Edition 3347: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.
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Today's Highlighted Video Story: Just days after Maryland became the first state in the country to impose a tax on digital advertising targeting Big Tech, lobbying groups representing companies including Amazon, Facebook, Google are trying to stop it. Maryland State Senate President Ben Ferguson says that technology companies who make over $100 million a year in ad sales have benefited from public investment and should pay their fair share.
Focus of the Day Article:Direct access barristers can be looked down on, and ignored by legal directories, because they do not have solicitors or other professional clients singing their praises, a leading family law specialist has argued. Maria Scotland, joint head of the family team at 5 St Andrew’s Hill chambers, said she could not see a “positive” reason why the directories existed. Full story - Legal Futures
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Best of the blogs - 20 February 2021 | Law Gazette https://t.co/WSgLTmjw1M
- Tech giants Google and Facebook have too great a share of the UK online advertising market, the boss of the UK's competition watchdog has said https://t.co/XRgN0RY9Qv
- A basic principle under attack | Law Gazette https://t.co/opf8ayQKyu
- The first woman to lead a magic circle firm, Georgia Dawson is determined to protect and build on ‘all that is fantastic’ at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/gANqBODRMR
- Freshwater Five drug-smuggling convictions unsafe, court hears: New radar evidence casts doubt on convictions of Isle of Wight fishermen, court of appeal told https://t.co/R4G1rjllSO
- Workers’ rights and role of trade unions https://t.co/nFBzQhfuCa
- Gérard Depardieu charged with rape and sexual assault: French star is being investigated over an incident with a female actor at his Paris home in 2018 #France https://t.co/e9dwBEFFh
- Man who sent antisemitic tweets on holiday avoids UK prosecution Judge says Sam Mole, from Kettering, cannot be punished because he tweeted in Australia https://t.co/VFVIYufUCX
- My legal life: Anna Newport, Newport Land & Law - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/6rNgU3TfY
- Lawyers acting as charity trustees urged not to be deterred by Kids Company case | Law Gazette https://t.co/iVn3RBUVk
- Alex Salmond will not give evidence on Wednesday to the inquiry into how the Scottish government handled complaints against him https://t.co/N62NCPKOt
- A woman who deliberately coughed at police investigating a breach of coronavirus restrictions has been jailed for four months. Lisa Dawn Fisher was verbally abusive when the officers called at a flat in Scarborough https://t.co/YekPV65tYr
- CPS to write to defence teams linked to unqualified court interpreter | Law Gazette https://t.co/FsKtvXVlJi
- Legal training disruptor unveils prices for virtual SQE courses | Law Gazette https://t.co/wTqigqfZtN
- News focus: Is it time for a common law rewrite of GDPR? | Law Gazette https://t.co/KJz9Baf6VX
- Inspection into how Crown Office handles criminal complaints against police gets underway - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hgRpyzYeI
- Visible minority groups experience two-thirds of race-related hate crime - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KEqCawpxap
- Evangelical association’s breach of contract claim for cancelled arena event rejected by Glasgow sheriff - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/swvlxLiGF3
- Boris Johnson has promised a review into the use of vaccine passports, but said there were "deep and complex issues" to consider https://t.co/zMQ8qnoYy
- "It's one of the easiest ways to get money to be honest. If you've got a girl and she works and she's into you, why not ask her to send over money? Lawyers are the best obviously." https://t.co/2QzPzu49QU
- The reopening of Scotland's economy - including shops, bars, restaurants, gyms and hairdressers - is expected to start in the last week of April https://t.co/gvFP4bejC
- Solicitor struck off in 1999 allowed back into profession | Law Gazette https://t.co/ulrlpR8sRf
- Conveyancing taskforce set up to manage digital transition | Law Gazette https://t.co/s1KMBoFnRg
- ‘Work from home’ guidance to remain until June at least | Law Gazette https://t.co/N4qlA3WBuz
- Renewing your PII this spring? Here's what you need to know - Legal Futures https://t.co/hCK06Qu0s8
- Solicitor fined for abusive call to client who's also a relative - Legal Futures https://t.co/9jFx6KH8T
- Earl of Strathmore jailed for sex attack at Glamis Castle home https://t.co/W5OLhSmtr6
- Facebook reverses ban on news pages in #Australia https://t.co/TBNILxXLI0
- A father-to-be has died after a device he was building for his child's gender-reveal party exploded, according to police. Christopher Pekny, 28, was assembling the device in the town of Liberty when it exploded just before noon on Sunday #US https://t.co/MhSTwYDYDV
- Irregular Migration Flows and the Management of the EU's Southern Maritime Borders: The Case of the Greek Islands | Anna Triandafyllidou https://t.co/zQ5SX3Bsnh
- Ince launches first multi-disciplinary maritime offering - Legal Futures https://t.co/lMTBaBt7BM
- Senior barrister rails against 'direct access discrimination' - Legal Futures https://t.co/eCYwLnAu1
- Dentons to raise fee-earner salaries - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6uuHiheReK
- LGBT History Month – a celebration of spirit - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3vTqlftwCq
- Burges Salmon advises BayWa r.e. UK on wind farm acquisition - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gNzKV1pPMM
- Sheriff Tom Hughes on fond memories of Dundee - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9V3BF789A
- Gillespie Macandrew advises on landmark Waitrose deal - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/rCc0LNtH63
- Scott McGeachy: European Commission publishes draft decisions to allow EU-UK data flows - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FQUY3Xhon
- BTO announces appointment of commercial litigation partner Angus Wood - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MRQDsgDrm1
- UK firms given six months' grace on gender pay gap reporting: EHRC says it will not begin enforcement proceedings until 4 October, six months after deadline https://t.co/1SpVmydx9X
- BAME Britons more likely to face higher living costs, study finds https://t.co/g5pMY01kJ5
- Cambodian child sexual abuse victim seeks compensation in #Australian legal first: the law allows victims who were assaulted overseas to claim compensation, but provision has never been used https://t.co/0J9lFwPlkf
