For partners, make-whole signing bonuses are trending up again, said Major Lindsey recruiter Kirsten Keegan Vasquez, as firms become more comfortable spending on talent than they were in 2023.
The New York Times' copyright infringement lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft is said to be AI's 'Napster Moment.' But observers are torn about the case's legal merits, citing differing views around how exactly LLMs are trained.
"We feel like there's a lot of allegations here that would show that the school district really deliberately went after [the plaintiff] and retaliated against him for exercising his constitutional right," The Fairness Center's Nathan McGrath said.
Attorney retirement and succession planning are critical issues that are often overlooked at the management level of law firms. A key question arises: What should come first, retirement or succession planning? Although they go hand in hand, many firms avoid addressing both.
That a firm of Slaughters' calibre and conservatism has put forward a solution to an age-old problem is refreshing, but lots of questions remain, writes The London Lawyer.