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Elon Musk Adds $6 Billion And A Brand New Lawyer To New AI Venture xAI

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xAI’s New Legal ChiefBen Boman, LawFuel contributing editor and special writerElon 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 to outmaneuver […]

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Big Law Pay Scale A Millionaire Maker or Partnership Breaker?

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The $20 Million Payday DealsAlbert Goodwin, LawFuel contributing editorAlthough ‘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 major law firms

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Who Is Karim Khan KC Who Ordered The Gaza War Arrests?

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Is The KC for real, or is he grandstanding?Albert Goodwin, LawFuel correspondentKarim 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 Benyamin Netanyahu,

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Which Firms Won (and Lost) On The Forbes List of America’s Top 200 Lawyers

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Which Law Firm Rules the Forbes Law Roost?Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing editorIt 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 of Forbes,

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Mothers In Law: 12 Random Mother’s Day Legal Leaders

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The LawFuel Mother’s Day Lawyers ListMother’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 colleagues. Social

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How A LegalTech Startup Founded By A Nigerian Immigrant Secured Millions

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From Unlikely Friendship to Legal Tech Innovation: Definely’s JourneyFor 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 Ventures

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Why Are Big Law Firms Using The ‘Black Box’ Pay Model?

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Payday Partners In Deep CoverAlbert Goodwin, LawFuel contributorIt sounds somewhat sinister, but the ‘black box’ pay system for partner remuneration model that is being used by some big law firms is gaining attention and momentum.In an age of transparency – supposedly – the ‘black box’ model requires deep cover and belies the ages-old remuneration method

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