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Trump Family Sued for ‘Exaggerating Net Worth by Billiions’

22nd September 2022
Trump and his children have been accused of ‘persistent and staggering’ fraud in the name of inflating their personal net worth.
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Judge Appoints Special Master in Mar-a-Lago Documents Case

16th September 2022
On Thursday, US District Judge Aileen Cannon selected Raymond Dearie, senior judge in the Eastern District of New York, to act as special master for the purpose of reviewing sensitive government materials recovered by the FBI from the residence of former President Donald Trump.
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Flosmart Solutions launches LEXEL

1st September 2022
With technology playing a pivotal role in Hearings and limited platforms on offer, this timely partnership will be a game changer for the Litigation & Arbitration landscape.
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Google Hit With Privacy Complaint Over Unsolicited Ad Emails

24th August 2022
On Wednesday, an Austrian advocacy group, noyb.eu, filed a complaint with France's data protection watchdog in which it claimed Google has breached an EU court ruling by sending unsolicited advertising emails directly to Gmail users’ inboxes. The group argued that the Alphabet unit, whose revenues stem primarily from online advertising, should ask users of Gmail […]
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Whistleblower Claims Twitter Misled US Regulators

24th August 2022
Twitter’s former security chief Peiter Zatko has alleged in a whistleblower complaint that the social media company misled federal regulators about its defences against spam accounts and hackers.  In an 84-page complaint, Zatko alleged that Twitter falsely claimed it had a solid security plan, according to documents relayed by congressional investigators.  The document claims the […]
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Musk Seeks Documents From Twitter Co-Founder Jack Dorsey Amid Takeover Row

23rd August 2022
Dorsey, who stood down as Twitter's chief executive in November and left the board in May, was asked for documents and communications about Musk's April agreement to purchase the social media platform and about its spam accounts.  In July, Musk told Twitter he was severing his agreement to buy Twitter for $54.20 per share because […]
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UK Barristers Vote For All-Out Strike Over Pay

22nd August 2022
Approximately 2,300 members of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) voted in favour of escalating their action to a permanent strike over criminal legal aid rates from September 5, the date the new UK prime minister is set to take over.  Only 9.11% of the members who voted called for all action to be ceased. Meanwhile, […]
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Endo Fails To Revive Lawsuit Over Best-Selling Drug

19th August 2022
On Wednesday, Endo International's Par Pharmaceutical Inc failed to persuade an appeals court in the US to revive its lawsuit seeking to block Eagle Pharmaceuticals Inc from selling Vasostrict — a generic version of Par's blood-pressure drug, Vasostrict, which is one of the company’s best-selling drugs. Vasostrict is used to treat patients suffering from critically […]
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Wells Fargo Reveals Law Firm Profits Are Down Amid Rising Costs

18th August 2022
New data from Wells Fargo’s Legal Specialty Group in the first half of 2022 has found that easing client demand amid rising costs is leaving newly hired lawyers with a lack of work.  In 2021, a boom in corporate work prompted firms to build up their attorney numbers, with lawyer headcount increasing by over 5% […]
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Google Is Not Liable For Defamation, Top Australian Court Rules

17th August 2022
On Wednesday, Australia’s highest court overturned a ruling that found tech giant Google to have engaged in defamation by providing a link to a disputed article.  The High Court of Australia’s seven-judge panel voted 5-2 to dismiss a previous finding that Google played a part in publishing the article by acting as a “library”. The […]
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