Week News

• Over 60% of 'fast-track justice' defendants never enter plea

• 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

• Did you do a clinic in law school? Was it a valuable experience?

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

• Judge was too quick to find contempt and too slow to write opinions, ethics complaint says

• Lawyer complains about treatment by public defenders’ office after client’s punch; see the courtroom video

Month News

• Law firm leaders look for these 4 traits in partners

• Afternoon Briefs: $2B verdict against Roundup maker slashed, law firm breakup now a play

• Call for change to assisted dying law

• Appeals court allows defamation suit for comments by Cosby lawyer day after ‘epic’ settlement

• Couple face losing son after bringing him to unsanctioned rally

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

Year News

• 'Right to be forgotten' could threaten global free speech, say NGOs

• Is motorized scooter company to blame for incident that left woman in coma? Lawyer plans suit

• Upskirting law comes into force in England and Wales as cases rise

• 'I was sworn at and told I was useless': law's problem with bullying at work

• Revenge porn victims being failed by outdated laws and policing