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Paramount’s Legal Musical Chairs Sees BigLaw Partner Cash In on His Own Deal

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Well, well, well . . nothing says “strategic legal planning” quite like hiring the very lawyer who helped broker your multibillion-dollar acquisition to then become your top legal talent. Makan Delrahim has officially traded his Latham & Watkins partnership for the corner office at Paramount Skydance Corporation, stepping into the CLO role on October 6th

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BigLaw-Style Pay Bumps From Houston Boutique

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Big Pay Is Not Just For Big Law Houston litigation boutique Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing (AZA) decided that matching the Cravath scale just wasn’t enough. It upped first‑year associate pay to US$235,000 and bumped second‑years by $10,000, according to a report from AbovetheLaw. Managing partner John Zavitsanos said the firm’s young lawyers hit the courtroom early and “out‑hustle” Biglaw

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Abbas Wants Britain’s Chequebook: The Reparations Gambit After UK Recognition

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The Great Palestine Money-Grab Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing editor The UK recognised a Palestinian state on 21 September 2025, all warm words and zero line items. Within days, the bill arrived. Mahmoud Abbas’s camp is pushing a “Britain Owes Palestine” petition: acknowledgment, apology, reparations, the lot. It’s a litigation-shaped press release, sharpened by serious counsel,

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K&L Gates Shuts Down Beijing Office Amid Ongoing U.S. Legal Exodus from China

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In a continuation of the U.S. legal industry’s strategic pullback from mainland China, K&L Gates has officially shuttered its Beijing office, according to a Reuters report. The firm, which had maintained a presence in the Chinese capital for nearly two decades, confirmed the closure in response to mounting operational challenges and a recalibrated global strategy.

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4 Key Law Marketing Tips For Lawyers in The Age of AI Search

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How Law Firms Can Get More Clients by Optimizing for AI Search (LLMs) Casey Meraz, Founder of Juris Digital is a long-standing expert in law firm digital marketing and regular speaker and writer on law marketing matters. For years, I’ve been telling attorneys that if you want to get more cases, you need to be visible

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Charlie Kirk’s Murder – When Debate Dies and the Mob Dances on the Grave

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The Iron Men of Social Media John Bowie, LawFuel publisher I was in Nice with the iron Man champs, by pure happenstance I must add, (the Norwegians swept the top places just in case care) when the Charlie Kirk social media pile-on occurred. And being an Iron Man (in a non-generic sense) is what seems

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Bill Less, Win More – How Clients Now Demand GenAI From BigLaw

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Tom Borman, LawFuel contributing editor The days of “AI curiosity” in law firms are over. According to Bloomberg Law, general counsel are now pressuring outside counsel to prove they’re using generative AI to cut costs and improve turnaround — or risk losing the mandate altogether. Corporate legal departments are no longer satisfied with glossy innovation

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$13.5M Legal Bill: Kerry Stokes Left Carrying the Roberts-Smith Tab

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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

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Law Firm Marketing in the AI Era: SEO Tactics Every Lawyer Needs Now

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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.

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Orrick Snatches Cadwalader’s Eight-Partner Finance Team

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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.

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