A third of UK law firms have failed to meet basic anti-money-laundering (AML) standards, according to the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s latest inspection blitz. Of the 833 firms checked, 270 were non-compliant and another 451 were only partly compliant, a statistic that should make any managing partner’s blood run cold. The SRA handed out about £1.5 […]
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As capital pours into legal tech and operations, talent acquisition could be the next frontier for private equity investment in the legal business as it may follow lawyers themselves into lateral partner hires, something already helping change the legal business.
Private equity has already reshaped the legal services industry, from backend infrastructure to litigation finance. Now there may be capital deployed to help law firms poach high-value talent, open new markets, and consolidate
A New Zealand-based insurance intermediary has been identified in a Reuters investigation as a key enabler in the shipment of Russian and Iranian oil in apparent breach of international sanctions regimes. The firm, Rosier Insurance, based in Auckland, is reported to have arranged marine insurance for dozens of oil tankers linked to sanctioned oil trade,
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Robin’s Legal Tech Backfire Robin AI, the poster child for the “AI meets law” revolution, is learning the hard way that venture capital fairy dust doesn’t guarantee happily-ever-after. The London-based legal tech firm, once proudly waving its genAI-plus-human-experts flag, is now cutting staff after growth dreams collided with the brick wall of economic reality. The
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John Bowie, LawFuel Publisher The death of former Supreme Court judge Bill Wilson KC in September has been marked by a striking silence within New Zealand’s legal and media circles, a fact that itself seems more noteworthy than any tribute or obituary could be. The Press pubished a respectful piece from Martin Van Beynen, (who
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Law Star Sigrid McCawley’s Royal Litigation Credentials Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing editor If you only know Sigrid McCawley as “Virginia Giuffre’s lawyer,” you’ve missed the plot. The Boies Schiller Flexner co-managing partner is the litigator who made banks, boardrooms and Prince Andrew all do the math on enabling abuse. A recent profile in The Times
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Morrison Cohen Launches Interactive Digital Assets Litigation Tracker – a Definitive Industry Resource Morrison Cohen has launched the next evolution of its digital assets litigation and regulatory tracker. Developed in collaboration with New Territories LLC, a Web3 studio and consultancy founded by Joyce Lai, the new web-based platform transforms the firm’s long-running quarterly PDF report into
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The Law Firm Race to Stay Visible – And Believable in 2025 In 2025, law firm marketing has stopped being about who shouts the loudest but is more about who gets found, who gets trusted, and who can turn insight into income. According to new data from Hinge Research Institute’s 2025 High Growth Study, the fastest-growing law
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Nicklaus Defamation Forum Clause Fails, Brand Rights Split Still Stands Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing editor A Palm Beach County jury just handed Jack Nicklaus a US$50 million win against Nicklaus Companies for peddling two reputation-killers: that he toyed with a US$750 million LIV Golf offer and that he’s slipping into dementia. The claim was brought
The Real Story About Legal AI Pickup and Use A new industry survey from InnovAItion Partners and Gladstone Growth Strategies paints a gloriously contradictory picture of the sector: 92% of legal marketing teams are now using AI tools, but only 9% can prove ROI and a microscopic 5% can show an actual positive return. This
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