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/RjuZsJVdIf
- Macdonald Henderson advises on acquisition of particle analysis company - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DpzXAwpDp1
- New wildlife crime penalties recommended - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KZo87DZaRT
- Sheriff Napier to chair SASO Aberdeen meeting tomorrow - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8r4tCgPbK0
- Faculty's MiniTrials hugely popular with Edinburgh primary school - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cF7GzY33mn
- Kergan Stewart strengthens corporate team with partner appointment following 3 years' growth - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/PO4t3mTQpo
- Rotherham abuse trial: Six guilty of sex offences https://t.co/qjSMcgbxlz
- Jeremy Clarkson apologises to Top Gear producer Oisin Tymon https://t.co/OL0YuIk5nt
- Questions after North Wales Police officers kill dog on A55 https://t.co/tOybtzIOvj
- Google tax deal 'seems small' say MPs https://t.co/Zxm2fwU6Ki
- Johnson & Johnson hit with $72m damages in talc-cancer case #US https://t.co/ChfzPy8pb2
- Adam Johnson trial: Player admits he 'manipulated' girlfriend https://t.co/3ta27NOmtm
- Nissan Leaf electric cars hack vulnerability disclosed https://t.co/KIwPCNgiSf
- Woman allowed to challenge dead daughter's egg use ruling https://t.co/eBblgfEYbE
- Justice Secretary Michael Gove challenges Cameron's renegotiation deal with EU leaders as not legally binding https://t.co/l9Ae9XgRDR
- Fixed costs trumped by Part 36 offer, rules Court of Appeal | Law Gazette https://t.co/unp0uLs3Fg
- Slater and Gordon suspends trading ahead of profit announcement | Law Gazette https://t.co/SyVLwi2uHV
- CMA investigation timetable ‘challenging’, senior lawyer says | Law Gazette https://t.co/tmHMP78hqk
- ‘Named and shamed’ barrister in breach of conduct code | Law Gazette https://t.co/CcDNHe1rM6
- TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/S1LyNMpy0J
- Dog dies after being deliberately run over by police in Conwy https://t.co/1N3biNoBFl
- 'Cover up' allowed Bishop Peter Ball to escape justice https://t.co/JBWBsWMoDw
- "Tier 1 (Investor) visa - UK" https://t.co/v5idPY8hdF
- Johnson & Johnson to pay $72m in case linking baby powder to ovarian cancer #US https://t.co/0rLobhX87N
- From Kesha to benefit claimants, women always suffer the burden of ‘proving’ they were raped https://t.co/Ubk3PI4i2t
- Andrew Denton: the one argument stopping #AUSTRALIA from legalising assisted dying is implausible https://t.co/nbt8LtroSS
- UK downgrading of human rights sets dangerous precedent, says Amnesty https://t.co/E3d00vxfKD
- Arrest the thieves and embezzlers who are plundering #Iraq https://t.co/yQp7HruKN6
- Obama supreme court nominee will not get Senate hearing, say key Republicans #US https://t.co/tKLPAu921R
- #Italy condemned for its role in abduction of Egyptian imam in 2003 https://t.co/xsGgompvH8
- No “big bang” on fixed costs, Lord Chief Justice predicts | Legal Futures: https://t.co/jUw5F0yYbD
- ‘Named and shamed’ barrister in disciplinary hot water yet again - Legal Futures https://t.co/BrGDlDC5uD
- Slater & Gordon suspends shares, while shareholder class actions gain momentum - Legal Futures https://t.co/q5LpwEUh62
- Calais 'Jungle': #BELGIUM tightens border over eviction plan https://t.co/SFZLsz2NuB
- Adam Johnson trial: 'Career fears led to delay of admission' https://t.co/SoAvGcBNQq
- #Swedish doctor given 10 years for bunker kidnapping https://t.co/Ngg3lCIPjz
- Fiscal framework: Scottish and UK governments agree deal https://t.co/wK66C7TXM8
- Iraqi Kurdish forces 'rescue #Swedish girl from IS' https://t.co/U1HgK2ALAr
- Guantanamo Bay: Obama in prison closure push #US https://t.co/Vq52oW8dMR
- Mars recalls chocolate in 55 countries https://t.co/JQkWa6m6jj
- Law schools reconsider the LSAT https://t.co/RoWmvFB4I8
- Squire Patton Boggs announces California acquisition https://t.co/9DdKvjrafP
- Renowned criminal defence firm Kaim Todner to close in March https://t.co/C6FSfVlKOg
- Legal costs soar at HSBC https://t.co/bBXHYu0Usa
- Recent legal hires in Europe https://t.co/hkrA0IL0NG
- TMT Law expands across India https://t.co/tc7sjZssKa
- Creeping retirement age will frustrate young lawyers' partnership aspirations https://t.co/qVsKPoG2Br
- Bar shadow programme extended as barristers warn of regression to a 'privileged elite' | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/JxqH25tfMU
- SDLT hike will hit families and young professionals | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/15UL4kUjSk
- Baroness Burt breaks up ‘boys’ club’ of law firm management | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/BdM3AkUeqh
- First corporate conviction for failure to prevent bribery | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/jIWeuXcCPA
- Senate voting changes likely to stand up to high court challenge, experts say #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/lSu1iw1pUG
- Privatised probation staff: stressed, deskilled and facing job cuts https://t.co/JKhYSazM8r
