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Pogust Goodhead Fires Back at BHP and Vale in £1.3 Billion Legal Fee Showdown

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Pogust Goodhead Accuses BHP & Vale of Underhanded Tactics Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing editor The fight that has roiled the mining and legal worlds isn’t only about environmental responsibility as it now opens a new front with a major legal action allegeding that the firm has been cheated out of massive legal fees. Pogust Goodhead, […]

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Why Big Law Lawyers Are Walking Away: Exits, Burnout & New Legal Careers

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More Big Law associates and partners are choosing to leave than ever before—citing burnout, lack of advancement and remote-era disconnection sparking a seismic exodus toward in-house, startups and boutique law career paths.

The Big Law conveyor belt, once seen as the golden escalator to prestige and partnership, is creaking under the weight of its own expectations.

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Boutique Bonus Season: The Summer Bonus Payments Arriving

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Boutique Firm Vartabedian Hester & Haynes Blazes Bonus Trail With Generous Summer Payouts While Biglaw firms continue their summer tradition of radio silence on bonuses, one ambitious boutique isn’t waiting around. Texas-based Vartabedian Hester & Haynes, a rising litigation boutique specializing in complex commercial disputes, has just announced a firm-wide bonus that’s turning heads. All

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Free Legal Fees from Big Law? Could This Really Happen with Legal AI?

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AI disruption forces Big Law to rethink billing: “Firms will give more for free” Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing editor A mounting chorus of industry voices—from Artificial Lawyer to Thomson Reuters and Business Insider—argue that AI is rapidly eroding the economics of the traditional billable hour. The irony is that as firms strive for efficiency, they

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Latest BigLaw Merger To Hit The Law Market on 1 August

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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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BigLaw’s Pay Party: UK Partners Laugh All the Way to Their Third Homes

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Which UK Firm Takes The Top Partner Pay? Magic Circle firms post eye-watering PEP figures while associates wonder if they’ll ever afford London rent John Bowie, LawFuel publisher What a delightful time to be a BigLaw equity partner in London. While many mortals navigate inflation and mortgage rates that would make a loan shark blush,

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Question: Do I Really Want to Make Partner?

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The Golden Handcuffs Paradox: When Partnership Dreams Become Nightmare Reality Here’s a subversive thought that’s been bubbling up in law firm corridors and anonymous message boards: what if the brass ring we’re all reaching for is actually fool’s gold? A recent Fishbowl discussion has lawyers questioning whether the partnership track is really the yellow brick

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Jones Day Recruit Arbitration Star In Singapore

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Cross-border disputes partner Kay-Jannes Wegner joins Jones Day in Singapore Kay-Jannes Wegner has joined Jones Day as a partner in the Global Disputes Practice, based in the Firm’s Singapore Office. Mr. Wegner has extensive experience representing clients in Asia and around the world in cross-border disputes in a wide range of sectors, including construction, energy,

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Big Law Pay Packets Disclosed In Trump Nominee Filings

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Big Law Pay Days Are How Big Exactly? Tom Borman, LawFuel contributing editor A revealing snapshot popped up in ethics disclosures filed by President Trump’s latest legal nominees, spotlighting partner draws at several major Big Law firms—WilmerHale, Skadden, and Jones Day. Such disclosures matter because they give the public valuable insight into potential conflicts of

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Crowell & Moring Snaps Up Leading Dentons Patent Team in Major London IP Play

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Crowell’s London Growth Continues In a significant move in the competitive European IP space, Crowell & Moring has added heavyweight patent attorney Justin Hill and his full 18-person team to its London office. Hill, formerly the head of Dentons’ European patent prosecution and opposition practice, joins Crowell as head of IP (UK), bringing with him

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