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Hong Kong's DPP defends unqualified court prosecutors

Court prosecutors in Hong Kong need not be replaced by legally qualified lawyers, according to the city's top prosecutor, Kevin Zervos. In response to calls for the 115 'lay prosecutors' to be replaced by trained solicitors or barristers, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) said such a move would be a "mistake", and that these individuals were the "unsung heroes" of his division.
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International Edition

Bindmans and Matrix take roles on Miranda airport detention furore

David Miranda, the partner of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, has instructed Bindmans and Matrix Chambers to advise him on potential legal action against the Home Office and the Metropolitan Police after he was detained for nine hours at Heathrow airport this weekend. Miranda has instructed Bindmans associates Kate Goold and Gwendolen Morgan in relation to his recent detention under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000. Bindmans has in turn instructed Matrix Chambers barristers Matthew Ryder QC and Edward Craven.
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Inside Counsel

Clear Channel sues Baltimore over billboard tax

Clear Channel is fighting to keep Lady Gaga staring at you on the highway under the protection of the First Amendment.
2 minute read

International Edition

Gibson Dunn recruits Skadden litigation partner in London

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has made a rare partner hire in London with the appointment of Skadden Arps Meagher & Flom litigation and arbitration lawyer Penny Madden. An English-qualified solicitor who was promoted to the Skadden partnership in 2012, Madden has a practice focus on telecoms, international trade and insurance disputes.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

Establishing federal rules of patent procedure

While the issues facing the patent system in the pre-Federal Circuit days involved mostly substantive patent issues, todays issues are mostly procedural.
5 minute read

Inside Counsel

Campbell Soup and the American Heart Association accused of false advertising

A new lawsuit questions the advertised health merits of that can of cream of potato you've had in your cabinet for years and somehow never eaten or thrown out.
3 minute read

Inside Counsel

Firm that leaked J.K. Rowling’s pseudonym makes apology, charity donation

The law firm that leaked celebrated author J.K. Rowlings pen name is paying for its mistake.
3 minute read

International Edition

Linklaters partner questioned by police in hacking investigation

Linklaters litigation partner John Turnbull has been interviewed under police caution on behalf of Rupert Murdoch's News UK, it has emerged, amid further revelations in the ongoing investigation into the hacking scandal. News UK - which rebranded from its former identity of News International last month - is being investigated by Scotland Yard as a "corporate suspect" over hacking and bribery offences, according to a report in The Independent.
3 minute read

Inside Counsel

Penn State reaches settlement with first victim

Pennsylvania State University is moving closer toward putting its infamous sex-abuse scandal behind it.
5 minute read

Inside Counsel

Yale wins lawsuit over faked doctorate

Yale University is off the hook for mistakenly confirming the credentials of an art history professor to a South Korean university.
2 minute read

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