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Large law firms are spending a paltry amount on artificial intelligence tools, for now.
Wall Street’s Simpson Thacher scored back to back wins this week challenging a Texas law requiring schools to display the Ten Commandments and a Mississippi electoral map that allegedly discriminates against Black voters.
King & Spalding wants its junior lawyers to hit a yearly hours total that goes beyond time billed to clients.
Hampton Dellinger, the fired head of the US Office of Special Counsel, has joined the DC office of Foley Hoag as a partner, the firm announced Wednesday.
In-house counsel are pushing back against a ruling in a landmark technology case that they say could threaten the nature of attorney-client privilege, especially for attorneys working in fast-paced industries where the line between business and legal advice is often murky.
Welcome to Bloomberg Law’s Wake Up Call, a daily rundown of the top news for lawyers, law firms, and in-house counsel.
Business travelers, foreign workers, and tourists are facing a combination of longer wait times and higher costs to come to the US.
In-house counsel are pushing back against a ruling in a landmark technology case that they say could threaten the nature of attorney-client privilege, especially for attorneys working in fast-paced industries where the line between business and legal advice is often murky.
Large law firms are spending a paltry amount on artificial intelligence tools, for now.
Wall Street’s Simpson Thacher scored back to back wins this week challenging a Texas law requiring schools to display the Ten Commandments and a Mississippi electoral map that allegedly discriminates against Black voters.
King & Spalding wants its junior lawyers to hit a yearly hours total that goes beyond time billed to clients.
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Latham & Watkins is Big Law’s leading M&A adviser so far this year, riding a second-quarter upswing in tech, telecommunications, and energy deals work.
Latham & Watkins is Big Law’s leading M&A adviser so far this year, riding a second-quarter upswing in tech, telecommunications, and energy deals work.
On May 28, 2012, Dewey & LeBoeuf, the product of a merger between two storied New York law firms, filed for bankruptcy. For the first time, Dewey's former chair Steven Davis opens up about the years, months, and weeks leading to his firm's collapse, the decisions he made and, looking back, whether he would have done anything differently.
Caution prevailed on Wall Street as traders awaited a key
Digital assets are losing ground as traders brace for Federal Reserve Chair
Large law firms are spending a paltry amount on artificial intelligence tools, for now.
Georgetown AI scholar Said S. Kaymakci explains why ChatGPT-5’s rollout proves that AI poses greater legal and economic risks than tech proponents have been willing to consider.
Jamie Schmidt has opened more than a dozen bank accounts in the past year, taking advantage of a new-customer promotion each time. So far, the 20-year-old Belfast university student has netted around £2,800 ($3,774) in sign-up bonuses and switching incentives.
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