Magic Circle Pay Wars Report The Big Law pay wars in London continue with Clifford Chance now lifting its newly qualified pay rates to keep pace with its competitors in the London marketplace, which has now seen junior lawyers’ pay increase by up to 50 percent over the past five years. The pay wars have […]
xAI’s New Legal Chief Ben Boman, LawFuel contributing editor and special writer Elon Musk’s ambitious artificial intelligence venture, xAI Corp., touted as a competitor to Open AI’s ChatGPT, has fortified its legal ranks by onboarding Robert Keele as its chief legal officer. The hire coincides with xAI’s recent $6 billion funding round, fueling its aspirations
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The $20 Million Payday Deals Albert Goodwin, LawFuel contributing editor Although ‘lateral’ may mean ‘sideways’, it certainly means ‘UP’ when it comes to lawyer compensation as some of the lateral transfers now occurring among big law firms see the big law pay scale rise to $20 million or more. Heady stuff. The pressure is on
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Is The KC for real, or is he grandstanding? Albert Goodwin, LawFuel correspondent Karim A A Khan KC has appeared to have turned the tables on both the countries that proposed his membership to the Interntionational Criminal Court – the UK and Israel – with the showcase announcement for the issuing of arrest warrants for
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Which Law Firm Rules the Forbes Law Roost? Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing editor It was only a matter of time before Forbes – the list mavens – would come out with a list of America’s Top lawyers and their list of America’s Top 200 lawyers doesn’t disappoint. It’s a comprehensive effort, as one would expect
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Ben Boman, LawFuel contributor Texas-based Locke Lord are in the midst of merger discussions with Troutman Pepper, but the embarrassing issue the firm faces is the Ponzi problems, following the jailing of a former London partner for a £25 million Ponzi fraud and now the $122 million fraud undertaken by a former client of the
London Law NQ Pay Rates The news about Quinn Emanuel’s major pay rise for junior lawyers in London has reignited a salary war – if the ignition was ever required with the rapidly rising London law pay rates in The City. Freshfields has already raised its rates for junior, newly qualified (NQ) salaries to £150,000
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The LawFuel Mother’s Day Lawyers List Mother’s Day sees us look at some leading lawyers who are also mothers and have had to address that perceived conflict between being a mother and being a successful lawyer. Many reports and surveys indicate that women lawyers who are also mothers are advancing more slowly than their male
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From Unlikely Friendship to Legal Tech Innovation: Definely’s Journey For lawyers Nnamdi Emelifeonwu (pictured) and Feargus MacDaeid, their journeys converged in an unlikely friendship that sparked an idea to transform how the legal industry works with contracts and documents. Their startup, Definely, has now raised $7 million in a Series A round led by Octopus
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The Arrival of The New BigLaw Name On The Block The arrival on the legal scene of A&O Shearman, the merged firms of Allen & Overy and Shearman Sterling, will help reshape the legal landscape, but it will have a particularly significant effect upon the London legal scene. The Magic Circle law firms that have
