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

Featured, Law Firms, US Law / January 20, 2026

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

Australia Law News, Featured, Law Job News, Law schools / January 19, 2026

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.

Australia Law News, Featured, Law Schools, Press Releases / January 18, 2026

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

Briefings, Featured, Legal AI / January 16, 2026

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

Featured, Press Releases, US Law / January 16, 2026

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

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

Big Law, Featured, UK Law / January 13, 2026

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)

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

Australia Law News, Featured, Law Firms / January 12, 2026

K&L Gates’ Oz Ambition – Not Just Lip Service Global 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

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

Featured, Law Firm Management, Law Firms, Legal AI / January 10, 2026

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

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9 Women Who Left Big Law And Built Thriving Businesses

Briefings, Featured, LawPreneur / January 6, 2026

Many lawyers have successfully left traditional practice to build standout businesses, often crediting their legal training with giving them an edge in negotiation, risk assessment and complex problem‑solving, even while warning that perfectionism and over‑caution can slow entrepreneurial progress.

This makes their stories powerful case studies for any lawyer considering a legal career pivot into business or alternative law jobs.

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Why International Law Firms Can’t Resist Australia’s Legal Market

Australia Law News, Featured, Law Firms / January 5, 2026

Australia’s legal market continues to attract heavyweight international players despite several high-profile exits, with industry insiders predicting a fresh wave of global firms eyeing the lucrative Asia-Pacific gateway.

The latest arrival, US powerhouse King & Spalding, launched its Sydney office in October with ambitions to capture transactional, regulatory and litigation work from Australian and multinational clients operating across the region. The move signals renewed confidence in a market that has proven both profitable and challenging for offshore entrants.

Market Dynamics Shift

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