Week News

• De Niro's company sues ex-employee for $6m for embezzlement and Netflix bingeing

• Criminal cases delayed across England and Wales as courts lie idle

• Rights groups challenge UK police over mobile phone monitoring

• Council ban on protests outside abortion clinic upheld by appeal court

• Judge rejected asylum seeker who did not have gay ‘demeanour’

• Afternoon Briefs: Lawyer accused of deducting kickbacks; Greenland purchase was exam hypothetical

• What lawyers can learn about prosecutorial ethics from a Brad Pitt role

Month News

• Landmarks in law Lady Chatterley's legal case: how the book changed the meaning of obscene

• Notes and queries Could you be charged on Earth for killing someone in outer space?

• Facebook facial recognition lawsuit can proceed, says US court

• A small claims program for copyright violations? It’s an idea the ABA supports

• Firm settles suit alleging it solicited fake online reviews that tricked woman into becoming client

• Former Ohio judge who wrongly defined rape, made demeaning comments gets suspension

Year News

• MI5 sought immunity for agents' criminal acts, tribunal told

• 'Corrupt' Vote Leave campaign undermines Brexit vote, court told

• Former DA gets license probation; he denied telling defense lawyers he’d ‘make sure they never got hired’ again

• Do you think apprenticeships are an acceptable substitute for law school?

• Specialist jails to prevent extremism are 'undersubscribed'