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Steptoe Hire International Arbitration Specialist From Clyde & Co

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Steptoe have hired internationally recognized arbitration expert Loukas Mistelis who previoiusly held a senior role at Clyde & Co, as well as continuing his role as professor at Queen Mary University of London. Reports indicate that Mistelis, who handles a range of treaty and international arbitration work, will also be retaining his main clients. The […]

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Skadden Hires Former Akin Lawyers to Boost Investment Management Group

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Skadden has recruited three senior investment management lawyers, two to be based in Abu Dhabi and one in the Washington DC office of the firm. All three were recruited from Akin and is a major boost for the firm’s work in investment fund and institutional investment advisory work. The Skadden media release announcing the move

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New Women in Law Report Shows ‘Pressure Points’ Warns of Unsustainable Work and Exit Risk

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Half of women working in legal services say their current working pattern is unsustainable for their long‑term health, and 67% have considered changing jobs or taking a career break because of wellbeing concerns. For a profession obsessed with retention and reputation, that is less a wellbeing problem and more a pipeline crisis. The new Pressure Points:

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Berkeley Law’s AI Crackdown vs. Reality: Who’s Training the Next Generation of Prompt Monkeys?

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Sonia Hickey, LawFuel contributing editor At UC Berkeley School of Law, the future of lawyering is apparently… 1996 with better stationery. Beginning Summer 2026, Berkeley Law’s new Artificial Intelligence Policy makes prohibition the institutional default. The rule is clear – no AI to “conceptualize, outline, draft, revise, translate, or edit” any work submitted for credit.

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The Rise of Justin Smith – How a Missouri Boutique Cornered the Federal Judiciary

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Tom Borman, LawFuel contributing editor The confirmation of Justin Smith to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit is a major moment in Donald Trump’s second‑term judicial strategy. The Senate voted along party lines to hand Smith a lifetime seat on a key federal appeals court that covers seven states. To much

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Who Are the “Luxury Lawyers” Powering the Global Elite?

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The rise of “luxury lawyers” signals how seriously the world’s top brands now treat law as a core business function, not a back‑office cost. And ‘luxury lawyer’ are a growing sub-branch, well coiffed and dressed of course, in the legal universe. Luxury law sits at the intersection of fashion, beauty, hospitality, automotive, art and high‑end

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Relativity’s Legal AI Play Takes Aim at Microsoft Word

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Relativity is making a play for one of the last pieces of legal work that has remained stubbornly outside the legal AI ecosystem, Microsoft Word. Its acquisition of Gavel signals a push to connect legal intelligence, document drafting and matter management into a single workflow, potentially eliminating the gap between the evidence lawyers analyse and

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Sports Law – The System Is Broken: Sports Attorney Warns Court Ruling Could Undermine College Football Integrity

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‘ GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — A Texas judge’s decision to allow a college quarterback who admitted betting on his own team to remain eligible has exposed what one sports law attorney calls a growing crisis in college athletics. On June 8, Lubbock County Judge Ken Corry granted a temporary injunction allowing Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby

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Power Lawyers – Bloomberg Law ranks Norton Rose Fulbright in top five of 2026 Leading Law Firms list

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Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has been recognized in the top five of Bloomberg Law’s 2026 Leading Law Firms list, which evaluates firms in four categories: financial performance, talent, growth and technology/innovation. The firm’s strong ranking can be attributed to its significant revenue growth, high retention and commitment to adopting generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools that improve efficiency and

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