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Newly qualified Scottish solicitors and trainees who have been admitted to the profession can for the first time stand for election as Law Society Council members. Council members agreed the new process which allows solicitors up to five years qualified and trainee solicitors to vote online for thei

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Plastic clog manufacturer Crocs has lost a legal battle to protect its design from being copied. Judges in Luxembourg endorsed a decision of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) made in 2016 to cancel legal protections enjoyed by the company.

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A “flasher” who was sentenced to a total of three years’ imprisonment for breaching community payback orders after being convicted of two “random acts of sexual exhibitionism” has had the custodial term reduced following an appeal. The Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary ruled tha

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Facebook has been blocked from using British citizens’ WhatsApp data outwith the app itself. The tech giant announced in 2016 that it planned to use data from the chat app to show more relevant adverts and provide better friend suggestions to users within Facebook.

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Alan Meek Morton Fraser is expanding its corporate restructuring and insolvency team with the appointment of Alan Meek as a partner in the firm's Glasgow office.

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The law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers leak is to close down. Mossack Fonseca, 11.5 million of whose files were leaked during the investigation into offshore finances, will close its remaining offices by the end of this month, according to a statement obtained by the the International Conso

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The Scottish Parliament is expected to repeal the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act this afternoon – in what would be a legislative first for Holyrood. All four opposition parties back Labour MSP James Kelly’s bill to scrap the act, which has been dogged by controversy.

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