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Shearman's Financial Issues Mount, Sources Say, but New Leader Sees Path Forward

Senior partner Adam Hakki noted that while 2023 will be a transition year, many of the firm's practices are thriving and partners are being paid "consistent with our long-standing profit distribution practices."
7 minute read

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Big Law Capital Markets Is Dead. Long Live Capital Markets Work.

"Everybody agrees the future is bright," said consultant Kent Zimmermann. "It's just—when does that future start?"
5 minute read

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Europe Targets Greenwashing, the Latest 'Hot Issue' in Environmental Law

As the European Union furthers its mission to lead in combatting climate change, the European Commission last month introduced a proposal for a Green Claims Directive on "the substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims."
4 minute read

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India's Hands-Off AI Approach Could Spur More Litigation, and Innovation

India is not a necessarily litigious society—but with an open legal market and the decision to keep AI unregulated, that could soon change.
6 minute read

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China's AI Regulation Proposal Could Reach Well Beyond Its Borders

With its latest proposed AI regulation, China could position itself as one of the most prescriptive regulators of generative AI.
5 minute read

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Can Rates Make Up for Expense Growth Much Longer?

Rates and expenses have a limited window to rise in unison before law firms have to turn to innovation.
8 minute read

International Edition

Power Ranking the Am Law 100: Who Won Out Through the Pandemic?

A retrospective on law firm pandemic performance sheds light on the future, and hints at a new model of success.
15 minute read

International Edition

Increase in Enforcement of US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Makes Companies With Ties to Latin America More Vulnerable

Nearly 60% of the U.S. Department of Justice's FCPA enforcement actions and more than two-thirds of FCPA-related prosecutions of individuals during 2022 had connections to Latin America.
4 minute read

International Edition

A Step Back, But Still Ahead? An Analysis of The 2023 Am Law 100

While 2022 was a return to reality, 2023 may be the real challenge.
10 minute read

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Which Law Firms Advise the Biggest Private Equity Clients in the UK and Europe?

Law.com International analysed Preqin and Refinitiv data and held interviews with private equity fund managers and law firm partners to determine which legal advisers have the strongest relationships with the most lucrative clients.
11 minute read

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