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2nd December - Law News

Edition 3993: 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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Focus of the Day Article: Cooley lays off 150 lawyers and staff in response to 'unexpected economic downturn'. Seventy-eight attorneys affected across US network as CEO blames ‘aggressive hiring’ during boom. Full story - The Global Legal Post 
 
Today's Highlighted Video Story: Last year the war in Afghanistan came to a chaotic and dispiriting end for the United States, and the conflict all but faded from the American consciousness. But as the Opinion video above explores, a new struggle was only just beginning for some American veterans and civilians. Not only had the United States lost a war at an extraordinary cost in lives and money, but the U.S. had also left tens of thousands of Afghan allies and their families to the mercy of the Taliban, despite American assurances of protection. The most vulnerable included interpreters, translators, military base support staff members and other contractors who had worked directly with the U.S. government and should have been eligible for special visas to enter the United States.

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Officials slow to act on Covid contact-tracing warnings, leaked evidence says https://t.co/TrRW3SW5Hh 
  • Crypto fraud victim wins information order against overseas exchanges | Law Gazette https://t.co/O0UOwOFAa0
  • Independent inquiry over death of boy, 5, sent home from hospital https://t.co/BfyxLpkDKG
  • Barrister jailed for child abuse offences is disbarred | Law Gazette https://t.co/Jcaz12nTET
  • CAT rebukes City law firms for going around class action representative - Legal Futures https://t.co/oDmHgryE8h
  • Law schools 'not immune from student class action' | Law Gazette https://t.co/DY0DbQLxdv
  • Lachlan Murdoch alleges Crikey hired marketing firm to turn legal threat into subscription drive https://t.co/Ll3bBlHhuS
  • Conveyancing giant consults on redundancies | Law Gazette https://t.co/805peAdhi2 
  • Banks stopping law firms with licences acting for sanctioned people - Legal Futures https://t.co/qfp40dnw0a 
  • MoJ requests urgent use of 400 police cells for male prisoners https://t.co/amYgvi0O9v 
  • Brexit has added £210 to the average household food bill in the two years to the end of 2021, new research suggests. Academics at the London School of Economics found that the cost of food imported from Europe went up because of extra red tape and checks https://t.co/9jbXF02eco
  • £5k fine for sole principal with 'massive holes' in accounts knowledge | Law Gazette https://t.co/uWYBLzjXH
  • Iranian man, 27, shot dead for celebrating team’s World Cup exit https://t.co/mwabbCHuiP 
  • A jury in Los Angeles has failed to reach a verdict in a rape case against US actor Danny Masterson. Mr Masterson, who is best known for his role in the sitcom That 70s Show, was accused of raping three women at his home in Hollywood in the early 2000s #US https://t.co/4Mvw35qh5M
  • Powers of attorney to lead the way in strong wills and probate market - Legal Futures https://t.co/nVzdgoIVyX
  • UK high court approves Bulb takeover by Octopus Energy - Proposed buyout of collapsed supplier gets go-ahead despite judicial reviews lodged by rivals E.ON, Centrica and Scottish Power https://t.co/fR5bF1ow5D
  • Court to decide if NHS waiting time pledge is legal obligation | Law Gazette https://t.co/joite4z9Cc
  • MoJ: Number of unrepresented claimants is not measure of OIC success - Legal Futures https://t.co/BFMrcHcozi 
  • 'Fatal blow': Raab sounds death knell for criminal defence | Law Gazette https://t.co/dQXRWt3DNA 
  • From the Amazon to Australia, why is your money funding Earth’s destruction? https://t.co/1JcHuhDtQV
  • The troubling first use of the SRA's new fining power - Legal Futures https://t.co/6SthyJK8g1 
  • San Francisco's ruling Board of Supervisors has voted to let the city's police use robots that can kill. The measure permits police to deploy robots equipped with explosives in extreme circumstances #US https://t.co/r5SthGWFQE 
  • D-day for criminal legal aid as Raab prepares to unveil review response | Law Gazette https://t.co/G7S2Eezrw5
  • Metamorph business goes into liquidation | Law Gazette https://t.co/bJL8adqWha
  • Batteries thrown in household rubbish bins cause about 700 fires every year in dustcarts and waste-processing centres, local authorities say. Lithium-ion batteries can explode if damaged or crushed https://t.co/6ORYVh3rQG 
  • MoJ lauds whiplash portal after 37% fall in claim numbers | Law Gazette https://t.co/TEpQIdmS1m