Lady Deborah Chambers KC does not shy away from a fight, which is, one supposes, rather the point of her opinion piece. Writing in the New Zealand Herald this week, the Auckland barrister and silk delivers a crisp, combative argument: the KC rank exists to signal courtroom excellence, full stop. The 2019 addition of a […]
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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced today that Adam L. Hoeflich, a nationally recognized courtroom lawyer with a distinguished practice, has joined the firm as a partner in the Litigation Department. He will be joining the New York office. Hoeflich joins from a prominent litigation boutique. “Adam has a 30-plus-year track record of successful
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BigLaw associates are earning more than ever yet they’re leaving faster than firms can replace them. Despite an 8.2% average compensation increase across U.S. law firms in 2025, associate attrition rates remain stubbornly high and, in some metrics, are climbing.
The human and financial toll is mounting, and the structural drivers in law firms go far deeper than salary. We took at look at some of the recent stats and surveys to identify whast is happening acccording to the people who should know these things.
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Australian mining billionaire Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest has poured more than $60 million, – and counting – of his own money into a high-octane federal lawsuit in California’s Northern District Court, accusing Meta of actively enabling and profiting from more than 230,000 deepfake scam ads that stole his likeness to fleece thousands of victims, many of them elderly Australians.
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Dechert Law have boosted their Washington DC practice with the addition of three former White & Case lawyers with significant litigation experience in everything from government contracts to sports law. The firm’s media statement making the announcement is below – Dechert LLP continues to build on the momentum of its expanding litigation practice with the
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Philippe Heeren, Brussels based regulatory partner at Reed Smith, said: “The EU is the UK’s most important steel export market. The shift from the current safeguard with 25% out-of-quota duty to a regime with roughly halved in-quota volumes and a 50% out-of-quota duty would therefore have an outsized impact on UK exporters compared to countries
>> In-House Role – Top Role – Just Listed The numbers tell a brutal story. Only 7.2% of new practising certificates issued since July 2025 went to lawyers working in regional New Zealand NZ Herald, according to Law Society chief executive Katie Rusbatch. The rest? Auckland, Wellington, or increasingly, across the Tasman where salaries dwarf
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Chicago – April 6, 2026 – Winston & Strawn LLP announced today the addition of Ashley Chung as a partner in the Chicago office. Ashley rejoins the firm’s Litigation Department as a member of its Appellate & Critical Motions practice after serving as an Assistant U.S. Attorney. As the former Deputy Chief of Appeals at the
Oklahoma transgender attorney Rob Hopkins has shuttered his law firm after a spectacular courtroom meltdown that ended with him dragged out in handcuffs for contempt. The drama detonated during an otherwise routine custody hearing in Pontotoc County last month. Hopkins, representing a client before District Judge Lori Jackson in Ada, kept interrupting until Jackson warned
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International law firm Bird & Bird today announces that its partnership has re-elected Christian Bartsch as CEO for a further four-year term. Christian has served as CEO since April 2022. Christian spearheaded the launch of the firm’s five-year strategy in May 2024, moving the whole firm forward through the delivery of key pillars shaped around
