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  • US: Native American tribes owed millions from government, supreme court rules http://t.co/XHuHnaGY Jun 18, 2012
  • Secret Troubles memo could prompt fresh legal action: Minutes of 1972 meeting about aggression by soldiers http://t.co/x5AzqoPu Jun 18, 2012
  • Secret courts bill under attack as House of Lords prepares for second reading http://t.co/UtBQQcC9 Jun 18, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Record profits for Eversheds as the good times roll again http://t.co/HLlZEzg0 Jun 18, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: LG raids Bird & Bird to beef up banking ahead of merger | The Lawyer: http://t.co/Y2ItxFq5 Jun 18, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Pinsent Masons hires Shanghai duo from former ally Salans | The Lawyer: http://t.co/kt1kE2sS Jun 18, 2012
  • Grow Heathrow: Green-fingered squatters' eviction fight http://t.co/blElJHRV Jun 18, 2012
  • MBE for Redbourn solicitor http://t.co/nU8Bndoh Jun 18, 2012
  • IRELAND: NAMA gets €71m judgments against solicitors http://t.co/YHDkD12n Jun 18, 2012
  • Solicitor up for top award after work on domestic violence awareness - Wakefield http://t.co/BFTK7OcT Jun 18, 2012
  • Judge issues warning to PPS after solicitor asks for more time http://t.co/2cK7iaZX Jun 18, 2012
  • INDIA: Legitimacy of committee to check Justice Sen's report http://t.co/5OOJUuTv Jun 18, 2012
  • Leveson Inquiry: MPs back Michael Gove after judge's protest to No 10 http://t.co/w0O3mKkk Jun 18, 2012
  • On the eve of a new start at the ICC http://t.co/2sXpzWdE Jun 18, 2012
  • US: New York City soda ban may face legal challenges http://t.co/6JW39V8N Jun 18, 2012
  • Bristol's legal supremo to take early retirement http://t.co/SKuPc8C2 Jun 18, 2012
  • Watford owner Bassini starts legal proceedings against Sky Sports News http://t.co/pGWbR5k5 Jun 18, 2012
  • Legal high caused man to torch house - Swindon http://t.co/HxZCIh5i Jun 18, 2012
  • Legal sector holds key to Rio+20 http://t.co/wQ0Z0RtG Jun 18, 2012
  • Fred Goodwin could face legal action over Royal Bank collapse http://t.co/g6fbOghm Jun 18, 2012
  • The home secretary is oversimplifying article 8 of the Human Rights Act http://t.co/VW1inMSW Jun 18, 2012
  • UN puts CANADA on human rights watchlist over Quebec demo law: http://t.co/wbkJYVMr Jun 18, 2012
  • AUSTRALIA: Warm praise for Dr Boss, newest magistrate. http://t.co/ol5CqMjL Jun 18, 2012
  • AUSTRALIA: Terror plot trio appeal delayed http://t.co/lVn3XQJH Jun 18, 2012
  • AUSTRALIA: Stranger 'could have killed' Singh siblings, Max Sica barrister tells court http://t.co/ikIZu9d4 Jun 18, 2012
  • RWANDA: 'Gacaca' genocide courts finish work http://t.co/SXoJfLOP Jun 18, 2012
  • Shafilea Ahmed death: Sister 'wrote of killing' http://t.co/F5PkOEgM Jun 18, 2012
  • Jamie Redknapp's former partner launches legal action against BSkyB http://t.co/wQhHOIaG Jun 18, 2012
  • Anti-cuts university tutor begins libel action against Mail and Standard http://t.co/Y1Ay0T56 Jun 18, 2012
  • SFO drops corruption investigation into Vincent Tchenguiz http://t.co/wSYAFAxT Jun 18, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: 31 July tax payment issues http://t.co/6oumdENI Jun 18, 2012
  • Field Fisher Waterhouse link to Lawrence Graham at odds with former policy | The Lawyer: http://t.co/9ZUo9JdO Jun 18, 2012
  • Are law firms missing a trick by sitting back on gTLDs? | The Lawyer: http://t.co/6a4mImtR Jun 18, 2012
  • The pain in Spain: Law firms are doing their bit to help ease the country’s financial crisis | The Lawyer: http://t.co/rUIBYhHq Jun 18, 2012
  • Will King & Wood Mallesons next move be a Singapore link-up? | The Lawyer: http://t.co/i730U01K Jun 18, 2012
