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Perkins Coie Loses Partners as Seattle Rival Offices Launch

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A significant group of partners has left Perkins Coie to help establish new Seattle offices for Morrison Foerster and McGuireWoods, The moves land just as Perkins Coie prepares for a transformational merger with Ashurst. Reuters reports the departures involve senior partners with deep client relationships in technology and corporate work. Seattle is not a satellite […]

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California Draws a Line on Legal AI And Lawyers Need to Pay Attention

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For years, lawyers have been quietly experimenting with generative AI while publicly pretending it was all very theoretical. That luxury just expired however has expired as the California passes a first-of-its kind bill that will doubtless be replicated in other jurisdictions.

The California Senate has passed SB 574 aimed squarely at how lawyers use artificial intelligence in legal practice. If it becomes law, California will be the first major jurisdiction to formally regulate AI use by lawyers, not with vague principles, but with obligations that cut straight to competence, ethics, and liability.

In short: lawyers can use AI, but they own the consequences. And that’s something many will find daunting given the hallucinations and legal repercussions of legal AI’s misuse.

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Texas Judge Indicted After Handcuffing Defense Attorney Mid-Hearing

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A Texas judge faces criminal charges following a courtroom clash that saw a lawyer restrained for asking to speak with her client. When defense attorney Elizabeth Russell requested a moment to confer with her client during a 2024 probation hearing, she probably didn’t expect to end up in handcuffs. But that’s exactly what happened when

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The Fastest Growing Personal Injury Law Firms in America

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6 Personal Injury Law Firm Leaders Norma Harris, LawFuel contributing writer America’s fastest‑growing personal injury firms are no longer just winning cases, they’re scaling like growth companies, blending national marketing, AI‑driven operations, and Inc. 5000‑level revenue trajectories in what remains a relatively slow‑growth legal sector. Personal injury remains a solid but unspectacular growth segment, with

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Four Thousand an Hour Arrives in US Big Law Billing

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Reuters reports the new top line for Susman Godfrey’s trial stars and sets it against peers where rates already crossed three thousand last year. Public filings and prior coverage show Latham partners at just over three thousand and Quinn Emanuel partners near that mark, with associates at some shops topping one thousand six hundred.

Four thousand is not only a flex, but also one that needs to be ‘sold’ to clients. If law firms want this price to clear, they must show time saved, risk shifted and outcomes earned.
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Latham & Watkins Achieves Law360 Honor For Seventh Consecutive Year

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Firm honored in six Practice Group of the Year categories for cutting-edge work across key areas. For the seventh consecutive year, Latham earned Law360’s Law Firms of the Year honor, an achievement that reflects the firm’s continued dominance across the legal spectrum. Our powerhouse teams scored six Practice Group of the Year honors, including Appellate, Capital Markets, Energy, Real Estate, Securities

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Willkie Farr Hit With $735m Fraud Suit: Franchise Group, Conflicts And Big Law Risk

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Willkie Farr & Gallagher is now at the centre of a $735 million fraud suit that doubles as a warning shot for Big Law about conflicts, gatekeeper liability and deal‑side risk management.​ The firm has already been stung by a major talent walkout last year over its deal with the Trump administration. BRC Group Holdings

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When One Firm Folds, Another Feeds – Womble’s 36-Lawyer Power Move

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International firm Womble Bond Dickinson has quietly pulled off a very modern piece of legal jiu-jitsu: turning another firm’s collapse into a strategic growth play.

The firm has absorbed 19 lawyers and 17 regulatory and licensing specialists from McGlinchey Stafford, the US mid-market firm that voted earlier this year to dissolve.

The intake brings 36 professionals into Womble in one sweep and sharply deepens its bench in consumer financial services, one of the most regulator-intensive practice areas in modern law.

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Aviation Attorney: UPS Cargo Jet Crash Was Preventable After Known Boeing Design Flaws

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A prominent aviation safety attorney says a UPS cargo aircraft that crashed in Louisville last fall — killing 15 people, injuring dozens and devastating nearby businesses — should never have been allowed to fly after known design flaws were identified in the plane years earlier. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) revealed in

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