Legal News & Industry Insights

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LLM Improvements May Be Slowing Down. What Does it Mean for Legal Tech?
The release of OpenAI’s GPT-5 last month was met with indifference, as many users saw it as a minor upgrade...
September 17, 2025
The UK Top 50 Ranked by PEP: Gap Widens Between Top and Bottom of Equity
The average profit per equity partner in the U.K.’s top 50 law firms rose by 6.2% last year, highlighting an...
September 17, 2025
Clifford Chance Partner to Lead Three-Lawyer Launch of Ashurst’s First Africa Office in Morocco
Ashurst has appointed former Clifford Chance partner Ouns Lemseffer to set up its first African office in Casablanca. This move...
September 17, 2025
More A&O Shearman Partner Exits Revealed With Departures in London, Dubai and D.C.
At least 13 lawyers from A&O Shearman, including two partners from a four-lawyer team in Dubai and a three-partner antitrust...
September 17, 2025
Lowenstein Sandler’s Data360 Guides Clients on Business Lifecycle Risks
Lowenstein Sandler has launched a new service to enhance data privacy and security for clients facing technological challenges. Led by...
September 17, 2025
As Competitors Eye Cadwalader For Talent, Law Firm ‘Not Engaged’ in Merger Talks
Following another group exit this week, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft has lost more than 40 lawyers to competitors this year....
September 17, 2025
These Firms Are Investing—Directly—in Legal Tech Startups
Legal tech companies have long sought to provide law firms with innovative tools and solutions. Many firms investing in these...
September 17, 2025
Proskauer Launches Charlotte Office With 4-Partner Cadwalader Finance Team
A four-partner team coming from Cadwalader: Jared Zajac, Ron Lovelace, Patrick Yingling, and Joey Polonsky, has joined Proskauer as it...
September 17, 2025
Davis Polk Adds Blackstone Managing Director of Legal and Compliance
Oran Ebel’s entry, according to chair Neil Barr, is another crucial element in the company’s efforts to establish a dominant...
September 17, 2025
Complex Commercial Litigation Partners Remain in Demand on the West Coast
In recent weeks, a number of Big Law firms have strengthened their West Coast operations. Numerous personnel have experience with...
September 17, 2025
Lateral Talent Makes Proskauer, Orrick Major Players as They Enter Hot Charlotte Market
One of the biggest financial hubs in the country is seeing the simultaneous opening of offices by two significant international...
September 17, 2025
Cooley Hires Activism Defense Practice Chair, SEC Enforcement Leader in NY
Sean Brownridge, a former partner at McDermott Will & Schulte, was appointed by Cooley to head its new activism defense...
September 17, 2025