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Law Firm AI – How Law Firms Are Embracing Generative AI to Stay Competitive

Headlining, Law Firm Technology, Power Law / June 6, 2024

Ben Thompson, legal affairs writer Law firm AI applications are growing in importance as the legal industry undergoes rapid transformation as firms around the globe recognize the importance of embracing generative AI to remain competitive. While historically cautious about technological change, the pace of AI advancement and its swift adoption by corporate legal departments has

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Who Cares About The US News Law School Rankings Anyway?

Featured, Law schools, US Law / May 30, 2024

Not Law Students, It Seems Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing editor These are not happy days for the US News Law School rankings. First the debacle over the way they are assembled. Second, the law school pulling out of the rankings and now – third – law students who seem to think they’re all so yesterday.

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Which Firms Won (and Lost) On The Forbes List of America’s Top 200 Lawyers

Headlining, Lawyers / May 20, 2024

Which Law Firm Rules the Forbes Law Roost? Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing editor It was only a matter of time before Forbes – the list mavens – would come out with a list of America’s Top lawyers and their list of America’s Top 200 lawyers doesn’t disappoint. It’s a comprehensive effort, as one would expect

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The ‘Baby Reindeer’ Legal Scramble

Lawyers, UK Law / May 1, 2024

Unraveling The Baby Reindeer Legal Issues Netflix’s hit series ‘Baby Reindeer’ has run into legal trouble with the lawyer who claims she has been mischaracterized in the series about a lawyer-stalker of a struggling comedian, based largely on fact. And another character, allegedly a senior London theatre personality, groomed and raped the central character also,

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The 80 Firms Who Are Hitting The Big Law Salary Scale?

Big Law Salary Scale, US Law / April 27, 2024

Big Law Salary Scale List The news that Milbank had kicked off the $225k salary payments has seen a raft of other biglaw firms join the fray – much to the joy of associates. Milbank kicked off the biglaw salary increases in November 2023 and the example was followed by Cravath a short time later,

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Why Have Law Firm Partner Billing Rates Gone Up So High?

Big Law, Big Law Salary Scale / April 24, 2024

Latest Report Shows Partner Pay Rates Increase Again Hard to believe maybe, but law firm partner billing rates are on the increase again – at least in the United States where a new LexisNexis survey reports that billing rates raised by an average of 5.4 percent, which followed a 4.5 percent increase in 2022. The

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AmLaw 100 Sees Profits Per Partner Rise

Big Law, Featured, US Law / April 20, 2024

How Do The AmLaw 100 Rankings Stack Up in 2024? Ben Thomson, Big Law contributing editor Now that the dust is settling on the latest AmLaw 100 rankings for 2024, we can look at the question of big law partner profits and the salaries that are coming home for these people. And the AmLaw rankings

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Australian Businesses’ Fear Of UK Class Action Law Firm

Australia Law News, Law Firms / April 18, 2024

Pogust Goodhead’s Arrival Down Under The arrival in Australia of UK-based class action law firm Pogust Goodhead has businesses worried that the Australian government’s permissive approach to class actions could cost shareholders billions, as reported here recently. A report in the Australian Financial Review reported on key groups like the Business Council of Australia, the

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Welcome to The Big Law World of Poaching Partners

Big Law, Headlining / April 18, 2024

partner poaching and lateral law movements

The Lateral Partner Movement Game Ben Thomson, LawFuel Big Law editor The partner poaching – or lateral movement – season among Big Law firms has been in full swing in recent months with recent departures form Linklaters to Skadden and Paul Weiss being notable recent moves. Recent moves in both the US and UK markets

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Why Are Top Lawyers Choosing To Work In Fee-Share Law Firms?

Headlining, Law Firms / April 10, 2024

The Evolution of the Law Job Landscape Law job opportunities continue to expand and in the United Kingdom a recent report shows a notable trend with an increasing number of lawyers are departing from traditional law firms to join fee-share practices, with one such entity surpassing all others in recruitment numbers last year. According to

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