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Growth, the ideal size and generative AI are key questions for US law firm leaders
Special reports covering Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific. Plus: Business Legal Leaders and Accelerating Business
The people, strategies and breakthroughs that will sustain law firms amid the upheavals facing the profession. Plus: generative AI lawsuits; crypto hackers outmanoeuvred; M&A’s record deals in sports; and Supreme Court vs ‘the administrative state’
The FT Innovative Lawyers awards seek out those who go beyond sheer prowess to address the nexus of the law, business and wider society
Sam Bankman-Fried’s court appearances provide lessons for defendants
Firms are changing how they manage their own people, and how they are reinventing services and delivery models
Case studies in best practice among general counsel and company legal teams in North America
Trends in geopolitics force faster responses from legal teams
Efforts to curb regulators will be destabilising for government and business
The FT Innovative Lawyers awards identify individuals who take a lead on making sure innovations take effect
Featuring the most innovative services that lawyers have developed for clients
Awards highlights include technology, skills, access to justice — and a special achievement award
Legal challenges force rethink on hiring policies and diversity programmes
‘Slowbalisation’ has shifted lawyers’ world view
M&A ‘quarterbacks’ help navigate rules in record-breaking deals
Firms predict uptick in demand as market grows
Writers and artists claim copyright violations
Lawyers have lobbied for regulation that is tailored to the technology, paving the way for faster rollout
Frankfurt court indicates most allegations appear merited in trial of law firm’s former global head of tax
Prominent M&A specialist Steve Cooke is latest senior ‘magic circle’ firm partner to switch professions
Reform needed following collapse of white-collar criminal investigations, says leading barrister
EY has launched 10 redundancy consultations in recent months
Big Four firm says suspicious activity quickly spotted but industry disagrees about relying on the new technology
The FCA alleges the pair used confidential information from the Wall Street bank to boost returns
US regulator says more than 1,000 of firm’s workers cheated on tests designed to familiarise them with US standards
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