The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
Russell Brand fallout: ‘Appalling’ lawyer tactics come under scrutiny [ITV X]
Weil Gotshal’s collapse highlights the risk of talent loss for other firms [Financial News] (£)
In defence of Russell Brand’s lawyer [Spiked]
Prince Harry seeks to appeal Daily Mail lawsuit, lawyer says [Reuters]
Concerns raised five years before law firm collapse [BBC News]
Home Office investigating after BBC catches lawyer offering to make fines go away [BBC News]
Vegas lawyer who represented Tupac Shakur’s killer found dead [Independent]
“[A]s counsel we were always taught never to make any comment about a case to any journalist, save to answer an enquiry about how names are spelled or to clarify anything that has already been said in open Court.” [Legal Cheek comments]
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