  • Despite fee pressure & slow transactional market N. Irish firms recruiting for international growth | The Lawyer http://t.co/btOmPfK9 Jun 18, 2012
  • Irish recession prompted significant rise in contentious work, but has also put lawyers on the defensive | The Lawyer http://t.co/oHvx4FXO Jun 18, 2012
  • The legal teams working with the world’s leading tech companies | The Lawyer: http://t.co/Kzmg5hwy Jun 18, 2012
  • Judgment call: 18th June 2012 | The Lawyer: http://t.co/WPUqqCZZ Jun 18, 2012
  • The Lawyer business: Maclay Murray & Spens | The Lawyer: http://t.co/PmIS3apr Jun 18, 2012
  • The outstanding entries from those vying to be crowned Litigation Team of the Year | The Lawyer: http://t.co/8djkDNt6 Jun 18, 2012
  • Jury to be chosen in G20 Ian Tomlinson death trial http://t.co/CLR5Cock Jun 18, 2012
  • NORWAY: Anders Breivik and the trouble with defining sanity http://t.co/TJK51lth Jun 18, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Eversheds turnover inches up after three years of static revenues | The Lawyer: http://t.co/8Ddn76ly Jun 18, 2012  
  • PIP implants not toxic - final report http://t.co/z7jpLk6n Jun 18, 2012
  • Tennis player David Nalbandian investigated by police after line judge injury http://t.co/3uGn3gMp Jun 18, 2012
  • Why the Mark Lewis settlement with the Met is so important http://t.co/jiBP41k1 v Jun 18, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Crichton among birthday honours lawyers http://t.co/mjsoqwto Jun 18, 2012
  • US: Why We Have Lost Trust in Our Law Enforcement http://t.co/yyTEE4UA Jun 18, 2012
  • Top 50 Law Professors On Twitter http://t.co/h74M3xIP Jun 18, 2012
  • US: Lieberman Renews Push for Anti-Leaks Law http://t.co/aXqo1esd Jun 18, 2012
  • On June 18, 1948, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights adopted its International Declaration of Human Rights http://t.co/7HmjYebS Jun 18, 2012
  • Verifying Ages Online Is a Daunting Task, Even for Experts http://t.co/TXGrOrpm Jun 18, 2012
  • OBITUARY: Rodney G. King, Symbol of Police Brutality during 1991 LA riots , Dies at 47: http://t.co/4YqIX68H Jun 18, 2012
  • TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/VTrRtc5aJun 18, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Cleary and Linklaters take lead on second-largest IPO of year to date- Legalweek http://t.co/qtrbFewJ Jun 18, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Detainees’ rights – now it is personal http://t.co/6OM4OyY4 Jun 18, 2012
  • Locked-in syndrome: what do you want to ask Tony Nicklinson? http://t.co/4MmlCPOJ Jun 18, 2012
  • EGYPT: Military grants itself sweeping powers on the eve of election results - judiciary silent http://t.co/GjKFVuzA Jun 18, 2012
  • BANGLADESH: Islamist political party leader Kashem arrested on international crimes warrant http://t.co/3E5k0p0f Jun 18, 2012
  • INDIA: Electricity tribunal bench in Chennai by August comprising of at least one judiciary member http://t.co/zqPvwqSZ Jun 18, 2012
  • Rights of Disabled Children in AFRICA - UNICEF http://t.co/zTjWnm1a Jun 18, 2012
  • GREECE: Far-right Golden Dawn party retains its minority bloc after television flap http://t.co/9eqvsVRc Jun 18, 2012
  • Dads' rights campaigner accused of harassing MSP and BBC journalist http://t.co/o18oAIdA Jun 18, 2012
  • US: Rodney King beating was 'catalytic' moment for LAPD, civil rights attorney says http://t.co/nW3Y9d63 Jun 18, 2012
  • Right-to-die man faces Twitter campaign to change his mind ahead of court appearance http://t.co/dBsHALG8 Jun 18, 2012
  • Creation & composition of Federal courts and the US Judiciary http://t.co/0MtHYaLb Jun 18, 2012
  • IRELAND: Courts toughen their stance on tax evasion http://t.co/Rm10GtFr Jun 18, 2012
  • Court out: Shocking haul of 10,000 deadly weapons seized every year from people going into court http://t.co/D588DiOK Jun 18, 2012
