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25th June - LAW NEWS Headlines

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Around 25-30 would-be alternative business structures (ABSs) have formally completed their applications and are now being considered for licences – with decisions on a few “quite imminent” – the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has revealed. Full story - Legal Futures

  • US: Texas attorney general seeks court order to force Google to surrender more records in probe http://t.co/PELzHnqF Jun 25, 2012
  • US: Congressman Darrell Issa denies Fast and Furious witch hunt against Holder http://t.co/4iEtDgy7 Jun 25, 2012
  • Bernie Madoff scam: Hedge fund manager Ezra Merkin pays ponzi scheme victims $405M http://t.co/dUoceSbk Jun 25, 2012
  • US: Congress contempt charge for US Attorney General Holder http://t.co/oSEQYCOb Jun 25, 2012
  • No justice for victim’s family - Mahesh Wickramasingha murder http://t.co/r6x8iJOf Jun 25, 2012
  • AUSTRALIA: Kourakis is new South Australia chief justice http://t.co/UwtZ6X4C Jun 25, 2012
  • Solicitor tips the scales of justice - Swindon http://t.co/Qj3rSjbj Jun 25, 2012
  • Watford footballer Troy Deeney jailed for students attack http://t.co/Ker7J4OY Jun 25, 2012
  • Leveson inquiry: Osborne and Gove refused access to key evidence http://t.co/QsduG9QP Jun 25, 2012
  • Lord Justice Leveson: 'I have no hidden agenda' http://t.co/sCVEHlCd Jun 25, 2012
  • Decision on extradition treaties is overdue http://t.co/R6s1S4xW Jun 25, 2012
  • Secretive review into claim that police spy set fire to Debenhams http://t.co/v0gPVZgl Jun 25, 2012
  • Ministry of Defence has legal duty of care to soldiers in combat, court hears http://t.co/iNsumdsJ Jun 25, 2012
  • Evening Standard faces editorial cuts after libel trial defeat http://t.co/au6ezgS0 Jun 25, 2012
  • Victims cannot sue insurers of rapist’s taxi | Solicitors Journal: http://t.co/R3oBdnEQ Jun 25, 2012
  • Jackson reforms will push up demand for cost budgeting assistance | Solicitors Journal: http://t.co/xw8siaq5 Jun 25, 2012
  • Justice Secretary Ken Clarke is blocking reform on human rights http://t.co/pGsiiSUi Jun 25, 2012
  • EU adopts human-rights strategy http://t.co/DLIhiSXn Jun 25, 2012
  • Barrister could cast doubt on Anton Ferdinand's evidence in John Terry racism case http://t.co/TE7w5opl Jun 25, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Society in new drive for common PII proposal form http://t.co/hYffRXiQ Jun 25, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Personal injury costs reform continues apace http://t.co/vwHcCGR7 Jun 25, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Mayer Brown London chief defeats finance head to retain top job | The Lawyer: http://t.co/lNZonkd4 Jun 25, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Herbert Smith sees PEP return to 2006-07 levels as turnover nudges up | The Lawyer: http://t.co/nudh6Yrv Jun 25, 2012
  • DENMARK Kills File-Sharing Warnings, Launches Legal Services Initiative http://t.co/92r92pqv Jun 25, 2012
  • PAKISTAN: Averting legal challenges: Gilani granted indemnity for post April 26 actions http://t.co/sNICIRNe  Jun 25, 2012
  • The Grumpy Economist: Legal News http://t.co/UYVlUt8M Jun 25, 2012
  • Did Blair stop MPs hearing legal case against Iraq war http://t.co/VlF934gQ Jun 25, 2012
  • AUSTRALIA: Gilham acquitted as legal saga concludes http://t.co/krcX7joX Jun 25, 2012
  • Former top Government legal officer warns Wales against creating its own legal system http://t.co/qyqafKVi  Jun 25, 2012
  • Welsh legal system: Consider cost of change, says Lord Morris http://t.co/qcGVzpml  Jun 25, 2012
  • Rangers chief executive Charles Green threatens legal action against players who refuse to transfer their contracts http://t.co/Fb0Brqod Jun 25, 2012
  • Council of Mortgage Lenders supports sharing of conveyancers’ information http://t.co/F1eFoWK8 Jun 25, 2012
  • Traditional high street services to remain under LSB spotlight | Solicitors Journal: http://t.co/Zp2KAeDp Jun 25, 2012
  • English badger cull judicial review begins | Solicitors Journal: http://t.co/OMwpuSgJ Jun 25, 2012
  • Lord Justice Leveson reveals inquiry concerns http://t.co/yq4tMhwE Jun 25, 2012
  • John Terry racism trial legal team mull 'bad character' bid http://t.co/ObUTgJJp Jun 25, 2012
