3rd March - LAW NEWS

433 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

• Legal action to tackle metal theft next week http://t.co/A8VV7o3cne 
• Oscar Pistorius racks up £200,000 legal bill http://t.co/eOroNjnMvw 
• US religious groups file legal briefs in support of marriage equality http://t.co/txGmFej72Z 
• British Indian Doctors Association Launches Legal Action Over 'Inequality' In GP Medical Exams http://t.co/oSFDy7Xpew 
• Surgeon who delivered David Cameron's baby Florence facing legal action http://t.co/xSUuVyMYyC 
• Paddy Power in legal battle to scrap shop ban http://t.co/kM0y2ZU4dT 
• IRELAND: Former Anglo-Irish banker FitzPatrick is to go on trial for under-declaring loans by €139m http://t.co/Dik7pQvh0F 
• CANADA: Lawyer for Gitmo prisoner slams PM Harper govt.'s complicity in torture http://t.co/MIhWkJPKUT 
• INDIA: Delegates appreciate city lawyer's study of French legal system http://t.co/0Jeb3DfTqu 
• Nantwich lawyer in drive to boost town’s Foodbank stocks http://t.co/Z167Xumfg9 
• US Lawyer wants to ban 'overly gory' autopsy photos of unborn baby killed by mother who drank rat poison http://t.co/fqeFyI1Ind
• PAKISTAN: Musharraf ‘will have to face courts’ as he pledges to return to Pakistan http://t.co/aws286PegH 
• Sir David Omand backs coalition's plans for 'secret courts' http://t.co/J954fO6X1f 
• US: Remember Misogyny? http://t.co/1HkQhbbpRc 
• US: The Crime of His Childhood http://t.co/O5DQlhbMcJ 
• VATICAN: In Benedict’s Resignation, the Potential to Place Limits on Future Popes http://t.co/xQIeE7BXjk 
• US: In Filing, Casino Operator Admits Likely Violation of an Antibribery Law http://t.co/KA2F3N6DjA
• CANADA: Blind man discriminated against in 10K run: tribunal http://t.co/ApnXDVaLKd 
• INDIA: Disability rights is off the rails http://t.co/4jsoNdDQqZ 
• Corporate Backing Shifts Gay Rights From Market To Main Street http://t.co/46zdSl7kTz 
• PUERTO RICO slowly warms to more gay rights http://t.co/eM2Evlcx5y
• IRAN rejects UN human rights report http://t.co/il51N9eWfD 
• A great day for British justice? Theresa May vows to take UK out of the European Court of Human Rights http://t.co/wpzLK2JZfi 
• EGYPT: Hosni Mubarak retrial to begin on 13 April http://t.co/JbKeZZnG2n 
• IRELAND's 'bankruptcy tourists' face tougher treatment in English courts http://t.co/sDvai6H4Zl
• Campaigners unite against secret courts http://t.co/rorZOz6O4A 
• Police officer who smashed into pensioner's car in line for 'six figure sum' after suing force http://t.co/R4XwRYrItD
• Trial by Jury, Gay Adoption, Legal Awards Season - The Human Rights Roundup | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/XObsk3PcR1 
• Grand Chamber find Austrian same sex adoption discrimination | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/kMQSLs5jEe 
• Attack of the Clones: Supreme Court keeps its white male first eleven | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/uQEz3u7yX3
• The small farmer and Goliath Monsanto | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/AD4VPB1pRk 
• Shhh.. Closed material hearings and the Justice & Security Bill | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/h4slAPLyCV 
• Uganda bomb suspects not entitled to evidence from UK for proceedings abroad | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/CPkr3xV3Cj 
• Everything you need to know about the secret trials coming to a courtroom near you | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/XGKEVa1W8d 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• Professor: football fans need list of songs that pass sectarian law http://t.co/QXrXRS1evg 
• Homeless 'could break law to find shelter' as hostel for young closes http://t.co/1KZ0D154Mu 
• Child abuse victim fights for law change http://t.co/NWbNezSdpe
• Francis Lieber and the Law of War http://t.co/gr9bpSkp9a 
• BAHRAIN: HRW defies UK talk of Bahraini reforms http://t.co/PxQ9i1nMRl 
• BANGLADESH: End Violence Over War Crimes Trials http://t.co/5uFfYVDNWh
• Baghdadi Mahmoudi is in good health, LIBYA's judiciary is independent - Zeidan http://t.co/279bmlszJW 
• NIGERIA: Cleansing the Judiciary http://t.co/wzux6kibGC
• Does Clegg still see female rights as an optional extra? http://t.co/eEzwV44Ci4
• Pregnant woman sells naming rights to her unborn baby http://t.co/VRvDcfj8LI
• The legal basics of software licensing http://t.co/NLWFa66Sen 
• Oscar Pistorius embroiled in legal battle with woman who has accused him of assault http://t.co/LOCKM4DY8P 
• Father fails in legal bid to ban ‘vulnerable’ daughter, 13, from Facebook http://t.co/Xw49gTM4d2 
• Fresh legal moves start to block Carlisle Airport plans: http://t.co/sXqKY6udH8 
• Actress Lindsay Lohan judge issues warning to actress' attorney http://t.co/iO6t6aBqmY
• IRELAND: Chief Justice - Delays in appeals court system damages society http://t.co/BFVwezmNRG 
• CHINA shows harsh face of justice http://t.co/PZB2rM85Zf 
• ARGENTINA: Battling the Justice system, Cristina Fernandez main political battle this year http://t.co/tvSTmZOiWN 
• INDIA: Bank for women mere tokenism if unaccompanied by social change: Justice JS Verma http://t.co/xoed2EEmPT 
• A fall in immigration will have them high-fiving in Downing Street but policy towards foreigners is a moral failure http://t.co/WmR0novco7 
• The cycle of fear that drives assault weapon sales http://t.co/87xO2BZCkb 
• 'Cannibal plot' NY policeman: Kent men arrested http://t.co/VBmcmSdYFD 
• Evernote says security has been breached by hackers http://t.co/jXfrnX7rm3 
• Scholarships & Prizes at City Law School http://t.co/PbMAIox6ln 
• Leading barrister Oliver Saxby to become a Queen's Counsel http://t.co/oM59vHurGs
• A first-time buyer's guide to conveyancing http://t.co/OB1p2mWIaD

