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5,000 Lawyers Sign Letter Opposing Barrett Nomination

12th October 2020
Altogether, the signatures make up the largest known lawyer opposition letter to a Supreme Court nominee.
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Supreme Court Hears Google v Oracle Copyright Dispute

8th October 2020
Whichever way it falls, the outcome of the suit will have a significant bearing on the future of the US tech industry.
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Boris Johnson Backs Patel’s “Lefty Lawyers” Remarks

7th October 2020
The Prime Minister’s echoing of the Home Secretary’s controversial comments have drawn further backlash from legal professionals.
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Congress Antitrust Report Concludes That Big Tech Is Anti-Competitive

7th October 2020
Democratic lawmakers have called for new laws to break up the “monopoly power” of Facebook, Amazon, Apple and Google.
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Lawyers Condemn Priti Patel’s “Demonising” Comments

6th October 2020
The Home Secretary’s “lefty lawyers” characterisation could provoke physical attacks on immigration lawyers, legal bodies have argued.
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Lord Reed Pushes for BAME Appointment to UK Supreme Court

5th October 2020
The president of the Supreme Court called the lack of ethnic diversity on the UK’s top court “shameful if it persists.”
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EU Announces Legal Action Against UK Over Brexit Deal

1st October 2020
The UK has been put on formal notice over its internal market bill, which overwrites sections of the Brexit divorce agreement.
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Suing and Litigating against the Government

30th September 2020
PLG trial attorney Chris Peterson describes going head to head with the government in California, answering some of the aforementioned questions along the way. When can someone sue the government? There are many opportunities as it turns out, but we focus on a handful: eminent domain, inverse condemnation, government torts, and dangerous conditions. In eminent […]
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Federal Judge Halts Trump Administration’s TikTok Ban

28th September 2020
Relief arrived hours before the social media app would have been forced off the Apple and Google App Stores.
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Trump Nominates Amy Coney Barrett as Supreme Court Justice

28th September 2020
The nomination sets off what will likely be an intense partisan struggle in the lead-up to the presidential election in November.
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