Fresh from its raid on Latham & Watkins Sidley Austin has returned for more with the recruitment of Jeremy Trinder which is now the 13th recruitment since 2024, hiring a lawyer with strong cross-border experience in the real estate and property financing area with over 30 years’ experience in the market.We reported the move to
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — After the preliminary report was recently issued by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) for a fatal airplane crash in the Colorado mountains, a nationally recognized aviation safety attorney says the plane’s approach for landing and the operation of its instruments and avionics systems may be areas of further investigation. On February 13,
Article source: Friedlin Brown PAImage SourceWhen you prepare for childbirth, you are likely told about labor pain, cesarean delivery, and common newborn screenings. Far fewer conversations focus on hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, often called HIE, a brain injury caused by reduced oxygen and blood flow around the time of birth. Although it is uncommon, its consequences
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Power Briefing: Walk-In WillsImage generated by GeminiProbate is rarely the simple administrative formality many anticipate; frequently, it evolves into a significant financial and emotional burden that catches families unprepared. While the court-supervised transfer of assets is legally necessary for those who fail to plan, it exposes a family’s private financial life to the public record
Ed Smithies joins MinterEllisonRuddWatts’ Tier 1 real estate team from 2 March 2026, further strengthening the firm’s commitment to delivering exceptional property solutions and client service.With extensive experience in major capital market transactions, commercial investments, and large scale developments, Ed brings a wealth of knowledge and a proven track record of success in the property sector.
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The precarious economics of law firm life have been underscored once again with the collapse of Zhong Lun Law Firm Limited, a once-profitable City boutique whose downfall was triggered by the abrupt exit of two key directors.An administrator’s report prepared by insolvency specialists Quantuma revealed that the departures in September 2024 marked the point of
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Sullivan & Cromwell has decided that if you’re going to build a London private capital machine, you may as well raid it properly.The New York heavyweight has hired finance partner Jenny Choi from Weil, adding further firepower to what is becoming one of the more deliberate City build-outs in recent memory. S&C’s London push has
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Power Law Briefing – Stein Sterling Estate Planning Image generated by GeminiA significant financial event is underway as Baby Boomers are projected to pass down more than $84 trillion by 2045, with a substantial portion of that transfer occurring in the coming years. This “Great Wealth Transfer” creates unprecedented and complex legal needs for high-net-worth
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Marc Moken is the new Managing Partner at Allens. He currently heads Allens’ Funds, Superannuation and Financial Services Practice and is one of Australia’s leading investment funds lawyers. A member of the firm’s leadership team, he also serves as Head of Allens’ Sydney office.He advises Australian and offshore fund sponsors, platforms and institutional investors. His
Let’s be honest with each other for a moment.
You didn’t go to law school to become a content creator. You went because you’re sharp, you like solving problems, and — let’s be real — the billing rates don’t exactly hurt. But here you are in 2026, staring down a marketing landscape that looks absolutely nothing like it did three years ago, while some LinkedIn bro in a blazer-and-jeans combo tells you to “post consistently or die.”
You’re not dying because you’re bad at marketing. You’re struggling because the rulebook got shredded and nobody sent you the memo.
Here’s what’s actually happening: clients are asking ChatGPT “what happens to the house if we divorce?” before they ever type your name into Google. Your lovingly crafted blog post — the one your firm spent four hours approving — is sitting underneath an AI summary that answers the question completely and sends precisely zero traffic your way. And the referral you were counting on last month?
That client quietly asked an AI about you first. It didn’t go well.
The numbers bear this out, and they’re not comfortable reading. AI Overviews are slashing organic click-through rates by somewhere between 58 and 61 percent the moment they appear on a results page (Seer Interactive, September 2025; Ahrefs, December 2025).
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