2nd March - LAW NEWS

432 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

• New Balls, Please: Solicitors' Tennis Society Launches in Scotland | The Firm http://t.co/pKCE1bxuQU 
• Cchild protection permits children to be removed from their parents - conflict with ECHR requirements | The Firm http://t.co/2QNUMnMIQ2 
• Technology is helping transform the legal profession - A Social Media Culture Change | The Firm http://t.co/YspV7Fq2R8 
• ‘Cloud’ based server technology in the legal profession has increased over a quarter in the last 18 months | The Firm http://t.co/i1n6sQoEsA 
• PAKISTAN: Balochistan lawyers boycott courts over missing Prosecutor General http://t.co/1Yn9FDEYfz 
• Judge Cuts Sum Owed to Apple Over Patents http://t.co/rpbue9WBRE 
• The new US juvenile justice administrator should push more states to lock up fewer young people http://t.co/6RjA11qdta
• US: President Obama Pardons 17 Felons, First in His Second Term http://t.co/CF5Qz4c2zj 
• ARGENTINA’s About-Face on Terror - Anti-semetic blast outside Jewish centre from 1994 http://t.co/3rq8cDpA1h 
• Girl, 14, guilty of football row manslaughter http://t.co/6VgKQnHnjg 
• Amazon row over 'rape' T-shirt http://t.co/6KqbYfXfzp
• US: What Is a Gene And How Does it Apply to the Law? The Supreme Court & Patent Laws Still Doesn't Know http://t.co/gYShfUgFDT 
• US: Law firm billing contract lawyers at $1K hourly must reveal what they were paid, federal judge says http://t.co/T4x7hpyd04
• GERMANY Passes New Internet Copyright Law After Watering It Down To Spare Google From Having To Pay http://t.co/0iqmsUIaVA 
• US: New York may tweak gun law to accommodate filmmakers http://t.co/FDfXfuNbI8 
• Commerce and the US Court (II) | Online Library of Law and Liberty: http://t.co/b64gdr0Wik 
• Islam and Constitutionalism | Online Library of Law and Liberty: http://t.co/l3Uu2bHkGo
• Call for UK-wide 50p per unit alcohol price http://t.co/0QFhAd5bvf 
• Phone hacking: the other victims | Neil Wallis http://t.co/hJXyncspqG 
• Prisoners should be given in-cell phones, inspector says http://t.co/GVhFoPfQ0v 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• PAKISTAN: Sarabjit's lawyer receives death threat from Taliban http://t.co/nykB26yP7R 
• US: NY judge sends ex-lawyer to prison for 8 years http://t.co/gH3AhKZmI3 
• December trial scheduled in InterDigital's latest ITC case against Samsung, Nokia, Huawei, ZTE | FOSS Patents http://t.co/MlvKeDfEMA 
• Riots post tribunal's verdict: 52 killed in BANGLADESH http://t.co/BvUxQyfKtw 
• Banker labelled 'Crazy Miss Cokehead' after whistleblowing, tribunal hears http://t.co/tJantKqZBJ 
• Union support for ‘blacklisted’ Crossrail electrician taking contractor to tribunal http://t.co/iQNKsAH1eL 
• Ipswich Doctor ‘complicit in acts of torture’, tribunal hears http://t.co/PI1QaPFDCf 
• GMC set for 'double jeopardy' powers to overrule tribunal decisions http://t.co/H2dZG1ej7Y 
• Canterbury nurse arrested in hunt for mentor of former policeman who 'planned to kill, cook and eat over 100 women' http://t.co/7yrB0C7Xp0 
• The two sides of Chetham's: what the press reports – and what the parents see http://t.co/LisgZuaYvG 
• US - Africa Trade Legislation Needs Updating http://t.co/Eu5qan69rB 
• US: Workplace bullying legislation: Keep your chins up parents http://t.co/0wef1FVj8c
• MALDIVES gov't urges Islamic ministry, judiciary to stop flogging of girl for premarital sex http://t.co/brV6lqm2tO 
• Jersey law to stop 'vulture funds' comes into force http://t.co/Sj105OsgFP
• US: 'Inside the Law School Scam' blogger signs off; Should appellate briefs have corporate sponsors? http://t.co/duFG7BsvQL 
• US: One Law School Reveals The Scary Reality Of Paying Back Massive Debt http://t.co/PGXxuk8eP0 
• Law firms seek victims of 'bad robot surgery' http://t.co/6Gm7sXTFzb
• GERMANY: Copyright Law Targets Google Links http://t.co/eNvh2EpNmP 
• INDIA: 7/11 accused complete human rights diploma course http://t.co/X5xMVlIXZ8 
• Human rights ruling drives 'coach and horses through immigration controls http://t.co/u7ded1uOAZ 
• BAHRAIN’s Targeting of Civil Society with Judicial Harassment Continues http://t.co/EG3fGIi0FP 
• Human rights must be at the heart of future development agenda, UN panel told: http://t.co/5syXVOgplC 
• UK Legal Services: underpinning growth and stability http://t.co/J75vSiwAIv 
• Law boss is charged with £1m taxi fiddle http://t.co/O42Me5h9wh 
• MLAs vote to alter law on abortion faces delay http://t.co/8hzVV3xEL5 
• Conflicts of Interest Are Just Classier With English Accents http://t.co/UynBz7Dmbf 
• US: The Chief Justice And The Pol http://t.co/9hWiIsqvx3 
• Northern Ireland Justice Minister criticises abortion amendment plan for justice bill http://t.co/rFF3DIjD2d
• Cumbria police commissioner submits response to the Ministry of Justice consultation called ‘Transforming Justice’ http://t.co/FILD9MXVvQ 
• BALKANS: Momcilo Perisic Hague acquittal leaves little sense of justice http://t.co/qoP2xCf7u8
• Woman arrested for perverting course of justice in case of hit-and-run that killed married couple http://t.co/U4IfaUdlPo 
• KENYA heads to polls as women seek justice for violence during last election http://t.co/acvqDMSDoT 
• INDIA: Did Goa's hippy image hinder justice for murdered Scarlett? http://t.co/jIoRMCheAH
• CHINA media: Mekong justice http://t.co/XAXQmPrlAU 
• North West Law Firm Records World’s First Solicitor Harlem Shake Video http://t.co/D5nlmZap6l 
• AUSTRALIA: Paul Dale trial told of sex with barrister Nicola Gobbo http://t.co/1xtLMC97Rq
• Four men admit discussing UK terror plot http://t.co/v7Mdgvmqvf 
• Derby death blaze accused police van conversations played in court http://t.co/rxt1vMlcuP 
• Man arrested over four sex attacks in Glasgow http://t.co/Gnb3vyhKUG
• DfE warned over potential unfair dismissals claims http://t.co/5ZgynSNKqd 
• John Prescott claimed that Iraq invasion 'cannot be justified' http://t.co/xx59grsMoI 
• EU introduces illegal timber import controls http://t.co/mlxBBlX5hz 
• Catholic church sex abuse ruling could cause big spike in compensation claims http://t.co/SMIDPp0dvP
• New law needed for undercover police – MPs http://t.co/8pu3amKTLR 
• Police spies: in bed with a fictional character http://t.co/H0t87l1FpG 
• NEW ZEALAND: Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom closer to extradition following ruling http://t.co/w2MPdnw01B 
• EastEnders star Jessie Wallace wins damages from Reveal magazine http://t.co/vY10lrJc3l 
• Stephen Lawrence inquiry 'could have been turning point' for UK policing http://t.co/D8s2QRqLdr 
• NETHERLANDS: Rwandan-born Dutch woman jailed for inciting genocide http://t.co/YSWvlsUxtY 
• The spreading slick of blame for the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill http://t.co/xIF4EyN4Fi 
• US: Obama administration files limited brief to supreme court on Doma http://t.co/Wce12cpHwM 
• US: Amicus brief makes Obama a true friend of gay equality http://t.co/15gstjVm4Y
• US: Bradley Manning's personal statement to court martial: full text http://t.co/zyfAb0XqIG 
• US: Bradley Manning prosecution to call full witness list despite guilty plea http://t.co/C3FruHgjcJ 
• SRI LANKA: Questions from the killing fields http://t.co/H6Sc8OxR1O 
• Dodd-Frank: Frankly, my dear, you should give a damn | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/tkZppkkmA8 
• Swan impersonation doesn't fly at Oscars | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/lcljEACNpt
• Samsung admits defeat in latest iPhone wrangle | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/St3KVrb3fB 
• US prosecutors win Megaupload evidence appeal | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/07cqJ63SVV 
• Law firms tap partners for capital contributions | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/0OWTCmcr9n 
• Cayman Law Society defends foreign law offices | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Ml0B2CjCya 
• Opening of Indian legal market to be 'explored' | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/mxdxvsX5V0

1st March - LAW NEWS

431 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: “U-turn” on costs-management rules causes shock waves - ractitioners have reacted with shock to the senior judiciary’s last-minute decision to drop a key part of the Jackson reforms for high-value commercial cases. Full story - New Law Journal

