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Although barristers and solicitors in attendance claimed that their latest walkout from crown courts in major UK cities was not a strike, a BBC insider said that it appears otherwise as hundreds of lawyers march to Westminster to protest the planned £220 million legal aid fee cuts.

Seattle lawyer Steve Berman of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP said he is expected to make a settlement with the National Collegiate Athletic Association regarding medical fund and stricter safeguards final on April 24 at a court hearing.

The South by Southwest Interactive will be hosting talks about privacy issues in social media, and will feature former government contractor Edward Snowden and Wikileaks founder Julian Assange as among the speakers.