Thursday

11th January - Law News

2210th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Focus Video Story: It was a normal school board meeting in Louisiana - so how did a teacher end up being taken to jail?


Focus of the Day Story: General counsel need a deeper understanding of their company's data, as a range of new legal issues - from privacy to antitrust - are on the horizen, according to Crowell Moring's latest predictions for 2018. Full story: The Global Legal Post

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Wednesday

10th January - Law News

2209th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Focus Video Story: Daily Mail columnist Andrew Pierce and Dawn Foster from the Guardian discuss Virgin Trains' decision to stop selling the Mail.


Focus of the Day Story:  Acclaimed book The New Jim Crow banned in some New Jersey prisons. ACLU writes to state after influential 2010 work banned at two jails while author says ‘officials must fear’ inmates reading about ‘bias and corruption’. Full story: Guardian Law

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Tuesday

9th January - Law News

2208th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Focus Video Story: Racial discrimination and police brutality sparked riots in the 1960s, and affirmative action was used to calm the unrest


Focus of the Day Story: Crowdsourcing is an accurate predictor of court judgments, at best proving accurate in over eight out of ten cases, according to a rigorous analysis. A team of academics arrived at the conclusion after assessing the results of a massive public competition to predict the outcome of US Supreme Court cases, involving cash prizes of up to $10,000 (£7,375) for the winners. Full story: Legal Futures

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Monday

8th January - Law News

2207th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Focus Video Story: Alabama authorities say arson is being investigated in a fire that destroyed the home of Tina Johnson, a woman who accused former US Senate candidate Roy Moore of grabbing her on the buttocks in 1991. No arrests have been made, and there appears to be no connection to the allegations against Moore, the Etowah County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.


Focus of the Day Story: The search is officially on for the next Justices of the Supreme Court—and it could result in more representation of women in the highest court in the land. The Selection Commission has advertised vacancies for the roles of Deputy President and two, possibly three, Justices. Potential candidates have until midday on 26 January 2018 to submit their applications for the job interview-of-a-lifetime. The new appointees will assume office between June 2018 and January 2019. Full story: New Law Journal

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Sunday

7th January - Law News

2206th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Focus Video Story: Bihar's veteran politician Lalu Yadav, who was convicted in a second case of fodder scam -- involving the embezzlement of more than Rs. 89 lakh in government funds -- was given three-and-a-half-year's jail term and a fine of Rs. 10 lakh by a special court in Ranchi today. It is unclear whether the 69-year-old will be able to walk out of jail in the near future. In Patna, Mr Yadav's son Tejashwi Yadav, who held an emergency strategy meet with the leaders of his Rashtriya Janata Dal, said, "The judiciary has performed its duty. We will go to the High Court after studying the sentence and apply for a bail". The former Chief Minister, who is in Ranchi's Birsa Munda Jail, received his sentence through video-conference.



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Saturday

6th January - Law News

2205th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Focus Video Story: Security flaws leave millions of computers at risk, but how much should you worry?




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Friday

5th January - Law News

2204th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Focus Video Story: Palestinian leaders say they will not be blackmailed after US President Donald Trump threatened to cut aid worth around three quarters of a billion dollars a year. He made the statement on Twitter, blaming Palestinians for refusing to engage in Middle East peace talks. The PA responded saying the US should not blame Palestinians for 'its own failures'. Relations with the US have plummeted since Trump recognised Jerusalem as Israel's capital last month. The aid cut threatens money allocated to the Palestinian Authority. But most US funding goes to development and building projects - and not directly to the Authority itself. The US is also withholding millions in financial assistance to the Pakistani government. Saying Islamabad has given the US 'nothing but lies and deceit' over the years - accusing the country of being a 'safe heaven for terrorists'. So, what's behind Trump's threats and what will it mean for US policy in the region?


Focus of the Day Story: More law firms than ever took the plunge last year as they sought to find ways of differentiating their offerings in a highly competitive market. Full story: The Global Legal Post


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Thursday

4th January - Law News

2203rd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Focus Video Story: Working class Iranians are asked what their problems are, their demands and what's going on with the anti-cleric protests.


Focus of the Day Story: Young lawyers will be asked if they have suffered from work-related mental health issues in the past 12 months following stark findings last year in which one in four juniors said they felt ‘severe’ stress at work. A questionnaire is to be sent out over the coming days asking 56,000 young lawyers to report their stress levels. The survey, which is organised by the Law Society’s Junior Lawyers Division (JLD), follows a similar exercise last year in which high levels of stress were reported. Full story: The Law Society Gazette


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