The COPS Office is pleased to support the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor. Administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor is the highest national award for valor by a public safety officer. The medal is awarded annually by the President or Vice President to public safety officers who […]
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FT Innovative Lawyers Awards Global law firm Freshfields has been recognised as the Most Innovative Law Firm in Europe at the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Awards Europe 2025. Hosted last night at the Natural History Museum in London, it recognised the firm’s work across multiple areas, assessed against four metrics: innovation, digital, people and social responsibility.
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Which Lawyers Got the Cream in the Massive NZ Deal The sale of Fonterra’s global consumer and associated businesses, the Mainland Group, to French dairy giant Lactalis for a reported $4.2 billion was never going to be just a farmer-to-farmer handshake. It turned into one of the most lucrative ticket-clipping exercises for New Zealand and
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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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BigLaw’s Billable Hour Gets a Funeral While law firms continue their often theatrical performances about embracing AI—all while billing rates climb 9 percent year-over-year—one startup has decided to skip the performance and host a proper funeral. Eudia, fresh off raising $105 million in Series A funding, literally hired an actor dressed as a priest to
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Another Slater & Gordon Departure Heightens Crisis Slater & Gordon earns its bleeding stars this month with the departure of a third Chief People Officer to have resigned in just over a year, as employee morale crashes harder than their trust in management. The firm has turned what should be a simple HR transition into
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A traumatic brain injury (TBI) represents one of the most catastrophic and life-altering consequences of an accident. Unlike a broken bone or laceration, brain damage can disrupt the essence of an individual’s being, affecting mental functioning, personality, physical functioning, including motor movements, and emotional regulation. The resulting disability typically necessitates a lifetime of medical care,
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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New Zealand’s Evolving Big Law Scene John Bowie, LawFuel publisher In what can only be described as déjà vu with a South Island twist, Anderson Lloyd has executed another masterful lateral recruitment coup that signals are more dynamic New Zealand legal market among large law firms. The firm’s acquisition of three Chapman Tripp partners—Jo Appleyard,
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Skadden is advising crypto trading platform Crypto.com on its definitive agreement with Yorkville Acquisition Corp. and Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. for a business combination to establish Trump Media Group CRO Strategy, Inc., a digital asset treasury company focused on acquisition of the native cryptocurrency token of the Cronos ecosystem (CRO). At the business
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