Harvey’s Legal Tech Growth Norma Harris, LawFuel contributing writer Harvey AI exploded onto the scene three years ago, and the truth is—it hasn’t let up. This week, the San Francisco–based legal tech startup revealed that its annual recurring revenue just cracked $70 million, up from roughly $50 million at year-end. Even more, investors now peg […]
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McDermott Will & Emery and Schulte Roth & Zabel are reportedly on the brink of finalizing one of the most significant law firm mergers in recent years.
Both firms confirmed they are “actively finalizing a transformative combination,” with an official merger anticipated in the coming months.
Sidley’s Talent Raid In a move that’s less “talent acquisition” and more “legal talent heist,” Sidley Austin has swiped nine lawyers from A&O Shearman across New York and Washington DC, continuing their apparent mission to collect BigLaw partners like they’re rare Pokémon cards. The New York haul includes a seven-lawyer finance group led by partner
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Remembering the Uncontainable Bob Jones John Bowie Bob Jones. It is such an ordinary name, a ‘nothing to see here’ one, yet attaching to a man so extraordinary in so many ways. But Bob, as those who always knew him before the honorific interfered, was a character almost undefinable by most standards and one of
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Tom Borman, LawFuel legal editor If you thought legal drama was just for the Supreme Court, think again. Washington’s legal scene just got a new player in the form of law star Abbe Lowell, famed for defending Hunter Biden, who has left Winston & Strawn to launch his own boutique-Lowell & Associates. The firm’s focus is
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Baker McKenzie Trump Administration Report With Donald Trump now in office, Baker McKenzie practitioners outline the business implications that we expect to see across a range of areas. From tax policy to trade and tariffs, from dealmaking to enforcement, we anticipate meaningful business impacts for companies operating in the US and globally – so the
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59 A&O Partners Down and Counting as Partnership Shuffle Continues In the post-merger musical chairs at A&O Shearman, it seems quite a few partners couldn’t find a seat when the music stopped. Fifty nine partners have headed for the exit doors outside of Asia since the firm announced its plan to trim 10 percent of
Duke Law School has unseated the mighty University of Virginia to claim the legal employment throne in 20245. Nearly 98 percent of Duke’s JD graduates landed those coveted full-time, permanent jobs requiring bar passage-the kind that actually justify those soul-crushing student loans. Cornell Law followed close behind with an impressive 96.43 percent employment rate, while Baylor
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New Perplexity Guide Empowers Law Firms to Dominate Digital Marketing in 2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Unlocking Law Firm Growth: Perplexity’s Comprehensive Guide to Law Firm Marketing and SEO Perplexity, a leader in AI-powered search and content solutions, has released a definitive guide to law firm marketing, providing actionable strategies for legal professionals aiming to boost
The Dorsey & Musk Battle on IP Law Jacqui Coombe, LawFuel contributor When Jack Dorsey, the bearded oracle of Twitter (now X), tweeted “delete all IP law,” and Elon Musk, the world’s most famous meme stock, replied “I agree,” the legal world collectively spit out its coffee. Was this a joke, a provocation, or the
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