The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
Sex, panic attacks and £170k: burnt-out lawyer reveals City hedonism [The Times] (£)
Britain’s ECHR membership risks dangerous widening of assisted dying, lawyers warn [Telegraph] (£)
End pointless hearings in magistrates courts [The Guardian]
Wall Street giants hire lawyers in Thames Water debt battle [Sky News]
Sitting days for Truro Crown Court reduced to save money [BBC News]
Scorned female barrister, 37, who was jailed for life after her ‘Fatal Attraction’ plot to frame her ex-lover with false rape, kidnap and stabbing claims is released after less than four years behind bars [Mail Online]
Mark Zuckerberg isn’t personally liable for any harm caused to children by Facebook and Instagram, judge says [Business Insider]
How Trump election win threatens future of Biden’s climate law [Financial Times] (£)
US Election latest: Left-wing lawyers preparing to take on Trump [Telegraph] (£)
“Shocking in this day and age that someone recruiting in a highly competitive and oversubscribed industry would prefer graduates with degrees from the best universities. Disgusting.” [Legal Cheek comments]
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