LIV Bankruptcy Reveals Premium Legal Fees
The bankruptcy proceedings involving professional golf organisation LIV Golf have provided fresh evidence of escalating legal costs at leading American law firms, with disclosed hourly rates exceeding $3,000 for senior partners. A creditors' committee has selected Willkie Farr & Gallagher to provide legal representation during the restructuring,...
Post Office Claims Gain Independent Scrutiny
The British government's plans to introduce additional independent scrutiny of compensation claims arising from the Post Office scandal have brought...
UK Supreme Court Strengthens Arbitration Enforcement
Britain's Supreme Court has delivered a unanimous judgment strengthening the enforceability of contractual arbitration obligations in disputes...
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Waren Law Advocates and the Practice of Disciplined Legal Counsel
Legal work rarely announces itself as complex when it first arrives. It appears as a tax assessment that threatens to freeze operations, a dispute that places millions of dollars at risk, or an...
The Slow Construction of Proof, as Practiced by Sentinel Legal
The Slow Construction of Proof, as Practiced by Sentinel Legal
Motor finance became one of the most common routes to car ownership in the United Kingdom because it was simple. A vehicle was selected, the dealer...
SBW Law and the Human Weight of Litigation
SBW Law and the Human Weight of Litigation
People rarely approach litigation feeling prepared. They arrive after something has already gone wrong: personal information mishandled, savings lost...
Resnick & Louis on Managing Complexity in Institutional Defense
Resnick & Louis on Managing Complexity in Institutional Defense
For firms like Resnick & Louis, P.C. , operating within insurance and institutional defense, the pressures shaping legal practice today are...
MARK FERRER & HAYDEN Beyond the Lateral Playbook
MARK FERRER & HAYDEN Beyond the Lateral Playbook
Florida’s commercial landscape moves quickly. Real estate projects rise and stall with equal speed, private equity capital flows into ambitious...
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Law Firms Face Escalating Cybercrime Threats
Cyber intrusions targeting legal organisations have nearly doubled since 2023, according to new research from cybersecurity company CrowdStrike,...
Australian Casino Giant Receives Record Penalty
Australia's Federal Court has ordered Star Entertainment Group to pay A$260 million for serious breaches of anti-money laundering and...
Weil Gotshal Confronts Deepening Leadership Crisis
American law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges has engaged restructuring specialists to assess its future as a succession of senior partner departures...
French Fridge Hack Exposes Cybersecurity Gap
The damage from a cyberattack can arrive in the chilled aisle. Across hundreds of French supermarkets, compromised refrigeration controllers left...
EU Pledge Challenges Unlawful Strait Tolls
A charge imposed at a narrow stretch of sea can carry consequences far beyond its coastline. That concern underpins a European Union-led pledge...
Judge Extends White House Press Access
A federal judge has extended White House access for journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico, finding that President Donald Trump’s attempt to...
Sony Faces PS5 Tariff Refund Challenge
Sony’s recovery of hundreds of millions of dollars in US tariff payments has opened a dispute over who bears the cost of import duties. PlayStation...
US Sanctions Challenge ICC’s Operational Future
The United States has sanctioned the International Criminal Court as an institution, escalating a dispute over its authority into a challenge to its...
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Law Firms Rethink Lateral Hiring
US law firms are being pushed to modernise lateral hiring as experienced associates become a larger part of talent strategy. In 2025, firms hired...
China Extends Legal Reach Against Sanctions
China is expanding its legal reach beyond its borders as it pushes back against US sanctions and export controls. The shift reflects Beijing’s effort...
Ministers Get Wider Legal Risk Room
UK ministers are being encouraged to take decisions with higher legal risk as the government tries to speed up policy delivery and reduce Whitehall...
Mail Ballot Fight Reaches Supreme Court
The Trump administration has renewed its emergency appeal to the US Supreme Court in a legal battle over proposed restrictions on mail-in voting...
China Robot Push Raises Combat Law Questions
China’s military interest in humanoid robots is turning a technology once showcased through dancing, boxing and sports demonstrations into a more...
Trump Coin Tests US Currency Law
The release of a $1 coin bearing Donald Trump’s image has reopened a legal debate over whether living people should appear on US currency. The coin,...
Uber Drivers Challenge Algorithmic Pay
Uber drivers have launched a European class action accusing the company of using an opaque AI-powered pay system to push down earnings and breach...
Uefa Legal Action Escalates Fifa Crisis
Uefa is preparing criminal legal proceedings against Fifa president Gianni Infantino over the scrapped plan to sell stakes in the World Cup and other...
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Deloitte Settles US Probe Over DEI
Deloitte will pay $21.5 million to settle a US Department of Justice probe into its diversity, equity and inclusion practices, marking a significant...
Legal AI Start-Ups Face Valuation Test
Legal technology start-ups are turning artificial intelligence into specialist products for law firms and corporate legal teams, but the model is...
Legal AI ROI Depends On Operations
Legal AI has moved past the simple question of whether it works. Drafting tools can draft, review tools can review, and many firms that were testing...
Courts Give Rivers Rights, But Pollution Persists
Courts are increasingly recognising rivers as legal persons, but the practical force of those rulings remains uncertain. In Colombia and Bangladesh,...
Nike and 7-Eleven Clash Over Colour Trademark Rights
Nike’s planned Air Max 95 release has become the centre of a trademark dispute after 7-Eleven sued the sportswear company over the shoe’s use of...
Uber Directors Face Compliance Oversight Challenge
Uber Technologies’ board of directors is facing a shareholder lawsuit that alleges the company failed to maintain effective compliance and oversight...
EU Trade Deal Reshapes Transatlantic Tariff Framework
The European Parliament has approved legislation implementing a long-delayed trade agreement with the United States, marking a significant step in...
Big Tech Faces Growing Youth Safety Reckoning
A California court’s decision to deny requests from Meta and Google’s YouTube for a new trial in a landmark youth social media addiction case is...