Canberra’s Law Firm Contracts Go Boom A dramatic reset of the Australian Government’s legal services panel has sparked a contract bonanza for select law firms, with some firms more than doubling their federal billings. Top-tier firm Clayton Utz walked away with the lion’s share, locking in a massive $71 million in government contracts, more than […]
Personal Injury Law Firm Marketing Specialist Sells The competitive and specialized law marketing industry has seen one of the major plays, LA-based Hennessey Digital, sold to Seattle-based marketing firm Herringbone Digital, a major marketed backed by Dallas-based Trinity Hunt Partners. Hennessey Digital, a digital marketing firm in the San Fernando Valley focused on a law
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Here Comes McDermott Will & Schulte Tom Borman, LawFuel contributing editor In a deal that underscores Big Law’s relentless consolidation, McDermott Will & Emery (approximately 1,400 lawyers, ~$2.2 b 2024 revenue) and Schulte Roth & Zabel (~350 lawyers, ~$618 m) voted last month to merge effective August 1, 2025, creating a combined firm of around 1,750 attorneys and global
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The Millionaire Former ‘Ambulance Chaser’ Tom Borman, LawFuel contributing editor Lawyer Jeff Winn is a business success story who is now one of northern England’s richest men – with a tale about building a law firm that carries some key lessons for others. There persists a certain myth that Winn Group is little more than
The latest law firm to record its financial performance is Clifford Chance who have a significant lift in US revenues and overall revenue growth of 9 percent to Clifford Chance Partner Compensation Hits £2.11 million As Firm Revenue Grows to £2.4 billion. The media statement is below – Clifford Chance reports record financial performance 23
How Marc Agnifilo’s ‘Own the Bad, Fight the Worse’ Strategy Just Saved Diddy from Life in Prison Marc Agnifilo, a veteran criminal defense attorney with over 30 years of experience, secured a major victory for Sean “Diddy” Combs by winning acquittals on the most serious racketeering and sex trafficking charges. Known for representing high-profile clients
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Gateley Grows, But One-Off Costs Drag Profit Down Gateley, one of the few listed UK law firms, is still growing—but not without some difficulties. In its latest results, the firm reported a 1.2 percent rise in underlying pre-tax profit, hitting £23.3 million for the year to April 30. But when you factor in share payments,
Remember when everyone said “content is king”? It appears that the king has been dethroned with the launch of AI Overviews and the onset of AI summaries.
Sarah Perez at TechCrunch just dropped some sobering numbers. Since Google launched AI Overviews in May 2024, nearly 69 percent of news searches end with zero clicks to actual websites. That’s up from 56 percent before AI summaries took over.
So if you search for “Supreme Court ruling on AI patents” Google’s AI gives you a neat summary right at the top.
Sports Law Stars Score $515 Million Fee Award Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing editor The lawyers who took on the NCAA just hit the jackpot with an award that may be the legal equivalent of hitting a grand slam in the World Series. A federal judge approved $515 million in legal fees for the attorneys who
The Rise of Law Firm 2.0: LegalTech Fund Backs AI-Powered Legal Startups Norma Harris, LawFuel contributor Legal AI is no longer just a buzzword—it’s becoming the business model, shown off with a major new Legaltech move. The LegalTech Fund has launched a bold new accelerator dubbed the “LegalTech Lab” with the focus of building Law
