4th November - Law News

Edition 4330: 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: Helen shares the impact this deepfake pornography has had on her life and challenges a culture that treats women’s appearance and image as public property while the perpetrators remain anonymous. Deepfake pornography is an increasingly common form of image-based sexual abuse and in June 2023, an amendment of the online safety bill was announced that criminalises the sharing of deepfake intimate images online.

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 feed):

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Everyone got duped by Sam Bankman-Fried's big gamble https://tinyurl.com/3h32znsx
• Bar leaders line up to attack proposed amendment to Principle 5 of IBA's International Principles on Conduct for Legal Profession | Law Gazette https://t.co/LnVUNiySZA
• “Incompetent” Ministry of Justice contributes to unmet legal need - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/49tnbavf
  
• Parties pursuing SLAPP lawsuits should be liable in damages for acting against the public interest, Nick Vineall KC proposes | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/bbeabzhz
  
• #Iranian mother jailed for 13 years after denouncing death of son shot at protest - Mahsa Yazdani convicted of blasphemy and ‘insulting supreme leader’ as Iran regime targets families of those killed in protests https://tinyurl.com/3ty457p8
  
• Law firm AI project could provide lawyers with file summaries - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/4y26k5ck
  
• Big tech will allow governments to vet AI products for first time, Sunak says https://tinyurl.com/3hvdstc5
  

3rd November - Law News

Edition 4329: 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: As the violence continues in the Middle East, Jewish and Muslim communities in Scotland have spoken out about their fears of a rise in anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.

Focus of the Day Legal News:‘Men shouldn’t be the reference point for what success looks like’ - A panel of female law firm leaders discussed what makes good leadership and how to sustain progress made on diversity and inclusion at the IBA annual conference in Paris. Full story - The Global Legal Post 

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 feed):

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Third of High Court claims succeed, says new 'find a lawyer' site - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/ivGK7
• AI: Is the law ready? | Law Gazette https://t.co/gf4dEI7rKs
• Solicitors Regulation Authority fines Kent law firm Rootes & Alliott where client account did not add up | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/bcfjW
  
• A children's cancer nurse who faked having her ex-partner's baby during lockdown has been given a suspended prison sentence. Alexandra Gregory, 25, from Redditch, sent Daniel Smith fake pregnancy scans and photos of a baby in intensive care https://shorturl.at/movEV
  
• Men start earning more than women at the Bar from day one - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/jxHU9
• Actor Noel Clarke has said he will pursue his libel case against the Guardian at the High Court next year. It comes after a judge ruled the meaning of seven articles to be that there were strong grounds to believe he was guilty of sexual harassment https://tinyurl.com/bm2ndyxb
  
• Nearly half of homebuyers say lawyers are too slow in responding - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/cmDIV