Morning round-up: Wednesday 11 April

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The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Facebook and Cambridge Analytica face class action lawsuit [The Guardian]

Law firm raids bode ill for lawyers and their clients — legal experts [Reuters]

Uber handed further legal blow by European Court of Justice [Financial Times]

London gangsters fighting postcode turf wars at court after justice centres shut [Daily Star]

The latest comments from across Legal Cheek

Award-winning solicitor struck off after faking over £40,000 of payments [Manchester Evening News]

Asons founder faces allegations at first day of SDT hearing [This is Lancashire]

‘Kardashian’ style posts caught out drug dealer’s law student girlfriend [Metro]

Amal Clooney has her barrister’s horsehair wig hanging in her home office [People.com]

Farting isn’t workplace bullying, court rules as judge throws out $2million case against construction boss dubbed Mr Stinky for ‘lifting his bum and breaking wind’ on staff [Mail Online]

DWF is recruiting for a number of advocate roles in Manchester, London, Liverpool [Legal Cheek Hub]

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