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What Does The Forbes 2025 Top Lawyers List Tell Us About The State of the Law Business?

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Takeaways from Forbes’ 2025 Top Lawyers List Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing editor Forbes’ 2025 edition of America’s Top Lawyers came out last week and once again showed the changing nature of law in the US. The List, which premiered last year you may recall, focuses on “private practice attorneys” who have distinguished themselves through trial […]

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Why Data Scientists Are Key to the Future of Law Firms

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How Data Science Is Rewriting Big Law Playbooks Tom Borman, LawFuel contributing editor When Cleary Gottlieb snapped up Springbok AI earlier this year it signalled something big: law firms are no longer just buying technology, they’re building it too. AI in law is big business. That transaction brought ten data scientists into Cleary’s fold and

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Italy’s AI Law – A Wild West Game Changer (And Not Just for Lawyers)

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Is Italy Reining in The AI Wild West? Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributor Italy has just made history. Its parliament passed a sweeping AI law, becoming the first member of the EU to implement comprehensive national regulation that mirrors and, in many respects, outdoes the EU’s AI Act. Reuters report that the new regime emphasizes human-centred,

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Which Law Firms Could Be Left Behind in the 2025 Pay + Legal AI Shake-Up?

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Big pay cheques, flashy AI demos, bold merger promises — these are all the usual theatrics in law firm press releases. But beneath the PR sheen, cracks are widening: not every firm can sustain both rising compensation and heavy AI spending without wobbling.

Some are already looking shaky.

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Deputy PM David Lammy’s Return to the Law

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From Global Diplomacy to Leaking Courthouses David Lammy has swapped the trappings of global diplomacy for the joys of leaking court lavatories and backlogged justice. The former foreign secretary is now justice secretary, taking on a role that’s less about international summits and more about fractured legal aid, crumbling court estates, and prisons stuffed to

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The Giorgio Armani Business Rules That Lawyers Could Learn From

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What Lawyers Could Learn from Fashion’s Last Emperor Norma Harris, Contributing writer Giorgio Armani died last week at 91, still clutching the reins of his $12 billion empire like a silk-suited Napoleon. While the fashion world mourns the loss of its most stubborn perfectionist, lawyers—those other merchants of expensive suits—might want to examine what the

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Google’s $425 Million Trial Loss And Cooley’s Surprise Starring Role

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The Lawyers Who Took Google’s Billing Bonanza Tom Borman, LawFuel contributing editor Google has been whacked with a $425 million jury verdict in a class-action privacy trial in a case that centres on the company’s habit of harvesting user data even after people switched off supposedly protective settings. It’s the corporate version of saying “don’t

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The Lawyer Who Worked 23 Hours a Day And the Billing Scam Everyone Knows About

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The Law Firm Billing Myth Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing editor The legal profession has always been fond of a long lunch, a late night, and a generous definition of billable. But every now and then, someone pushes the grift so far it becomes a morality tale, which is what just occurred with an associate at

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Japan’s Biggest Publishers Just Sued Perplexity AI for $44m

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Perplexity AI sued by Nikkei and Asahi Shimbun over copyright infringement claims — $44m at stake.

Bezos-Backed Perplexity AI Accused of Free-Riding on Journalism Journalists aren’t thrilled about being turned into free training fodder for Silicon Valley’s latest obsession. Now Japan’s Nikkei, owner of the Financial Times, and the Asahi Shimbun have filed a lawsuit accusing US-based Perplexity AI of industrial-scale plagiarism dressed up as “answer search.” Nikkei and Asahi Take

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AI Is Smarter Than You—Until It Lies. Here’s How Your Firm Will Go Up in Flames If You Let It

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Generative AI is everywhere, but when lawyers used it, two ended up sanctioned for fake citations it’s time to cue the panic or – much better – privot to control and oversight of what your legal AI efforts are doing.

Here we look at some of the key steps law firms should take to avoid the risks increasingly associated with generative AI tools.

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