Many small law firms are not profitable, even when the numbers say otherwise. Work moves forward, cases stay active, and invoices are issued. Still, companies monitor the bank balance and worry about covering basic expenses. The reason is simple: money does not arrive immediately when the work is completed. Clients rarely pay at the time
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LawFuel Report – Largest Law Firms in New York New York’s legal market continues its dramatic expansion in 2025, with the top firms now employing over 13,000 attorneys—an 8% increase from 2024. For the first time, two firms have exceeded 1,000 attorneys in their New York offices: Kirkland & Ellis with 1,133 lawyers and Davis
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High Court Upholds Disbarment of Jo Sidhu KC, Signalling Cultural Shift at the Bar Sonia Hickey The High Court’s refusal this week to overturn the disbarment of prominent criminal silk Jo Sidhu KC has sent a blunt message through the profession: the era of indulgence for “power imbalance” misconduct is over. In a judgment delivered
How a Tennis Career Prepared Jade Hopper for Law Jade Hopper was once headed for the kind of sporting life most lawyers would only see in an ad campaign: junior Australian Open battles, a Commonwealth Youth Games gold medal, and rising up the tennis ranks with all the discipline that implies. She spent her teenage
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Sigrid McCawley: The Lawyer Who Made the Untouchables Touchable Why She’s Our 2025 Lawyer of the Year Sonia Hickey, LawFuel contributing writer In a legal landscape where justice often moves at glacial speed, Sigrid McCawley is the wrecking ball nobody saw coming. The power lawyer who takes on the most powerful fortresses is LawFuel’s US
Back in 2022, US powerhouse Orrick decided its UK company setup process was about as efficient as a horse-drawn carriage in rush hour. So, they sicced a squad of lawyers on it, birthing a snazzy digital form via Orrick Labs, their in-house tech wizardry arm.
But here’s the surrprise – they roped in two fresh-faced associates to rub elbows with the geeks, all in the name of molding the “lawyer of the future” into a triple-threat: part esquire, part biz whisperer, part code cracker.
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Cravath Fires the Starting Gun, Milbank Plays Coy, and Everyone Scrambles Like It’s Black Friday Sonia Hickey Bonus season – that magical time of year when Biglaw associates pretend to care about “firm culture” while frantically refreshing their inboxes, praying for a six-figure dopamine hit before the holiday eggnog kicks in. As of November 20,
The Virginia Giuffre Legal Legacy Sonia Hickey, LawFuel contributing editor Virginia Giuffre died in April 2025. Her memoir, Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice, is published this week and lands alongside major, live legal issues: the Second Circuit’s unsealing guidance in the Maxwell defamation docket, the continuing political headache over
Google’s New AI Search Insights Sonia Hickey, LawFuel contributing writer Google’s latest revelations about AI Overviews provide crucial intelligence for law firms serious about dominating search results. Liz Reid, Google’s VP of Search, (pictured) recently disclosed in an article at Search Engine Journal exactly what type of content drives clicks in AI-powered search results. These
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Perplexity AI has landed itself in yet another courtroom. Following lawsuits from Nikkei and Asahi Shimbun in Tokyo, Britannica and Merriam-Webster have now filed in the Southern District of New York, accusing the AI answer engine of wholesale scraping and misattribution. The complaint alleges that Perplexity’s model “systematically harvests” copyrighted definitions and reference content without
