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Law's Lightbulb Moment: Why AI Needs More Time to Develop

The adoption of AI into law will be gradual, not sudden, and we are probably still waiting for that perfect product to arrive.
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Some Things are More Important than Corporate Law

The Israel-Gaza conflict and threats to the rule of law in various countries are putting the importance of daily commercial legal practice into perspective, writes the Global Lawyer.
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For Law Firm Leaders in the West, Is Asia the Achilles Heel?

Are law firm leaders in the West out of step with their offices in Asia? With almost 50 countries so close in proximity yet so vastly distinct in a multitude of other ways, there is no one-size-fits-all approach to addressing the challenges Western-based firms face in the region, writes Jessica Seah in the Asian Legal Briefing.
5 minute read

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In the Law Firm-Client Relationship, Law Firms Are Playing a Dangerous Game

Law firms are raising rates to protect and increase profits. Corporate legal departments are cutting costs and bringing more work in-house. Where does this leave the legal industry?
7 minute read

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Why Concealing PEP Isn't Always the Best Idea

A few firms have omitted PEP from their most recent financial results—there's really only one way the market will interpret this, writes The London Lawyer.
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Freshfields' Perilous Journey to the New World

With US partners now calling the shots, the longstanding UK legal institution faces a nervous wait for its American operation to start boosting firmwide profits writes the Global Lawyer.
5 minute read

International Edition

A Former Latham Partner Shares His Story and Lawyers Are Coming Undone

Most of the time, we write about the professional side of the legal industry, but now and then we write about the personal. Law.com International's Jessica Seah did that this week, unexpectedly hitting a nerve among lawyers.
4 minute read

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The Big Four: Not So Scary After All

For all their talk of growth, it could be a long time before the Big Four's progress in the UK—the biggest single legal market they can operate in—poses a threat to large law firms, writes the London Lawyer.
4 minute read

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Israel-Gaza: Lawyers Risk Becoming Agents of Misinformation

False narratives, AI-generated imagery and unverified materials have proliferated amid the carnage—lawyers should be helping cut through the untruths, not promoting them.
5 minute read

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Hello A&O Shearman. Goodbye 'Magic Circle'

The grouping of what once were the biggest and best UK law firms no longer holds any meaning and should be retired for good.
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