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Google Goes for Big Law’s Jugular: Inside Gemini Enterprise for Legal

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Google Cloud has officially fired a massive shot across the legal tech bow, unveiling Gemini Enterprise for Legal, a purpose-built, agentic AI platform designed to move past generic chat prompts and directly tackle the billable grind of high-stakes practice. Developed in direct collaboration with major global law firms including Cleary Gottlieb, Freshfields, Weil, and Williams

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Listed Legal Disrupter Completes Second Major Law Firm Acquisition

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Listed legal consolidator Knights has finalised a £27 million acquisition of the commercial and private wealth practices of South East firm Moore Barlow, its second-largest deal since floating on the London Stock Exchange in 2018. Knights has been one of the higher profile listed law firm operators in the UK market, hitting £207m revenue. Knights

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The Office Romance Has Changed But Here’s Why Law Firms Need To Rethink Who Holds The Power

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The traditional workplace romance generally involves senior man, junior woman, and an eventual appointment with HR, but things are changing. More women enter senior management and partnership positions, law firms are increasingly seeing a reversed dynamic where female leaders hold organisational power over junior male colleagues. Recent reports and surveys, including a major Finnish study,

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Ice Miller Joins the Biglaw Salary Race for New York Associates — With Raises Delayed Until 2027

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The latest round of Biglaw associate salary increases has been unusually quiet this summer, with only a handful of firms matching Milbank’s elevated scale. Ice Miller has now joined the fray but with conditions – it is only for its New York associates, and the higher paychecks won’t arrive until next year. The firm announced

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Quinn Emanuel’s “AI evangelist” quits to build the anti-pyramid law firm

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After 17 years climbing Quinn Emanuel’s litigation ranks and building the first dedicated AI practice at a major US firm along the way New York trial lawyer Christopher Kercher has walked out to test a heretical proposition: that the Big Law pyramid is now the wrong shape for the job. Kercher, founder of Quinn Emanuel’s

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From Death Row to Comedy Festival How This Lawyer Found Punchlines in the Darkest Place

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Some lawyers bill by the hour. Others spend years trying to stop the state from killing their clients. American capital defence lawyer‑turned‑comedian Josh Pickar has somehow managed to do both law and stand‑up, arguing that the two professions have more in common than most civilians would comfortably admit. Both depend on storytelling, timing and finding

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UK Law News – Private Equity’s Legal Buying Spree Continues With Second Acquisition

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Private equity-backed Adeptio Law Group has completed its second law firm acquisition of the year, continuing its plan to build one of the Midlands’ largest regional legal groups in UK law. Its founding firm, FBC Manby Bowdler, has acquired Worcester practice The Specialist Law Group, operator of the The Employment Solicitor and The Company Solicitor

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Former ANZ CEO Abandons Court Fight Over Unpaid Bonus as Board Holds the Line

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Former ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott has dropped his legal case against the bank over an alleged A$13.5 million unpaid bonus, ending one of the most closely watched boardroom fights over executive pay and misconduct fallout in Australia’s banking sector. ANZ has confirmed that the proceedings were discontinued without any settlement or additional payment to

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The Barrister, The Gangster and the Hitman . . And the Impending Jail Term

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For years, Samreen Akhtar embodied the legal profession’s favourite narrative. The daughter of a Huddersfield mechanic from a Pashtun family, she was showcased by the Bar Council as a social mobility advocate and hailed as one of the brightest new criminal barristers on the circuit, building a career defending clients accused of serious offences. Now,

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So You Want to Hang Out Your Own Shingle – The 2026 Solo Law Firm Survival Guide

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How to Build a Solo Law Practice in 2026 (Field Guide) Norma Harris, LawFuel contributing editor Building a solo or small firm in 2026 is cheaper and more feasible than it has ever been, and the same three things still sink new practices: trust-accounting mistakes, running out of cash, and a marketing plan that amounts

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