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Condé Nast and Guardian among group accusing Canadian AI start-up of ‘wholesale, verbatim copying’
Launch of latest Gen AI suit follows victory for Thomson Reuters in tussle with legal research outfit ROSS
Law Society urges UK government to scrap plans to axe funding for solicitor apprenticeships
Concerns mount over impact of apprenticeship reforms on social mobility within the legal profession
Simpson Thacher builds out in Boston with hires from Cooley, Ropes & Gray
Recently launched office bolstered with two partners practising across private funds and government investigations
Online radio broadcaster SiriusXM lures ex-Airbnb CLO out of retirement as new GC
Richard Baer is replacing Patrick Donnelly, who is retiring
Legal AI start-up Luminance, backed by Slaughter and May, raises $75m
Funding round marks one of largest capital raises by pure-play legal AI company in UK and Europe
Simpson Thacher taps Willkie Farr for four-partner registered funds team
Firm cites growing client focus on retail market products as partners join across New York and DC
UPC appeals court steps away from ban on in-house counsel representation
Counsel will only be barred if they have ‘extensive administrative and financial powers’ within a company, court rules
IBA to explore cross-border law opportunities at Asia Pacific Regional Forum
Biennial forum is taking place in Hong Kong this week and features sessions on arbitration and cross-border M&A
Hogan Lovells hires two BCLP partners to strengthen London competition class action team
Hire of Edward Coulson and Andrew Leitch prompted by surge in number of competition claims
Addleshaw Goddard absorbs Linklaters’ Warsaw office
Firm hails addition of 80-lawyer office as ‘milestone’ in international expansion drive
ABA challenges Trump administration’s diversity policies, foreign aid cuts and judicial attacks
US president issued executive order in January seeking to end private sector DEI initiatives
King & Spalding hits Baker McKenzie for Brussels trade duo
Firm restocks Brussels trade bench with partner Arnoud Willems and newly-minted partner Bregt Natens following exits last November
World’s largest cinema operator AMC Entertainment names interim GC
Edwin Gladbach steps up from legal VP role to replace Kevin Connor, who is retiring after 23 years with AMC
London Court of International Arbitration names new president
Maxi Scherer becomes third woman president in succession, replacing Paula Hodges KC
Cleary to shut Beijing arm, joining US law firm exodus from mainland China
New York firm to focus China coverage in Hong Kong