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Willkie Farr Hit With $735m Fraud Suit: Franchise Group, Conflicts And Big Law Risk

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Willkie Farr & Gallagher is now at the centre of a $735 million fraud suit that doubles as a warning shot for Big Law about conflicts, gatekeeper liability and deal‑side risk management.​The firm has already been stung by a major talent walkout last year over its deal with the Trump administration.BRC Group Holdings (the rebranded […]

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Purpose Legal Acquires Hire Counsel to Build AI-Driven Legal Tech Powerhouse

Greg Mazares

Purpose Legal’s acquisition of Hire Counsel signals a notable consolidation play in the evolving legal services and legal tech market, marrying scaled attorney staffing with AI-enabled review and litigation support capabilities. For law firms and corporate legal departments, the deal creates a single provider that can stand up large review teams while embedding advanced eDiscovery,

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When One Firm Folds, Another Feeds – Womble’s 36-Lawyer Power Move

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International firm Womble Bond Dickinson has quietly pulled off a very modern piece of legal jiu-jitsu: turning another firm’s collapse into a strategic growth play.

The firm has absorbed 19 lawyers and 17 regulatory and licensing specialists from McGlinchey Stafford, the US mid-market firm that voted earlier this year to dissolve.

The intake brings 36 professionals into Womble in one sweep and sharply deepens its bench in consumer financial services, one of the most regulator-intensive practice areas in modern law.

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Sydney’s Non-Ivy League Law Schools Rule the Under-30 Club

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Australia’s next generation of legal stars isn’t coming from the usual marble-hall suspects. According to Lawyers Weekly’s survey of the 2026 30 Under 30 finalists, the most common alma maters are Macquarie University and UTS. Not the sandstone aristocracy, nor the old-money pipeline. It’s a quiet rebuke to the myth that only a handful of

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Artificial intelligence has already colonised BigLaw. Now it’s moving into the lecture theatre.

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Harvey, the legal AI platform that has become shorthand for “serious AI” in elite firms, is expanding its Law Schools Program to Australia, partnering with the University of Sydney Law School and UTS Faculty of Law. From February, students and faculty at both institutions will gain hands-on access to Harvey’s platform, learning how to deploy

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Inside AlphaLit – The Legal Tech AI Startup Rewiring Legal Intake and Access to Justice

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AlphaLit’s seed round is more than another legal tech funding story, but is a shot across the bow of the traditional plaintiffs’ bar and a live case study in how voice AI and claims scoring could rewire the economics of “small” litigation.​

For most plaintiffs’ firms, high-volume, lower-dollar matters remain structurally unattractive.

Intake on smaller civil claims is labour-intensive, non-billable, and often delegated to over-stretched staff, which makes it hard to justify the time spent on leads that rarely convert into seven-figure wins.​
AlphaLit points to a brutal funnel – roughly 64 percent of calls from potential plaintiffs never get a substantive response, leaving an estimated 55 million meritorious civil claims unfiled each year, particularly in working-class communities.

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Aviation Attorney: UPS Cargo Jet Crash Was Preventable After Known Boeing Design Flaws

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A prominent aviation safety attorney says a UPS cargo aircraft that crashed in Louisville last fall — killing 15 people, injuring dozens and devastating nearby businesses — should never have been allowed to fly after known design flaws were identified in the plane years earlier.The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) revealed in a

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Latham Raids A&O Shearman Again. City Lateral Wars Escalate.

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A&O Shearman has lost three London finance partners to Latham & Watkins — real estate finance heads, a structured finance lead and all the market cachet that comes with them. That’s not “normal churn.” That’s a headline in a City still digesting the Allen & Overy–Shearman merger fallout.Real estate finance partners David Oppenheimer, (pictured) David

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K&L Gates Is Betting Big on Australia (Because It Has To)

Jason Opperman

K&L Gates’ Oz Ambition – Not Just Lip ServiceGlobal law firms expanding into Australia are nothing new, but those seeking to dominate the Australian law market are less common – K&L Gates is one that has just such plans according to reports.The firm has been laying its foundation stones in Australia since its 2013 launch,

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Why This Big Law Firm Is Paying Junior Lawyers to Experiment With AI

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US Firm Compensates Junior Lawyers for 20% Time Investment in AI ExplorationRachel Williams, contributing writerAs legal technology reshapes practice economics, Ropes & Gray’s billable-hours approach signals strategic pivot in associate training and firm competitivenessIn a move that challenges traditional law firm billing models while addressing mounting concerns about AI’s displacement of junior lawyer roles, international

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