Karim Khan has discovered what “accountability” feels like when you’re the one being held to it. The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor, who made a career intoning about the rule of law and the transgressions of Israel, has been fired for his own alleged transgressions. Even more surprising is the firing was found by the […]
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22, July 2026 Clifford Chance has announced record financial performance, for the year ended 30 April 2026. FY26 Financial highlights: Charles Adams, Global Managing Partner said: “These record results reflect the trust that clients place in us for their most critical cross-border matters. In an increasingly complex and fragmented geopolitical environment our connected global expertise combined with sector
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Merged firm delivers on strategy HSF Kramer has posted robust first-year results following its high-profile merger, reporting global revenue of $2.4 billion (£1.8 billion) for the financial year ending 30 April 2026. The figures cover a full 12 months of legacy Herbert Smith Freehills performance alongside 11 months of legacy Kramer Levin, following the combination
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OpenAI will help power the next generation of AI solutions developed through Willkie Works, the firm’s AI and innovation organizationNew York, NY (July 22, 2026) – Willkie today announced a collaboration with OpenAI that will accelerate the development and deployment of next-generation artificial intelligence solutions across the firm’s legal and business operations, including a firmwide
The newly merged Hogan Lovells–Cadwalader outfit hit an unexpected snag last week in London one measured in degrees rather than deal value. Staff at Atlantic House have been told to work remotely for at least two weeks after a total air conditioning failure sent office temperatures soaring past 30°C, with some reports suggesting highs of
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For years, Samreen Akhtar embodied the legal profession’s favourite narrative. The daughter of a Huddersfield mechanic from a Pashtun family, she was showcased by the Bar Council as a social mobility advocate and hailed as one of the brightest new criminal barristers on the circuit, building a career defending clients accused of serious offences. Now,
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Sonia Hickey Andy Burnham wasted little time putting his own stamp on government, and the legal establishment was among the first casualties. Within hours of entering Downing Street, the new prime minister swept aside some of the most recognisable legal figures of the Starmer years, with Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary David Lammy (pictured)
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For three decades, law firm marketing has been built around being “known”: directories, awards, rankings, pitch documents and carefully honed websites. That world hasn’t disappeared but the way clients first meet your firm has. And a new UK report on law marketing in the age of AI has thrown an interesting light on what your firm needs to do to be recognized by AI.
First impressions of law firms is increasingly formed not by your homepage, but by an AI system summarising everything it can find about you into a single paragraph, before the prospective client has clicked a thing.
In that world, the question stops being “Does my page rank?” and becomes “When an AI assembles a view of my firm, is that view distinctive, credible and worth recommending?”.
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Dr. Yannek Wloch, Director Legal Engineering Libra by Wolters Kluwer Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming part of everyday legal work. Across law firms and legal departments, organizations are experimenting with new tools to accelerate research, automate drafting, and improve efficiency. Yet the most important questions are no longer about technology alone. Increasingly, they are about
Sam Neill may never have practised law but he has spent a large amount of time circling the profession, as though the legal world kept trying to recruit him before Hollywood arrived with dinosaurs and better catering. Before Jurassic Park, before the vineyard, before the endlessly reposted photos with farm animals, Sam Neill, who died
