Four years into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the battlefield has long since expanded beyond territory. Courts, treaties and international accountability now matter just as much as tanks. This week, Ukraine made that point formally. London-based partner Julianne Hughes-Jennett of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has been awarded the Order of Merit by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, recognising
Power Briefing: Substance Law In the initial excitement of launching a new business, founders are often consumed by their innovative idea, market strategy, and growth projections. Foundational legal structures, like a comprehensive shareholders agreement, can seem like a low-priority formality. This oversight, however, is a critical misstep, as informal understandings and verbal handshakes are a
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A recent contributor noted the pleasures of holidays with sleep, an issue that biglaw deals with daily – or nightly – as sleep-deprived associates and law students struggle to make billing targets or exam results at the expense of a deceent night’s rest. Turns out a junior analyst at Centerview Partners tried to litigate exactly
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Article source: Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers, IL Every car accident case begins with the same instinct: gather the evidence, and the rest will sort itself out. Photos, medical records, witness statements, and repair estimates. Proof matters because it gives a claim shape, credibility, and a clear story. Timing tends to get less attention, even though it
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Article source: Suzuki Law, Criminal and Personal Injury Lawyers Image generated by Gemini If you are arrested for drug trafficking in Arizona, the reality shifts instantly from the roadside to a courtroom designed for maximum punishment. Arizona’s geographic position as a primary corridor for cartels moving product north means the state operates with a zero-tolerance
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Two staff members at a New Zealand law firm have been hit with a formal unsatisfactory conduct finding after a Standards Committee concluded their private email exchanges about a colleague crossed the line into racism. LawFuel’s Law Jobs’ Network has New Jobs Daily The exchanges were uncovered by a third party through the firm’s email
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Power Briefing – Wyatt Law Firm, San Antonio Image generated by Gemini The Texas 89th Legislative Session is set to consider Senate Bill 39, a measure poised to significantly reshape the landscape of commercial trucking litigation in a state that consistently leads the nation in truck-related accidents. In 2023 alone, Texas recorded 35,827 crashes involving
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Profile former Kirkland & Ellis debt restructuring lawyer David Nemecek has joined Simpson Thacher & Bartlett as partner and head of the firm’s newly created capital structure solutions practice. The new practice developed by Simpson Thacher is a result of the fast developing capital markets landscape and is a significant blow to Kirkland given Nemecek’s
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Sullivan & Cromwell’s 2025 review is essentially a victory lap: another record year, heavy on big-ticket mandates in M&A, disputes and restructuring, with a clear push on AI, private capital and London growth. Deals, disputes and AI work Litigation, investigations and arbitration People, platform and pro bono Who is Sullivan & Cromwell Profile Sullivan &
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A recent article on AI legal tools provides a reality check for law firms that still treat artificial intelligence as either futuristic nonsense or something the IT team is “looking into.” The message in the article in Software Advice by content analyst Marcela Gava (pictured) is blunt: AI is already embedded in mainstream legal software,
