Saturday

18th February - Law News

Edition 4071: 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: A covert team of Israeli contractors who claim to have manipulated more than 30 elections around the world using hacking, sabotage and automated disinformation on social media have been exposed in a new Guardian investigation

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • US litigation funding capital commitments jump by 16% to $3.2bn - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Ph06402MOE
  • Top government lawyers get 16% rise amid staff exodus fears | Law Gazette https://t.co/EQBFHBdjFS 
  • BSB leaves door open to reaccreditation of barristers - Legal Futures https://t.co/FJjU5Actfb
  • Mentors and mentees wanted: Judicial Reverse Mentoring Scheme | Law Gazette https://t.co/ceRPCbjGxY
  • Joint enterprise prosecutions to be monitored for racial bias - CPS agrees, following legal challenge, to record age and race data after studies show young men and black boys suffer most https://t.co/NNQlpYAubb
  • Allen & Overy integrates ChatGPT-style chatbot to boost legal work - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/pbTDwDAIRM
  • #India claim to have uncovered irregularities in the BBC's accounting books after searches at the broadcaster's offices. A recent BBC documentary unravelled PM Modi's role during Gujrat riots https://t.co/ZHLVGgDlE
  • Thousands of part-time judges could lose billions in pension benefits | Law Gazette https://t.co/xzel1E2a2
  • Ask me anything - Allen & Overy adopts ChatGPT-style legal AI tool - Legal Futures https://t.co/CbDPwQkB6
  • A spy at Berlin's British embassy, who sold secrets to Russia has been jailed for 13 years and two months. David Smith, 58, tried to damage Britain's interests by passing on details of the embassy and its staff  https://t.co/aOMkqXFN3t
  • Drake and 21 Savage have settled a lawsuit after using a fake Vogue cover to promote their 2022 album, Her Loss #US https://t.co/OsUTLOJSG
  • Five former Memphis police officers charged with murder over the death of Tyre Nichols have pleaded not guilty. Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills Jr, Emmitt Martin III and Justin Smith were involved in the arrest of Mr Nichols #US https://t.co/dL0rl7qhb2
  • Report sheds light on the law firms getting the most patent work in the US - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/nLA9bI1iRo
  • The death toll from the Turkey-Syria earthquakes is nearing 44,000: Alarm over ‘nobody’s children’ https://t.co/WOzKTMuPBK
  • Solicitors in UK warned not to act as ‘hired guns’ to silence critics of super-rich https://t.co/zQomMQBi9H
  • EPO extends deadlines for proceedings following earthquakes in Turkey and Syria - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/xYNFSFxmLf
  • Sewage leaks are causing hospitals a host of problems as the backlog in repairs and maintenance grows. Hospitals in England reported patients slipping on sewage, staff becoming ill, and leaks in A&E departments, cancer wards and maternity units https://t.co/Pe4B6tRFgx
  • Big Four increasing share of legal market | Law Gazette https://t.co/PytaLwpeXt
  • New funder for public interest cases which “clarify the law” - Legal Futures https://t.co/i8uVEKSlW3
  • A man has admitted attacking Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale following the north London derby at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium last month: Joseph Watts, 35, from Dalston, Hackney, appeared at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court https://t.co/VYtYFtOywq 
  • Juries deserve the truth on climate protests https://t.co/EeHHQwTrae
  • 'The plagues will fall on you': Solicitor who sent 'inappropriate' emails struck off | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZQHX6raIuK 
  • Lucy Letby: Murder-accused nurse breaks down at trial https://t.co/O5UKliEHjI
  • Almost half of US lawyers see no rate increases in 2022, Wolters Kluwer report shows - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/agve68SOh
  • Charter aims to “shift the dial” on female barristers’ earnings - Legal Futures https://t.co/mIcL1VXFko 
  • The home secretary has raised concerns with Lancashire Police after they revealed personal information about missing mother Nicola Bulley https://t.co/0AMGJT9P8b 
  • Rishi Sunak visits Northern Ireland with protocol deal imminent https://t.co/rbp75Jzoi4