Article source: CR Legal, NC North Carolina’s scenic roadways and expanding network of bike-friendly communities have made cycling a common way to commute, exercise, and explore the state. From busy streets in Charlotte and Raleigh to quieter coastal highways and rural backroads, cyclists ride alongside fast-moving traffic every day. Many people choose bicycles for short […]
Updated 16 March with clarification on the DLAPiper profit pool arrangements following the restructuring. For years, the Swiss verein has been BigLaw’s favourite legal fiction as a neat way for sprawling global firms to present as “one firm” while keeping the money, liabilities and politics carefully ring‑fenced by region. Now DLA Piper, is preparing to
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LawFuel Staff Big Law partners and in-house counsel, take note: the rules governing attorney discipline are shifting fast under the current administration, prompting some intense online reaction. In a move that’s sparking fierce debate across social media channels, the Trump Justice Department has floated a new regulation that would let the Attorney General step in
A two‑year‑old Swedish startup has just become one of the most valuable legal tech businesses on the planet—and it is using that war chest to plant its flag squarely in the US legal market. Legora’s $550 million Series D at a $5.55 billion valuation is not just another exuberant AI round; it is a blunt message to law firm leaders that the window for treating AI as a side project has closed.
Legora’s pitch is disarmingly simple. Built on top of large language models, its platform targets the work that eats most of a junior lawyer’s life: research, document review, contract drafting and due diligence.
The company claims tens of thousands of legal professionals using the product daily, across some 800 customers in more than 50 markets, including heavy‑hitting firms like Bird & Bird, Cleary Gottlieb, White & Case, Linklaters, Goodwin, Dentons and advisers such as Deloitte.
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Wotton Kearney has made a major move to extend its health law and insurance law expertise with the recruitment of experienced health law partner and her team of six who have moved from Makinson D’Apice to Wotton Kearney. The firm’s media statement about the news is below – Wotton Kearney has strengthened its national health practice with
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Leading global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is adopting Legora as its firmwide general-purpose AI platform, marking a significant step in the firm’s investment in innovation and technology‑enabled legal services. Legora will act as an “intelligent legal colleague”. It supports smarter drafting and interaction with documents, insights generation, data analysis, summarisation and translation, enabling
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Stinson LLP is pleased to welcome Stewart Mesher and Darlene Ghavimi as partners in the firm’s Intellectual Property & Technology Practice Division, further strengthening the firm’s Texas bench and enhancing its capabilities in high-stakes patent and trademark litigation. Mesher and Ghavimi bring decades of combined experience representing clients in complex intellectual property disputes across federal courts and administrative tribunals
Article source: Sofi.com The rapid evolution of digital assets continues to test the boundaries of securities law across major jurisdictions. What began as an experimental financial innovation has matured into a globally significant asset class, drawing scrutiny from regulators, enforcement agencies, institutional investors, and law firms alike. The central legal question remains consistent: when does
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Article contributor – Monster Resumes Building a successful legal career is a journey that requires careful planning, ongoing learning, and strategic thinking. The legal industry is highly competitive, and standing out requires more than just education and experience. Whether you are a law student looking to land your first legal role or an experienced attorney
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The TMT Specialist Bird & Bird has one of the most distinctive identities in the international legal market: it was the UK’s first TMT specialist, one of the first firms to organise itself around industry sectors rather than practice groups (in 1998), and one of the first law firms to have its own website —
