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Smokeball Rebrands: Why ‘People-Law’ Is Legal Tech’s Next Big Bet

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Legal tech heavyweight Smkeball has rolled out a major global brand refresh, rallying around a singular ethos: “People-Law.” After 14 years in the practice management space, the company isn’t changing its core software or leadership, but it’s changing how it tells its story, taking direct aim at the administrative burnout plaguing community-level practitioners. What Is

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Private Equity Eyes $700m WSHB Deal in Major Test for Big Law’s Ownership Rules

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The announcement that Charlesbank Capital Partners is reportedly in advanced discussions over a transaction involving national law firm Wood Smith Henning & Berman (WSHB), valued at about $700 million, according to the Financial Times., shows that private equity interest is moving beyond the contingency fee and consumer market. Neither Charlesbank nor WSHB has publicly announced

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These 11 Lawyers Have Been Client Service All-Stars Three Years Running — Here’s Why

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Corporate counsel have named just 256 attorneys from 129 firms as the absolute best at client service in BTI Consulting Group’s 25th annual ranking. The list is purely organic, without submissions, self-nominations, or payments. That’s cool, right? Only clients identify individuals by name based on real-world performance. Who Are The Standout Lawyers? Eleven attorneys have

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Built By Barristers, Australia’s New AI Tool Takes On Legal Research Giants

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Australia’s increasingly crowded legal AI market has another challenger, with Sydney-based BarristerAI has launching an AI legal research platform built specifically for barristers and smaller practices, charging $30 a month plus usage fees rather than the substantial enterprise subscriptions associated with many eokstablished legal-tech platforms. Founded by barristers Matthew and Frank Kalyk, (Matthew pictured above)

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The Office Romance Has Changed But Here’s Why Law Firms Need To Rethink Who Holds The Power

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The traditional workplace romance generally involves senior man, junior woman, and an eventual appointment with HR, but things are changing. More women enter senior management and partnership positions, law firms are increasingly seeing a reversed dynamic where female leaders hold organisational power over junior male colleagues. Recent reports and surveys, including a major Finnish study,

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KPMG’s Investigation Problem: In-House Lawyer Says His Probe Was Undermined by Misleading Answers

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KPMG Australia’s confidential-client-information crisis has turned inward, with one of the firm’s senior in-house lawyers telling Parliament that his original examination of whistleblower allegations was undermined by misleading answers and limits imposed on his work. Executive director and deputy counsel James McClelland told the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services on 14 August

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What Will Clients Still Pay Lawyers For When AI Can Do The Work?

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The robot lawyers are coming. AI will replace lawyers . . yada yada, we hear it all. But is that the wrong question lawyers should be asking. The real question is what will clients still pay lawyers to do when AI can research, review, summarise, draft and analyse increasing amounts of legal work in minutes?

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Ice Miller Joins the Biglaw Salary Race for New York Associates — With Raises Delayed Until 2027

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The latest round of Biglaw associate salary increases has been unusually quiet this summer, with only a handful of firms matching Milbank’s elevated scale. Ice Miller has now joined the fray but with conditions – it is only for its New York associates, and the higher paychecks won’t arrive until next year. The firm announced

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KPMG Crisis – KPMG General Counsel & HR Chief Exit Firm Days Before Scandal Hearing

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Shock exits at scandal-hit KPMG as top legal and people leaders step down ahead of key parliamentary grilling. KPMG’s general counsel Louise Capon and national managing partner of people and inclusion Dorothy Hisgrove are leaving the firm, just days before they are due to appear at a high-stakes parliamentary hearing into allegations of misconduct and

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