Carter Crow, the global head of employment and labor at Norton Rose Fulbright, was nominated by President Donald Trump on Tuesday for the role of General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Following the transatlantic unions that created A&O Shearman and HSF Kramer, Anglo-Australian company Ashurst and U.S. firm Perkins Coie will combine to form the newest mega law firm if all goes as planned.

A new analysis from the NALP Foundation demonstrates that associate assessments aren’t conducted similarly across organizations. The use of attribution and the choice of an associate’s principal evaluator—which may be a frequent manager or a direct supervisor—are two significant areas of variation. The majority of companies trained both associates and evaluators in associate assessments.

Vince DiMascio, a consulting partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, has been appointed as Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom’s first chief digital and information officer. The firm announced this week that AI, data, and analytics are becoming “increasingly central” to client needs.

Effective April 1, 2026, Norton Rose Fulbright’s South African offices will undergo a difficult four-month transition as a result of their mutual decision to terminate its verein agreement.

The second fund of the LegalTech Fund was closed to new investments. The $110 million fund will make early-stage and Series A fundraising round investments in legal tech firms. McDermott, Orrick, Consilio, Clio, and Thomson Reuters Ventures are among the fund’s investors.

Cravath Swaine & Moore said on Tuesday that it will give year-end and “special incentives” to colleagues this year, mirroring Milbank’s summer bonus and starting what looks to be a series of analogous actions. This is an indication of robust financial performance in Big Law.

Laura M. Brank has joined the Washington, D.C.-based international law firm BCLP as a partner in its Corporate Transactions Practice, the firm announced today.

In relation to the closure of a new five-year, $300 million financed term loan facility supplied by funds managed by Silver Point Capital, L.P., Mayer Brown provided legal guidance to America’s Car-Mart, Inc.

In response to the international law firm’s explosive expansion in the St. Louis region, Norton Rose Fulbright has relocated to Commerce Bank Tower in downtown Clayton, Missouri.