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Pallas Partners Blows Up Cravath-Scale Bonuses in 2025 Bonus Wars

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Pallas Partners Outpaced Biglaw Bonus Scales Norma Harris Pallas Partners, the transatlantic litigation boutique headed by power lawyer Natasha Harrison, that’s been quietly building a reputation with elite hires on both sides of the Atlantic has just dropped a compensation grenade into Big Law’s year-end bonus melee. The firm’s associates and counsel will receive total […]

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The Most Searched Top Lawyers and Law Firms of 2025

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In 2025, high-profile trials, political firestorms, and blockbuster corporate battles didn’t just dominate courtrooms—they dominated Google, TikTok, and every search engine in between. From Alec Baldwin’s dismissed manslaughter case to Elon Musk’s regulatory battles, people weren’t just looking for “a lawyer near me.”

After analyzing search volume data, media mentions, social engagement, and legal industry reports from BTI Consulting, Legal Brand Marketing, and The Lawyers Global, we’ve assembled the definitive ranking of 2025’s most-searched legal talent.

The ranking blends raw search metrics (e.g., Google Trends spikes) with viral moments on platforms like X, Reddit, and Instagram. The common thread for the list being that scandal sells along with wins for controversial clients – including the all-time heavyweight on both counts: President Donald Trump.
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Why Jennifer Newstead’s Surprise In‑House Switch from Meta to Apple Matters for Big Tech Lawyers

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Jennifer Newstead’s Big Meta to Apple Move Meta’s chief legal officer Jennifer Newstead is exiting Menlo Park and heading to Cupertino, where she will join Apple in January as senior vice president and take over as general counsel on 1 March 2026, replacing longtime GC Kate Adams, who is retiring. In a single move, Apple

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America’s Lawyer Numbers Grow – Crowded, Ageing and About to Get Weirder

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The US Attorney Count Grow Norma Harris The United States now has more practising lawyers than at any point in history. According to the American Bar Association’s latest national survey, there were 1,322,649 active lawyers as of January 1, 2024. The head-count keeps rising. The profession keeps sprawling. And the competition keeps getting nastier. New

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The Public Want Blood: Class Action Awareness Hits Five-Year Peak

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The British public have developed rather a taste for watching corporations squirm in court. Portland’s latest Reputation and Accountability report reveals that awareness of class actions has reached its highest level since 2020. The citizenry are increasingly keen to see litigation deployed as a cudgel against corporate misbehaviour.

Based on a poll of nearly 2,000 UK adults, the study shows 27 percent now report high awareness of class actions, up from 24 percent last year. This is despite the Competition Appeal Tribunal experiencing a slight dip in filings during 2024. The public, as Portland drily observes, is starting to notice. Log in to read more . . .

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Clio’s Fastcase sues Alexi over AI training and Trademarks

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Fastcase has sued Alexi, alleging the startup used a licensed database to train models, display case law, and incorporate Fastcase marks inside its interface while building a competing research platform. The lawsuit says a 2021 license barred Alexi from publishing content or using it to build a rival service. Fastcase, now branded as vLex, claims

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Legal AI’s New Kid on the Block – An Entrepreneurial Lawyer Hacking the System

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Leaving Big Law for as Big Law AI Adventure Logan Brown is a 30-year-old Harvard Law whiz kid who’s decided to flip the script with Soxton, her self-proclaimed “AI-native” law firm with a backstory that reads like a millennial fever dream crossed with a legal thriller. Because why slog through Big Law’s soul-crushing grind when

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Clio CEO on Legal AI and Why Australia’s the Next Legal Innovation Frontier

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Legal AI Interview In a recent episode of the Scalable Law Podcast, Clio CEO Jack Newton delivered some key insights into the future of legal tech, including the billion-dollar AI bets shaping it, and why Australia is at the forefront of key developments. As the founder of the world’s leading cloud-based legal practice management platform,

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What Reddit BigLaw Readers Are Really Worried About

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The r/biglaw trends worrying lawyers Norma Harris Law firms love glossy annual reports full of “strategic realignments,” “market headwinds,” and whatever other euphemism the managing partner’s ghost-writer cooked up. Reddit’s legal communities, by contrast, tell you what’s actually happening and we wanted to know. r/biglaw, r/LawSchool, and the lawyer-adjacent subs have become a running diagnostic

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Boutique Torpedoes BigLaw Bonus Scale With US$172K Payou

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The bonus wars were starting to look boring with the announced payouts we just reported, then a boutique firm waltzed in and lit a match under the whole market.

According to Above the Law, Wilkinson Stekloff (the litigation boutique that basically runs on caffeine, confidence and extraordinary trial results) has thrown down year-end associate bonuses ranging from US$22,500 to US$172,500. – Read more on LawFuel . .

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