Featured

Quinn Emanuel’s John Quinn Steps Down — The Man Who Built a $2.8 Billion Litigation Empire

Featured, Law Firm Management, LawPreneur, LawStars, US Law /
John B Quinn from Quinn Emanuel

John B. Quinn, the Harvard-trained litigator who turned a scrappy four-lawyer Los Angeles firm into the world’s most feared litigation powerhouse, which also achieved ‘fearsome profits’, has stepped down from the helm of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan after four decades at the top.

The announcement was made to partners on Sunday and described by some in the legal press as arriving “abruptly”, bringing to a close one of the most remarkable leadership tenures in Big Law history.

Log in to read . . .

Quinn Emanuel’s John Quinn Steps Down — The Man Who Built a $2.8 Billion Litigation Empire Read More »

Neal Katyal, Harvey AI and the Supreme Court TED‑Gate

Featured, Lawyers, Legal AI /
Neal2

Neal Katyal, the superstar legal hotshot, set off a minor legal‑Twitter firestorm by posting a victory‑lap tweet and TED‑talk teaser crediting a bespoke AI tool, “Harvey,” with helping him win the Supreme Court tariffs case—a bit of self‑branding that many lawyers found tone‑deaf and over‑the‑top. A subsequent reader poll by David Lat found roughly 70

Neal Katyal, Harvey AI and the Supreme Court TED‑Gate Read More »

MinterEllison Slashing Graduate Jobs: Is AI Replacing Junior Lawyers?

Australia Law News, Featured, Law Firms, Legal AI, MinterEllisonRuddWatts, New Zealand Law News /
Minters AIstory

AI is Eating the Entry-level Lunch For years, partners have whispered about how many juniors they actually need if a machine can read 10,000 documents in an hour. This week, MinterEllison in Australia stopped whispering and started acting. The firm has effectively put the Australian legal market on notice, slashing its 2025-26 graduate intake by

MinterEllison Slashing Graduate Jobs: Is AI Replacing Junior Lawyers? Read More »

Jude Law, Aaron Judge, and the Legal AI Arms Race: Why Legora Is Betting Big on Star Power

Featured, Law Firms, Lawpreneur, Legal AI, Power Briefs /
Judelaw legora lawfuel

Legal AI Just Went All Hollywood The legal technology sector has seen plenty of bold claims. But very few startups have had the audacity — or the funding — to enlist a People magazine Sexiest Man Alive to sell AI software to managing partners. Swedish legal AI company Legora is doing exactly that. “We felt

Jude Law, Aaron Judge, and the Legal AI Arms Race: Why Legora Is Betting Big on Star Power Read More »

Legora Acquires Graceview, Regulatory Scanning Platform Trusted by Leading Law firms and Corporations.

Briefings, Featured, Law Firm Technology, Legal AI, Press Releases /
Legora founders graphic artwork min

The acquisition adds a critical new layer to Legora’s platform: real-time visibility into regulatory change. Regulation is growing more complex, more global, and more consequential every year and the tools available to legal and compliance teams to track it have failed to keep pace. Graceview was built to replace the patchwork of fragmented, noisy sources

Legora Acquires Graceview, Regulatory Scanning Platform Trusted by Leading Law firms and Corporations. Read More »

Class of 2025 Law Grads Hit 87.7% Employment in Top-Tier Jobs But the Details Are More Mixed

Featured, Law Firms, Law Job News, US Law /
Law students

Smaller class, sustained demand, and a notable dip in BigLaw and government hiring: what the latest ABA numbers actually mean for law firm recruiting and your next career move.

The legal job market held firm for the Class of 2025, but the full picture is more nuanced than the headline rate suggests. According to employment data released April 22, 2026 by the Council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, 87.7% of 2025 graduates from Council-accredited law schools were employed in full-time, long-term Bar Admission Required/Anticipated or J.D. Advantage positions as of March 16, 2026 — roughly ten months after graduation.

Log in to read more . .

Class of 2025 Law Grads Hit 87.7% Employment in Top-Tier Jobs But the Details Are More Mixed Read More »

BigLaw’s Latest Escape Artist Heads for Consulting Land

Featured, Law Firm Management, Law Firms, UK Law /
Eisenberg lawfuel

Former Berwin Leighton Paisner boss Neville Eisenberg has done what an increasing number of senior law firm leaders seem unable to resist: he’s launched a consultancy.

After nearly two decades at the top of BLP and a stint running alternative services at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, Eisenberg has unveiled ClarityX Advisory, a strategy outfit aimed squarely at law firms trying to survive what everyone politely calls “market disruption.”

The latest move indicates that AI, private equity money, and client pressure show that the old model is wobbling.

Log in to read more . .

BigLaw’s Latest Escape Artist Heads for Consulting Land Read More »

Tech Hell in BigLaw: Why 13-Minute Word Docs Are Killing Productivity — and What Firms Must Fix in 2026

Featured, Law Firm Management, Law Firm Technology, Law Firms /
Technologyproblems

Rachel Williams We all know that every billable minute counts in BigLaw, but the biggest productivity killers often hide in plain sight: glacial tech that turns simple tasks into ordeals. A recent viral rant captured it perfectly — one associate reported it took a staggering 13 minutes just to open a single Word document from

Tech Hell in BigLaw: Why 13-Minute Word Docs Are Killing Productivity — and What Firms Must Fix in 2026 Read More »

Sheppard Bolsters IP Litigation Powerhouse with 15-Lawyer Team from Perkins Coie

Big Law, Featured, US Law /
Klein brewer reid ascarrunz millikan jpg767x505

Sheppard has continued its aggressive expansion of its high-stakes patent litigation and trials practice, hiring a 15-lawyer intellectual property team from Perkins Coie, the firm announced Thursday. This follows the departures from the Seattle office earlier in the year. The new partners include Veronica Ascarrunz, Robin Brewer, Andrew Klein, Tom Millikan, and Joseph Reid. The

Sheppard Bolsters IP Litigation Powerhouse with 15-Lawyer Team from Perkins Coie Read More »

Scroll to Top