FOCUS OF THE DAY: The largest US firms are now so entrenched in the UK legal market that they are collectively generating over £2bn annually and are major players in the 100 firms bringing in the most revenue from the UK. Full story - The Lawyer
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- All that happened in UK Law Firms last week: The Sunday Law Review 19th to 25th October http://t.co/webnH1Irmi
- A Conversation with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg #US http://t.co/FT1UDVBeUe
- Criminal justice system the only way to deal with allegations of criminality - David Cullinane #IRELAND http://t.co/RvIouwyT0W
- EU Court Of Justice Says Embedding Is Not Infringing: Could Mean Streaming Sites Are Legal http://t.co/l3iw0dFJhw
- Scottish victims of historic abuse in children's institutions have welcomed as a major step forward http://t.co/Jb46Q7uaG9
- Rapist cannot escape justice by marrying victim, says Delhi judge #INDIA http://t.co/HAruGdoHK5
- Tamil Nadu’s exploited garment workers need help from British justice #INDIA http://t.co/1pjGVt4y4P
- Justice on Pennsylvania’s Highest Court, Seamus McCaffery Resigns over allegations of sending explicit photos #US http://t.co/rk6ycfZ5Dr
- Lawyer wanted to spend $30k to monitor abuse victims #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/lPt2vyJPKs
- Solicitor Michael George Anderson has been hit with a ban after he borrowed money from a set of clients http://t.co/ZGb9pVzhdY
- Cheadle solicitor facing 13 counts of fraud by abuse of trust and one count of money laundering http://t.co/jav25R1pho
- The straw that broke the employer’s back: can employers rely on the last-straw doctrine? | The Lawyer http://t.co/NmWgUWeBY1
- LAW FIRM NEWS: DLA Piper adds seven partners through Mexico merger, as three exit for Bakers | The Lawyer http://t.co/wsBMfyjIMw
- Digital law firm created to meet growing demand | Law Gazette http://t.co/1wrpfk8rht
- UK would not support future search and rescue operations to prevent migrants drowning in the Mediterranean Sea http://t.co/UtUaxiPz6L
- Nicholas Winton honoured by Czechs for saving children from Nazis http://t.co/lhTe0Rirk7
- Ex-cabinet minister Chris Huhne loses legal challenge over £77,750 court costs incurred in speeding points trial http://t.co/aqnfl1XpfN
- 'Terror' wi-fi signal leaves LA-London flight grounded http://t.co/sAwVstUPU3
- Increased access for women to politics and the workforce has narrowed the global gender gap in the past 10 years http://t.co/Rhke1A47Zy
- Ebola outbreak: World Bank chief appeals for volunteers http://t.co/ZX4LYrhwao
- Ex-Royal Marine runs through London in the shape of a giant poppy http://t.co/uYm1V0BGnr http://t.co/cjAiEdKdAl
- Naked Rambler loses at European court over right to public nudity http://t.co/jnttFNoM0j
- #ETHIOPIA ‘ruthlessly targeting’ and torturing Oromo people, says Amnesty http://t.co/X99VlsUgQ3
- Compensation warning on parole delays | Law Gazette http://t.co/wTxjE3wxp9
- Sports Direct side-steps tribunal battle with legally binding zero-hours agreement | The Lawyer http://t.co/snEJqbDNhW
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Clyde & Co opens in Brisbane with three partners from Sparke Helmore | The Lawyer http://t.co/JxR9oC4sQa
- Government defeated in Lords on JR reform | Law Gazette http://t.co/Vel2ie9eUy
- Supreme Court judgement on Governor's instalment cripples the judiciary in River state #NIGERIA http://t.co/ElK31jVnPJ
- Labor has endorsed Redlands barrister Deb Kellie as its candidate for the state seat of Redlands #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/K7UEbMGJcB
- Heartbreaking Final Letter Of Hanged Young Woman Reyhaneh Jabbari IN #IRAN http://t.co/GQRLoWKzHV
- New Nova Scotia legislation to help apprentices train more quickly #CANADA http://t.co/u5iIoO5lnB
- Why Won't David Cameron Wear feminist slogan T-Shirt unlike Miliband & Clegg http://t.co/Nk2mml9gLe http://t.co/QWvKcwIbg5
- Will Legislation Ever Prevent Dog Attacks? http://t.co/g5V8lxmWSu
- Solicitor & single mum Funke Abimbola from St Albans shortlisted for national award on parenting skills http://t.co/9MBZh2JToF
- Former #US Solicitor General Paul Clement shares insights with law students http://t.co/HrPsCfyp2h
- Cheadle solicitor and village activist charged with stealing £600,000 from clients http://t.co/mrNWQIvuHS
- Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery selects Andree Sophia Blumstein to be his solicitor general #US http://t.co/mUzKaBFHiJ
- Senior Manitoba judge facing removal over nude photos her husband posted of her on the Internet #CANADA http://t.co/OOdJh6VRAY
- Personal injury lawyer avoids driving ban - despite clocking up 14 points after speeding in Longsdon http://t.co/u06Lmesc0X
- The Rule of Law in #CHINA - Lessons From 'Top Lawyer' http://t.co/6rqUfhLPoc
- Legislation to extend Supreme Court and high courts jurisdiction to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas #PAKISTAN http://t.co/mSDHJvZTez
- Court, a film about Mumbai's lower courts is a revelation in the trivialities of the legal process in #INDIA http://t.co/L2VJRnXak5
- Courts follow doctors, not families, when it comes to patients' best interests #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/jcIuNLC7Bd
- Over 1,850 paternity, maternity rows being considered at present by courts in #SAUDIARABIA http://t.co/KfN6jEkIa9
- Russian ambassador calls for 'illegal' Putin Pub in #KYRGYSTAN http://t.co/BIQbOv5ACa
- #US Burrito Chain 'Illegal Pete's' Urged To Change Name for racial slur http://t.co/YRdlhhIPOZ
- Should the #US change the way it uses private security contractors who do jobs soldiers and Marines once did? http://t.co/l8XMSWQtPi
- Generations of Lawyers Gather for a Reunion Like No Other: 700 former United States attorneys in one room http://t.co/ogWmbrvf28
- Using cash, pressure, espionage and legal threats against multinationals, #CHINA builds it microchip industry http://t.co/DQA3gUeyj1
- Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Urge fellow Laureate Obama Disclosure on #US Torture http://t.co/AKnB2ETdpZ
- In Cold War, #US Spy Agencies Used 1,000 Nazis http://t.co/idIoP43gek
- In Wales, a Toast to Dylan Thomas on His 100th Birthday http://t.co/JbBeAHDrFm
- The Dangers of Quarantines: Policies made to manage panic will only make the Ebola crisis worse http://t.co/XnDncUGSna
- Washington School Gunman Used Texts to Gather Victims at Lunch, Police Say #US http://t.co/3ZjEgblDlX
- The old East End of London has had such a glittering makeover that only the glitterati can afford it http://t.co/zy3vYlvnDn
- Postal Service approved nearly 50,000 requests last year from law enforcement agencies to secretly track the mail #US http://t.co/mr8qIzcNJb
- Job brokers steal wages and entrap tech workers from #INDIA in #US http://t.co/uFeyBffqFW
- Would #LIBYA have been better off if Muammar Gaddafi had been captured? http://t.co/AeF4USyQET
- Government suffers emphatic defeats in lords on JR reform | Law Gazette http://t.co/P45Jr6J4DH
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
- Missing #MEXICO students: New 'mass grave' probed http://t.co/ryKcMhHNxS
- Prisons 'struggling' with increase in elderly inmates http://t.co/tb8kcY5V3A
- Bradford house deaths: Four bodies found http://t.co/y02KxOnPYp
- Children too often treated as 'small adults' by police http://t.co/tGDOey7Via
- June trial for four accused of Isis plot to kill police and soldiers in London http://t.co/ymviZFsHoJ
- Polo Mogul John Goodman Trial Hinges on $200K Bentley #US http://t.co/hpeAHdx0eh
- Shrien Dewani trial judge stops male prostitute from giving evidence #SOUTHAFRICA http://t.co/eOfBKX3KhT
- Raft of UK firms jump aboard Monarch’s bumper restructuring deal | The Lawyer http://t.co/Be9uhkqioz
- LAW FIRM NEWS: BLP tells headhunters: find female talent to help us hit our diversity target | The Lawyer http://t.co/yE6eZqzh23
- Holiday pay commission change will be HR nightmare http://t.co/DHthQbleQj
- The unlawful activities (prevention) tribunal, dealing with the ban of the LTTE in #INDIA http://t.co/249WEurv9D
- Cohabiting for extended period equivalent to marriage: Tribunal #INDIA http://t.co/kuX8HGsXsU
- The case of the former Malaysian defence attache accused of attacking a Wellington woman #NEWZEALAND http://t.co/YPtjmq41B4
- #FrenchPolynesia working with France on new land tribunal http://t.co/ShRGacNIwG
- The Council of Europe condemns #AZERBAIJAN crackdown on activists http://t.co/VhQxyTwcP0
- #CHINA considering eliminating death penalty for 9 crimes http://t.co/qRsPV7IoMV
- Attorney General Holder announces federal recognition of same-sex marriage in six states #US http://t.co/6XfT2AOwuC