• Pro bono pressure | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/y7Pj3FtDuf 
• Chief executive of the Legal Services Commission gets key role at new Legal Aid Agency | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/QsyRqI44Bi 
• High Court told of Downing Street deal with insurers | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/PEQ7An5jtH 
• Abbey Protection buys Lewis Hymanson Small | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/gbV9p2007N
• Large law firms ‘more likely to persuade SRA’ that clients not at risk | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/SwlIDcFu33 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Trowers appoints new Abu Dhabi managing partner | The Lawyer http://t.co/yjY94L0LHs 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Spain's Uría Menéndez reports declining turnover | The Lawyer http://t.co/dbc6j88f1M 
• Essex Court's Smouha and Shearman join Tchenguiz line-up | The Lawyer http://t.co/dFGwRO9PnH 
• Tesco appoints China legal director after year-long hiatus | The Lawyer http://t.co/1FCBLGgvF1 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Staff at Cobbetts' rescued debt recovery arm face redundancy | The Lawyer http://t.co/UxNmIvi08X
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Hogan Lovells blames foreign exchange for revenue and profits dip | The Lawyer http://t.co/kZkaapy10g 
• US: Washington, D.C. law firm Patton Boggs has laid off a unknown number of lawyers http://t.co/fseb622mZH 
• Barrister aims to put legal jargon into layman’s terms with new blog on cases http://t.co/10VD5shOxn 
• Legal aid lawyer of the year: nominations are open http://t.co/bP35C9M4mB 
• SFA head Ogilvie ‘assumed’ pay was legal http://t.co/BGBCixmAu1
• Samsung/Apple Legal Expert Not Strictly Hired by Samsung, http://t.co/Rpqc5pHlrR 
• 'Bedroom tax' legal challenge http://t.co/RkOJDlmK3T
• Rolling Stones threaten legal action over new swinging 60s musical Carnaby Street http://t.co/0arYlmkukl 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Riverview Law sets out plans to double headcount - Legalweek http://t.co/mbLgqFJOCK
• LAW FIRM NEWS: SJB postpones partners' quarterly profit payments to boost cash flow - Legalweek http://t.co/hJCIHseyUT 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Dundas overhauls partner capital contribution system - Legalweek http://t.co/VCrLD5osn7 
• Fee pressure deters rising stars at Bar as silk applications dip - Legalweek http://t.co/cFcZaA72O7 
• Family row over takings from Sherlock Holmes museum http://t.co/s8c7JUuGly 
• 'Gay cure' therapy supporters are oppressed minority, court told http://t.co/E173ckTYMe 
• Police finance chief suspended http://t.co/V72CN0YIyx
• Undercover officers 'put bereaved families at risk' http://t.co/YLo5dWQuIs 
• Grandfather must pay £50 to boy he tackled after home vandalism http://t.co/bWTUp8rUBq
• Farmers warn of illegal grazing http://t.co/LMEXQCNo4j 
• THAILAND’s illegal immigrants: A deadly cocktail - Long-standing worker abuses get some serious attention http://t.co/esP9TpsZfm 
• Anti-sectarian legislation criminalises innocent people for things which are not criminal http://t.co/36HhcVYaFT 
• Scottish Courts shake up raises concerns warn top lawyers http://t.co/V7IGaOjkGh 
• BALKANS: UN tribunal acquits former Serbian army chief of aiding and abetting Bosnian Serb atrocities http://t.co/uMgYxr6Iz4 
• Iraqi doctor was complicit in torture, tribunal finds http://t.co/s9ZgkkkiQ4 
• Banker labelled 'Crazy Miss Cokehead' after whistleblowing, tribunal hears http://t.co/tJantKqZBJ 
• BANGLADESH War Crimes Tribunal Hands Death Sentence To Islamist Leader http://t.co/3bPFJdp68k 
• BRAZIL: Chronicling Brazilian Women’s Struggle for Equal Rights http://t.co/VCPipREStG 
• Raasay shooting and fishing rights returned to crofters http://t.co/YtR3UAef0c 
• US: Voting rights - Preclearance, past and present http://t.co/FlIiQOoL95
• KENYA: Judiciary launches pre election report: http://t.co/x4ZNSnszmO 
• UK judge who issued extreme ruling for Samsung against Apple hired by Samsung | FOSS Patents: http://t.co/HTQLSDuWEO
• ZIMBABWE: Judge dismisses referendum postponement, Alec Muchadehama, attorney for Assembly to appeal http://t.co/wLdOzwLpEh 
• British human rights activist faces Thai jail threat http://t.co/1QabKNCWgN 
• INDONESIA: Religious Minorities Targets of Rising Violence http://t.co/2txTqIwa25 
• HAITI's 'Baby Doc' Duvalier faces charges of human rights violations http://t.co/WqSzNTwH80
• IRELAND: Solicitor on trial over health insurance forgeries http://t.co/8mNWDBjAAk 
• Solicitor tie-ups: don't think 'referrals', think 'collaboration' http://t.co/cfkCEa6jBB 
• UK Law Professor Authors Paper Leading to HUD's Endorsement of 'Discriminatory Effect' Standard http://t.co/LSXzDxkiOW 
• FSA's landmark legal victory over Barclays could see more assets being frozen http://t.co/oVNPdGgaL4 
• Secret courts condemned by 700 legal experts http://t.co/Ns9sXtVFuC
• Do you 'get' OFR? | LEGAL FUTURES: http://t.co/yUO32EtUOu
• LSB calls for equal pay audits amid worries about gender and race disparities | LEGAL FUTURES: http://t.co/0xYUaLQbwg 
• AIM-listed legal expenses insurer buys Manchester law firm | LEGAL FUTURES: http://t.co/i0MpP8eev4 
• Solicitor says sheriff court changes will hit ‘quality of justice’ http://t.co/zuos7g5Ryc 
• SYRIA: Sectarian narratives promote troubling agendas, not justice http://t.co/rQr9vh6FnX 
• Barrister Warren Grier was found by his wife at about 6am on August 2 last year, hanged after money worries http://t.co/zEF9LK5DaZ
• Essay competition: calling all students - article published on Guardian Law and the UKSC Blog http://t.co/XyVxtozJVE 
• Sinn Fein opposes 'abortions only via NHS' law bid http://t.co/bwMTQ54vds 
• Vote on 'abortions only via NHS' law bid faces delay http://t.co/sTkTi2Epib 
• US: Law firms increasingly shun borrowing, relying instead on increased capital contributions http://t.co/VXwXiWPmYp 
• US: Voting Rights Law Draws Skepticism From Justices http://t.co/87NriMm8e2 
• Keith Towler frustrated at illegal school exclusions http://t.co/q8yJyYaRj5
• INDIA: Fire at illegal market kills 19 in Kolkata http://t.co/GntGHhuzNI 
• Bag searches may have been illegal in Belfast Airport http://t.co/Utf5ZKlprd
• SNP cuts sheriff courts by a quarter – then gives them more work http://t.co/fXaxsQpRLF 
• Clapper v Amnesty: Courts and Congress v Our Constitution http://t.co/AYrRFCQlXJ 
• Scottish crown office announces iPads to be introduced to Scots courts in pilot trial http://t.co/7qMNec6p9t 
• Eastleigh candidates challenged over secret courts http://t.co/oIZSfP82FC 
• Kenneth Clarke's plans for secret courts savaged by lawyers http://t.co/MrlS03WkjC
• Flag protest: Willie Frazer charged and Jamie Bryson arrested http://t.co/4Np60ILJGi 
• Sandhill Park fire: Four jailed for mansion arson attack http://t.co/WSJGIQqC1w 
• Sonny Grey boiling water murderers found guilty http://t.co/fJ7hj3TXn1 
• Glasgow Rangers FC will not lose league titles http://t.co/UPAxFFjkK5 
• Rhino horn - time to legalise the trade say researchers http://t.co/YRDfT68Be6 
• Derby death blaze accused conversations played in court http://t.co/LHXYP2xxnl
• Bradley Manning pleads guilty to some Wikileaks charges http://t.co/WvGZG9ye2R 
• Future of juries, South African justice and too many, many male judges | The week's Law Review from The Guardian http://t.co/R9QDW24vRt 
• Gordon Brown's former aide warns over arrest of officer accused of press leak http://t.co/LfM6T78RmQ 
• Catholic church sex abuse ruling could cause big spike in compensation claims http://t.co/SMIDPp0dvP 
• US: Obama to support gay couples' supreme court challenge to California's Prop 8 http://t.co/zGv37wYolt 
• We backed the Lib Dems over civil liberties – they must stand firm http://t.co/HCj9UhSfPM 
• US: Yale's anti-doping in cycling debate: who's who on the panel http://t.co/KxN8RzfXvs 
• US: Floyd Landis on doping in cycling: debate at Yale law school – live blog http://t.co/8u4ymcNTi4
• Poor costs information accounts for quarter of divorce complaints | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/qeYGzkSM7r 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Hogan Lovells, SJB and Herbert Smith see retention rates fall from last year - Legalweek http://t.co/MH2VDnndyR 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Slaughters brought in by SFO for multimillion-pound Tchenguiz claim - Legalweek http://t.co/73RGZMSqm9 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: White & Case adds five Paris partners with Linklaters capital markets hires - Legalweek http://t.co/NeXopoHcoq 
• Impropriety allegations need careful handling | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/VSlFTpLK5e 
• Reed Smith touches down in Houston | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/xUHzWeQKfe 
• Oz firms plan fee hike | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/5Hz9EICZmI 
• Lawyers warned over spiralling divorce costs | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/XIOcb4G866 
• Dewey bankruptcy plan officially approved | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/gB57ncOYO9 
• Lawyers chase cut on nearly all major mergers | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/f1gY0v9zUE 
• US: A Shift on Violence Against Women http://t.co/b8VsHz0ERr
• US: The decline from 2000 to 2009 marks a significant shift in the racial makeup of America's prisons http://t.co/GSQMoCztFt 
• US Voting Rights Law Draws Skepticism From Justices http://t.co/87NriMm8e2

28th February - LAW NEWS

430 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: The number of barristers being awarded Queen’s Counsel status is on a downward trajectory with just 84 taking silk in the latest round, the lowest number since the system was reviewed in 2006. Full story - The Lawyer

