The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.
Mark Stephens: Only the powerful will benefit from the “right to be forgotten” [The Guardian]
George Clooney sets September date for wedding to Doughty Street barrister [Mail Online]
Debevoise & Plimpton partner “emails ex-wife suicide note before jumping 22 stories to his death” [Mail Online]
The pupillage application sift [Twitter]
If you have to spend the weekend marking pupillage applications this isn't a bad way to do it… #goodluck pic.twitter.com/H6i6fzWJAm
— JJ (@JJ_brum) May 17, 2014
Pikeville’s “saggy pants” law goes after youths with their trousers down [The Independent]
Grayling head-hunts QCs to save fraud trials [Law Society Gazette]
Sadiq Khan: The government’s legal aid cuts are leaving vulnerable people with nowhere to turn [Huffington Post]
A Hard Day’s Fight: The Cavern Club in Liverpool launches legal battle against the Hard Rock Cafe over use of its name [Mail Online]
Mr Tickle v Jack of Kent [Twitter]
“Most chambers want the best candidate not just because they want to be fair, but because it is in their own best interest to select the best candidate as a colleague” [Legal Cheek Comments]