Forrest Solutions, a staffing and outsourcing firm, surveyed about a quarter of the Am Law 200 and found that while law firm tech innovation has jumped significantly, firms could be doing more when it comes to investing in people themselves.

Check out who landed where in our annual rankings of highest-paid legal chiefs, which is based on an analysis of Fortune 1000 companies' proxy statements covering fiscal years ending after June 30, 2024.

One legal chief went from last to fourth. Another rode the AI wave to a 75% compensation increase.

The founder of the firm's Riyadh office offers insight into the work in Saudi Arabia, offering a behind-the-scenes look at what it's like to operate as an international law firm in the Kingdom.

The firm has hired a four-partner group from K&L Gates, three of whom will be based in the firm's new Seattle office.

Stinson, Barclay Damon and Meirowitz & Wasserberg have made major expansions to their New York offices, but other midsize peers are holding their existing spaces or reducing.

McDermott chair Ira Coleman said there will be leadership representation from both firms, though who and where has yet to be fully fleshed out.

The departure early this year of Archer Aviation's chief legal officer, Andy Missan, has triggered one promotion and one outside hire.

AI is rapidly transforming the legal industry, but an even bigger threat to Big Law may come from law firms' inability — or unwillingness — to adapt fast enough, writes The Global Lawyer.

The Milbank lawyers shaved thousands off their hourly rates to represent the group of cities in a suit the Department of Justice filed on May 22.

President Donald Trump's executive order directs the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice to act within 60 days to protect college sports from “unreasonable antitrust lawsuits but offers no specifics.

A group of first-years will start later than expected.

"I can think of no one better to honor filling this vacancy with than Judge Hackett. Judge Hackett nobly served as a judge in Madison County for 18 years. The citizens of the district will best be served by someone of his stature until they have the opportunity to elect their next appellate justice," Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice David K. Overstreet said in a statement.

The threat of a 50% tariff on Brazilian exports has placed the world's 10th-biggest economy in the center of geopolitical tensions.

Fewer clients on average are sticking with lateral partners, recent research suggests. But practice areas, experience, and regions of the country also appear to have an effect.

"We aren't charging for any of this work. But we are excited to contribute to these causes, and the professional satisfaction this brings is the best form of compensation,” co-founder Shainin Specter said of efforts including a case seeking to allow Pennsylvania independent voters to participate in primary elections and an amicus brief on behalf of law firms litigating against the Trump administration.

Friday's verdict for CME Group Inc. and its subsidiary, The Board of Trade of the City of Chicago Inc., comes in a class trial in Cook County Circuit Court that involved thousands of former pit traders who sought compensation following the shift to screen-based trading.

Major software companies are facing patent claims over their use of AI to combat cyberattacks.

Former employees of ezCater, which connects businesses with restaurants and caterers, alleged they were discriminated against based on their gender, race and/or pregnancy and retaliated against for complaining about the alleged discrimination.

In a statement Friday, a Wilmer spokesperson said the firm remains confident it will succeed.