• ARGENTINA has capacity to pay holdouts - investors' lawyer http://t.co/6lzZjnhmdS 
• Belfast claimants set to recoup £750,000 from Italian lawyers | The Lawyer http://t.co/1MGl2oHLCL 
• Unemployed mother unknowingly charged £4,000 for photocopying by her divorce lawyer, the legal watchdog has revealed http://t.co/vJRm2diInu 
• Bradley Manning pleads guilty to 10 charges but denies 'aiding the enemy' http://t.co/U2Ye7Dl0tp 
• Independent did not accurately report Lord Ashcroft libel battle, PCC rules http://t.co/zhmodfzf5Q 
• Marie Fleming's lawyers claim legislation can be put in place http://t.co/ERoHtBUhqU 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Nabarro, Stephenson Harwood fix appointment for healthcare takeover | The Lawyer http://t.co/Zf3CxyZX7i 
• Pupillage gateway to replace 'disparate and disorganised' system | The Lawyer http://t.co/UxtgG4wg3R 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Bredin Prat loses €100,000 employment case brought by ex-employee | The Lawyer http://t.co/J4fCg0YhX9 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: SJ Berwin and Hogan Lovells follow downward trend in retention rates | The Lawyer http://t.co/EVFo3Jae6a 
• LPO provider CPA Global expands into mainland China and the US | The Lawyer http://t.co/wA1aaslBAo 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: SFO brings Slaughters on board to defend Tchenguiz damages cases | The Lawyer http://t.co/HpAyV47PGH 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Eversheds leads as private equity house acquires HMV's Asia stores | The Lawyer http://t.co/uuOwNSqL1p 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Ius Laboris adds Eastern Europe and Middle East members | The Lawyer http://t.co/8bjh9kIwrC 
• Divorce lawyers receive highest number of complaints, says Ombudsman | The Lawyer http://t.co/am43eYs9UK 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: RPC joins mix as Sports Direct buys stricken retailer Republic | The Lawyer http://t.co/dTgqso2ktB 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Dewey administrators seal deal to pay UK creditors | The Lawyer http://t.co/rl9yTuulDH 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Linklaters loses three-partner Paris team to White & Case | The Lawyer http://t.co/HJjfn5ZaLa 
• Poor costs information accounts for quarter of divorce complaints | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/Y0aovwW4XK 
• Grayling confirms worst fears with RTA Portal fee cuts | http://t.co/SMmvVJnfGU 
• Profits up at Direct Line despite fall in referral fees | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/BHTXffru66 
• Divorce-related legal complaints most common | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/QuyrETNaq6 
• BANGLADESH: Protesters at Shahbagh have vowed not to fall asleep till the verdict in the war crimes case http://t.co/pkHQxFcWlP 
• EGYPT: Military tribunal imprisons Qursaya Island residents in land dispute ruling http://t.co/PPHz3D7mqT 
• Tribunal shuts down £156m Tax avoidance scheme http://t.co/9Tkg5sfvYf 
• Glasgow Rangers SPL title tribunal result due at noon http://t.co/z3XvTKoB6J
• High Court challenge over banned 'ex-gay' bus advert http://t.co/dqg1B2xNxc 
• Man arrested over death of crash cyclist Andrew McNicoll on Lanark Road http://t.co/grhRkLBZAC 
• EU agrees to cap bankers' bonuses http://t.co/tWBLUDdryF 
• Court orders UK ISPs to block more piracy sites http://t.co/D0PvuhEQDk 
• Rising costs add to divorce woe, says Legal Ombudsman http://t.co/hM0X4vC1Uz 
• SOUTH AFRICA: Shock as 'police dragging' video man dies http://t.co/6buvz2kDRr 
• 'Put disabled down' councillor Collin Brewer resigns http://t.co/r3z80COoSK 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• CPS West Midlands staff members charged with £1m fraud http://t.co/RXq0VVSrzv 
• Legal loophole allows banned mechanical meat in UK sausages http://t.co/s7biIjNBCG 
• Lord Rennard claims: Alleged victim to meet police over 'very serious' incident http://t.co/i9Nj5Y07BA 
• Concerns over women's pension rights raised with MPs http://t.co/Ns5pSsLwSY 
• US supreme court hears challenge to Voting Rights Act in southern states http://t.co/cJRp31l6mj 
• Apple rejects call to form human rights committee http://t.co/vq4aosFUQa
• US: Law Would Force Patent Trolls To Pay For Failed Lawsuits Against Innovators http://t.co/QN23q3IJhP
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Dundas sees two partners quit for Pinsents and Osborne Clarke - Legalweek http://t.co/1HpreyuDU3 
• Essex Court, Doughty Street among big winners in 84-strong silk round - Legalweek http://t.co/VvdmaxbFLY 
• BSB chair Deech and ex-Herbert Smith senior partner among honorary QCs - Legalweek http://t.co/Rii1p9Gwfi
• Ombudsman warns of mis-selling risk around family law services | LEGAL FUTURES: http://t.co/iIBtYOTGVn 
• Slater & Gordon eyes further UK expansion after half-year results show income target on track | LEGAL FUTURES: http://t.co/Lpg2vMmrfg 
• LSB: much to do to make SRA's performance satisfactory | LEGAL FUTURES: http://t.co/fjwi70uPWT 
• Bristol's first ever student law conference [Fri 8 March] http://t.co/u2AmDMQCw0 
• US: Feinstein pushes assault weapons ban in Senate showdown – as it happened http://t.co/FJZny4WJ8m 
• CHINA: Intellectuals urge action on human rights http://t.co/kWfS8LvFOM 
• Upminster food thief arrested after dropping solicitor’s letter during struggle with Aldi staff http://t.co/ToRdxFCZpQ 
• Google tells European Court of Justice freedom of expression trumps privacy http://t.co/imtRy2TObP 
• Law company's move into UK pays off http://t.co/ZDKhrdYBa3 
• Are alternative business structures hastening the collapse of U.K. law firms? http://t.co/QbxH6nwlBo 
• Barrister points gun at own head during inquest into County Durham soldier's death http://t.co/IgbvbZ7Pmo
• Inquest hears barrister took his own life http://t.co/CwXXpycTPw 
• The Use of Legal Scholarship in Intellectual Property Decisions | Patent Law Blog http://t.co/425ttcyiRy 
• INDIA emerging one of world's best Legal Process Outsourcing centres http://t.co/4D0n2dzmBH 
• Newcastle solicitor wins top legal award http://t.co/yUCc2IV2pw 
• Google streaming could provide 'biggest route to legal music consumption' http://t.co/0UhibsVwyz 
• US: Transgender girl's parents take legal action after school tells her she must use boy's toilets http://t.co/thAKZYXkTq 
• US: Rape on the Reservation - One in three American Indian women is sexually assaulted over a lifetime http://t.co/yoldPYgrkH 
• VATICAN: Now Gathering in Rome, a Conclave of Fallible Cardinals http://t.co/mnn5H1ULcI 
• US: Justices Turn Back Challenge to Broader Eavesdropping http://t.co/izSyKR8QCJ 
• Tayside officer on trial over baton assault charge http://t.co/xepfqLNDjl 
• KENYA: ICC Kenyatta trial 'may be delayed' on defence complaint http://t.co/amMupCrX3k
• US: Cannibal plot trial hears testimony from wife about internet discovery http://t.co/9QS9mSgr5P 
• Oscar Pistorius case: Reeva Steenkamp's family hire lawyer http://t.co/pzHrODRKkS 
• Actress Lindsay Lohan's lawyer writes astonishing letter to prosecutors begging them to work together http://t.co/ylAjrsekp5
• Litvinenko lawyer accuses UK of coverup to help RUSSIA ties http://t.co/NMSb5IzehK 
• FSA fails SMEs again | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/5TX9NnCcRR
• Impropriety allegations need careful handling | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/4F0kwiyYRs 
• Vietnam firm secures energy bolt-on | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/JnbVXylR69 
• Top US firms reveal promising financial results | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/dKA6ao9zmT 
• Northern Ireland to tighten legal aid belt | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/QZ6P09a8qg 
• US drinkers sue Budweiser owner | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/cE9V2z9kpA
• Thai lawyers strike deal to protect media | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/a1f3Kk9AvZ 
• FSA did not need to cover third party losses from freezing injunction | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/3v9NgFLbBi
• Experience counts in Supreme Court appointments | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/1KcIK9fy5k
• Grayling goes ahead with massive RTA portal fee cut | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/phFrIRyiYh
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Arbitration partner Shore returns to Herbies | The Lawyer http://t.co/kMvCE9iW12 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Preston firm completes MBO after entering administration | The Lawyer http://t.co/cdR6zrKEFo 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Belfast claimants set to recoup £750,000 from Italian lawyers | The Lawyer http://t.co/1MGl2oHLCL 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: OC continues hiring spree with addition of Eversheds partner | The Lawyer http://t.co/J8oBGiXSCX 
• MoJ anoints three women in eight-strong honorary silk list | The Lawyer http://t.co/jHBvhDi8hr 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Ashurst, Davis Polk and Slaughters at the wheel for Esure IPO | The Lawyer http://t.co/GqnaKCDdI7 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: SullCrom's Bompoint goes solo to bridge advisory and litigation gap | The Lawyer http://t.co/2rjjmvATd3
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Shoosmiths adds publishing group after acquiring niche digital firm | The Lawyer http://t.co/ZLkdxTJSqL 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Slater & Gordon claims first-half revenue rise of 46.5 per cent | The Lawyer http://t.co/fYX4YwMjEx 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Locke Lord hired as restructurer tees Republic up for sale | The Lawyer http://t.co/vmJr8hYSWN

