Tom Borman, LawFuel contributing editor The days of “AI curiosity” in law firms are over. According to Bloomberg Law, general counsel are now pressuring outside counsel to prove they’re using generative AI to cut costs and improve turnaround — or risk losing the mandate altogether. Corporate legal departments are no longer satisfied with glossy innovation […]
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Orrick has staged a raid worthy of Wall Street, swiping an eight-partner finance team from Cadwalader—four in London, four in the US—just as CLOs and private credit are reshaping global markets, Global Legal Post reports. The London Line-Up Leading the London contingent is David Quirolo, (pictured) flanked by Claire Puddicombe, Daniel Tobias and Alexander Collins.
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The Top 10 John Grisham Screen Adaptations Tom Borman, Lawfuel contributing editor The 90s films still set the bar, but USA Network’s new Rainmaker series shows there’s life in Grisham’s case files yet. That doesn’t surprise me with Grisham’s trademark tight plotting and David vs. Goliath themes that deal with major issues from environmental scandal
The Lawyers Who Took Google’s Billing Bonanza Tom Borman, LawFuel contributing editor Google has been whacked with a $425 million jury verdict in a class-action privacy trial in a case that centres on the company’s habit of harvesting user data even after people switched off supposedly protective settings. It’s the corporate version of saying “don’t
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The Abbe Lowell Effect Tom Borman, LawFuel contributing writer Abbe Lowell has always thrived on crisis. A Columbia Law grad and former DOJ lawyer, he was the Democrats’ legal field marshal during the Clinton impeachment. Since then, he’s defended a rogue’s gallery of Washington names: Senator Bob Menendez (twice), John Edwards, Jared Kushner and Hunter
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And Now Legal AI That Sees Into the Judge’s Mind . . Almost Tom Borman, LawFuel contributing editor Every litigator wants the edge. Some want it ethical. Others want it engineered and now a trio of brains — one BigLaw, two tech — have raised $5.3 million to deliver a crystal ball for courtrooms. It’s
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A&O Shearman has unveiled its first set of financials since creating the world’s largest Anglo-American law firm — and for a stitched-together giant still working out how to share the same stationery, the numbers are healthy and partner pay too.
Revenue hit £2.9 billion (US$3.7 billion) with pretax profit of £1.1 billion (US$1.4 billion). Average profit per equity partner landed at £2 million (US$2.6 million)
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A-List 2025: Munger reigns, Jenner rockets, and who actually moved the needle The American Lawyer’s A-List isn’t about who shouts the loudest about profits, blending money and meaning: revenue per lawyer, pro bono, associate satisfaction, racial inclusion, and women in the equity partnership. Get three or more of those humming and you move fast and
If you thought the Great Legal Pay Spike was last year, think again. At present Duane Morris is under fire in a partner-pay class-action suit, amid allegations of misclassifying non-equity partners to dodge taxes and benefits—even as women and minority partners allegedly earned less. That in itself sent ripples through partner compensation practices nationwide.
But perhaps more gripping: the Financial Times reports top corporate partners billing over $2,500/hour and annual earnings soaring above $25 million.
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Here Comes McDermott Will & Schulte Tom Borman, LawFuel contributing editor In a deal that underscores Big Law’s relentless consolidation, McDermott Will & Emery (approximately 1,400 lawyers, ~$2.2 b 2024 revenue) and Schulte Roth & Zabel (~350 lawyers, ~$618 m) voted last month to merge effective August 1, 2025, creating a combined firm of around 1,750 attorneys and global
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