- UK hostage John Cantlie has appeared in a new Islamic State propaganda video as fake war reporter http://t.co/CsCmmA2gJZ
- Blackwater guards: Jury finds guards guilty #US http://t.co/lGmz5j2hM3
- Is jury duty an unfair process? #US http://t.co/cFncD8Upoo
- 'Prize money gap needs to be closed' http://t.co/6J6VykL32b
- Firm failed in duties to mortgage company, High Court rules | Legal Futures http://t.co/PhBb7jXrtF
- Now BT Law provides employment advice to external clients | Legal Futures http://t.co/eZVz8M8420
- The 200,000 Syrian child refugees forced into slave labour in #LEBANON http://t.co/eh9EyPwTBb
- We cannot just focus on challenging the violent extremists in society when the issue is within Islamism as a whole http://t.co/DJAQ6AFR9w
- Police retrain to tackle rise in cyber stalking http://t.co/g8QKPlclHV
- Six months on bail – for being sent spoof video of a ‘tiger’ having sex, that was really a man in a tiger suit http://t.co/2WfivaOGPT
- A nearby resident said she was horrified by the spate of animal decapitations http://t.co/XBXDeW0SbH
- Anti-vivisection group offers cash to name Cambridge animal testing lab workers http://t.co/dDrdPEzlRy
- Morrisons facing boycott calls in row over veteran, 89, selling poppies outside in cold http://t.co/ZgOFjedbkF
- Cyber-jihadist Younis Tsouli 'read al-Qaeda magazine in cell' http://t.co/8Ro5nC6Fj4
- Judge orders Home Office border agency to explain sham company failures http://t.co/sWg8dTlhcC
- Justin Welby: I broke down in tears at horror of Church child abuse http://t.co/ZBXLCoa906
- Tiger charity director 'fabricated' divorce claims against husband, judge rules http://t.co/aFNqRbkDmm
- Burglar Kevin Derbyshire wrote an apology letter to a victim and was rewarded with a £20 postal order http://t.co/dphre3Dm2U
- Terrorists will 'go to ground' in Britain if we opt out of European arrest warrant, security services warn http://t.co/732t1wV3Oj
- House of Lords votes against Grayling’s plans to restrict judicial review access http://t.co/6BtYbmhga3
- Today’s Britain: where the poor are forced to steal or beg from food banks http://t.co/VBuzGBWZzj
- Judge defends media blackout over death of Poppi Worthington http://t.co/jmh0O5803H
- State supreme court justice resigns over pornographic email scandal #US http://t.co/wyoZIHmpwG
- Calls mount for Missouri to stay execution of inmate 'abandoned' by lawyers #US http://t.co/T4mxx0G8cr
- Detroit lawyer closes bankruptcy trial: 'The city needs all the help it can get' #US http://t.co/f8QLayUWBV
- S Korea prepares for corruption clampdown | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/VVckEvxZa0
- US firm lets clients settle bills by Apple Pay | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/q9Gy6Lwo6m
- Philippines urged to set up cyber crime courts | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/We2mLI8Omk
- Company secretaries can act for over 1,000 companies | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/22LhxGPQzG
- Monica Lewinsky complaints on lawyers supported in report | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/4QqIC8pf6p
- Deutsche Bank senior lawyer commits suicide in New York | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/7vGyY2RgAn
- Partners pencil in Locke Lord Edwards merger for January | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/8SDlJ7NMDu
- Linklaters tops UK rankings | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/AuyU7MScje
- Groundbreaking accountancy ABS targets broader range of legal services | Legal Futures http://t.co/YdpwWmlf4o
- Wales celebrates ‘Welsh Great’ Dylan Thomas https://t.co/ugmECK67vd
- UK statement on the ‘unlawful killing’ of Dr. Abbas Khan https://t.co/jo9dqmwFlh
- Leading infrastructure firms commit to carbon reduction https://t.co/FoDjH03dzJ
- Afghanistan: A father's journey in the footsteps of his fallen son http://t.co/MxkVQAEJyi
- More staff suspended in Tawel Fan hospital probe http://t.co/9quzMMEKcr
- Jogger in PM security alert had 'no idea' what happened http://t.co/dg1JX0Aylk
- #CANADA gunman made video showing 'ideological and political motives' http://t.co/wQqcK20I76
- Penalise 'bad apple' traders, suggests Bank of England http://t.co/SLnfH9h2wm
- Sotheby's sued over 'misattributed' Caravaggio painting claim http://t.co/okASzkak3g
