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Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 19 December

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Posters of offensive messages on Twitter or Facebook less likely to face criminal charges, under new guidelines set out by Keir Starmer QC [Huffington Post]

Positive reaction so far to the new Twitter and Facebook social media prosecution guidelines from top media lawyers [Twitter]

Online comment crimes: Key cases [BBC News]

Mario Balotelli’s legal challenge is latest chapter of mad story [The Independent]

Judges should decide secret courts, government accepts [BBC News]

Thousands of solicitors face losing right to practise after PC renewal failures [Legal Futures]

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