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The UK watchdog overseeing data protection is, and will continue to be, 'ineffective' unless the government takes action, research by an academic at the University of East Anglia has claimed. | 13yrs

A leading employment partner at a global law firm has warned companies about social media checks in the fallout of the resignation of the UK's first youth police and crime commissioner Paris Brown. | 13yrs

Investigations by the European Commission have found that Google's search results are skewed in favour of its own services, just as Google prepares submit its final list of concessions this week. | 13yrs

A media lawyer has lost an appeal that she was unjustly dismissed from the legal team at US cable TV giant Discovery Communications because of a sleeping disorder. | 13yrs

London law firm Bird & Bird has snapped up former Virgin Atlantic counsel Leo Fattorini to head its Asia aviation practice. | 13yrs

Two legal executives from American firearms manufacturer Colt have filed wrongful discharge lawsuits against the Connecticut-headquartered company. | 13yrs

Luxury companies are reporting an increase in the breadth and depth of legal issues engulfing the sector, according to research carried out for the Luxury Law Summit 2013. | 13yrs

Deliberations have begun in a crucial Las Vegas trial which could see Nevada's largest health management company and another provider handed monumental punitive damages following the worst US outbreak of hepatitis C. | 13yrs

Lawyers representing Texas oil and gas giant ExxonMobil have taken a swing at the State of New Hampshire during a landmark $263 million product liability trial over the gasoline additive MTBE. | 13yrs

The US Senate has confirmed Mary Jo White as the chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission by unanimous consent yesterday, stating that she will succeed Mary Schapiro as a 'strong leader' in financial regulation. | 13yrs

The trustee of bankrupt Washington DC law firm Howrey has reached a settlement with one of the firm's insurance carriers while continuing to thrash out negotiations with 50 other law firms in an effort to recover millions of dollars. | 13yrs

Several major US copyright holders have sent Californian search engine Google requests to remove notifications of their own takedown requests, complaining that their publication serves as a major directory for pirate content. | 13yrs

A lawyer at a Chicago anti-piracy law firm who claimed to have made 'millions' from suing more than 20,000 internet users who illegally downloaded pornographic films has been accused of misconduct. | 13yrs

US technology group Google is under pressure from six European countries' privacy watchdogs after refusing to change its policies, while EU regulators are still considering if action is needed. | 13yrs

London-based IP specialist firm Rouse yesterday announced it is to open an office in Moscow, taking the firm's office count to 19. | 13yrs

A surge in litigation stemming from the financial crisis could overwhelm UK courts during the next year as claimants file law suits before their six-year statute of limitations runs out, lawyers have warned. | 13yrs

India's generic drug industry - reported to be worth £17 billion - has been protected by the country's supreme court in a landmark judgment to reject a patent application by Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis AG. | 13yrs

Lawyers from San Diego law firm Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd may be reprimanded after a confidential witness denied making statements attributed to him in a class action against US aerospace giant Boeing. | 13yrs

A leading sports lawyer has claimed that a plan by football's European administrative body to introduce Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations would not stand up to a legal challenge. | 13yrs