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From Phone-Hacking Hero to Courtroom Zero – ‘Golden Boy’ Lawyer’s Reputation Tattered By Prince Harry Defeat

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Golden Lawyer Tarnished: Sherborne’s High-Stakes Privacy Battle Ends in Humiliation Celebrity barrister David Sherborne, long the go-to “barrister to the stars” with the permanent tan, wind-swept locks and A-list Rolodex,has taken a severe bruising after the comprehensive collapse of Prince Harry’s privacy claim against Associated Newspapers. The Times reported his recent appearance in fancy Belgravia

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Texas Trial Powerhouse McKool Smith Joins the Milbank Pay Scale (With a Delayed Start)

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McKool Smith has confirmed it will match the current Milbank associate salary scale, with the new pay rates taking effect on 1 January 2027. The Texas-based complex trial firm, known for competitive associate compensation which have reported previously, that has included Thanksgiving bonuses, strong year-end payouts, and market-matching raises, is lifting base salaries by $10,000

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Clifford Chance Goes to War Over $5.8 Million Partner Clawback: Behind the High-Stakes Geneva Battle

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Key Points: Clifford Chance has asked the US District Court for the Southern District of New York to dismiss a declaratory-judgment action brought by former partners Clifford Cone and Michael Sabin and compel arbitration in Geneva, Switzerland, over the firm’s attempted recovery of almost $5.76 million in prior compensation. The firm described the lawsuit as

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Smokeball Rebrands: Why ‘People-Law’ Is Legal Tech’s Next Big Bet

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Legal tech heavyweight Smkeball has rolled out a major global brand refresh, rallying around a singular ethos: “People-Law.” After 14 years in the practice management space, the company isn’t changing its core software or leadership, but it’s changing how it tells its story, taking direct aim at the administrative burnout plaguing community-level practitioners. What Is

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Private Equity Eyes $700m WSHB Deal in Major Test for Big Law’s Ownership Rules

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The announcement that Charlesbank Capital Partners is reportedly in advanced discussions over a transaction involving national law firm Wood Smith Henning & Berman (WSHB), valued at about $700 million, according to the Financial Times., shows that private equity interest is moving beyond the contingency fee and consumer market. Neither Charlesbank nor WSHB has publicly announced

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These 11 Lawyers Have Been Client Service All-Stars Three Years Running — Here’s Why

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Corporate counsel have named just 256 attorneys from 129 firms as the absolute best at client service in BTI Consulting Group’s 25th annual ranking. The list is purely organic, without submissions, self-nominations, or payments. That’s cool, right? Only clients identify individuals by name based on real-world performance. Who Are The Standout Lawyers? Eleven attorneys have

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What Will Clients Still Pay Lawyers For When AI Can Do The Work?

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The robot lawyers are coming. AI will replace lawyers . . yada yada, we hear it all. But is that the wrong question lawyers should be asking. The real question is what will clients still pay lawyers to do when AI can research, review, summarise, draft and analyse increasing amounts of legal work in minutes?

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Why Law Firms Are Rethinking Emergency IT Support and Investing in Proactive IT Support

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Article source; Techmedics.com Your document management system goes dark at 4:15 p.m., ninety minutes before an e-filing deadline. Someone calls the emergency number, access comes back by six, and the filing goes out. Nobody asks why the storage volume filled up. Emergency support fixes the visible failure. Proactive support goes after the conditions that produced

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How a Mid-Tier Firm Became Canberra’s $40 Million Government Legal Powerhouse

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Ashurst’s exit from Canberra has handed mid-tier rival Thomsons a major windfall, vaulting it into second place among firms advising the Commonwealth. In early 2025, Ashurst jettisoned roughly 60 staff and seven partners from its Canberra office and stepped back from the bulk of its Commonwealth government work, as a result of margin pressure and

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