What’s With Coffee Badging? And What IS Workplace Coffee Badging?
Albert Goodwin, Contribing LawFuel editor As lawyers and others push for a return to the office, a trend towards ‘coffee badging’ – the practice of briefly showing up at the physical office, often...
View ArticleNetflix Hit with $170 Baby Reindeer Lawsuit
The Netflix ‘Brutal Lies’ Lawsuit She said it was coming and now it’s here: the ‘Baby Reindeer’ lawsuit for defamation against Netflix for the Baby Reindeer hit show. Fiona Harvey claims to be the...
View ArticleHow Burnout Coaching Is Helping Save High-Stress Professionals
The Burnout Coaching Revolution Charlotte Jacobs, Contributing Writer Burnout coaching is a new term to have entered the workplace lexicon as burnout becomes an increasingly significant issue for...
View ArticleBaroness Fiona Shackleton Called In For Another Celebrity Divorce
Jacqui Coombe When it comes to handling the messy divorces of Britain’s elite, few lawyers command as much respect and fear as Fiona Shackleton, carrying the equally lustrous title now as Baroness...
View ArticleThe London Barrister Stirring A Class Action Hornet’s Nest Down Under
The major global law firm backed by the largest-ever litigation funding deal plans to initiate up to three class action lawsuits in Australia before the end of this year, with seven more expected...
View ArticleCan Law Firm Gen AI Really Can Cut Lawyers’ Time in Half?
The GenAI Law Firm Survey A major UK law firm’s survey of generative AI tools has shown that gen AI cut their lawyers’ work drafting briefs in half. Ashursts used in-depth trials of several AI tools...
View ArticleWho’s Leo Wise The Tough Lawyer Who Took Down Hunter Biden?
Ben Borman LawFuel contributing editor In the crazy world of big-money lateral hires for legal stars, the recent successful prosecution of Hunter Biden has elevated the profile for a previously...
View ArticleWho Are London’s Top Divorce Lawyers?
The London Divorce Lawyer List London’s role as the centre of finance may be slipping with the onset of Brexit, but it remains a divorce capital for many of the world’s richest couples, seeking to...
View Article‘Why I Love Criminal Law’– A Top Lawyer’s Love of What She Does
Emma Priest, Barrister I’ve been thinking a lot about why is that I love criminal law. I think that when people commit crime, they show us the extreme end of what are very understandable human...
View ArticleLegal AI Careers Prospects and Opportunities: Navigating the Future of Law
With the rise of artificial intelligence, the legal profession is undergoing a significant transformation and with it has come some new legal career opportunities for lawyers with an interest in...
View ArticleLitigation Star and Trump Antagonist Robbie Kaplan Sets Up New Firm
Kaplan Returns To Roots With New Litigation Boutique Few legal figures stand out as prominently as Roberta “Robbie” Kaplan in the American legal universe. A trailblazing attorney with a penchant for...
View ArticleSwift Justice – How Taylor Swift Rewrote the Book on Music Copyrights
A recent article in the Harvard Law Review has shown how recording supremo Taylor Swift has cleverly shaken up IP law and the music industry and also reshaped how music deals will be done. The Harvard...
View ArticleWho Are New Zealand’s 19 New King’s Counsel
In 2024, following a one-year break, 19 lawyers have been elevated to the rank of King’s Counsel, including seven women and including the lawyer who represented former Justice Minister Kiri Allan in...
View ArticleHow Angel Lisinski’s’ Love Story Built The Immigration Lisinski Law Firm
The Rapid Growth of the Lisinski Law Firm Ben Thomson, Law Firm Contributor It’s not often that an immigration lawyer would hit the ‘law star’ list, but then Lisinski Law owner Angelyne ‘Angel’...
View Article7 Groundbreaking Factors Reshaping Law Firm Rankings in 2024
Shining A Light On New Rankings Success Factors Tom Borman, LawFuel Contributing Writer Writing recently about law firm rankings saw several inquiries from lawyers asking how the rankings and their...
View ArticleUsha Vance, Wife of Trump Running Mate JD Vance Leaves Law Firm
Usha Chilukuri Vance, wife of Donald Trump running mate J.D. Vance, has departed from her law firm following her husband’s official announcement as former President Donald Trump’s vice presidential...
View ArticleFormer Clifford Chance Partner Contests His Dismissal
The Clifford Chance partner dismissed following alleged “serious misconduct” vehemently denies the allegations and alleges the global firm breached confidentiality obligations it had when...
View ArticlePower Move in Big Law As Dentons Taps Kate Barton as Global Chief
EY To Dentons For Barton Dentons – the monster law firm – just dropped some serious news that they’ve tapped Kate Barton as their new Global CEO. And they scored a heavyweight. Barton’s coming in hot...
View ArticleAustralian Energy Work Boosts Herbert Smith Profits
Record Herbert Smith Profits Reported Herbert Smith Freehills’ financial report card shows that they too are setting records in the law firm reporting season upon us. HSF has been raking it in this...
View ArticleFox News General Counsel Swaps From Newsroom to Courtroom
Gibson Dunn partner Katherine Moran Meeks is making a career 180 pulling a reverse-Peter Parker, going from mild-mannered reporter to legal superhero, now appointed General Counsel at Fox News. Before...
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