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FOCUS OF THE DAY: Boards fear reputational risk and threat of corporate fines, research finds. Business spending on regulatory compliance will continue to rise due to concerns about reputational risk and increasing corporate fines, new research has found. A survey of UK businesses commissioned by Pinsent Masons show that almost three-quarters of the compliance professionals surveyed expect their regulatory spend to increase over the next five years. t. Full story - Solicitors Journal
- Nagin honored with Boston Bar Association’s legal services award #US https://t.co/BtxdbwIiAG
- 'Marijuana superstore' wins legal battle over medical pot shops in California #US https://t.co/LcKuoFXBeU
- Legal action against the Women of the Wall for conducting a female priestly blessing ceremony #ISRAEL https://t.co/JIvNKnUQ5s
- Statistics on Legal Aid in England and Wales https://t.co/a0xJLasvcm
- Why law banning legal highs will fail https://t.co/pM0D3WvT6Y
- Government needs to change the law around council pension powers, says UNISON https://t.co/pqlfQWy17g
- Gauloises maker appeals #French plain package law https://t.co/K7focHkQ9A
- Pact with UK law school to aid #Qatar students https://t.co/9JD1DRdB98
- Quote of the Day: Holland & Knight Tells UK Firms ‘We Come in Peace’ https://t.co/Rh8WO7Clxz
- Judge Denies UK Authorities’ ‘Legal Backdoor’ to Suspected Hacker’s Crypto Key https://t.co/NyYd0L7YRM
- Esiso emerges Delta PDP chairman, says Okowa deserves second term #NIGERIA https://t.co/atrmN7GmUP
- Woman in quad bike smash wasn't wearing a helmet and had no training #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/McVk1dPsvx
- Wellington barrister Christopher Griggs elected ICCNZ President #NEWZEALAND https://t.co/j5RWg9ceZL
- Perth barrister Lloyd Rayney’s lawyers hopeful of mediation in defamation case #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/J7sMwJ57c6
- 'Gay cake' case: Northern Ireland Attorney General says judgement against Ashers was wrong https://t.co/R0ICsxafU2
- Former UKIP candidate asked woman to dance 'crotch to crotch' at office party, tribunal finds https://t.co/x0p6Jj8dH7
- Andy Burnham proposes major reforms of justice system in wake of Hillsborough verdicts https://t.co/WIcoxIPAxO
- Justice Department sues N. Carolina over transgender ‘bathroom law’ #US https://t.co/N8Tzd6BHT6
- The EU Has Done More for Social Justice Than Any Tory Government Ever Has https://t.co/ZfVLotV5VU
- Garda negligence 'disheartening', new Justice Minister says #IRELAND https://t.co/3tZO0JX5KV
- Campaign to keep double schoolgirl killer in stricter jail set for Justice Secretary https://t.co/ScX8gopnn2
- Solicitor General says new Sandusky claims “of no value” #US https://t.co/W7byeyly7s
- City solicitor: Baltimore police turning over final documents in DOJ investigation #US https://t.co/tboYD0trtI
- Anti-corruption: measuring success | Law Gazette https://t.co/ecTeJ1fqRt
- Slashing back the SRA Handbook could be ‘too much’ – LSB | Law Gazette https://t.co/lI8znOqcdg
- Judge raps solicitor over ‘negligent’ will | Law Gazette https://t.co/wXc6mqB9Tc
- Paris arbitration court hails record year | Law Gazette https://t.co/hRMVoFFJyC
- MoJ rules out review of legal aid repayment interest | Law Gazette https://t.co/XM7GsNwDQN
- Lawyers call for SFO funding boost ahead of anti-corruption summit | Law Gazette https://t.co/zELBtHgbHM
- Former solicitor jailed for providing immigration advice | Law Gazette https://t.co/Y2rUvaPe3D
- Sentencing guidelines to reflect influence of technology | Law Gazette https://t.co/2FueKd5rlb
- DLA Piper plans to cut 200 UK staff | Law Gazette https://t.co/Vtr14E8iyG
- SRA puts conditions on return to practice of former Law Society council member duped by clerk | Legal Futures: https://t.co/xmLDopqL7j
- Lawyer-led ABSs are leading the way, says head of Jackson Canter as it doubles in size | Legal Futures: https://t.co/R5sRLpLkZZ
- Young offenders who film assaults could face tougher punishments https://t.co/5ypJM2xbT0
- Michael Ratner, attorney for WikiLeaks and Julian Assange, dies at 72 https://t.co/Iqj2t6WOPF
