Monday morning round-up

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The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend

Parliament surrendered role over Covid emergency laws, says Lady Hale [The Guardian]

Donald Trump says he will nominate a woman for Supreme Court next week after fury over Justice Ginsburg’s replacement [Sky News]

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Supreme Court judge was “warrior for gender equality” [BBC News]

Meghan fires lawyer who represented Johnny Depp [The Times]

Lawyer Alan Dershowitz sues CNN [Mail Online]

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Trump’s WeChat curbs halted by judge on free speech concerns [Bloomberg]

Arezki Yachir: Possible legal action over asylum seeker’s grant [BBC News]

Amal Clooney quits UK envoy role over “lamentable” government plans to break international law [Sky News]

UK government faces legal action over “moonshot” Covid testing project [The Guardian]

“I got a 2:2 in contract law (59) in my first year and I’m at a city firm. I got a 2:1 and came out with 2 training contract offers. You will be fine!” [Legal Cheek Comments]

Virtual student events this week with Bird & Bird and Hogan Lovells [Legal Cheek Events]

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