How Top Law Firms Really Choose Their Graduates (And What They’re Paying for Them) Top law firms are shifting away from traditional grades-focused hiring. Instead, they’re quietly testing soft skills—like how grads treat receptionists and whether they can hold a decent conversation at a cocktail event. EQ is the new IQ in legal hiring. Every […]
Gateley Grows, But One-Off Costs Drag Profit Down Gateley, one of the few listed UK law firms, is still growing—but not without some difficulties. In its latest results, the firm reported a 1.2 percent rise in underlying pre-tax profit, hitting £23.3 million for the year to April 30. But when you factor in share payments,
DLA Piper senior lawyers: Nick Byrnes, Kieron Creagh, Jennifer Smith, Tyson Hullena, Mike Campbell 16 July 2025 – DLA Piper has announced three senior promotions alongside two strategic lateral hires, reinforcing the firm’s capabilities in high-demand practice areas across New Zealand. The appointments reflect growing client demand in financial services, employment, infrastructure, renewable energy, regulatory reform, and
Remember when everyone said “content is king”? It appears that the king has been dethroned with the launch of AI Overviews and the onset of AI summaries.
Sarah Perez at TechCrunch just dropped some sobering numbers. Since Google launched AI Overviews in May 2024, nearly 69 percent of news searches end with zero clicks to actual websites. That’s up from 56 percent before AI summaries took over.
So if you search for “Supreme Court ruling on AI patents” Google’s AI gives you a neat summary right at the top.
BHP’s Staggering Legal Bills Updated 17 July 2025 Ben Thomson, LawFuel contibuting editor BHP is facing one of the largest environmental lawsuits in legal history following the 2015 Fundão dam collapse in Brazil, with legal costs projected to reach extraordinary levels across multiple jurisdictions. We have reported previously about entepreneurial London-based law firm Pogust Goodhead, co-founded
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Sports Law Stars Score $515 Million Fee Award Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing editor The lawyers who took on the NCAA just hit the jackpot with an award that may be the legal equivalent of hitting a grand slam in the World Series. A federal judge approved $515 million in legal fees for the attorneys who
Vault Boutique Law Firm Rankings Tom Borman, LawFuel contributing editor Forget the old rulebook — leaving Biglaw no longer means leaving big money behind as Vault’s Top 150 small firm list shows. There was a time when jumping from a megafirm to a smaller outfit meant kissing goodbye to a chunk of your paycheck. Maybe
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Let’s be honest: most law firm websites are the digital equivalent of a bad fax machine — clunky, outdated, and screaming for help. Yet every week, another partner decides to throw money at some agency that promises “top rankings” and delivers… a blog post about wills written like it’s 1998. Welcome to our LawFuel guide
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It’s 2025. If your firm still runs on paper and guesswork, you’re already behind. While some lawyers still scribble on yellow pads, the top firms are building dashboards, crunching data, and handing the grunt work to AI. Baker Botts’ managing partner, Danny David, doesn’t mince words: “If you’re not using data, you’re not in the
Ged Lawyers LLP, Boca Raton Finding personal injury lawyers you can trust starts with research and referrals. Ask friends or family for recommendations and read online reviews to gauge reputation. Look for lawyers with experience in similar cases and a strong track record. Schedule consultations to assess their communication, transparency, and willingness to listen. Trustworthy
