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Economic pressures, US tariffs push Canadian businesses to make workforce changes – study
Littler survey shows 77% of Canadian employers have made at least one change due to economic challenges
Weil launches two-summer AI programme for law students
Select cohort of students to work with in-house team to develop AI capabilities from 2027
Raft of firms guide Qiagen’s $10.8bn take-private acquisition by Sweden’s EQT
De Brauw, Linklaters and Davis Polk guide Dutch molecular testing firm as Milbank takes the lead for Sweden’s EQT and Clifford Chance and Freshfields counsel co-investors
‘Understanding FDI controls is no longer a specialist concern’: GLP launches foreign direct investment guide
Guide, edited by Cooley partner Caroline Hobson, examines the growing complexity of foreign investment screening regimes worldwide
Womble Bond Dickinson launches new hub for developing proprietary AI tools
Womble AI Labs’ in-house team will focus on creating legal AI to automate repetitive tasks
Bar associations unite to defend international justice after US sanctions against ICC
Eight leading international and regional bar associations urged governments to protect international courts and judicial independence
American Quarter Horse Association fills vacant GC seat with veteran Texas lawyer
Jeffrey Hill replaces Chad Pierce, who left the organisation earlier in the year to rejoin Texas law firm Underwood
Legora raises $550m at $8.8bn valuation in latest funding round
Swedish legal AI startup’s valuation rockets by more than $3bn in just seven months as it says US is now its largest market by revenue
TerraLex appoints former Norton Rose Fulbright collaboration chief as CEO
Darryl Cross succeeds Terri Pepper, who is stepping down after more than a decade at the international law firm network
Fox Corporation lines up deputy GC as replacement for outgoing legal chief
Nicholas Trutanich will succeed Adam Ciongoli, who is stepping down after three years as chief legal and policy officer
Blank Rome adds two-partner commodities, finance team in New York from Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
Partners Christopher Doyle and Marvin Goldstein join with two senior counsels in hire Blank Rome said boosted its offering in energy work
Federal consumer protection disputes hit 10-year high in 2025 - study
Lawsuits jumped 31% last year, with 2026 on pace to surpass those levels, according to Lex Machina
Mills & Reeve among founding partners of women’s health business accreditation scheme
FemTick initiative is designed to recognise service providers who support the women’s health economy
US mass action start-up Chariot Claims raises $10m in Series A funding round
Financing to ‘take on the Goliath megacorps’ as mass arbitration and action activity gathers pace
Haynes Boone boosts London ranks with second partner hire this month
Derivatives partner Chris Acton joins from Macfarlanes, following Linton Bloomberg’s arrival from Reed Smith last week