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

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Payday Partners In Deep Cover Albert Goodwin, LawFuel contributor It 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

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Harvey Weinstein’s Lawyer Arthur Aidala: The Mastermind Behind the Defense

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The Tabloid Villain’s Nice Guy Lawyer Tom Borman, LawFuel ‘Law Star’ writer and legal contributor Representing Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced movie producer who became the focus of the #Metoo movement’s most egregious observations about sexual harassment, may not be the most popular client for most lawyers but for Arthur Aidala his appellate win freeing Weinstein

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Why Are Top Lawyers Choosing To Work In Fee-Share Law Firms?

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The Evolution of the Law Job Landscape Law job opportunities continue to expand and in the United Kingdom a recent report shows a notable trend with an increasing number of lawyers are departing from traditional law firms to join fee-share practices, with one such entity surpassing all others in recruitment numbers last year. According to

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Trump’s Lawyer And His Bold Move – From Wall Street to Mar-a-Lago’s Defense Fortress

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Trump’s Lawyer Lawyers start their own law firms for many reasons, but in the case of Donald Trump lawyer Todd Blanche the move from a prestige law firm to his own has apparently left colleagues bewildered. Blanche’s transition from a prestigious partnership at Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft to his new moniker at Blanche Law and

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Neel Sachdev: The Architect Behind Paul Weiss London’s Legal Renaissance

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Super Rainmaker Neel Sachdev’s Big Law Effect Neel Sachdev needs no introduction in these columns as the rainmaker whose big-money move from Kirkland & Ellis raised eyebrows to a level in the City where NASA needed to find them. It appears, he continues to make waves as Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison continues on

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America’s Top 20 Lawyers – Who Makes The Top of Forbes Top Lawyers List?

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Forbes Top Lawyers in America The Forbes Top Lawyers in America lists their top 200, including some of the Law Stars that LawFuel has identified like Ben Crump and Alex Spiro (pictured). Forbes reference the $300 billion-plus size of the US legal market and their inaugural list looks at those who are the top of

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