27th February - LAW NEWS

429 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: The Bar Council has reacted furiously after The Times published extracts from a leaked email, which suggests that the CPS is deliberately sending complex and low earning cases to external barristers, while keeping the easier, more remunerative work for itself. Full story - Solicitors Journal

• Northern Ireland Justice Minister announces increased jurisdiction of County Courts http://t.co/W7CQVuURPJ 
• Pope appoints temporary replacement to Cardinal Keith O'Brien http://t.co/CukjOHnKA2 
• Plans for overhaul of Scotland's 'antiquated' civil courts http://t.co/BCs2Ht7liO 
• Deepwater oil spill a 'classic failure' of BP management, court hears http://t.co/QwNS2AotFs
• Murder of environmentalist 'highlights THAILAND's failure to protect activists' http://t.co/ILvo9q20bN 
• Released prisoners to be banned from moving around country http://t.co/n1aR7myMTA
• US supreme court hears challenge to Voting Rights Act in southern states http://t.co/cJRp31l6mj 
• INDIA: Delhi gang rape: 17-year-old accused to appear in juvenile court http://t.co/qedOzsEuBM 
• Coronation Street actor Michael Le Vell in court over child sex offences http://t.co/Dvw4y4lXVz 
• Criminals 'should be banned from moving house' http://t.co/F7o704rnYf 
• Alexander Litvinenko evidence to remain secret http://t.co/NER5j9bYjr 
• SRA not sufficiently focused on risk, LSB says | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/wkImkLsMO0 
• SRA's assurances on enforcement under fire from super-regulator | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/lPEuQXJ1dU 
• Illegal immigrants being released from prison to save money on the eve of sequester http://t.co/mhX4aWBMzp
• Lesbian mother wins same parental rights as biological mother in landmark legal case http://t.co/lzwY4z0mir 
• Rights group condemns IVORY COAST violations http://t.co/SUwMu5686D 
• Lord Rennard, champion of women's rights http://t.co/PR6BqYhKq2 
• Digital rights management: downloads, downers and a call for PDF publishing http://t.co/9FXjpUFUqy 
• CHINA open letter calls for political reforms http://t.co/J2ttSu0Q9B
• EU ministers back fish dumping ban http://t.co/8D0HfWhUAS 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Dundas insolvency head quits for Pinsent Masons | The Lawyer http://t.co/rIy8FqeW9A
• QC appointments slip to all time low with 84 made up | The Lawyer http://t.co/b0ML0UOHqU
• One solicitor makes grade in QC round | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/oeXhVygrFO 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• Legal challenge over NI abortion guidelines http://t.co/ZsWe2VNK8o 
• Silent Witness 'broke BBC rules' http://t.co/m2whnfsbfV 
• US Drinkers sue Anheuser-Busch for 'watering down' beer http://t.co/6Qd6rnVBY5 
• Foreign students to stay in migration figures http://t.co/dPImxXzlAU 
• Attorney General takes action over ‘Bulger killer’ images | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/4xWJgNmXEL 
• Up to one in three migrant Romanians arrested, figures show http://t.co/cODwkwKPoo 
• IRELAND: Kenny rejects call to get Moriarty Tribunal to look into Lowry payments http://t.co/N7hzRYJNYE 
• Blacklisting: appeal tribunal to hear of ‘human rights scandal’ http://t.co/kpkDQqSWSp
• Tribunal cuts Tesco's fine over dairy price fixing to £6.5m http://t.co/qftWnDbMzx 
• Tolerance of bribery and violation of the law in the Americas http://t.co/mRa7vjPWNu
• US Supreme Court shields warrantless eavesdropping law from constitutional challenge http://t.co/7kxjYlDsqu 
• HUNGARY's Constitutional Court strikes down disputed church law, says selection process unfair http://t.co/TSvwHpYBiu 
• Google and SPAIN wrestle over EU privacy law http://t.co/BaGkVie2LG 
• MALTA: Opposition leader Muscat promises legislation to facilitate growth of online gaming industry http://t.co/NssAA6pKJf 
• G8 must act on CONGO human rights abuse http://t.co/PyQidA1AC4 
• Developer to face trial for murder of Devizes solicitor in June http://t.co/Vhm7WqK7Ap 
• Put burden of libel proof on claimants http://t.co/RFOUSMWTF4 
• Libel law reform Bill thrown into doubt http://t.co/vl7FSAcbBL 
• Social Justice in Islam and the Legacy of Malcolm X http://t.co/TyBa5QEQnM
• The Court of Public Opinion in US Is About Mob Justice and Reputation as Revenge http://t.co/lPDtnNormy 
• US: Trayvon Martin shooting - One Year Later, Justice Remains Elusive http://t.co/md5RYdZjOj 
• Diego Maradona appeals for ITALY tax 'justice' http://t.co/JtrPh2FNKU
• Ban on barristers expressing personal opinions on cases set to end | LEGAL FUTURES: http://t.co/XFJmzRHSAM 
• Liverpool firm "open to external capital" as it gains ABS licence | LEGAL FUTURES: http://t.co/k5zxwBnEGD 
• LSB chief questions need for training contract and pupillage, and pushes for faster ABS process | LEGAL FUTURES: http://t.co/w3yT9m56Kb
• US internet 'six strikes' anti-piracy campaign begins http://t.co/IOg6wVCWXT 
• Ban smoking in cars, says health minister http://t.co/iCggx8hHhB 
• MALDIVES girl gets 100 lashes for pre-marital sex http://t.co/MaigA5XeBS 
• Rocket launcher and warhead seized in West Belfast http://t.co/JXz1bi9hdg 
• 'Put disabled children down' Cornwall councillor sorry http://t.co/1cfGkUCvJP 
• Alleged Lord Rennard victim says nine other women 'involved' in case http://t.co/pquYS04ZHJ
• Vicky Pryce trial: judge arrested on suspicion of lying to police http://t.co/00Z01uiMma 
• Bradley Manning court to rule on claims of 'shameful' delay in trial http://t.co/n9KfD2dsyE 
• Google, Facebook and Twitter ordered to delete photos of James Bulger killers http://t.co/hEV15tmNLv 
• Parents plead for 17-year-olds in custody to be treated as children http://t.co/nHvpHQ1kSe 
• Police failed to investigate sex attacks across six London boroughs http://t.co/6qlMuw21wW 
• US: Widow asks supreme court to strike Doma on grounds of discrimination http://t.co/xy7ZmoH19K 
• US: Manning prosecution may call Navy Seal to testify about WikiLeaks damage http://t.co/1Wi9Fj0cI7 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Mayer Brown sees key financials fall as revenue dips to six-year low - Legalweek http://t.co/SFXtSeVdbh 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Gibson Dunn, Shearman and Proskauer unveil 2012 financial results - Legalweek http://t.co/ku7ngXSZed
• Essex Court and Doughty Street among big winners in 84-strong sik round - Legalweek http://t.co/VvdmaxbFLY
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Clifford Chance's former Vietnamese ally expands with energy bolt-on | The Lawyer http://t.co/2ubnlpmipF
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Mayer Brown turnover drops during 'year of two parts' | The Lawyer http://t.co/1SB8zVx4iN
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Michelmores hires OC private client head for Bristol base | The Lawyer http://t.co/Y7UX6MwizO 
• Silk applications from women drop in decreasing QC round | The Lawyer http://t.co/AtmnjR3Pnu 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Swan impersonator attends Oscars despite Quinn warning | The Lawyer http://t.co/iU9L0ILHFT 
• Oracle Capital Group launches London legal brokerage | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/nd35uvwzu0 
• Cayman lawyers move against foreign law firms | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/Uu3ASuO588 
• Ireland ready for M&A surge | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/gWQ4i4DhqH 
• US law firms caught in hacking web | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/rG4TtqQb1F 
• Ex-Goldman director ordered to return $6m for legal expenses | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/9KyEQqydLC 
• Top female barrister Constance Briscoe investigated over leaking Chris Huhne case, court told http://t.co/F7V1fFGMwH 
• Train death cricketer Tom Maynard was 'high on drugs' http://t.co/tBbRXZXIBT 
• Facebook removes US shooting 'tributes' after complaints http://t.co/lfbRxihJQb 
• Vicky Pryce retrial hears judge investigated over leak of Huhne story http://t.co/kgRabwVArx