  • Anorexia court ruling could affect living wills, lawyers say http://t.co/tA7cQcBO Jun 18, 2012
  • PC Simon Harwood on trial over death of newspaper seller Ian Tomlinson in G20 riots http://t.co/e8n4YPqZ Jun 18, 2012
  • Right-to-die 'locked-in' sufferer Tony Nicklinson petitioned by Twitter users encouraging him to live http://t.co/AuMIs2DC Jun 18, 2012
  • Paedophiles know more about children's homes than the police, MPs warn http://t.co/IfdUMcwb Jun 18, 2012
  • Bridgnorth murder: Two men and one woman arrested http://t.co/LnyKIXbv Jun 18, 2012
  • Wokingham school worker on 19 sex charges http://t.co/SDAJQW6l Jun 18, 2012
  • Blackpool beach body: Two men charged with murder http://t.co/RsYt268M Jun 18, 2012
  • Sinn Fein's Sue Ramsey hits out at Poots blood ban http://t.co/CGOq8hdw  Jun 18, 2012
  • Omagh bomb victims' relatives 'have new evidence' http://t.co/t6AkQxyZ  Jun 18, 2012
  • Survey supporting same-sex marriage branded 'flawed' by Catholic Church http://t.co/VhXjJhXY  Jun 18, 2012
  • Welsh Labour to name police commissioner candidates http://t.co/bAWCYxU1  Jun 18, 2012
  • Legislation to change the organ donation system in Wales will be published on Monday http://t.co/9jSstK3H  Jun 18, 2012
  • House prices in  24% lower than five years ago http://t.co/oPmDvOyS Jun 18, 2012
  • In a league of its own: sport and human rights http://t.co/mYdL464m Jun 18, 2012
  • Olympic tickets may be cancelled in black market touting scandal http://t.co/XEErA5cq Jun 18, 2012
  • Google alarm at European censorship http://t.co/gkq4sYtR Jun 18, 2012
  • Lawyers gear up for rush on domain names - but firms fail to register | The Lawyer: http://t.co/icUmHZGb Jun 18, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Bristows to benefit as Google Street View probe reopens | The Lawyer: http://t.co/G0dNubT1 Jun 18, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: King & Wood Mallesons looks to Canada and Singapore for further expansion | The Lawyer: http://t.co/i4nsTrQj Jun 18, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Dundas launches investigation over 'irregularities' in partner's pitch | The Lawyer: http://t.co/2Qd9ANvY Jun 18, 2012
  • LEGAL FUTURES: The referral fees hospital pass http://t.co/w7ioWkYR Jun 18, 2012
  • LEGAL FUTURES: Quindell targets CMC aggregation, “charitable referral fees”, solicitor ad wins TV award http://t.co/LZ9EqOld Jun 18, 2012
  • LEGAL FUTURES: ABSs stimulating a surge in the Anglo-Scottish urge to merge, say experts http://t.co/1lvLOMTs Jun 18, 2012
  • Unpaid carers being 'let down by failing social care' http://t.co/a0lsjU2V Jun 18, 2012  
  • Two suspected Fathers 4 Justice protesters arrested after breaching Heathrow perimeter fence http://t.co/i37F5wsd Jun 18, 2012
  • Trial over Tomlinson death opens http://t.co/TVUFZWsk Jun 18, 2012
  • Police study Murdoch's 'secret' iPhone account http://t.co/fABw0Yt7 Jun 18, 2012
  • US: Court official tries to reclaim millions in gifts for estate of reclusive heiress http://t.co/zvTctkmi Jun 18, 2012
  • Leveson sought reassurance over press standards after Gove remarks http://t.co/517T1qwF Jun 18, 2012
  • Judge changes mind, grants Apple an injunction hearing against Motorola: Foss Patents http://t.co/F43JuRFY Jun 18, 2012
  • PAKISTAN: Media on judiciary radar http://t.co/cUsWlCd7 Jun 18, 2012
  • US: State leaders agree to prohibit Internet access to child pornography | http://t.co/j9WUD1gE Jun 18, 2012
  • WITNESS Launches Human Rights Channel on YouTube http://t.co/tPR55opX Jun 18, 2012
  • COSTA RICA: Rally Calls For Ouster Of Anti-Gay Human Rights Official: http://t.co/949Em7nV Jun 18, 2012
  • ZIMBABWE: Poets in human rights campaign http://t.co/aAFOqeyo Jun 18, 2012
  • S KOREA: Human rights lawyer Moon sets S.Korean presidential bid http://t.co/HHrcqTmu Jun 18, 2012