2377th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a
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Today's Video Focus: This content is the subject of a legal complaint made on behalf of Victoria Woodcock Shahmir Sanni, who worked for the official Vote Leave campaign, today breaks cover to raise concerns that the group behind the knife-edge 2016 vote in favour of Brexit – including key figures now working for Theresa May in Downing Street – may have broken the law by flouting referendum spending rules and then attempting to destroy evidence. Sanni claims that a donation of £625,000 was made by Vote Leave to an independent referendum campaign organisation called BeLeave. Sanni says that the money, which was then channeled to a Canadian digital services firm, AggregateIQ, that has links to the controversial Cambridge Analytica, violated election regulations. The donation was sanctioned by the most senior figures in Vote Leave, including campaign director Dominic Cummings and CEO Matthew Elliott Cambridge Analytica whistleblower: 'We spent $1m harvesting millions of Facebook profiles' – video.
Focus of the Day Story: US corporate legal departments continue to battle with a budget squeeze, highlighting cost controls and technology, according to the third edition of the Thomson Reuters Legal Tracker Legal Department Operations (LDO) Index. Sixty-eight percent of legal departments surveyed report the volume of work, defined by legal matters, is increasing, but only 35 per cent of legal departments report an increase in department budget over the last 12 months. Additionally, 25 per cent report a budget decrease, while 40 per cent report their budget remains flat. Full story - The Global Legal Post
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