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Justice Should Be Transparent. The Courthouse Staircase? Not So Much.

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A multimillion-dollar courthouse in Ohio managed to overlook one rather obvious design problem: women wearing skirts might prefer not to have an audience beneath their feet. There are architectural mistakes. And then there are architectural mistakes that require a judge to warn women about their underwear. Back in 2011, a newly opened courthouse in Franklin

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Skadden – Responding to AI-Driven Cyber Incidents

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David A. Simon William E. Ridgway Nicola Kerr-Shaw Joshua Silverstein Kyle G. Kysela Michael Tian __________ Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the cybersecurity landscape at an extraordinary pace. Threat actors are using AI to accelerate vulnerability discovery, automate credential theft, and craft sophisticated phishing campaigns. In recent months, we have also seen AI agents coordinate multistage attacks with limited human

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Team New Zealand’s Latest America’s Cup Opponent Has a Law Degree

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Power Points: A patent fight between Emirates Team New Zealand and North Sails has spread from a Virginia courtroom to a New Zealand arbitration, and the outcome could shape what goes up the mast in Naples. The America’s Cup has never been short of lawyers and with Naples nine months away, they are getting more

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Is The UK Non-Compete Crackdown A Legal Revolution Or Political Window Dressing?

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Employment law specialist Katie Maguire of Devonshires Law says the Government’s proposed restrictions on non-compete clauses may offer valuable protection for workers and startups, but English common law already places substantial limits on their enforceability. The UK Government’s proposed crackdown on employment non-compete clauses may sound like a significant victory for workers and startups. But

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The New Law Firm SEO Battle – Getting ChatGPT to Name Your Firm

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AI search is rewriting the rules of law firm marketing, placing greater emphasis on verifiable expertise, independent authority and content that answers real client questions. For years, law firms have spent substantial sums chasing Google’s top rankings, producing mountains of SEO content and polishing their websites to attract potential clients. But a new challenge is

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor Takes the Police to Court, and the King Won’t Pick Up the Tab

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The Duke of York may be out, but the litigation claimant is in. Stripped of his royal titles and his dukedom last October, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has gone from pariah to a significant public-law litigant having launched judicial review proceedings against Thames Valley Police and the Central Criminal Court following his birthday arrest. The first round

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Trial Lawyer Who Bested Big Tobacco Turns 45 Years of Courtroom Battles into Legal Thriller, Poison in the System

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Hagens Berman co-founder Steve W. Berman’s novel follows a Seattle plaintiffs’ attorney as he fights for a community being poisoned and a manipulative AI companion SEATTLE — Steve Berman, managing partner and co-founder of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, has a storied 45-year legal career. He represented Holocaust survivors seeking lost family heirlooms, traveled in a

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15 Smartest TV Lawyers Of All Time, Ranked

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TVLine’s Russell Murray undertook a recent ranking of television’s 15 Smartest TV Lawyers that catalogues everything from seersucker suits to outright obstruction of justice. It’s a job that he best legal minds on screen rarely resemble the ones in your firm’s partnership directory. Hollywood’s definition of legal genius is markedly different from what you may

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The Legal 500 Accidentally Tells the Truth, Then Takes Itself Offline

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For one glorious Thursday, the UK Bar rankings read like client feedback instead of a Christmas card. Legalease blames an upload glitch. The Bar blames nobody in public and everybody on WhatsApp. Legal directories run on an arrangement a cartel would find a little embarrassing. Chambers and firms submit forests of self-praise, nominate referees chosen

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From $250k Prenup Disaster to Law Grad – Tan Watson’s Fix for Australia’s Binding Financial Agreements

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A single mother of two signed a prenup agreement without proper legal advice, leading to a Binding Financial Agreement that she spent years and $250,000 in a failed bid to have it set aside, has launched a prenup service to avoid the same thing happening to others. Most people would walk away from a torrid

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