The 4 Day Hard-Work Week Trend Sees Kirkland & Ellis Join Up Norma Harris, LawFuel contributing editor Kirkland & Ellis, the behemoth that rakes in close to US$8.8 billion and dumps US$9.25 million per equity partner into their bonus pools has decided zuckt nicht and is trying a four‑day in‑office week in London. The firm that has juniors […]
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Quora Questions For Lawyers – The Top Queries Norma Harris, LawFuel contributing editor Quora is one of the largest Q&A platforms on the internet, attracting over 400 million monthly active users worldwide as of 2025, with the United States leading by user numbers. In June 2025, the site ranked among the top 40 most-visited sites
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Five Straight Months of Job Growth in Legal — But AI Is Replacing Your Paralegal Norma Harris, LawFuel contributing editor The US legal sector just clocked five straight months of job growth, Reuters reports — the longest streak since the pandemic years. But before junior associates start high-fiving in the cafeteria, here’s the catch: many
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Former prosecutors from the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) – the people who once led major investigations into corruption and corporate crime – have found themselves on the receiving end of covert surveillance. According to a newspaper report the spying was organised by figures linked to a multinational under scrutiny by the SFO. It’s a
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More Big Law associates and partners are choosing to leave than ever before—citing burnout, lack of advancement and remote-era disconnection sparking a seismic exodus toward in-house, startups and boutique law career paths.
The Big Law conveyor belt, once seen as the golden escalator to prestige and partnership, is creaking under the weight of its own expectations.
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Boutique Firm Vartabedian Hester & Haynes Blazes Bonus Trail With Generous Summer Payouts While Biglaw firms continue their summer tradition of radio silence on bonuses, one ambitious boutique isn’t waiting around. Texas-based Vartabedian Hester & Haynes, a rising litigation boutique specializing in complex commercial disputes, has just announced a firm-wide bonus that’s turning heads. All
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Article – Diamond & Diamond, Injury Lawyers, Canada A perfect storm of environmental and financial factors is brewing over Atlantic Canada, sending auto insurance premiums to unprecedented heights and creating significant financial strain for drivers. In New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and PEI, consumers face steep increases driven by post‑pandemic inflation, soaring vehicle and repair costs, and the
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How Top Law Firms Really Choose Their Graduates (And What They’re Paying for Them) Top law firms are shifting away from traditional grades-focused hiring. Instead, they’re quietly testing soft skills—like how grads treat receptionists and whether they can hold a decent conversation at a cocktail event. EQ is the new IQ in legal hiring. Every
Remember when everyone said “content is king”? It appears that the king has been dethroned with the launch of AI Overviews and the onset of AI summaries.
Sarah Perez at TechCrunch just dropped some sobering numbers. Since Google launched AI Overviews in May 2024, nearly 69 percent of news searches end with zero clicks to actual websites. That’s up from 56 percent before AI summaries took over.
So if you search for “Supreme Court ruling on AI patents” Google’s AI gives you a neat summary right at the top.
The ‘Skyscanner’ Lawyer Looking To Build LegalTech Agents A Scottish legaltech startup just got a huge cash boost. Is this the sign that AI is ready to take over law firms? Can every in-house team soon have its own AI agent? Scottish legaltech Wordsmith, co-founded by former Skyscanner honcho Ross McNairn (pictured) is driving another
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