26th February - LAW NEWS

428 days of LawNewsIndex brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: Practitioners face a sea change in litigation funding from April. The new costs budgeting regime comes into force for most multi-track civil cases, with warnings that practitioners who get it wrong face limited scope to apply for relief, disciplinary action for professional misconduct and being sued by clients for negligence. Full story - Law Gazette

• Peers amend Puttnam arbitration scheme | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/4yhVPoglDr 
• Bulger killers: attorney general is right | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/ndzEDefhr7 
• Supreme Court appoints three more male judges | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/zYfybCoaA8 
• My conviction is unsafe, says QC jailed for VAT fraud | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/HS04kMf8gl 
• The Pirate Bay Leaves SWEDEN Over Legal Threats http://t.co/XqZJ8LSkhA 
• Derbyshire home owners affected by HS2 seek legal advice over compensation http://t.co/YytZLuERhL 
• 'Bulger Killer Photos' Prompt Legal Action http://t.co/MzbCXCKn2a 
• FSA legal battle costs life settlement fund £2.5m http://t.co/b7dCtutsCJ 
• Migrants will be banned from automatic legal aid in the UK http://t.co/mXRnDXBTea
• Legal challenge over arrests of 17-year-old teenagers http://t.co/DHa6kl3ZcT 
• Revoe Primary School suspends six staff members as police investigate the alleged ill treatment of pupils http://t.co/31IEMJorDc 
• South Yorkshire chief constable's Hillsborough email 'offensive' http://t.co/d1OP14EgeY 
• Twitter users: A guide to the law http://t.co/0lD79h1Khc 
• Met Police rape unit 'encouraged' victims to retract cases http://t.co/07kbmJr4hS 
• Lord Rennard claims: Police to meet Lib Dem officials http://t.co/BnSWpRUPHM 
• Peers compromise over press regulation http://t.co/GzQfRY2w5p
• SRI LANKA: Military 'still raping and torturing suspected rebels' http://t.co/3IOhmYCr5T 
• LAW FIEM NEWS: Weil's Faugérolas quits law for corporate advisory venture | The Lawyer http://t.co/QR7jawDHvL 
• Rohan Pershad QC sentenced to three and half years for VAT fraud | The Lawyer http://t.co/PbrmzgQbUN
• Judges begin flexing their Jackson muscles | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/ckBHmKFvf1 
• Time running out for ATE to beat Jackson | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/uGSbHVcea1 
• Personal injury firm Calibre Solicitors has been placed into administration, 14 being made redundant | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/OheHRV34R6
• US: Monsanto v. Bowman: The Master's Law http://t.co/lvfqMb7jDp 
• US Law Review: Lack of guidelines can lead to huge jury awards http://t.co/DDp9T9QEaT
• The Wages of Celibacy - the usual talk about lies, double lives and hypocrisy in the church http://t.co/JCKXsp5IL3 
• US: Trusts Offer a Legal Loophole for Buying Restricted Guns http://t.co/z5VNMxibW1 
• Ikea Recalls Meatballs After Detection of Horse Meat http://t.co/CFqbHCakco 
• Children Toil in INDIA’s Mines, Despite Legal Ban http://t.co/LuBmJBXpDG
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• Oscar Pistorius May Ask to Ease Bail Conditions, Lawyer Says http://t.co/Mg04xAbZ3j 
• BP spill trial told it 'put profits over safety' http://t.co/H0RYBqzITA 
• Illegal tobacco sold at pocket money prices http://t.co/H81vtZGTss 
• Interpol targets illegal fishing, seafood fraud http://t.co/y0pFERGBDo 
• 'Copyright Alert System' rolls out to catch illegal downloaders in US http://t.co/65PRQWHq4P 
• Saddam Hussein's torture doctor faces NHS axe: Iraqi patched up victims so they could be brutalised again http://t.co/0IF6ddsCYM 
• COLOMBIA: Tribunal rules for Peace Community http://t.co/xWF6LvHdIb 
• CANADA: First Nations' human rights tribunal hearing a ''teachable moment' for all Canadians http://t.co/OSjeGQheCt 
• AUSTRALIA: Tribunal looks at cutting taxi rates to boost patronage http://t.co/1W8z5LE7xL
• AUSTRALIA: Doctors underpaid blind secretary, tribunal claims http://t.co/ThzQ3YckTe 
• Independence plea over Northern Ireland's Human Rights Commission http://t.co/Ro5ul7mzlq
• Canon law 'doesn't stop' Cardinal Keith O'Brien voting in Pope election http://t.co/uhddt4jufk 
• PHILIPPINES law gives compensation to Marcos victims http://t.co/0UYUTCz5rk
• US: Senate Judiciary Committee to consider assault weapons ban http://t.co/jZhMhP2UOp 
• CZECH REPUBLIC: Six members of judiciary faced with corruption charges http://t.co/wtip85RHXU 
• Michael Jackson Lawsuit: Judge Leans Toward Letting Suit Continue http://t.co/qxUBQI3K2Q 
• Care worker 'spat in OAP's face', court hears http://t.co/svnj9OjcpO 
• Independent challenges secrecy at inquest into death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko http://t.co/G6HblFuNNA
• Protection of 15 Million Child Domestic Workers http://t.co/d45ycFyPvE 
• INDIA: Need to reform criminal justice system: Supreme Court judge http://t.co/AwWnfJUxtV
• US justice denounces prosecutor's racially charged question - Yahoo! News http://t.co/AzHHmzXWbM
• Major study lays bare finances of SME law firms: best have 40 times the PEP of the worst | LEGAL FUTURES: http://t.co/2u9EHrYn1P 
• Full distribution "on the wane" as big firms begin to retain profit | LEGAL FUTURES: http://t.co/l2LLNlIWhe
• Law Society set for confrontation with ICAEW over ABS application | LEGAL FUTURES: http://t.co/jE5BKtml3g 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Links leads on largest Japanese outbound deal of the year to date - Legalweek http://t.co/MnZtSjn4vk 
• SRA invites tenders for new litigation panel as DLA wins place on student loans roster - Legalweek http://t.co/W8Ih5kuqid 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: A&O hands US managing partner role to City capital markets chief - Legalweek http://t.co/OUwAwfqtAO 
• Bar Council raps CPS as leaked email shows lucrative cases kept in-house - Legalweek http://t.co/ss9nwI7yea
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Freshfields, DLA switched on as BT buys ESPN channels in sports push - Legalweek http://t.co/AdscajMwE0
• Jon Snow recalls childhood abuse http://t.co/ci6f3jGfkS 
• Catherine Gowing murder: Vet's killer must serve 37 years http://t.co/jvaMqLpjgh 
• PHILIPPINES: Martial Law Victims to Receive Reparations http://t.co/yWzY4t8YZU 
• Northern Ireland Parade law review call as flag row exploits loophole http://t.co/V3LV0sMdwc 
• Guide explains law changes to young http://t.co/gwWzM2Z10O 
• Pope Benedict XVI amends Roman Catholic conclave law http://t.co/B0DFDzn2H1 
• IRELAND: HSE paid €1.3m to barrister for just 11 months' work http://t.co/9ThNqe8wSX 
• Most officers 'considering leaving' in wake of police reforms http://t.co/YmlY9hffoY 
• Lewisham Hospital: Lewisham Council legal action decision delayed http://t.co/O6Cg1FpIKP
• RSPCA live export legal challenge rumbles on http://t.co/shh0Y9NmXC 
• Yorkshire Councils consider legal action over U-turn on waste projects http://t.co/QNIGOfnWYy 
• The Legal View - Could the Defamation Bill recommendations really be unlawful? http://t.co/HNI3WO4E8b 
• Leeds restaurant forced to change name after legal threat http://t.co/MBMpvFIRtK 
• There should be no ambiguity about the legal rights of whistleblowers http://t.co/1Ze5xLKgBf 
• Should jurors have to take a test? http://t.co/Up3WC2XIUM 
• US 'supercop' Bill Bratton: British police should make fewer arrests http://t.co/94mEBdBNb2 
• Court bans protests near home of Abu Qatada http://t.co/7RIVKBY69p 
• BBC whistleblower defends prison threat claims http://t.co/M7cABnQ2XR 
• For Iraqi women, America's promise of democracy is anything but liberation http://t.co/CaXjA2LWqs 
• Atheists face extensive discrimination, UN rights council told http://t.co/L1ialZRcS4 
• Will EDF become the Barbra Streisand of climate protest? http://t.co/pl2fwE5RGS 
• Put burden of libel proof on claimants http://t.co/RFOUSMWTF4
• Digital rights advocates wary of new 'six strikes' initiative for online piracy http://t.co/gRVGPKMrfv 
• Shaniece Dobson jailed for killing Sean Martin in Coatbridge http://t.co/RVMYbcLvGT 
• Signalman and Network Rail guilty over level crossing death http://t.co/7OAAKF7zWZ
• Consider case afresh, Pryce retrial jury told http://t.co/zrLd0xLJ6r 
• Naomi Oni acid attack: Man and woman arrested http://t.co/blJ9qmG8Ob
• GERMANY investigates organic egg 'fraud' http://t.co/tlrd3WqlHx 
• Lord Rennard case: Met to look at claims against ex-Lib Dem chief executive http://t.co/ZuoQv8BQyU
• US: Law faculty plotted to oust dean http://t.co/0SB2n26IRM 
• US: Justices to consider ‘bailout provision’ in civil rights law http://t.co/wgshFaBfVg
• Putin signs law to curb smoking, tobacco sales in RUSSIA http://t.co/VyC8yebG37
• Twitter Hacking Puts Focus on Security for Brands http://t.co/J2s6HLrcEy 
• A New Cold War, in Cyberspace, Tests US Ties to CHINA http://t.co/2d2Vh2ETc9
• Lawyers aren't so miserable after all | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/JIvwVclaNt 
• CPS lawyers reject 'difficult cases' in cost-savings row | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/NDWgcgPi68 
• Global law firms seek Mandarin speakers | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/dUaHPvbVmU 
• Lawyers prepare for battle in BP oil spill showdown | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/jXS8yDyoMV 
• Legal marketplace undergoes radical transformation | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/4AvVVGmxmz 
• K&L posts finances online in response to Dewey collapse | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/NfwKoTUWek
• Cardinal Keith O'Brien resigns as Archbishop after alleged improper conduct accusations had been made http://t.co/CGRDlpR4uQ 
• BP spill trial told it 'put profits over safety' http://t.co/T6msZBTan5 
• S AFRICA: Oscar Pistorius's brother facing culpable homicide charge, lawyer claims http://t.co/w9iQLkBQb3

