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US firms see revenue grow in 2025 driven by rising billing rates and demand – study
Wells Fargo report shows pace of growth edged up 12.6% overall, with top 50 firms rising 13.3%
US lateral partner hires hits five-year high amid government lawyer exodus – study
Some 3,009 lateral hires were made in 2025, with 9% of those moves coming from government agencies, according to Firm Prospects
In-house lawyers say AI-related disputes are biggest emerging litigation risk – study
Shoosmiths survey finds that geopolitical risks such as cyber-attacks are also a top concern
Divergent global employment regulations weigh on cross-border businesses – study
Hogan Lovells’ employment report highlights growing differences in workforce protections, DEI and AI usage globally
Forever chemicals may be next corporate class action risk – report
Ben Rigby examines if public concern about forever chemicals will trigger a wave of class action litigation
AI governance and geopolitical risks dominate legal sector outlook for 2026 – study
Law firm leaders enter 2026 facing significant uncertainty, according to MD Communications report
‘Genuinely novel’: McDermott partner proposes arbitration clause to strengthen enforcement of cross-border judgments
Hilton Mervis has devised a mechanism allowing unpaid court judgments to be converted into arbitral awards
Successful challenges to arbitral awards remain low globally – study
Reed Smith report shows that England and Wales has the highest overall success rate
Rethinking performance: the impact of tougher partner expectations on culture
Do tougher partner expectations help firms perform at their best – like elite teams in sport – or quietly undermine the culture that makes high performance possible, asks Moray McLaren
Senior associates at UK firms have lower job satisfaction than other cohorts – study
Only 61% of senior associates are satisfied at work, compared to 75% of partners, according to a Chambers’ report
In-house legal professionals worry about rise in AI-driven IP infringement - study
As many as nine in 10 senior legal leaders said they are concerned about the threat of online IP infringement
London litigation market defies volatility as partner moves surge
IP and international arbitration partners in high demand, research by Macrae finds, but gender gap is widening
Gen AI adoption more than doubles among US in-house counsel, ACC study shows
Some 52% of US corporate counsel started using Gen AI this year, compared to 23% in 2024
Investors using media to pressurise states into paying $83bn of unpaid arbitral debts, report finds
Investor-state disputes ‘generate far more media coverage than might be expected from confidential proceedings’, according to Thorndon Partners
UK law firms lead responsible business index as US firms slide – study
Clyde & Co, DWF, Pinsent Masons, Simmons & Simmons and Taylor Wessing top list published by Lamp House and Chambers