The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Boris comes out against Chris Grayling’s plans to lock up internet trolls [Guido Fawkes]
Initiative promises legal advice for those without lawyers in courts [The Guardian]
Legal aid firm in shock closure: all staff at London practice Mackesys have been made redundant [Law Society Gazette]
Why huge salaries don’t necessarily make law grads rich [Businessweek]
Surely this isn’t legal?! Rochdale cab firm allows passengers to choose driver’s colour [BBC News]
Falconer condemns Grayling’s “heart-breaking” comments on role of Lord Chancellor [Legal Futures]
5 legal career tips we learnt from #LegalCheekLive [LexisNexis]
Criminal lawyer quits job to become a singer [Yorkshire Post]
“A tactic to intimidate lawyers”: Facebook sues DLA Piper for bringing “fraudulent” US lawsuit [Legal Business]
Yoda firm fined £369,000 for libelling digital rival [BBC News]
Lawyer filmed himself asking employee for sex 78 times in one hour [The Age]
German-speaking banking paralegal sought by prestigious international City law firm [Legal Cheek jobs]
Heard in court [Facebook]
“What on earth would have happened had it been client files?!” [Legal Cheek Comments]