Tom Borman, LawFuel contributing editor Washington is moving from tut-tutting to testing. The state’s high court approved a time-limited pilot so entities can apply to deliver legal services under non-traditional models. Think regulated programs for firms, nonprofits and legal techs that want to use different ownership structures and more automation. The point is not to […]
Perkins Coie is proud to announce that it has been ranked #12 overall in Chicago as one of the city’s “2025 Best Places to Work” by Crain’s Chicago Business. The firm’s Chicago office was the highest-ranked law firm recognized by Crain’s in its annual survey of leading employers, moving up a notable 52 positions from last year
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Download Report Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie has published its Annual Sustainability Report 2025, which provides an overview of the progress the Firm made in 2024 to advance its eight prioritized Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and its broader sustainability strategy. The report highlights Baker McKenzie’s 2024 actions across key sustainability areas – spanning inclusion,
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Tom Borman, LawFuel contributing editor The days of “AI curiosity” in law firms are over. According to Bloomberg Law, general counsel are now pressuring outside counsel to prove they’re using generative AI to cut costs and improve turnaround — or risk losing the mandate altogether. Corporate legal departments are no longer satisfied with glossy innovation
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Perplexity AI has landed itself in yet another courtroom. Following lawsuits from Nikkei and Asahi Shimbun in Tokyo, Britannica and Merriam-Webster have now filed in the Southern District of New York, accusing the AI answer engine of wholesale scraping and misattribution. The complaint alleges that Perplexity’s model “systematically harvests” copyrighted definitions and reference content without
The Lawyers Who Took Google’s Billing Bonanza Tom Borman, LawFuel contributing editor Google has been whacked with a $425 million jury verdict in a class-action privacy trial in a case that centres on the company’s habit of harvesting user data even after people switched off supposedly protective settings. It’s the corporate version of saying “don’t
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LawFuel Power Briefs: GoRhythm.com – Rhythm is a renewable energy and technology company empowering to take control of budget and footprint. Image generated by Gemini When the lights went out across Texas during the 2021 winter storm, it plunged millions into darkness and triggered a legal and political firestorm. The crisis wasn’t just a failure
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The Abbe Lowell Effect Tom Borman, LawFuel contributing writer Abbe Lowell has always thrived on crisis. A Columbia Law grad and former DOJ lawyer, he was the Democrats’ legal field marshal during the Clinton impeachment. Since then, he’s defended a rogue’s gallery of Washington names: Senator Bob Menendez (twice), John Edwards, Jared Kushner and Hunter
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The Spectacular Trial Successes of Gerry Spence John Bowie, LawFuel publisher I met Gerry Spence, who died earlier this month, at his Jackson Hole office during his Christmas Party – a young (then) New Zealand lawyer seeking to meet a living legend trial lawyer who reputedly never lost a criminal case. It was the early
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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
