Big Law’s New Strategy: Bringing Former General Counsels In-House
Source: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati In a growing trend reshaping client relationships at major law firms, former corporate general counsels are finding a new home in Big Law—not as traditional partners, but in specialised “General Counsel in Residence” roles designed to bridge the gap between outside counsel and in-house legal departments. From Corporate Legal […]
Building Trust In Legal Software: Transparency And User Education
Source: Above the Law by OLGA V. MACK In the digital age, the legal industry has witnessed a significant transformation, largely driven by advancements in legal software. This change, while innovative and efficiency-enhancing, brings with it a new challenge: building trust. Trust in legal software is not just a matter of reliability or performance; it’s […]
The Times Sues OpenAI and Microsoft Over A.I. Use of Copyrighted Work
Millions of articles from The New York Times were used to train chatbots that now compete with it, the lawsuit said.
Apple to Halt US Sales of Smartwatches After Patent Loss
Apple will stop selling the latest versions of its smartwatch in the US due to a patent dispute, taking some of its best-selling devices off the market during the busy holiday season.
Linklaters Awarded IJInvestor’s Latin America Oil and Gas M&A Deal of the Year
Linklaters has been awarded IJInvestor’s 2023 Latin America Oil and Gas M&A Deal of the Year for the firm’s work advising Fluxys SA, a leading Belgian energy infrastructure company, on its joint acquisition with institutional investor EIG Global Energy Partners, of an 80% equity stake in GNL Quintero S.A. from Enagas Chile SpA and affiliates of OMERS Infrastructure.
Lawmatics’ LM[AI] Awarded LegalTech AI Innovation of the Year
Lawmatics announced today that its game-changing AI tool – LM[AI] – has won the LegalTech Breakthrough Award for LegalTech AI Innovation of the Year. The LegalTech Breakthrough Awards recognize the top technology companies, solutions, and products in the legal technology industry today.
After e-signatures, Tomorro believes e-contracts will be the next big thing
You might not be familiar with the name Tomorro, but it is actually not a new startup. Tomorro is a French contract management platform that originally started as Leeway. And today, the company is announcing its new brand and an $11.9 million funding round (€11 million).
Moray & Agnew recognised as one of Australia’s leading law firms
Source: The Greek Herald Moray & Agnew was recently recognised by the International Guide to Law Firms as one of the leading insurance firms in Australia. Doyle’s Guide, an independent annual directory, ranked Moray & Agnew’s Melbourne Public & Product Liability practice in the top two firms in Victoria (First Tier). Equally, Moray & Agnew’s […]
Meta faces $600M competition damages claim in Spain as media owners pursue privacy breach lawsuit
Meta is facing a major legal challenge and damages claim in Spain that argues the adtech giant’s years of failing to have a valid legal basis for processing people’s data for ads under European Union data protection rules also constitutes a competition breach for which they should be compensated financially.
Shoosmiths wins prestigious ‘UK Law Firm of the Year’ award for ‘clear strategy’ and ‘measurable differences’
Shoosmiths was crowned ‘UK Law Firm of the Year – Large sized firm’ at the British Legal Awards for its stand-out strategy, which is already making an impact in all areas including clients, brand, people and ESG.