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A&O Shearman’s First Results: Big, Loud, and Not Quite Magic Circle Royalty

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A&O Shearman has unveiled its first set of financials since creating the world’s largest Anglo-American law firm — and for a stitched-together giant still working out how to share the same stationery, the numbers are healthy and partner pay too.

Revenue hit £2.9 billion (US$3.7 billion) with pretax profit of £1.1 billion (US$1.4 billion). Average profit per equity partner landed at £2 million (US$2.6 million)

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Florida’s Shifting Legal Landscape: The Impact of Eliminating Damage Caps on Nursing Home Litigation

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LawFuel Power Brief: MSW Law Group, Florida Photo by Jsme MILA on Pexels Florida has one of the largest and fastest-growing senior populations in the country. With this demographic shift, the issue of elderly care, particularly in nursing homes, has become a significant focal point for public policy and legal discourse. The legal landscape governing nursing

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Law School Admission Council Hit With $30M ‘Pay-to-Play’ Lawsuit

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Above the Law reports that LSAC—administrator of the LSAT and the centralized application platform—is being sued for allegedly running an anticompetitive, “pay-to-play” operation that generates tens of millions annually from applicants. Plaintiffs claim LSAC’s arrangements with member law schools suppress competing platforms and keep prices high. The Lawsuit & Where It Was Filed According to

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Legal Crossroads: Where Startups Meet Complex Acquisition Negotiations Head-On

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LawFuel Power Brief: Business & Terchnology Legal Group The process of building a startup is often a whirlwind of innovation, relentless effort, and audacious dreams. Founders pour their lives into nurturing an idea from conception to a tangible, thriving entity. For many, the ultimate aspiration is to scale and create significant impact, and sometimes, this

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Hot Summer Bonuses At BigLaw Conceal A Secret

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Following months of market uncertainty, the summer bonus season at BigLaw has exceeded expectations with Milbank’s announcing special bonuses ranging from $6,000 to $25,000 for associates, a cascade of firms has followed suit. But a new trend is also emerging in the way compensation is being handed to associates.

While partners enjoy increased PEP rates with premium work, the competitive world of associate recruitment is seeing some major changes in the way law firms handle the compensation for their top performers at associate level.

The summer bonus season is seeing that trend play out.

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The Legal War on Dangerous Dogs: A 2025 Guide to Breed-Specific Legislation Challenges

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LawFuel Power Brief: DogBiteLaws.com Image generated by Gemini Breed-specific legislation (BSL) isn’t just about dogs; it’s a high-stakes legal battleground where public safety fears clash with fundamental constitutional rights. Across the country, municipalities enact these laws to prevent tragic attacks, but in doing so, they ignite fierce court challenges from owners who claim their property

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Jeanine Pirro’s Wild Legal Ride – From Prosecutor to Primetime to the DC Bench

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Jeanine Pirro Moves From Fox Firebrand to the DC District Bench Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing editor There are career arcs, and then there’s Jeanine Pirro’s: a former assistant DA turned DA turned judge turned cable news flamethrower—and now DC District Court Judge. But beneath the peroxide headlines and Fox News rants lies a formidable legal

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Boutique Bonus Season: The Summer Bonus Payments Arriving

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Boutique Firm Vartabedian Hester & Haynes Blazes Bonus Trail With Generous Summer Payouts While Biglaw firms continue their summer tradition of radio silence on bonuses, one ambitious boutique isn’t waiting around. Texas-based Vartabedian Hester & Haynes, a rising litigation boutique specializing in complex commercial disputes, has just announced a firm-wide bonus that’s turning heads. All

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Latest BigLaw Merger To Hit The Law Market on 1 August

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Here Comes McDermott Will & Schulte Tom Borman, LawFuel contributing editor In a deal that underscores Big Law’s relentless consolidation, McDermott Will & Emery (approximately 1,400 lawyers, ~$2.2 b 2024 revenue) and Schulte Roth & Zabel (~350 lawyers, ~$618 m) voted last month to merge effective August 1, 2025, creating a combined firm of around 1,750 attorneys and global

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Kiss-Cam Calamity: How to Wreck a Career with One Coldplay Chorus (and a Very Bad Seat Location)

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Coldplay Kiss-Cam Scandal: What Happens When HR Meets PR… and It’s All on Jumbotron “Fix You” wasn’t supposed to be the HR theme song of the summer—but here we are. Two senior executives at the software company Astronomer—CEO Andy Byron (married, now memorably ducking) and Chief People Officer Kristin Cabot (reportedly single, now definitely in

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