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What Happens When a Lateral Partner's Guaranteed Compensation Ends?

Partners’ disclosures about portable business and overall market conditions will influence upcoming transitions away from guaranteed compensation.
6 minute read

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DeepSeek and the AI Revolution: Why One Legal Tech Expert Is Hitting Pause

Carlos Eduardo Coelho, head of innovation at Portuguese law firm Morais Leitão and a former Macau resident, has tested Chinese AI tool DeepSeek. So why is he skeptical?
4 minute read

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Lawyers React To India’s 2025 Budget, Welcome Investment And Tax Reform

Partners across the country say the latest rules will boost confidence in the Indian market and enhance its attractiveness for corporate consolidations and cross-border investment. 
3 minute read

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Russia’s Legal Sector Is Changing as Western Sanctions Take Their Toll

Three years ago this month, Russia invaded Ukraine. Amid isolation and transformation of the nation's legal sector, Russian lawyers have to adapt.
5 minute read

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As the Rules of the Game Change, Is the EU Taking a New Approach to Competition? 

A draft law to be released at the end of the month is expected to make it easier for thousands of businesses to comply with previously adopted EU rules.
5 minute read

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AI Helped a Big Insurer in Australia Reduce Legal Costs by $20M

“What if, instead of just sending a case to a law firm and hoping for the best, you could hand them a playbook outlining the most effective way to handle it? That’s exactly what we did," said Murtuza Vohra, managing director at Morae Global.
4 minute read

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Some Elite Law Firms Are Growing Equity Partner Ranks Faster Than Others

Elite law firms are targeting lateral partner groups that can increase the firm’s wallet share with existing, significant clients.
4 minute read

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The End of the Global Trading Order?

Canada and Mexico both got a one-month "pause" on the tariffs that U.S. President Donald Trump had threatened to impose but Canadian trade lawyers say the decades-old, rules-based world trade system is in tatters.
5 minute read

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Combative Arguments at EU's Highest Court Over Google's €4.13B Antitrust Fine Emphasize High Stakes and Invoke Trump

The appeal at Europe's top court comes two years after a lower court sided with the European Commission, which ruled that Google placed anti-competitive restrictions on mobile devices and mobile network operators to bolster its search engine's dominant position.
4 minute read

International Edition

KPMG's Bid To Practice Law in US On Hold As Arizona Court Exercises Caution

"The Arizona Supreme Court might be thinking about the possibility that a beachhead in [Arizona] would enable federal court practice in all 50 states. And if so, does [Arizona] want to assume that role in the legal market, effectively being the regulatory home to many ASLPs with national practices?" questioned one law school professor.
5 minute read

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