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Senior Partners—Retention, Not Cyber Crime, Is Your Biggest Issue in 2024

Cyber threats are real and dangerous—but good old fashioned retention is number one, and goes to the very heart of your firm's success and survival, writes The Global Lawyer.
5 minute read

International Edition

Top Litigation Trends of 2023—and What to Watch in 2024

As 2023 comes to an end, we're looking back at significant litigation trends surfaced by Law.com Radar.
6 minute read

International Edition

It's a Bird, It's a Plane—It's a Deepfake: 5 Concerns for Legal in 2024

From higher e-discovery costs to unprepared judges, Legaltech News highlights some of the key risks that deepfakes pose to legal professionals going into 2024.
1 minute read

International Edition

CMS' Spanish Arm Becomes Latest Victim of LockBit Cyber Attack

The same attackers were behind a data breach at Allen & Overy last month, with experts at the time suggesting the firm may have to pay out several million to avoid confidential information being published.
2 minute read

International Edition

EU's New AI Act Will Create Wave of Work for Law Firms

Lawyers say the landmark AI legislation agreed upon by EU officials on Friday will generate extensive work for Big Law, with multijurisdictional law firms that have strong regulatory practices best positioned to ride the wave of advisory and compliance work the new bill is expected to create.
5 minute read

International Edition

Cybersecurity Spend Among UK Top 10 Jumps 21% as Threats Become Priority

A new report by PwC stresses that law firms should incorporate 'human cyber risk' into their cyber strategies.
2 minute read

International Edition

Allen & Overy Removed from Ransomware Website 1 Day Before 'Deadline'

One person said the removal could mean the firm has paid a ransom to the hacking group, which is one of the most notorious in the world and is viewed as having strong links to Russia.
2 minute read

International Edition

Should Allen & Overy Pay the Ransom?

An attack by one of the world's most infamous ransomware groups has left the law firm in a quandary, and time is running out, writes the London Lawyer.
4 minute read

International Edition

A&O Has 5 Days to Meet Hackers' Demands: Expert Q&A

A&O faces having confidential data published on the dark web following an attack by ransomware group LockBit—a cyber security expert explains how the firm's merger with Shearman could well have caught the hackers' attention.
7 minute read

International Edition

Like Cash, the Days of Holding Client Data Are Numbered

Cyber attacks on A&O and Kirkland, as well as changing regulations, may engender an age in which large firms no longer hold client data, writes The Global Lawyer.
5 minute read

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