Addleshaw’s Pay Freeze Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing editor Addleshaw Goddard decided to turn up the chill factor on its own junior lawyers as the UK-based firm has frozen the £100,000 starting salaries for newly qualified (NQ) lawyers, choosing instead to divert an extra £1 million into its already-healthy bonus pool for senior lawyers. So much […]
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The purchase of law firms by outside businesses has been a continuing theme for UK law firms and the latest has seen law firm Higgs LLP to fund the continuing growth of the law firm. The August Equity media release is below – August Equity has announced its fourth investment from Fund VI into the
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How Top Legal Rates Are Reshaping the Legal Market in 2025 Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing editor The legal profession recently witnessed a historic milestone that raised eyebrows through the industry. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan recently broke the $3,000-per-hour barrier, with partners like Alex Spiro commanding unprecedented rates that would make even seasoned attorneys do
Conflict-Free and Open for Business: Gadens’ Bid to Win Global Referrals If you’re a global firm sitting on a tasty Australia matter with awkward conflicts—or a client you’d rather not hand to a rival’s Sydney office—Gadens wants the call. In an interview flagged by Law.com International, managing partner Mark Pistilli outlines a simple growth thesis,
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LawFuel Power Briefing: Moran & Associates, Attorneys, Florida Photo by Pavel Danilyuk on Pexels The sudden death of a law firm’s key partner, or rainmaker, exposes a critical vulnerability at the intersection of corporate governance and personal estate planning. While a firm’s partnership agreement may be meticulously crafted to ensure business continuity, a partner’s failure
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Quora Questions For Lawyers – The Top Queries Norma Harris, LawFuel contributing editor Quora is one of the largest Q&A platforms on the internet, attracting over 400 million monthly active users worldwide as of 2025, with the United States leading by user numbers. In June 2025, the site ranked among the top 40 most-visited sites
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Photo by August de Richelieu on Pexels While a significant portion of the legal industry obsesses over quarterly M&A league tables and partner shuffles, a fundamental and strategic shift is underway. Major law firms are quietly, yet aggressively, positioning themselves to serve what is becoming one of the most powerful growth engines in the U.S. legal
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Five Straight Months of Job Growth in Legal — But AI Is Replacing Your Paralegal Norma Harris, LawFuel contributing editor The US legal sector just clocked five straight months of job growth, Reuters reports — the longest streak since the pandemic years. But before junior associates start high-fiving in the cafeteria, here’s the catch: many
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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Aug. 11, 2025 — When 59 % of corporate legal departments now expect their outside counsel to use generative AI, yet only 28 % of firms have adopted the technology and just 20 % can prove its return on investment, clarity around the right numbers becomes a survival skill, not a luxury. (Thomson Reuters Legal) Legal‑analytics advisor Mori Kabiri answers
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LawFuel Power Brief: The Law Offices of Greg Prosmushkin, P.C. have spent extensive time in the state and federal courts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Image generated by Gemini The battle lines are drawn in a multi-billion-dollar war hitting every American driver’s wallet. Major auto insurers are on a public relations offensive, blaming skyrocketing premiums
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