Sonia Hickey, LawFuel contributing editor At UC Berkeley School of Law, the future of lawyering is apparently… 1996 with better stationery. Beginning Summer 2026, Berkeley Law’s new Artificial Intelligence Policy makes prohibition the institutional default. The rule is clear – no AI to “conceptualize, outline, draft, revise, translate, or edit” any work submitted for credit. […]
Diversity Lab LLC, a for-profit diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) consultancy, has permanently ceased operations following a Federal Trade Commission investigation. The company informed the FTC that it filed paperwork to dissolve itself as a business entity with the California Secretary of State on Friday. Earlier this year, the FTC opened a formal inquiry into
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Article source: Tulane University, School of Social Work Image Source Aging in prison brings layered challenges that demand focused and informed advocacy. Older adults behind bars often experience accelerated aging, chronic illness, mobility limitations, and cognitive decline within environments that were never designed for long-term elder care. Social workers stand at a critical point of
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Legal profession leaders from almost every region in NSW are gathering in Orange over the next two days to discuss improvements needed to strengthen access to justice in the state. President of the Law Society of NSW Ronan MacSweeney says the gathering, taking place in the advent of next Tuesday’s state 2026-27 Budget, provides a
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Australian organisations are facing a critical “digital blind spot” that leaves them highly vulnerable to catastrophic operational outages, regulatory penalties, and reputational damage. A newly released white paper by Australian law firm Clayton Utz, titled Closing the digital blind spot: managing third-party risk, warns that a dangerous gap has emerged between how risk is managed on paper
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A New Zealand offshore trust firm is capitalising on litigation-fearful US doctors who are moving funds into protective structures. Southpac Group says new client numbers rose more than 290% between 2022 and 2025, with the US now accounting for around 85% of its client base. The growth follows new US research showing almost 60% of
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Six Auckland law firms have been formally warned by the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) after failing to complete mandatory independent anti-money laundering audits, in what regulators describe as the first coordinated enforcement action of its kind. The public warnings form part of a wider sweep involving ten reporting entities, including a real estate agency,
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Tom Borman, LawFuel contributing editor The confirmation of Justin Smith to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit is a major moment in Donald Trump’s second‑term judicial strategy. The Senate voted along party lines to hand Smith a lifetime seat on a key federal appeals court that covers seven states. To much
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The £240k Problem: Why NZ Firms Are Losing Lawyers To London New Zealand’s legal job market is heating up, but for many large and boutique firms the real story is not just demand – it is the steady bleed of 3–4 year PQE lawyers to London, where US‑based firms in particular are offering money local
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Five Men Arrested and Charged in Plot to Attack and Kill Government Officials and Others Attending the Ultimate Fighting Championship at White HouseWASHINGTON — The Justice Department announced today charges against five men for an alleged plot to carry out an attack to kill government officials and others attending the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Freedom
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