2445th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a
UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers,
Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights &
Social Justice issues.
Today's Video Focus: A court in Myanmar has sentenced two Reuters journalists to seven years in prison.
It says they violated a state secrets act while investigating violence against the Rohingya minority.
But the journalists and Reuters deny the charges and say they were framed.
Focus of the Day Article:
The new director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is to call on the
legal sector’s “expertise” to help in the fight against crime. In a
first speech in the post, Lisa Osofsky also talked about plans to use
machine learning and AI-based technology in the SFO’s investigations.
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