- Ignore David Cameron's corruption claims, judge tells jury in bribery case https://t.co/6j29ycBS7s
- #GERMANY to quash historical convictions of gay men https://t.co/hc9Grh3NSB
- Poetry is a perfect form to challenge human rights abuses https://t.co/20iXkR9qGj
- #Israel: 'Some NGOs are seen as the enemy from the inside' https://t.co/0LWUAdkppb
- UK government spent £105,000 in legal fees on lost air pollution case https://t.co/ULTW2ebwyy
- We need a debate on drone killings – whether they should be happening at all | Chris Cole https://t.co/VBkicfDk3L
- How do I decide what type of lawyer I want to be? https://t.co/lEYhAB78nZ
- Hillsborough verdict sparks call to rebalance police and criminal justice system https://t.co/oUssBzJzrl
- Dentons to launch world’s largest legal referral network | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/GjTN7I44YE
- Solicitors not interested in ‘machinations’ of regulators, says Law Society president | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/HFu7vv4jfx
- Government must put its money where its mouth is to fight corruption, say lawyers | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/262rDCpLBJ
- Cost of business regulation yet to peak as budgets keep rising | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/VxPnjqpgoy
- Paraplegic man convicted of Syria-related terror charge https://t.co/TSC9eyiFxF
- David Cameron sorry over falsely accusing cleric as an ISIS sympathiser during London mayoral election https://t.co/NcpIBpiuQF
- US Election 2016: Donald Trump softens stance on Muslim ban https://t.co/HB9E9MQXM6
- Northern Ireland terror threat level raised in Great Britain https://t.co/vsHXaV6XQF
- #GERMANY anti-gay law: Plan to rehabilitate convicted men https://t.co/tQwHzajmjT
- Vulnerable man starved to death after benefits were cut https://t.co/IxH51WlOUu
- Hunt member arrested after 'deliberately trampling woman with horse' https://t.co/ft5sfdrjAH
- The plan to ban work emails out of hours #FRANCE https://t.co/Kl4j7RvJIx
- Queen filmed calling #Chinese officials 'very rude' https://t.co/zcMGleqNpB
- David Cameron's corruption remark 'merely stating facts' - claims Philip Hammond https://t.co/PS3rFkMMw8
- The European Commission has blocked Telefonica's sale of O2 to CK Hutchison, the owner of Three https://t.co/eQMylwj0w3
- Ombudsman: Patients sent home afraid and with little support https://t.co/8LxoHp5GPS
- Is it legal to force women to wear high heels at work? https://t.co/Z6e6w1L4bf
- London receptionist 'sent home for not wearing heels' by finance company PwC https://t.co/F79c9OipzF
- TheLawMap Wig is out! https://t.co/JXhR7Qlvgm
- Victoria abortion protest laws take effect after being fast-tracked by government #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/Eu3LWvk17Y
- Can Cameron deliver on anti-corruption pledge what with personal history of off-shore investments? https://t.co/FgcrAXdQg4
- MPs 'pay relatives £5,600 more than other staff', watchdog reveals https://t.co/Yod843CiNM
- Thousands on the run after skipping court bail https://t.co/jGDuD5NDKv
- Islamist leader has been hanged in #BANGLADESH for crimes during the war of independence from Pakistan in 1971 https://t.co/Bwbg4gStmY
- Police sexual assault settlement under threat after victim's attorneys disclose it #US https://t.co/OTXXhv6BEV
- Hillsborough verdict sparks call to rebalance police and criminal justice system https://t.co/oUssBzJzrl
Today's video story: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has taken her battle to survive impeachment to the Supreme Court in a last-ditch attempt to stay in office, a day before the Senate is expected to vote to try her for breaking budget laws.Brazil's Attorney General Eduardo Cardozo, the government's top lawyer, asked the Supreme Court to annul impeachment proceedings on Tuesday, his office said.As the prospect grew of Rousseff's removal and a potential end to 13 years of rule by her leftist Workers Party, anti-impeachment protesters blocked roads and burned tyres in the capital Sao Paulo and other cities early on Tuesday. 
