What Does The 2025 ‘Best Lawyers’ Tell Us About the US Law Business? Tom Borman It’s a big job – to say the least – selecting the best lawyers in America but who better than the leading directory called ‘Best Lawyers in America’? What is perhaps more interesting is the changing landscape in the US,
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Mesothelioma Attorneys New York Winners List Tom Borman, LawFuel contributing editor Seeking the best mesothelioma lawyers in New York is always made easier with a Forbes List and for 2024 the company has provided just that. New York ranks fourth in the U.S. for asbestos-related deaths, with significant numbers of deaths occurring in counties like
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Clio Report Indicates Growing Role of AI Tom Borman, LawFuel lawtech contributor Mid-sized law firms using online payments are getting paid more than twice as fast as those not using such systems, according to the 2024 Legal Trends for Mid-Sized Law Firms report that Clio published earlier this year. But what does the report show
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Big Law Partner Poaching and Payday Hostages Tom Borman, LawFuel Contributing Writer BigLaw is getting aggressive in its tactics to retain legal talent as the partner poaching and the big money that gets the big talent continues to disrupt the legal market. This trend reflects the growing competition for rainmakers and high-performing partners in an
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Tom Borman, LawFuel Tech Contributor The recent global IT outage caused by a security update from CrowdStrike has once again indicated the importance of cybersecurity measures for law firms that appeared to have been largely unaffected by the major outage. The outage, related to Microsoft software, disrupted operations at numerous law firms, affecting their ability
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Shining A Light On New Rankings Success Factors Tom Borman, LawFuel Contributing Writer Writing recently about law firm rankings saw several inquiries from lawyers asking how the rankings and their criteria were changing. And changing they are. So identifying the shifts in law firm ranking criteria sees seven key changes that lawyers wanting to get
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Boost Your Firm’s Rankings Now Tom Borman, Contributing writer Law firm rankings are big business and increasingly important for law firms seeking to boost not only law firm prestige, but also legal business. But with all the ranking systems around, which are the best and how exactly do they deploy their methodologies to work out
The Multi-Billion Dollar Musk Law Fee Battle Tom Borman, LawFuel Contributing Writer There have been plenty of arguments about legal fees, but in the case of Elon Musk it was always going to be different and – wow! – different it is with the Delaware Court now facing a question about the Tesla legal fee
Magic Circle Pay Wars Report The Big Law pay wars in London continue with Clifford Chance now lifting its newly qualified pay rates to keep pace with its competitors in the London marketplace, which has now seen junior lawyers’ pay increase by up to 50 percent over the past five years. The pay wars have
The Tabloid Villain’s Nice Guy Lawyer Tom Borman, LawFuel ‘Law Star’ writer and legal contributor Representing Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced movie producer who became the focus of the #Metoo movement’s most egregious observations about sexual harassment, may not be the most popular client for most lawyers but for Arthur Aidala his appellate win freeing Weinstein
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