Week News

• MI5 policy 'gives agents legal immunity to commit serious crimes'

• More than 450 inmates are released in this state in largest one-day commutation in US history

• Disbarred partner said he stole over $2M to cover necessities; singer James Taylor is paying victims

• Former mortgage-relief law firms ordered to pay $59M for misrepresenting their services

• NSW police minister told teen he 'worked for the cops' in road dispute

• Crack cocaine quantities at issue as DOJ opposes some early releases under First Step Act

• Law school in this state gets record $125M gift and new name

Month News

• Syria war criminals may find the law is finally closing in on them

• Police arrest more than 700 in UK-wide county lines drug crackdown

• Former top lawyer for state agency pleads guilty to sending herself fake threatening emails

• Afternoon Briefs: Legal words flummox child murder defendant; judge nixes ‘The Godfather Part II’ clip

• Woman gets 22 years in prison after showing up at her lawyer’s office with a loaded shotgun

• Judge accused of ‘partisan glee’ after $8B verdict says high-five allegations were fabricated

Year News

• Call for abolition of 'not proven' verdict in Scottish law

• Brief letters Metal bands, Comic Sans plus the benefits of spit

• Lady Hale: at least half of UK judiciary should be female

• Parole requests don’t get an automatic thumbs-down from Brooklyn district attorney

• The US decision on LGBT workers could turn employers into the gender police