16th March - Law News

Edition 4828: 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:  The administration of President Donald Trump has arrested a second student protester and set a deadline for Columbia University, one of the most prestigious campuses in the United States, to cede control of one of its academic departments. In a news release on Friday, the Department of Homeland Security accused Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian student at Columbia, of overstaying her F-1 student visa.

A selection of important developments in the world of law and justice (for a comprehensive look at the news and events, please visit @theLawMap Twitter/X feed):

Saturday Conversations on Law

• A House of Lords committee has launched an inquiry into the rule of law, following ‘confusion’ and controversy about its meaning | New Law Journal
• Can the AI industry solve the transpacific IP tug-of-war? - The Global Legal Post
• The senator, the priest, the forensic pathologist: the people who bought ex-president Duterte to justice #Philippines
• Former pupils of Treloar’s College who were infected with contaminated blood during medical research in the 1970s and 1980s have lost their bid to bring a group litigation order (GLO) | New Law Journal
• IBA announces next phase of its gender equality project: Second stage of the 50:50 by 2030 study will include a global survey of women lawyers - The Global Legal Post
• An embassy is not protected by state immunity from employment tribunal claims, the Supreme Court has held | New Law Journal
• Legal profession 'watching in horror' as Donald Trump order against law firm is curbed by federal judge | Law Gazette