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  Harvey Chief Eyes Expansion In Europe As AI Battle Heats Up

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  As Harvey advances its European expansion, the platform's co-founder and chief executive said the real fight in ...(read more)

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  SRA Backs Mazur Litigation Rights Limits On Appeal

  By William Janes

  The solicitors' watchdog asked a London appeals court on Thursday to uphold a decision that unauthorized law fir...(read more)

• Swedish AI Co. Legora Opens Houston And Chicago Offices

  By Matt Perez

  Sweden-based Legora, which offers a legal artificial intelligence platform, announced Friday the opening of two U.S. offices in Houston and Chicago, with the goal of growing its headcount to over 300 employees in the country this year as part of an international expansion stemming from the company's Series C capital raise late last year.

• The Revolving Door: Squire Patton, Ropes Make Big Hires

  By Max Austin

  Over the past week, Squire Patton Boggs recruited two new partners to its intellectual property and pension practices, Ropes & Gray added its second private equity partner since the start of 2026, CMS lost a corporate partner to Freeths, and Wilkie Farr & Gallagher snapped up a former competition leader at Clifford Chance.

• Ex-Judge Can't Fight Fraud Conviction Over Legal Costs

  By Christopher Crosby

  An English appellate court on Friday barred a former part-time judge and barrister from making a fresh challenge against his conviction for fraudulently submitting cost claims, ruling that new evidence in support of his case wasn't credible.

• UK Lawtech Investment Hits Record £189M Amid AI Surge

  By Ashish Sareen

  Investment in the U.K.'s legal technology industry reached new heights in 2025, approaching £200 million ($270 million) amid surging demand for artificial intelligence-powered legal services as law firms' clients push for faster turnaround times and lower costs, LawtechUK reported Thursday.

• Pinsent Masons Launches Shortened Overseas Secondments

  By Joel Poultney

  Pinsent Masons said Wednesday it has introduced two shortened global secondment programs to boost collaboration across its 29 offices around the world.

• Law Society Fights To Uphold Mazur Litigation Rights Ruling

  By William Janes

  The professional body for solicitors told an appeals court on Wednesday that the law governing lawyers' practices would be "circumvented" if it overturns a ruling that legal executives, trainees and paralegals cannot conduct litigation, even when being supervised.

• Judge Rebukes Solicitors For Using AI To Cite Fake Cases

  By Jamie Lennox

  A London tribunal has reprimanded two lawyers for using artificial intelligence to draft documents littered with errors, warning that hallucinated citations send judges on a "fool's errand" of searching for cases that don't exist.

• Eversheds Sutherland Hires New GC From Pinsent Masons

  By Ashish Sareen

  Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP said Wednesday that it has hired a new general counsel from Pinsent Masons LLP as its long-time legal chief retires.

• Mishcon Denies It Was Negligent In Administration Row

  By Ashish Sareen

  Mishcon de Reya LLP has denied acting negligently when it advised two former directors of a brand development business to place the holding company and its U.K. arm into administration.

• Paul Hastings' Revenue In London Surges To $272M

  By Ashish Sareen

  Paul Hastings LLP said Tuesday that its office in London has seen its revenue soar by a quarter to more than $270 million against the backdrop of high partner turnover.

• Knights To Relocate To New Office In Nottingham City Center

  By Max Austin

  Knights said Tuesday that it will relocate to a new office in the center of Nottingham in June, as the firm looks to build on recent growth and expand its presence across the East Midlands.

• Leveson Warns Justice System Faces Disaster Without AI

  By Christopher Crosby

  Prosecutors face "disaster" if they cannot get to grips with using artificial intelligence to process and review the mountain of digital material in increasingly complex criminal cases, former senior judge Brian Leveson warned on Tuesday.