  • Lulzsec: UK men plead guilty to hacking charges http://t.co/zghFlVmS Jun 25, 2012
  • Being negative about law – the spiel I did on law and barriers to innovation- Legalweek http://t.co/BHFJXLie Jun 25, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Mayer Brown hands London senior partner new five-year term- Legalweek http://t.co/WX6GxYmd Jun 25, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Ex-Dewey partners pursued by banks over professional practice loans- Legalweek http://t.co/HP1kdhP3 Jun 25, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Pinsents set for first redundancy round since McGrigors merger- Legalweek http://t.co/APcPZSW9 Jun 25, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Herbert Smith posts 3% turnover increase as PEP drops 6%- Legalweek http://t.co/HWjMkTKh Jun 25, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Norton Rose and A&O lead ranking of firms associates want to work for- Legalweek http://t.co/vpIXZetm Jun 25, 2012
  • TANZANIA: Government Finalizing Harsh Drug Law for traffikers http://t.co/qp6xGpRT Jun 25, 2012
  • Law Graduates Face a Brutal Job Market - Wall Street Journal http://t.co/aozhKGSm Jun 25, 2012
  • Media able to report case of woman embroiled in divorce battle who overturned court order banning her from moving house http://t.co/W8JvIc0Z Jun 25, 2012
  • Lord Justice Leveson today insisted he had no “hidden agenda” to undermine press freedom. http://t.co/qXmHjMGa Jun 25, 2012
  • Russian businessman Sergei Polonsky is suing the proprietor of the Evening Standard Alexander Lebedev, for libel http://t.co/a7kcSTRx Jun 25, 2012
  • John Worboys victims in damages case setback http://t.co/njwdTTXl Jun 25, 2012
  • Wikileaks founder Julian Assange 'buoyed by support' http://t.co/a5fcmxwc Jun 25, 2012
  • Badger cull 'not legal or scientific', high court will hear http://t.co/e68c9AYL Jun 25, 2012
  • INDIA: MP to review educational tribunal draft bill http://t.co/hYPJfKxt Jun 25, 2012
  • BANGLADESH: War tribunal turns down bail plea of Jamaat leader http://t.co/zBbtitE8 Jun 25, 2012
  • Tribunal Report: When the minimum wage becomes a legal minefield http://t.co/gfUI8gaL Jun 25, 2012
  • United States is abandoning its role as the global champion of human rights. http://t.co/7m6c0vW2 Jun 25, 2012
  • IRELAND: Automatic nomination of rights body chief criticised http://t.co/nnYkT1Ak Jun 25, 2012
  • URUGUAY says pot law won't make it a drug haven http://t.co/GbWJC5NM Jun 25, 2012
  • Terror watchdog says secret courts plan could work http://t.co/2zkHWlHT Jun 25, 2012
  • Domestic Violence Survivors Battle Within the Courts: Confronting Retaliatory Litigation http://t.co/sjbtlzoY Jun 25, 2012
  • US: Supreme Court Monday http://t.co/7FMaZnl3 Jun 25, 2012
  • LIBYA: Intentions of Australian lawyer delay release of ICC team in Libya http://t.co/WqZmluI4 Jun 25, 2012
  • US: Damaging comments by a lawyer for Jerry Sandusky could help the convicted Penn State child molester on appeal http://t.co/vjuwBsLp Jun 25, 2012
  • Did Blair stop MPs hearing legal case against Iraq war http://t.co/VlF934gQ Jun 25, 2012
  • Bradley Manning lawyers accuse prosecutors of misleading judge http://t.co/c3BbLDQO Jun 25, 2012
  • US: Jerry Sandusky lead defence lawyer says he tried to withdraw from case http://t.co/QGXFfeEO Jun 25, 2012
  • TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/VTrRtc5a ▸  Jun 25, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Competition and the provision of professional training http://t.co/5TxyvtmC Jun 25, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Cost disputes set to soar post-Jackson, survey predicts http://t.co/eD4Ncehi Jun 25, 2012
  • Scottish anti-independence campaign, Better Together, launches today http://t.co/BAZ2DMOy Jun 25, 2012
  • Leading Tory rebel 'assaulted by detective in pub lavatory' http://t.co/TsbERcyi Jun 25, 2012
  • Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales petitions to stop student O'Dwyer extradition http://t.co/fFdDnsli Jun 25, 2012
  • Police haul missing pupils from their beds in drive to cut truancy http://t.co/fagKac8M Jun 25, 2012
  • Keeping the peace: Britain's Buddhist police http://t.co/WWTUJ7ZC Jun 25, 2012
