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March 18, 2026
Luminance Technologies Ltd., a U.K. software company producing artificial intelligence tools for enterprise legal teams, announced it has hired the former vice president for product and AI at business software startup ClickUp to serve as its chief technology officer.
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March 18, 2026
A judge recently found for the first time that a claim met the statutory definition of a strategic lawsuit against public participation, offering a symbolically significant — if limited — test of new powers designed to curb abusive litigation.
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March 18, 2026
Slaughter and May on Wednesday named three lawyers who are set to become partners, half the number it promoted in 2025, in the firm's smallest promotion round since before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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March 18, 2026
CMS named 54 new partners worldwide on Wednesday — slightly fewer than in 2025 — with those in the U.K. making up about a quarter of those promoted.
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March 18, 2026
Rosling King LLP has reached a settlement over claims by property developer Tonstate Group, which had accused the law firm of negligently handling litigation against its former chief executive.
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March 18, 2026
Artificial intelligence-native law firm Lawhive opened an office in New York on Wednesday and disclosed plans to acquire other U.S.-based law firms to grow its presence across the country.
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March 17, 2026
Norway-based Newcode.ai, which claims to be building an operating system designed for artificial intelligence use by legal teams, announced Tuesday that it raised $6.5 million in seed funding.
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March 17, 2026
A London judge has refused to grant Clyde & Co. an injunction preventing a lawyer from suing in Dubai to force the firm to pay his full bonus, concluding it was unlikely that an English arbitration agreement was still valid.
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March 17, 2026
A tribunal has cleared a solicitor of misconduct after he was accused of encouraging an undercover reporter posing as a client to make up a false narrative to support an application for asylum in the U.K.
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March 17, 2026
Goodwin Procter LLP generated revenue of more than $220 million in the U.K. in 2025, contributing to the strongest set of financial results in the law firm's history.
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March 17, 2026
An employment tribunal has ordered a boutique law firm for entrepreneurs to pay £3,885 ($5,185) to a solicitor it let go without providing him with his notice pay or holiday pay, alongside another contract breach.
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March 17, 2026
A Nigerian tourism business fought on Tuesday to save its claim that Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP caused it to lose almost $74 million by negligently advising on an investment deal with private equity giant Carlyle Group.
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March 17, 2026
Property developer Canary Wharf Group said Tuesday that it has hired a new group general counsel from private equity giant Ares Management Corp.
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March 17, 2026
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has adopted LexisNexis' AI-powered legal assistant, the latest legal tech tool the firm has endorsed after it rolled out Harvey for its lawyers.
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March 17, 2026
Judges in England and Wales are being trained to recognize the use of artificial intelligence in the courtroom, the head of the judiciary said Wednesday, as well as the "threats" that emerging technologies bring to "administrating the delivery of justice."
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March 16, 2026
The use of artificial intelligence tools is expected to spark novel battles for disclosure during litigation, with opposing parties likely to clash over the confidentiality of AI systems and whether their use has undermined privilege.
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March 16, 2026
DLA Piper said Monday that it has deployed artificial intelligence platform Harvey firmwide to help its lawyers use the technology to draft documents and other materials more efficiently after it ran a competitive trial.
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March 16, 2026
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP fought Monday to toss a claim that it caused a Nigerian tourism business to lose almost $74 million by negligently advising on an investment deal involving Carlyle Group, arguing the case was brought too late.
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March 16, 2026
The former owner and senior partner at Fletcher Day has been barred from practicing as a lawyer after a tribunal found he attempted to conceal the fact that he had misappropriated at least £1 million ($1.32 million) of client money.
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March 16, 2026
Cripps LLP has hired the founder of boutique firm Radius Law and his team of automotive specialists in a bid to strengthen its commercial and technology practice across London and the southeast.
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March 16, 2026
The insurer of an insolvent solicitors' firm has said exclusions in the pair's policy means it does not have to pay more than £1 million ($1.33 million) to a legal expense insurance company over allegedly missed payments linked to after-the-event litigation policies.
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March 16, 2026
A tribunal has upheld its decision to throw out part of a Black barrister's race discrimination case against the Bar Standards Board, ruling that she failed to back up her "speculatory" claim with enough detail.
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March 16, 2026
AmTrust failed in its bid to hold an insurer of two defunct law firms liable for £59 million ($78 million) in defaulted loans after a court ruled Monday that the losses incurred in claimant cases were not covered by the firms' insurance policies.
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March 16, 2026
Cooley's London office generated record revenue of around $110 million in 2025 as it acted on key mandates in areas including litigation, equity capital markets and mergers and acquisitions.
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March 13, 2026
A London judge has rejected a witness's testimony as "unreliable and untruthful" after concluding that he answered questions during cross-examination while he was being coached through his smart glasses.