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1 week ago | 
law.com | Caroline Byrne
In a month designated by many nations as a time to address mental health awareness, The Global Lawyer looks at what lawyers, known to be part of an unwell profession, can do in these fraught times.
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2 weeks ago | 
law.com | Caroline Byrne
The FBI has issued a stark warning about a cyber gang known as Silent Ransom Group (SRG), a criminal syndicate that has breached dozens of law firms already this year by manipulating IT teams into handing over critical information.
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2 weeks ago | 
law.com | Caroline Byrne
Criminals are hijacking the names of top law firms from Latham & Watkins to Milbank in scams so brazen fraudsters have even impersonated the U.K.'s legal regulator this year—three times. More than 200 firms and lawyers have seen their names emblazoned on fake emails, forged trademarks, and bogus WhatsApp messages so far in 2025, according to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Scam Alerts database.
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2 weeks ago | 
law.com | Caroline Byrne
Criminals are hijacking the names of top law firms from Latham & Watkins to Milbank in scams so brazen fraudsters have even impersonated the U.K.'s legal regulator this year—three times. More than 200 firms and lawyers have seen their names emblazoned on fake emails, forged trademarks, and bogus WhatsApp messages so far in 2025, according to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Scam Alerts database.
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3 weeks ago | 
law.com | Caroline Byrne
Who Got The Work J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.
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1 month ago | 
law.com | Caroline Byrne
Lawyers and spies walk parallel paths—trusted with secrets that shape power behind the scenes. The intersection between Big Law and espionage has largely flown under the radar though, until a wave of court cases followed Donald Trump’s threat to suspend law firm security clearances. Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr court documents revealed last week that the security clearances for two of its lawyers were suspended by the U.S. government via a letter citing a Trump executive order.
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1 month ago | 
law.com | Caroline Byrne
Lawyers and spies walk parallel paths—trusted with secrets that shape power behind the scenes. The intersection between Big Law and espionage has largely flown under the radar though, until a wave of court cases followed Donald Trump’s threat to suspend law firm security clearances. Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr court documents revealed last week that the security clearances for two of its lawyers were suspended by the U.S. government via a letter citing a Trump executive order.
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1 month ago | 
law.com | Caroline Byrne
British property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz’s company is suing its former law firm for €213 million ($240 million) alleging professional negligence over a property deal involving Santander Bank’s Madrid headquarters, a property previously valued at more than $2 billion. Details of the dispute were revealed in a related May 2 High Court judgment in London brought by Tchenguiz’s Edgeworth Capital (Luxembourg) company.
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2 months ago | 
law.com | Caroline Byrne
Law firms are no longer just dabbling in AI—they’re investing, acquiring, building and reimagining how legal knowledge is created, shared and delivered. From Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton’s acquisition of Springbok AI to A&O Shearman’s AI tool for senior lawyers, firms are embracing tech—not to replace lawyers, but to amplify their expertise, speed up complex work, and future-proof their practices. Here are 10 notable developments.
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2 months ago | 
law.com | Caroline Byrne
Law firms are no longer just dabbling in AI—they’re investing, acquiring, building and reimagining how legal knowledge is created, shared and delivered. From Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton’s acquisition of Springbok AI to A&O Shearman’s AI tool for senior lawyers, firms are embracing tech—not to replace lawyers, but to amplify their expertise, speed up complex work, and future-proof their practices. Here are 10 notable developments.