- Qualifying as a barrister 'may cost new students up to £127,000' https://t.co/ewwTgUrBq9
- Meet the 24-year-old who could change how the US handles sexual assaults #US https://t.co/twWRY5lcjO
- Joint enterprise is an affront to justice – its revision can’t come soon enough | Eric Allison https://t.co/pWMH6oUUlC
- London zoo meerkat expert has assault conviction quashed https://t.co/U0ZKI1GUvq
- Post-Scalia supreme court could start to turn tide on voting rights restrictions #US https://t.co/9MiMjsWMbF
- Apple fights FBI over scope of request to unlock San Bernardino shooter's iPhone #US https://t.co/sMazE90Dou
- Gowling WLG sees first post-merger departure as energy head Dwyer joins Mayer Brown | The Lawyer https://t.co/pncmxfCKZN
- Exclusive: Latham & Watkins to open in Seoul | The Lawyer https://t.co/dhKYiPa5RW
- Three top tips: How to be an effective manager | The Lawyer https://t.co/T6EBY1HWG4
- Women in law: The critical career factors to focus on | The Lawyer https://t.co/GQt9GPbDcz
- Squire Patton Boggs merges with 50-lawyer firm Carroll Burdick | The Lawyer https://t.co/dwPrADSOQ4
- Legal advice via Skype: Disabled and elderly clients could be aided by new forms of communication | Law Gazette https://t.co/bDeU7Bsj14
- LCJ: we must start again on civil justice | Law Gazette https://t.co/3kU0xa80eg
- Judge lodges sole complaint about court closure process | Law Society Gazette https://t.co/7tKkjZhZLc
- Squire Patton Boggs agrees California combination | Law Gazette https://t.co/OEo0QIDWsl
- Ex-mayor Rahman faces SDT prosecution | Law Gazette https://t.co/TqdWctne5c
- CPS inspectors call for ‘culture change’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/im0fXVHH3u
- Pioneering app set to extend to industrial disease claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/Y5bTQHoJ7I
- What is Parliamentary sovereignty, anyway? https://t.co/pW569nXqfB
- Wright Hassall appoints first female chief | Law Gazette https://t.co/2MVy7b6q9N
- Eminent criminal defence firm to close | Law Gazette https://t.co/qZ54YisF5v
- TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/htRjjofdOM
- Women to be offered their own £3,000 'birth budgets' https://t.co/iwi2I4LzX9
- #Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton's book pulled from Amazon https://t.co/hRbwIZMRBP
- Stoke-on-Trent offers to pay tuition fees in maths drive https://t.co/L4v4RGDsrT
- Tragic Kirrie teenager’s doctor to face professional tribunal over claims of missed diagnosis https://t.co/VVqG0K01WD
- Tribunal to look at credit provider cases #SOUTHAFRICA https://t.co/dtj4yn1e5u
- Appeal Tribunal considers whether instruction not to speak native language at work was race discrimination https://t.co/w0c8HgAAfg
- British Gas to appeal holiday pay tribunal ruling https://t.co/39cbjez7jt
- Uhuru risks impeachment for failing to form Tunoi tribunal - LSK #KENYA https://t.co/loUA3sJmtz
- Strata owners looking to set language precedent at B.C. Human Rights Tribunal #CANADA https://t.co/iJpJCGf9V4
- Sexual harassment: tribunal awards £830k to NHS HR director https://t.co/rpKZJtw1hk
- Accountability courts upset with delays in Dr Asim Hussain reference #PAKISTAN https://t.co/DsJ9hFEYGH
- Judge arrest attempt officer has Supreme Court appeal bid rejected https://t.co/f1TYeGybWJ
- #Australian transgender children closer to accessing hormones without court permission https://t.co/w7p2WKGF4u
- Steven Avery's lawyer believes it is 'fairly obvious' who killed Teresa Halbach https://t.co/CS6ZYVjjZ1
- 'Jealous' newlywed 'knifed solicitor husband to death' after losing job https://t.co/73uyVSfAhR https://t.co/tiJALxO16e
- Duty lawyers available for Southport family law sittings Monday February 29 2016 #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/8lYCAqLA22
- Iranian-American businessman detained in #IRAN denied access to lawyer https://t.co/9jNldA7CQc
- Bill Cosby's wife faces questioning in suit by alleged victims https://t.co/Ryu6xAd0HL
- West Midlands businessmen sentenced for operating illegal waste site https://t.co/26sTQtKdo2
- #US Special Forces Take On Street Violence That Drives Illegal Immigration https://t.co/7iwielAfK7
- Caught on camera: 'Illegal' Newcastle sale of a drug linked to student deaths https://t.co/bbOIlWaNWJ
- Illegal teeth bleaching man still offering service https://t.co/qpq4ikoda5
- Sex Buyer Law report calls for 'prostitution tourism' to be illegal https://t.co/6RQ8gjt9uy
- Pet cat snared by illegal “gruesome and archaic” trap in Ross-shire https://t.co/Wi1LKd0p7n
- Court finds foreign boats guilty of illegal, exploitative poaching, government to destroy #INDONESIA https://t.co/AJg4PiM9Po
- Report Cases of Illegal Charges by Banks, CBN Tells Customers #NIGERIA https://t.co/4i5jDlwaHJ
- Supreme court justices return – but begin with tribute to Antonin Scalia #US https://t.co/6xGk6qonn3
- Sandy Hook families' lawsuit seeks to hold gun companies accountable #US https://t.co/3LavPMSgtG
- Woman sues London pub for £4.2m after tripping in beer garden https://t.co/GwEvFOtapQ
