Monday morning round-up

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The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend

Facebook needs regulation as Zuckerberg “fails” — UK MPs [BBC News]

UK lawmakers: Facebook “intentionally and knowingly” violated data privacy laws [CNN]

Britain needs a new treason law to tackle returning jihadis [The Telegraph]

Shamima Begum lawyer claims ISIS bride “is being treated worse than the Nazis” [The Mirror]

London high court to decide on alleged pirate attack [Financial Times]

The latest comments from across Legal Cheek

The UK is “on the wrong side” of the law over arms sales to Saudi Arabia [The Canary]

Why Trump may win his legal fight over border wall [BBC News]

Families threaten to boycott IRA Birmingham pub bombs inquest [The Guardian]

Woman’s Hour: We speak to barristers about the numbers of women leaving the profession [BBC Radio Four]

The LPC Law National Advocacy Competition 2019 [Legal Cheek Noticeboard]

This Thursday evening — Event: Secrets to Success Bristol — with Burges Salmon, RPC, Womble Bond Dickinson and ULaw [Legal Cheek Events]

“To put it simply. These Firms are like vegetables…” [Legal Cheek Comments]

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