Oversight of NZ Police Ordered Following Damning McSkimming Report

The Government is taking steps to establish the strongest possible oversight of the New Zealand Police following a damning report into the Police handling of complaints against former Deputy Commissioner Jevon McSkimming. >> Attorney General Seeks Top Legal Role Appointments “The Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) has conducted a wide-ranging and comprehensive review, and its […]

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Can the Magic Circle’s Most Profitable Firm Survive Its Own Success?

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Slaughter and May’s Billion-Dollar Dilemma – Expand or Perish John Bowie, LawFuel publisher Slaughter and May, a member of the UK’s elite Magic Circle, has proudly charted a different course to its contemporaries. Rebuffing endless international expansion and a bigger partnership, it has maintained a tightly-knit operation. But is it sustainable?  Where Slaughters’ rivals have

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Why Plexus Thinks Legal Bottlenecks Are Killing Your Campaigns

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The LegalAI Marketing Tool Plexus has just lobbed a grenade into the sluggish trench warfare between Legal and Marketing with a new AI compliance tool. Marketing Wizard is the new platform, an extension of Plexus’s legal AI ecosystem, is designed to make compliance feel less like corporate molasses and more like a Formula 1 pit

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Britomart Capture A High Court Judge – Signalling A Growing Trend For ‘Retirees’

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Britomart Chambers has captured its first Judge returning to the Bar with the Hon Justice Geoffrey Venning agreeing to join the Chambers in 2026 after 10 years as a High Court Judge, including five years as Chief High Court Judge. >> New legal role? Check LawFuel’s growing law jobs network The trend for retiring judges

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Former US Attorney for Eastern District Joins Holtzman Vogel

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Holtzman Vogel Hires Former Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Saritha Komatireddy, Strengthening Firm’s Complex Federal Investigations and Appellate Practice Holtzman Vogel, a nationally recognized law firm specializing in political law, regulatory matters, and high-stakes litigation, is pleased to announce the addition of Saritha Komatireddy as Partner, bringing exceptional prosecutorial and litigation

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Reed Smith Recognized As Leading Firm by Private Equity 2025 Analysis

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NEW YORK – Global law firm Reed Smith has been recognized by Thomson Reuters as having one of the highest levels of awareness among private equity decision-makers in the United States, according to the organization’s Private Equity 2025 Analysis. The report also noted that U.K.-based private equity funds recognize Reed Smith as a leading firm for

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Vedder Price Expands Miami Office

MIAMI – Nov. 10, 2025 – Vedder Price is pleased to announce the addition of corporate, growth capital and mergers and acquisitions attorney Jordan Chisolm as a new Shareholder, further expanding the firm’s presence in Miami. Chisolm will join the firm’s Finance & Transactions area. “Jordan brings us extensive venture capital, growth capital and mergers and acquisitions

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Best Law Firms Recognizes K&L Gates Among Top 10 Law Firms for 16th Consecutive Year

K&L Gates Gets Top 10 Ranking K&L Gates LLP has been honored in the 2026 edition of the Best Law Firms® positioning the firm among the nation’s top 10 law firms for most overall tier 1 rankings, a distinction the firm has held since the survey’s inception. This year, K&L Gates received more than 200 first-tier

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Trump’s $1bn BBC Defamation Shakedown

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From ABC to BBC – Trump’s Media Litigation Roadshow Claims New Victim Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing editor The BBC finds itself staring down the barrel of Donald Trump’s latest legal offensive, this time demanding $1 billion for a Panorama documentary edit. With two top executives already out the door, Britain’s public broadcaster faces what may

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Carping at Brad – How Paul Weiss’s Chairman Got Pro Bono Heckles

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The Paul Weiss Heckle Evening Brad Karp, chairman of Paul Weiss, found himself on the business end of vocal hecklers during the New York Bar Foundation gala as he valiantly defended his firm’s pro bono track record after the firm agreed to represent Donald Trump. The evening, intended to honor a Paul Weiss partner, quickly

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