12th August - Law News

Edition 4246: 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: Is Ecuador succumbing to gang violence and organised crime?

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

• Judges condemn Scottish government power grab with bill to regulate lawyers | Scottish Legal News https://tinyurl.com/ms43932t
  
• Migrants being moved off barge over Legionella bacteria fears https://tinyurl.com/2s35mjr7
• Two lawyers appointed to Parole Commissioners for Northern Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/q3suGM9vsM
• Profession backs immigration solicitor over Conservative "hit job" - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/t9kasdz8
  
• Critics condemn New York prosecutor’s threat to close supervised drug sites #US https://tinyurl.com/mvr36r9h
  
• Another leading City firm to face tribunal over alleged AML breaches - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/5texm3ve
• 'Democracy in peril': US bar seeks to build public trust | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/238rrxc5
  

11th August - Law News

Edition 4245: 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: The US Supreme Court on Thursday blocked Purdue Pharma from going forward with bankruptcy proceedings, which the Biden administration has called an “unprecedented” arrangement that would ultimately offer the Sackler family broad protection from opioid-related civil claims. In agreeing to pause the settlement, the court also said it would take up the case and hear arguments this December.

 Focus of the Day Legal News: What the recent KF Global Brands case says about the requirements for a successful design right infringement claim. 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

• Asylum work unaffordable at current rates, practitioners warn | Law Gazette https://t.co/cnnQgFppkA
  
• Fines for solicitor who misused client account and COFA who let him - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/27axjskm
  
• Hybrid working lawyers taking on extra admin tasks, poll finds | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/2bfke9y3
• Tory technology secretary has defended a controversial section of the Online Safety Bill which would force messaging apps to access the content of private messages https://tinyurl.com/fc65cr4a
  
• Failed legal aid firm owes bank £5m, administrators reveal | Law Gazette https://t.co/0ZLWLSMI0p
• Leeds police have received a complaint after a woman said her autistic daughter was arrested for saying a female officer "looked like her lesbian nana" https://t.co/TB0pymZkCT
• Google and Universal Music working on licensing voices for AI-generated songs https://t.co/OUdXzgZo99