News round-up 19 November

Catch up with some of the recent news in law

In a bid to discover more about the personalities of leading legal businesses, we invited them to describe themselves by reference to dogs, biscuits and cartoon characters: Top 20 law firms: Chambers UK rankings

Legal opinion is divided on whether Mr and Mrs Carter are making the best use of trade mark law: Blue Ivy TM: is the Jay-Z and Beyoncé baby branding strategy shrewd or misguided?

Positive discrimination is the only thing likely to significantly accelerate the rate of progress towards a more diverse judiciary, a Supreme Court judge has suggested: Supreme Court justice calls for positive discrimination on the menu

Membership of the Law Society’s mental health accreditation scheme will be mandatory for legal aid practitioners from 2014, it emerged this week: Society mental health scheme to become mandatory

Thinking of people or cases that changed the law reminded me of the master escaper and burglar Alfie Hinds: Turn-up for the books 

Work done for nothing by lawyers plugs public funding gaps and gives legal support to charities: Law firms’ proudest pro bono moments of 2012

In honor of U.S. Thanksgiving on November 22, this column is devoted to food law: Food Law