The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend
EU preparing to delay Brexit until at least July [The Guardian]
Inside the US law firm building the most expensive team in UK legal history [City AM]
Man loses court fight over wife’s “flirtatious” kisses on text messages [Sky News]
Trump’s attorney general pick raises fears of a president above the law [The Guardian]
University lecturer has ‘no legal right to be anti-PC’ after claims he was ‘hounded out’ by left-wing colleagues [The Telegraph]
Scots defamation law review amid growth of social media [BBC News]
Legal proceedings launched against government over voter ID trials [The Independent]
Teenager launches legal campaign to get British government to provide free menstrual products in schools [Evening Standard]
Bogus barrister who conned firm out of £14k faces more court hearings [Gloucestershire Live]
Event this Thursday evening: Junior lawyer workshop and social — life in US firms in London, with Kirkland & Ellis, Quinn Emanuel and Skadden [Legal Cheek Events]
Landmark Chambers Pupillage Open Evening [Legal Cheek Hub]
“I know it’s probably not the best attitude to have but at 2PQE I absolutely adore grunt work. it’s mindless, you can’t get it wrong, and it puts solid hours on your clocks. I would happily sit on my 2PQE salary for life and just do admin work.” [Legal Cheek Comments]