25th February - LAW NEWS

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FOCUS OF THE DAY: The Pryce of a jury's failure - Questions asked by those entrusted with reaching a verdict on Vicky Pryce push us towards a disturbing inquisition of our own. Full story - Guardian Law

• INDIA: Two special courts unveiled to clear up accident cases in Trichy http://t.co/vZdoa7grWg 
• PHILIPPINES: Congress creates more courts http://t.co/xKdyXz6ARM 
• Do your homework on conveyancers http://t.co/nSKHZ5e1xm 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Global quartet hired for €1.9bn Japanese purchase of Dutch asset manager | The Lawyer http://t.co/iKEm3NJynj
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Redlink gives home to duo of Nixon Peabody Paris partners | The Lawyer http://t.co/VTc7ZP5ztn 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Clifford Chance elects new global partnership council | The Lawyer http://t.co/XDGvToJt2d 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: A&O sends City partner to head US practice | The Lawyer http://t.co/xjJ3JUbNkR
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Shearman posts small rise in City turnover | The Lawyer http://t.co/ymQFqhOrpT 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Lawyers from Norton Rose and RPC help launch LGBT network | The Lawyer http://t.co/ekTEYjvpjG
• Top QC defends controversial pupillage workshop event | The Lawyer http://t.co/oQxpvv1Ylg 
• Profit falls the ‘new normal’ for high street firms | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/Tsmkhn3FTf
• Police and crime commissioner elections 'failed voters' http://t.co/J3qyACYO24 
• VATICAN to investigate Cardinal Keith O'Brien 'inappropriate behaviour' claims http://t.co/DCt7IQ2hRO
• Libel reform is at risk, all because of a fit of pique http://t.co/oDRSX3lwW2 
• NORWAY: The prison where inmates are treated like people http://t.co/vZ2holP6yh 
• Intellectual property rights: Google vs. publishers http://t.co/2c0EHZ4Qmw 
• MP accuses QCs on tax avoidance | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/TOCY8kvVkS 
• IP ‘conflict of interest’ warning | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/sOmNibbelt
• Personal devices are weakest security link | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/EewAhYMN24 
• Sixty suitors for troubled Yorkshire firm Atteys | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/5dfWqF2HrJ 
• How To: price litigation | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/ivGDKSbzTl
• Lawyer jailed for £20m sham marriage scam | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/tEfjQaHGhX 
• Trademarks and the ‘own name’ defence | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/8naQvMsUaj 
• Knives smuggled into courtrooms | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/nbOBQGwXQa
• Fresh controversy over Cobbetts deal | LAW GAZETTE http://t.co/Lpn7eO9OTW 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• Border Agency 'endangering pregnant women's health' http://t.co/9keozQRy1X
• Oliver Weingarten of the Formula One Teams Association is helping with the tricky task | The Lawyer http://t.co/y9JmfzU9V8 
• Offshore law meets global challenge | The Lawyer http://t.co/2BV2d1f0Ti
• CAC sets the scene for union turf wars and upsets the delicate balance of industrial relations | The Lawyer http://t.co/TKWOv3dyRh 
• Ensure your clients’ interests are represented at the top table as the great trade talk-in looms | The Lawyer http://t.co/SkdLHbjyxq 
• UK companies have big opportunities in Germany | The Lawyer http://t.co/I17DkmJLJC 
• Employers may need to tighten up their social media policies on equality | The Lawyer http://t.co/EJBGqWqY7M 
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Olswang hires for South East Asia expansion | The Lawyer http://t.co/sFvX6eEd6q 
• The India Opportunity | The Lawyer http://t.co/ybpIx15efr
• The top 30 offshore firms | The Lawyer http://t.co/faYND9Evy4 
• Ebb and flow - interesting year in the offshore legal world | The Lawyer http://t.co/MA7xx4qcqq
• LAW FIRM NEWS: Maples regains offshore crown from Appleby | The Lawyer http://t.co/7AxBtl7MVB 
• Amazon prepares ground for first formal Europe panel | The Lawyer http://t.co/zCec0vQrnp 
• Firms on tenterhooks over Lloyds panel revamp | The Lawyer http://t.co/jjxT6VqkTm
• Ten employment tribunal cases considering the context of alleged harassment http://t.co/ycJvH5J8eR 
• BBC chief said working mothers 'should not hold senior positions', tribunal hears http://t.co/RJCbJgk0nF
• The weekly blog of business in Law Firms by the SundayLawReview team http://t.co/LCX0yih3RN
• How mobile is your law firm? | LEGAL FUTURES: http://t.co/S7Aeajzhn2 
• Survey: strong interest in MDPs and external capital among big firms | LEGAL FUTURES: http://t.co/UseekrRWS6 
• City solicitors warn SRA that whistleblowing plan could undermine compliance officers | LEGAL FUTURES: http://t.co/IG9TRlF4h0 
• Law firm blasted for advertising their services with picture of crash that almost killed two cops http://t.co/BCBifSG76Q
• Northumberland Law firm to raise funds for hospice http://t.co/a6TQr1qbGP 
• 'Day of Resistance': Thousands of gun law protesters rally across US http://t.co/GLNRJF1KHh 
• IRAN's judiciary, unlike its US counterpart, brings bankers to justice: http://t.co/hDMIH1WXBW
• Deal with IRAN is stain on banner of human rights http://t.co/er2j97PJtj 
• INDIA: Hanging Rajiv Gandhi's killers will be unconstitutional now: Justice Thomas http://t.co/u0jDqOgmKP 
• Dominic Grieve: End rough justice for phone hacking suspects as investigation leaves journalists in legal limbo http://t.co/4yQ6dgcPhy
• US: Actress Mischa Barton In Legal WAR With Nursing Company Over $95K Unpaid Sober Coach Bills! http://t.co/sZVQGa84e3 
• US: Einhorn scores legal victory versus Apple in cash scuffle http://t.co/bhTDmpCM6a
• UN Claims Legal Immunity After Killing 8,000 People: http://t.co/rxpGJB8W8r
• Tributes are paid to loving grandmother and Trowbridge legal reform campaigner http://t.co/rUHPeagQO6 
• Saudis in US have the least legal problems among foreigners: ambassador http://t.co/2oVs8dDjN9 
• THAILAND: Suriyasai eyes legal attack on PM http://t.co/A4vinSOqbx 
• Legal firms urged to double payroll giving participation rates http://t.co/USESR5iYcI 
• Councils: 'Give us legal protection in a constitution' http://t.co/cHRLe3OmDp
• Over 40pc of UK's top 40 law firms look at joining with non-solicitors business in next two years http://t.co/TxPlVqpxgN 
• Can UK law firms survive the storm? http://t.co/rHPW0TbLd3 
• Want a BP job? Get to law school http://t.co/uOVRk4qdM7 
• Rescuers fear INDIA will drop new law banning child labour http://t.co/In4RdqRI8j
• INDIA: Meet Mohan Parasaran, the third solicitor general of India in less than two years http://t.co/oZcA8bQOye 
• S AFRICA: Oscar Pistorius brother Carl also facing homicide trial http://t.co/MZlZuYdYT4 
• Gay couple say London hotel denied them double room http://t.co/IRMUeKVyPJ
• Nick Clegg to admit knowledge of Rennard 'concerns' http://t.co/VJkvKpHQ3J

