A Warning Shot For Media Lawyers To Know About Australian bilionaire Kerry Stokes has been ordered to pay AU$13.5 million in legal costs to the media outlets that successfully defended themselves in failed defamation proceedings. The order caps a bruising and expensive saga that has exposed not only the limits of defamation law but also […]
$13.5M Legal Bill: Kerry Stokes Left Carrying the Roberts-Smith Tab Read More »
Google has ripped up the old SEO playbook and replaced it with AI Overviews—algorithmic cliff notes that sit at the very top of search results. If your firm isn’t there, you’re invisible.
But here’s the twist: this shift isn’t a death knell for law firm marketing, it’s a brutal wake-up call. Firms that adapt to AI-driven search are already seeing higher-quality leads, even as overall web traffic dips.
Law Firm Marketing in the AI Era: SEO Tactics Every Lawyer Needs Now Read More »
Orrick has staged a raid worthy of Wall Street, swiping an eight-partner finance team from Cadwalader—four in London, four in the US—just as CLOs and private credit are reshaping global markets, Global Legal Post reports. The London Line-Up Leading the London contingent is David Quirolo, (pictured) flanked by Claire Puddicombe, Daniel Tobias and Alexander Collins.
Orrick Snatches Cadwalader’s Eight-Partner Finance Team Read More »
The Top 10 John Grisham Screen Adaptations Tom Borman, Lawfuel contributing editor The 90s films still set the bar, but USA Network’s new Rainmaker series shows there’s life in Grisham’s case files yet. That doesn’t surprise me with Grisham’s trademark tight plotting and David vs. Goliath themes that deal with major issues from environmental scandal
Another Slater & Gordon Departure Heightens Crisis Slater & Gordon earns its bleeding stars this month with the departure of a third Chief People Officer to have resigned in just over a year, as employee morale crashes harder than their trust in management. The firm has turned what should be a simple HR transition into
The Slater & Gordon Horror Show – Politics, Pay Sheets, and People Powerlessness Read More »
The Abbe Lowell Effect Tom Borman, LawFuel contributing writer Abbe Lowell has always thrived on crisis. A Columbia Law grad and former DOJ lawyer, he was the Democrats’ legal field marshal during the Clinton impeachment. Since then, he’s defended a rogue’s gallery of Washington names: Senator Bob Menendez (twice), John Edwards, Jared Kushner and Hunter
Who Is Abbe Lowell – The Tough Washington Litigator Handling Trump Targets? Read More »
Addleshaw’s Pay Freeze Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing editor Addleshaw Goddard decided to turn up the chill factor on its own junior lawyers as the UK-based firm has frozen the £100,000 starting salaries for newly qualified (NQ) lawyers, choosing instead to divert an extra £1 million into its already-healthy bonus pool for senior lawyers. So much
Addleshaw Goddard Freezes Junior Pay While Partners Pop Champagne Read More »
The Spectacular Trial Successes of Gerry Spence John Bowie, LawFuel publisher I met Gerry Spence, who died earlier this month, at his Jackson Hole office during his Christmas Party – a young (then) New Zealand lawyer seeking to meet a living legend trial lawyer who reputedly never lost a criminal case. It was the early
Gerry Spence: The Fringed Buckskin Legend Who Redefined American Trial Law Read More »
How Top Legal Rates Are Reshaping the Legal Market in 2025 Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing editor The legal profession recently witnessed a historic milestone that raised eyebrows through the industry. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan recently broke the $3,000-per-hour barrier, with partners like Alex Spiro commanding unprecedented rates that would make even seasoned attorneys do
A&O Shearman has unveiled its first set of financials since creating the world’s largest Anglo-American law firm — and for a stitched-together giant still working out how to share the same stationery, the numbers are healthy and partner pay too.
Revenue hit £2.9 billion (US$3.7 billion) with pretax profit of £1.1 billion (US$1.4 billion). Average profit per equity partner landed at £2 million (US$2.6 million)
A&O Shearman’s First Results: Big, Loud, and Not Quite Magic Circle Royalty Read More »
