Three Weil partners join PE co-chief in defection to Paul Weiss in New York

Group, which also includes two associates, will move over alongside Chris Machera as high-profile exits from Weil mount

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Class actions across borders: different regimes, common challenges

As collective actions evolve across jurisdictions, lawyers, funders and disputes specialists explore the common challenges shaping the future of mass claims

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New funding rules in response to law firm collapses must target real risks, warn Law Society and funders

Imposing additional burdens on law firms using litigation funding could adversely impact access to justice, practitioners say

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Lewis Silkin launches AI-powered platform for the creative industries

The firm’s Lettu platform helps creators, talent managers, agencies and brands manage commercial deals

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Former Latham & Watkins lawyer launches AI-native law firm targeting private capital work

Nic Vetta unveils eponymous firm Vetta to manage commercial contracts for investment-backed businesses

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High Court of England and Wales sees 10 new judges appointed to bench

Cohort includes just one woman – Nicola Rushton KC – as gender equality remains uneven at senior judicial levels

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RPC boosts cyber insurance team with three-lawyer hire from Weightmans

Team is led by partner Ed Lewis, who join the firm in London

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‘A real headache’: SRA loses major decision on legal professional privilege

High Court rules England and Wales regulator cannot compel solicitors to hand over material protected by client privilege

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Quinn Emanuel’s London head joins Mariana Dam team

Richard East adds heft to team supporting Pogust Goodhead amid dispute over control of £36bn claim

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Vinson & Elkins adds Latham’s structured finance vice chair in double hire

Loren Finegold joins as V&E’s new structured finance chief in New York alongside newly minted partner Ed Comber

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Online education business Coursera hires ex-Red Hat GC as CLO

Tom Savage replaces GC Alan Cardenas, who is leaving the company at the end of the year

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US infrastructure company AECOM promotes internally for CLO role

AECOM’s GC for corporate Manav Kumar will replace David Gan as chief legal officer in October

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Womble Bond marks Florida debut with Jacksonville launch

Firm cites commitment to financial services sector as it launches 34th US office with trio of finance, bankruptcy and restructuring lawyers recruited earlier this year from Burr & Forman

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Sullivan & Cromwell and Cooley among early adopters as OpenAI unveils new legal AI platform

Astra for Law combines GPT-6 Astra with US legal research database enabling law firms and legaltech companies to develop their own AI tools and workflows

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King & Wood launches Singapore office with nine-partner team

Team of current King & Wood partners led by dispute resolution specialist Harry Liu opens firm’s third new office in less than half a year since split from Australia’s Mallesons

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A step further in collective licensing for AI training in the UAE

Bashar Malkawi explores how the UAE’s emerging collective licensing model could offer a solution to copyright challenges posed by AI

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Luxury collaborations: the contracts behind successful brand partnerships

Behind the apparent simplicity of luxury collaborations, Stocche Forbes lawyers Flavia Câmara e Castro and Thiago Porto Ribeiro explore the network of commercial decisions that need to be reflected in the contract

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AI-powered litigants in person: a growing claims challenge for defendants?

Lauren Gosnell, Nicola Aspinwall and Fiona Hamilton-Wood of Kennedys examine the challenges that AI poses for the civil courts – and how defendants must navigate them

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Luxury collaborations: the contracts behind successful brand partnerships

Behind the apparent simplicity of luxury collaborations, Stocche Forbes lawyers Flavia Câmara e Castro and Thiago Porto Ribeiro explore the network of commercial decisions that need to be reflected in the contract

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‘That investigative instinct still drives a lot of what I do today’: Alibaba’s Matthew Bassiur

Luxury Law Awards winner talks about his investigative instinct, technology literacy, the importance of mastering the fundamentals and building a broad toolkit

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Dupes or deception? The blurry line between legal copies and counterfeits

With a TikTok generation redefining the boundary between smart shopping and IP infringement, the luxury sector needs to catch up to the conversation, write Stocche Forbes lawyers Roberta Rodrigues Rozenthal and Thiago Porto Ribeiro

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‘It is taking opportunities which keep life exciting and every day different’: Luxury Law Awards lifetime achievement award-winner Kate Anthony Wilkinson

Mulberry Group's former group general counsel, Kate Anthony Wilkinson, reflects on her career and what success means as a lawyer

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