24th February - LAW NEWS

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• 'Autonomous weapons', which could be ready within a decade, pose grave risk to international law, claim activists http://t.co/OqUIh16LuH
• Press regulation needs consensus, not a flimsy solution pegged to a libel bill http://t.co/MwZOnqr77S 
• My verdict on our justice system | Victoria Coren http://t.co/y4ZKhr1Dhd 
• What price freedom with Labour's stance on libel? http://t.co/drF5cVNmvn
• A lesson for us all from one woman's true compassion - an antidote to retribution http://t.co/HPvolb0URk 
• Rangers 'disappointed' after sectarian chanting at Berwick game http://t.co/ZsJX3TwnwR 
• Apple loses shareholder vote lawsuit and drops plan http://t.co/veQG8gV3DX 
• Pair arrested over Castle Bromwich toddler murder http://t.co/9lnqMFPIkk
• NHS foreign doctors must speak English: from April this would be a legal requirement for employers http://t.co/kfxzm6LdjR 
• Cardinal Keith O'Brien misses Sunday Mass after accusations http://t.co/FJScIIYqCJ 
• Briton finds 500-year-old arrest warrant for Italian Count Machiavelli http://t.co/1uJgi29zzN
• Phone hacking: News of the World journalist says police must speed up decision on charges http://t.co/XTpEGGWSta
• Theresa May's draconian immigration rules defied by top judge http://t.co/yoMF6Wa0cV 
• Christian group challenges ban on gay poster campaign http://t.co/SKWJcsxMmj 
• ITALY: The Bizarre Election Law That Could Cause The Next Government To End In Chaos http://t.co/Cs0r63hKvO 
• US Senator Ted Cruz Responds: Harvard Law Was Full of Communists http://t.co/6pyi0RftVD 
• US: Today Is Bradley Manning's 1,001th Day Without a Trial http://t.co/Hm3GUCiF74 
• Vicky Pryce trial: Jury’s out on public’s role http://t.co/DxpDfhPHe0 
• BP trial: Luther Strange takes legal centre stage as oil giant faces day of judgment http://t.co/613sbxkTPi
• IRAN forces 'illegal' Afghans to return home http://t.co/sHK3HvRln4 
• Lawyer is the star of Pistorius case http://t.co/2tWKHLOUcq 
• IRAN: Sentencing of jailed lawyer Mohammad Seifzadeh surprises family http://t.co/2MBciNpw9r 
• Iranian Embassy Employee Seeks Asylum In NORWAY, Lawyer Says http://t.co/aHoXUslBSw 
• US: Lawyer objects to accidental imprisonment while visiting client http://t.co/6coGzbnJRd 
• CANADA: Muslim missionaries blast British ‘mosquebusting’ lawyer’s message http://t.co/qfEeJn8TRp 
• So you want to be a lawyer? http://t.co/hNLttrFbcx
• INDONESIA's Hanura Party Not Sweating Human Rights Tribunal http://t.co/cqCL1lPUcc 
• UAE: Charge or Release Detained Egyptians http://t.co/SOWAq24efu 
• INDIA: Women rights activists to watch policy makers http://t.co/T6zTqw3cD2 
• GERMANY: The right mulls expanding rights of gay couples http://t.co/CULjMr9Tzc 
• SQA’s BAHRAIN deal angers human rights campaigners http://t.co/cw1XD5cEt1 
• In ITALY, Illusion Is the Only Reality http://t.co/WPePZSEPt3 
• US: Violent, Drunk and Holding a Gun http://t.co/L7bE1E8Vyn
• Debating the Semantics of ‘Rape’ http://t.co/7abb56JchT 
• Buddhists, Reconstructing Sacred Tibetan Murals, Wield Their Brushes in NEPAL http://t.co/t1LKhGEeHf 
• Scandals and Intrigue Heat Up at VATICAN Ahead of Papal Conclave http://t.co/FTrWRAicKj 
• US: Major Banks Aid in Payday Loans Banned by States http://t.co/DRjR9ZWBy7
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp 
• Acronym Redux: JSA, IPPs and GCSEs - The Human Rights Roundup | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/xMQAJu24gB
• Eating horse - and where our language comes from | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/ck8UHCjU0f 
• Prospective adoptive child will not be taken from blind woman, for now | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/6GOrviP4cm 
• A human rights reality check for the Home Secretary - Dr Mark Elliott | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/ZfAAd3agoj 
• The more things change... | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/5HhpQhLfk6
• Badmouthing the pope in heated news room does not amount to harassment | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/3ExNnXrTTF 
• What do *you* think is the way forward for human rights in Northern Ireland? | UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/4ok4MSI78X
• Rule of law suffers when HONG KONG targets money laundering http://t.co/BzWiX3Z3hR
• Funding for law degrees unfair to poorer students http://t.co/ZU2oucRarR 
• AFGHANISTAN: Cabinet gives preliminary approval to delayed mining law http://t.co/xPiXfaPq6U 
• Bath University: angry wife's email to husband's law lecturer lover goes viral http://t.co/WWJmpnLRS4 
• US: National Jurist Needs To Delete Their Law School Rankings And Apologize To Us All For Wasting Our Time http://t.co/W8Svz5S6m4 
• SPAIN: King's Son-in-Law Makes Court Appearance http://t.co/K1tRhAtXog 
• TUNISIA: Opposition Leader's Murder Tests Tunisia's Judiciary: http://t.co/UZkCShytgE
• FRANCE: Intervention in Mali Raises Threat of Domestic Terrorism, Judge Says http://t.co/3cmkfdKO1d
• TURKEY: Judicial changes aim to reduce human rights violations - http://t.co/3Bvz4U1Ngr 
• YEMEN: Human Rights Watch urges Yemeni government to crack down on rights violations http://t.co/rcaEIyBK5X 
• Ski lift probe after school trip girl Poonam Bhattal dies http://t.co/7Jn3LJjoQg
• Banksy artwork taken in north London withdrawn from sale http://t.co/Gz732oVVSX 
• Should jurors have to take a test? http://t.co/Up3WC2XIUM 
• Virtual autopsy: does it spell the end of the scalpel? http://t.co/KhJiKsp5UF 
• Five years on, no justice for British teen raped in India http://t.co/kTGrlUWy4l 
• Lance Armstrong will be sued by US Justice Department to recover funds http://t.co/8RPPYPrvTe 
• UK law changes give hope to the mother of murdered Kiwi teenager Christie Marceaus http://t.co/Fm44qzamC0 
• Actress Lindsay Lohan loses legal battle with rapper Pitbull http://t.co/XoQJcnsAWy
• Muslim students take legal advice after City University shuts down Friday prayer meeting http://t.co/EbmdkTfCZ1 
• High court date set for firefighters legal battle http://t.co/EY2EaQpWbN
• Buckfast firm's legal action over police anti-crime labels http://t.co/x6Y2oxwqom 
• 'Vulnerable people will be hurt' by £350m legal aid cuts http://t.co/2tPJ3BdW9X 
• Guided bus legal battle bill nearly £5m http://t.co/unwBUjBORX 
• Students offered cocaine for scientific trial http://t.co/HR19tuuCbc 
• Pistorius must live with conscience, Steenkamp father says http://t.co/mSNZinykAF
• Man rescues neighbours from fire in Oldham http://t.co/FVKV9MEqZL 
• Teenager threatens legal action over Hull match restrictions http://t.co/KN1HnwsVWV 
• GERMANY: Give horsemeat-tainted food to poor rather than destroy it - German minister http://t.co/ECxqzSWi9y 
• Lawyer on mission to raise legal aid cuts awareness http://t.co/bFUz1UG2A1 
• US: JP Morgan raises questions about lawyer at New York AG's office http://t.co/l66yH7zSzn 
• UN stance on HAITI cholera 'immoral' says lawyer http://t.co/YEgppXptaL
• Nanny lawyer wins evidence request http://t.co/DWB94vapCq 
• FA accepts Elliott's resignation after racism row http://t.co/wa53DjPaPF