  • Lawyers seizing lion’s share of payouts in NHS negligence cases http://t.co/Rd3KY2tS Jun 25, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Tech giant Square eyes European panel | The Lawyer: http://t.co/UDdid3BR Jun 25, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Former Dewey partners gear up for tax bill battle | The Lawyer: http://t.co/KahPSi7A Jun 25, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: CMS group to pursue US merger as priority | The Lawyer: http://t.co/qVagT47G Jun 25, 2012
  • Bullingdon Club: The politics of Posh | http://t.co/c7ABdOFl Jun 25, 2012
  • Twitter advertising: Celebrities are not online estate agents http://t.co/HS2g180U Jun 25, 2012
  • Alastair Campbell reveals: Tony Blair did hide Iraq War legal advice http://t.co/rJtwT11t Jun 25, 2012
  • David Lammy: 'It's not just the black community any more – police credibility is questioned by the wider public' http://t.co/VW32aF1e Jun 25, 2012
  • ISRAEL: Immigration in Israel: African outcasts in the promised land http://t.co/45pFdKeK Jun 25, 2012
  • VATICAN turns to Fox News man Greg Burke for image makeover http://t.co/zn0Cb6it Jun 25, 2012
  • Email hackers use Tory MP Rory Stewart as pawn in Syria's propaganda war - http://t.co/NdtbiXGi Jun 25, 2012
  • Trending: Random clicks of kindness in an age of trolls http://t.co/P0LyO4Jx Jun 25, 2012
  • EGYPT: Mohamed Morsi is no revolutionary and not much of a nationalist. The army elite has already laid traps for him http://t.co/s8QQuvnb Jun 25, 2012
  • Lawyer tells of agonising scenes as doctors forced to let a Jehovah's Witness who wanted to live, die http://t.co/TQMmjUKw Jun 25, 2012
  • Man arrested after woman found dead in Bath, Somerset http://t.co/6HHK4c4T Jun 25, 2012
  • ECUADOR is no hurry over Julian Assange as ambassador leaves London for talks on political asylum bid http://t.co/xUVRlf52 Jun 25, 2012
  • US: Border Patrol Agents Face Charges of Smuggling Immigrants in Corruption Trial http://t.co/4NAyTHww Jun 25, 2012
  • Bedford disorder over England's defeat to Italy http://t.co/ZuIZgFm9 Jun 25, 2012
  • NORWAY: Anders Breivik trial: A 10-week ordeal http://t.co/r2fLLga4 Jun 25, 2012
  • TUNISIA extradites Gaddafi's prime minister to Libya for trial http://t.co/4r92D4za Jun 25, 2012
  • Jerry Sandusky trial: Parents of Matt Sandusky speak out over abuse http://t.co/KJ3EmDyr Jun 25, 2012
  • NEW ZEALAND: Scott Guy trial: Focus on footwear http://t.co/Ge49dsHF Jun 25, 2012
  • INDIA: Officials attacked by illegal miners in Ranthambore http://t.co/1z1fEmRV Jun 25, 2012
  • TUNISIA: Extradition of Libyan ex-PM 'illegal': Tunisian president http://t.co/pri3i7KQ Jun 25, 2012
  • HM Revenue and Customs staff striking over job cuts http://t.co/ktFvAmN4 Jun 25, 2012
  • Tony Blair: ID cards needed to tackle illegal migrants http://t.co/6UaZ3X36 Jun 25, 2012
  • Dangerous, illegal and terrifying: the underground world of alley-cat racing is revealed in a new film http://t.co/LOBbGNIf Jun 25, 2012
  • LEGAL FUTURES: Regulators reassure firms over RBS ‘breaches’, £1m apprenticeships boosts and more http://t.co/lP2RY1Yz Jun 25, 2012
  • LEGAL FUTURES: Jackson reforms will spark rise in solicitor/own client disputes, costs specialists warn http://t.co/JTOgdvMW Jun 25, 2012
  • LEGAL FUTURES: ABSs and stagnant economy pushing big firms towards merger, Deloitte predicts http://t.co/iAGuFn7N Jun 25, 2012
  • US: Lawyer for Gitmo detainees: 'Less hope now than ever' http://t.co/Ac6TU8TN Jun 25, 2012
  • Richard O'Dwyer's legal position: questions and answers http://t.co/OewnR3vK Jun 25, 2012
  • End the suffering of those who are terminally ill http://t.co/yJZfW0TB Jun 25, 2012
  • Richard O'Dwyer: an unfair, absurd case | Editorial http://t.co/RYhfFmBX Jun 25, 2012
  • Man charged over Newtownards cannabis factory http://t.co/0hkbniIv Jun 25, 2012
  • Pensioner hit in head with pellet outside Mater Hospital http://t.co/eXd8CxJU Jun 25, 2012
  • Row over Scottish police reform VAT change http://t.co/YNNg9W0G  Jun 25, 2012
  • US: Jerry Sandusky convicted: Judge denied Sandusky lawyers' request to resign before trial http://t.co/RHmitR7W Jun 25, 2012
  • US: Judge orders Utah mom to chop off daughter’s ponytail in courtroom http://t.co/cB3GCrq2 Jun 25, 2012
  • US: Judge Upholds Ind. Facebook Ban for Sex Offenders http://t.co/X2AHEwYq Jun 25, 2012
  • ABU DHABI: FNC to debate draft law of federal judiciary http://t.co/9jRsCjTS Jun 25, 2012
  • EGYPT: Morsy congratulates Egyptians, thanking judiciary, police and army http://t.co/rSfty7xx Jun 25, 2012