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Skadden Advises on Crypto Deal With Trump Media and Yorkville Acquisition

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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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Addleshaw Goddard Freezes Junior Pay While Partners Pop Champagne

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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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Why Are Top Lawyers Charging $3,000 Per Hour?

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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

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How an Aussie Firm Wants Your Cross-Border Briefs

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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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Catastrophe of Chaos: When a Law Firm’s Rainmaker Dies Without a Will

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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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The 5 Most-Asked Questions About Lawyers on Quora—And What Clients Really Want To Know

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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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The Next Gold Rush: BigLaw’s Hispanic Market Strategy

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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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AI Is Hiring and Firing – The Legal Jobs Recovery Nobody Asked For

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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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This UK Law Firm Just Proved Size Doesn’t Always Kill Success

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How TLT’s 1,800-strong army crushed revenue targets while most firms are still figuring out how to turn on their laptops Norma Harris When most people hear “1,800-employee law firm,” they may picture bureaucratic hell involving endless committee meetings, partners who can’t remember each other’s names, and billing systems older than dial-up internet. TLT just proved

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