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5 Key Differences between a Criminal Defence Barrister and a Criminal Defence Solicitor

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Article source: 25 Bedford Row, Criminal Law Chambers London Facing criminal charges is serious. The last thing you want is to be confused about who is actually helping you. You’ll likely hear both “barrister” and “solicitor” mentioned early on, and they are not the same thing.  A criminal defence barrister and a criminal defence solicitor

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How a Mid-Tier Firm Became Canberra’s $40 Million Government Legal Powerhouse

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Ashurst’s exit from Canberra has handed mid-tier rival Thomsons a major windfall, vaulting it into second place among firms advising the Commonwealth. In early 2025, Ashurst jettisoned roughly 60 staff and seven partners from its Canberra office and stepped back from the bulk of its Commonwealth government work, as a result of margin pressure and

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Legionnaires’ Attorney Demands Answers After Hotel’s Own Tests Find Legionella on the Premises

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NEW YORK, August 11, 2026 — A New York Legionnaires’ disease attorney is demanding answers from the operator of a Chelsea hotel after the company’s own testing reportedly found Legionella bacteria at the property — and workers say they were denied access to information about the contamination and were not allowed to leave the hotel. The High Line

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KPMG Crisis – KPMG General Counsel & HR Chief Exit Firm Days Before Scandal Hearing

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Shock exits at scandal-hit KPMG as top legal and people leaders step down ahead of key parliamentary grilling. KPMG’s general counsel Louise Capon and national managing partner of people and inclusion Dorothy Hisgrove are leaving the firm, just days before they are due to appear at a high-stakes parliamentary hearing into allegations of misconduct and

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7 Things Families Must Know About Medicaid Income Limits Before It’s Too Late — VirtualLawOffice Guide

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Article source: Scott Legal Advocates An expensive illness or loss of mental capacity affecting a family member can quickly deplete a lifetime’s savings due to the costs of nursing homes or assisted living facilities. Nursing care in Florida is on average more than $10,000 a month, making Medicaid the major financial safety net for many

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KPMG’s Whistleblower Crisis Puts Ashurst and Allens Under the Parliamentary Lens

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KPMG Australia’s whistleblower crisis has drawn two of the country’s largest law firms into an increasingly awkward parliamentary examination of corporate investigations, client privilege and the gap between an investigation’s description and its actual scope. Documents released by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services have sharpened scrutiny of work performed for KPMG

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Pillsbury Puts AI in the C-Suite With Oz Benamram Hire

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Pillsbury is putting AI firmly into the executive suite, appointing veteran legal innovation strategist Oz Benamram as Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer. Benamram, who has led innovation functions at Simpson Thacher, White & Case and Morrison & Foerster, will oversee the firm’s AI strategy, governance, data science and knowledge management. The appointment puts Pillsbury among a

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BigLaw Spent a Fortune on AI. It Still Bills by the Hour

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Key Takeaway Law firms poured record money into AI through 2025, with technology spend up 9.7% and knowledge-management investment up 37.2% since 2021. New BARBRI research finds most firms rolled the tools out faster than they built any way to measure whether lawyers actually work differently. The question underneath: firms are deploying software that does

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Law Firms Are Rolling Out AI Faster Than They Can Measure Changes in Lawyer Behavior, New BARBRI Research Finds

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Report also offers a path for Learning & Development (L&D), Knowledge Management (KM), and Innovation teams to work together to bridge those gaps  DALLAS, Aug. 6, 2026 – Even as firms race to deploy AI tools, Learning & Development, Knowledge Management, and Innovation teams at law firms are grappling with measuring and leveraging these rollouts, new research from BARBRI Professional Education

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Kiwi LegalTech Firm Opens Funding Round For US & UK Growth

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Auckland-based legal and tax AI company Nylon, formerly Law Cyborg, has opened a Seed funding round seeking $20 million to accelerate growth in the United Kingdom and prepare its product for the United States market. Founded by former EY and EY Law tax lawyer Andrew Wierda, (pictured) Nylon provides AI-powered tax and legal research for

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