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Meet the Solicitor Who Built a Practice After Being Mocked for Kindness

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How One Lawyer Turned Mockery Into a Business Model Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing editor In a profession where “aggressive representation” is practically a sacred mantra, one UK solicitor has flipped the script by building his practice on, brace yourself, being nice to clients. He’s the Mr Nice Guy lawyer who built a whole business model […]

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The Royal Law Firm Shuffle – The Law Firm Fit for a Prince

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Why Prince William’s Choice of Mishcon de Reya Speaks Volumes Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing editor In what legal circles are calling the monarchy’s most intriguing attorney-client relationship since, well, Diana’s divorce, Prince William has just tapped Mishcon de Reya—the nobby London firm that once represented his mother during her contentious 1996 split from then-Prince Charles.

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The Great Law Firm Rebellion Sees Young Associates Stage Unprecedented Exodus Over Trump Deals

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In the marble-lined corridors of legal power, a rebellion is brewing over the ‘Trump deals’ being made by biglaw firms targeted by the administration in recent weeks.

Associates at two of America’s most prestigious law firms are doing what many might have thought to have been the unthinkable—resigning from coveted positions that pay north of $220,000 annually to protest their firms’ Faustian bargains with President Trump, marking perhaps the most significant crisis of conscience Big Law has faced in a generation.

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Skadden Coughs Up $100M to Avoid Executive Order Hammer

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It’s Trump, Not AI Threatening These Lawyers Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing editor Skadden has cut a $100 million deal with the Trump administration to avoid becoming the next law firm target of presidential wrath. The firm preemptively approached the White House after learning they were in the crosshairs of a potential executive order, opting to

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700+ Attorneys Unite Against Trump’s Law Firm Crackdown

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The Trump Crackdown on Law Firms Meets Resistance Ben Thomson, Legal contributing editor US lawyers have rallied in an unprecedented show of unity, with over 700 attorneys and legal organizations across the political spectrum joining forces to write to US Attorney General Pam Bondi urging her to take a stand in defense of lawyers’ and

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Why Trump’s Attack on Elite Firms Is Particularly Savage for Paul Weiss

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The Paul Weiss ‘Inflection Point’ Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributor Vivia Chen’s latest column at her blog ‘The Ex-Careerist’ on substack delivers a sharp critique of Donald Trump’s escalating attacks on major law firms, with Paul Weiss being his third target. This pattern of retaliation has reached what Chen calls “an inflection point,” as Trump’s executive

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Trump vs. Big Law And The Icy Fear He Has Given Big Law

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Trump’s Icy Law Firm Crackdown Ben Thomson, Lawfuel contributing editor Any law firm representing someone Donald Trump doesn’t like might cost your firm its government contracts in the US, after the administration launched a ferocious, two-pronged assault on major law firms through executive orders that should make every attorney pay attention – regardless of political

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The Latest (almost) $3 Billion Law Firm

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Let’s cut through the corporate jargon: Hogan Lovells isn’t just “growing” – it’s latest results show the firm is scaling with surgical precision having just posted a $2.965B revenue haul for 2024, a near 9 percent jump that brings it within spitting distance of the elusive $3B mark.

The news was dropped by the firm in their March 6 release that we have here.

For context, that’s up 23 percent from 2023’s $2.7B. More telling? PEP hit $3.07M (up 12 percent while RPL nudged to $1.097M.

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Elon Musk’s Legal Ace Hits $3K/Hour in Landmark Legal Fee Benchmark

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Alex Spiro, the go-to litigator for Elon Musk and New York City Mayor Eric Adams, now bills clients $3,000 per hour—a figure cementing his status among Manhattan’s most expensive lawyers. Or in fact any US lawyers.

At Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, Spiro and global co-managing partner William Burck lead a pricing tier that reflects the fast-growing climb of premium legal services across the US, with firm partners charging between $1,860 and $3,000 hourly.

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