Sheppard Mullin Recruit Major Team From Ropes & Gray, Lead By Former Ropes Chair

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The chair of Ropes & Gray’s IP litigation practice has moved to Sheppard Mullin with a 20-lawyer team from his former chair, taking four partneres and 16 counsel and associates. The lawyers include lawyers from  Sheppard Mullin’s Manhattan, Silicon Valley, Washington DC and Seoul offices.  Sheppard Mullin has worked to increase its IP law firm, […]

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Bureau of Justice COPS Public Safety Medal of Valor Awards

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The COPS Office is pleased to support the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor. Administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor is the highest national award for valor by a public safety officer. The medal is awarded annually by the President or Vice President to public safety officers who

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Financial Times Award Freshfields Most Innovative Law Firm in Europe

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FT Innovative Lawyers Awards Global law firm Freshfields has been recognised as the Most Innovative Law Firm in Europe at the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Awards Europe 2025. Hosted last night at the Natural History Museum in London, it recognised the firm’s work across multiple areas, assessed against four metrics: innovation, digital, people and social responsibility.

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Traumatic Brain Injury and Disability: Choosing Settlement vs. Trial 

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Article Source: Wise Law Personal Injury Lawyers, CA A traumatic brain injury (TBI) represents one of the most catastrophic and life-altering consequences of an accident. Unlike a broken bone or laceration, brain damage can disrupt the essence of an individual’s being, affecting mental functioning, personality, physical functioning, including motor movements, and emotional regulation. The resulting

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Why Data Scientists Are Key to the Future of Law Firms

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How Data Science Is Rewriting Big Law Playbooks Tom Borman, LawFuel contributing editor When Cleary Gottlieb snapped up Springbok AI earlier this year it signalled something big: law firms are no longer just buying technology, they’re building it too. AI in law is big business. That transaction brought ten data scientists into Cleary’s fold and

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Charlie Kirk’s Murder – When Debate Dies and the Mob Dances on the Grave

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The Iron Men of Social Media John Bowie, LawFuel publisher I was in Nice with the iron Man champs, by pure happenstance I must add, (the Norwegians swept the top places just in case care) when the Charlie Kirk social media pile-on occurred. And being an Iron Man (in a non-generic sense) is what seems

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Italy’s AI Law – A Wild West Game Changer (And Not Just for Lawyers)

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Is Italy Reining in The AI Wild West? Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributor Italy has just made history. Its parliament passed a sweeping AI law, becoming the first member of the EU to implement comprehensive national regulation that mirrors and, in many respects, outdoes the EU’s AI Act. Reuters report that the new regime emphasizes human-centred,

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LegalAI News – Stanford Law Unveils AI Initiative Focused on the Legal Profession’s Future

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September 15, 2025 — Stanford, CA — Stanford Law School today announced the launch of the Legal Innovation through Frontier Technology Lab, or liftlab, to explore how artificial intelligence can reshape legal services—not just to make them faster and cheaper, but better and more widely accessible. Led by Professor Julian Nyarko and Executive Director Megan Ma, liftlab is among the

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Kirkland & Ellis Partner Gets Pierced in Court to Seal Claire’s Rescue

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BigLaw Partner Saves Claire’s, Pays with His Ear Claire’s—the teenage rite-of-passage retailer better known for cheap studs and squealing mall rats than for balance sheets—was on the brink of bankruptcy again. For the second time in seven years, the 64-year-old chain was staring at liquidation and a lost legacy of slightly lopsided piercings. Enter Kirkland

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Reed Smith Announces Changes to Practice Group Leadership

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NEW YORK — Global law firm Reed Smith today announced several changes to its department and practice group leadership. Casey Laffey, who most recently served as chair of the U.S. Global Commercial Disputes Group, has been appointed vice chair of the global Litigation & Dispute Resolution department. He will work alongside Perry Napolitano, chair of

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