Knights Group: Pioneering a New Model for Legal Practice Tom Borman, LawFuel contributor IThe law is steeped in tradition, but Knights Group has emerged as a firm prepared to set the traditional law firm model on its head – with results that continue to impress through tactics that others may wish to consider, despite Knights’ […]
The London Law Battle For Legal Talent In a move that sent further ripples through the London law world, Slaughter and May has joined the fray in the ongoing salary war for junior lawyers, announcing a substantial 20 percent increase in newly-qualified (NQ) associate salaries, boosting the annual pay packet to £150,000, aligning the firm
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Is Paul Weiss Preparing A Strategic Checkmate in London? Observers have been watching Paul Weiss and its London lateral hires with high interest since the headline-making move to recruit law star Neel Sachdev two years ago. And now, the interest is in just what the powerhouse firm is planning in its aggressive London expansion? According
Underrated Legal Dramas on Netflix Tom Borman Since compiling our ‘best 10 Netflix legal dramas’ we have looked at some of the overlooked but impressive lawyer dramas on Netflix that you may have missed. Here is a list of the legal dramas we think you need to see. Here are some of the most underrated
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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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