LegalTech startups and the overall high tech world of legal AI developments have been experiencing increased issues as high profile Atrium announced it is laying off most of its legal staff, moving away from replacing law firms to adopting a subscription model. Atrium has raised $75.5 million from funders like Andreessen Horowitz, according to its […]
After former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn’s ‘great escape’ from Japan, the Big Auto Boss has blasted Big Law’s Latham & Watkins – along with the “rigged” Japanese Justice sytem, for his incarceration. In a made-for-Netflix escape, Ghosn absconded from Japan concealed in a double-base case via private jet with former special forces soldiers posing as
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The gender gap continues for UK law firms, with a survey showing a stark drop in the number of women reaching the higher echelons of the profession. The survey from The Financial Times showed a sharply reduced number of women progressing in the legal profession, which is exacerbated by a large pay gap between the
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The 2020 edition of LawFuel’s Power List has identified New Zealand’s most powerful, 50 lawyers. The fifth edition of one of LawFuel’s most-read features has brought together the power players in the New Zealand legal profession from senior silks to former jurists, from leading civil servants to corporate lawyers. Developed through interviews with leading corporate
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As the lockstep pay model continues to receive both criticism and support from large law firms using the compensation model. Lockstep compensation bases payments upon seniority rather than merit, or other factors but as LawFuel recently reported, the tide may well be turning. But it appears to remain in vogue for most firms with recent
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Brian Holmes – Remember Dewey & LeBoef? Just one of the last decade’s law firm failures, some of which BloombergBigLaw have kindly catalogued as a decade send-off for the failed firms. Law firms fail for a large number of reasons, but one of the unique aspects to major law firm failure is the unique nature
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The soon-to-be law California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is set to take effect on January 1 and is estimated to cost companies around $55 billion in legal fees and compliance costs. The legislation requires companies with revenues of over $25 million to account for personal information filed about Californians and to delete it upon request.
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Law Society President and Criminal Lawyer Tiana Epati has been named New Zealand Lawyer of the Year. Ms Epati, 43, who ascended to the presidency of the Law Society in April this year, was named by legal news website LawFuel as the Lawyer of the Year for the impact her elevation has had on the
Staedtler LawFuel Lawyer of the Year: Tiana Epati Law Society President Tiana Epati is LawFuel’s 2019 Staedtler ‘Lawyer of the Year’. Labelling herself ‘the reluctant president’, Tiana Epati has presented a younger, fresh face on a profession battling challenges in the wake of recent #Metoo, bullying and related issues, as well as its efforts to
