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From Atticus to Alicia: How 9 Iconic Fictional Lawyers Shape Our Legal Dreams

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From Atticus to Alicia: How 9 Iconic Fictional Lawyers Shape Our Legal Dreams

The Lawyers From Movies-to-Novels That Inspire Us Ben Boman, LawFuel contributing editor Fictional lawyers in literature, television, and movies have captured the imagination of audiences for decades, influencing both the public perception of the legal profession and inspiring aspiring lawyers. Here’s are 9 of the most famous fictional lawyers and the potential influence they may […]

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Oops, Wrong Divorce – When Online Divorce Went Wrong for Vardags

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Aryasha Vardag Law Star

UK High Court Upholds Accidental Divorce Ben Boman, LawFuel contributing editor The finality of divorce was made crystal clear by the UK High Court in a recent decision involving high profile divorce lawyers Vardags who were refused an application to annul a final divorce decree made via an online divorce tool. The application resulted from

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LegalTech News: Slaughter and May Announce Their Next Legal Tech Cohort

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LegalTech News: Slaughter and May Announce Their Next Legal Tech Cohort

LegalTech + AI The New Focus Slaughter and May’s next cohort of legal tech companies for their Collaborate program has been announced. Collaborate was started by Slaughter and May as a platform for legal tech startups to test their work in a real world setting, using the firm’s lawyers and business service personnel to develop

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PEP Talk At Big Law Firms Is Up – But Revenues Are More Often Down

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PEP Talk At Big Law Firms Is Up - But Revenues Are More Often Down

LawFuel contributor Ben Boman writes on law firms profitability and statistics Profits per equity partner (PEP) growth for big law firms is increasing for US law firms and exceeding the revenue growth for law firms. The trend demonstrates significant changes within the US law profession as some firms – for instance, such LawFuel prestige law

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The BigLaw Firms Using AI LegalTech to Redefine Legal Practices

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BigLaw Firms Developing AI Tools Ben Borman* Allen & Overy and other biglaw firms are using AI LegalTech Tools and related law technology tools to push a technological revolution in the legal profession that will transform how legal services are prepared and delivered. The Magic Circle firm is using an AI-driven contract drafting tool, ContractMatrix.

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First Paul Weiss Take Star Neel Sachdev Now Clifford Chance Lose Star Lawyers Too

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Christopher Sullivan LawFuel

Ben Boman – We seem to report on raids by Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison with somewhat monotonous regularity, particularly regarding their raids upon Kirkland & Ellis and the massive deal offered to star lawyer Neel Sachdev, but now they are switching their attention to Clifford Chance, adding two new partners to the growing

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