As a further indication that AI is taking over the world / being embraced by law firms, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer has appointed its first head of AI. Ilona Logvinova joins HSF Kramer as its Chief ...

The owner of a firm has been struck off, after it emerged that he misappropriated over £163,000 of client funds. Charles Ogbonna Azotam, admitted in 2013, was the sole principal at immigration firm ...

The cover of Stephenson's book. Legal influencer Alice Stephenson has accused the liquidators of her law firm of making her bankrupt as “punishment”. In 2023 the self-described “most followed lawyer ...

Freshfields has begun a redundancy process affecting paralegals, ROF has learned. Last week paralegals in the firm’s Manchester office were called into a meeting titled "Important Update", where ...

The SRA will take no action against a Fieldfisher associate who was found to have deliberately lied in her account of being sexually assaulted by a colleague. The regulator was investigating the ...

HSF Kramer NQs can celebrate their rise by paying less than a week's salary to snap up a signed photo of the original Kramer. HFW NQs can buy it with six days' pay. HSF Kramer and HFW are the latest ...

RollOnFriday has uncovered discrepancies in Freshfields’ diversity and inclusion data which cast doubt on its claims about its DEI achievements. The Magic Circle firm launched a five year Diversity ...

Leon's dish of the day. A judge has thrown out Donald Trump’s Executive Order targeting US firm WilmerHale, and doused the president in gumbo while he was at it. In his high-handed campaign against ...

Everton Football Club's announcement that its new ground will be called the Hill Dickinson Stadium has been greeted with responses ranging from cautious approval to cruel mockery. The 52,888-capacity ...

The SRA has issued a record-breaking fine of nearly £4m to the former owner of Kingly Solicitors. The regulator imposed its largest-ever fine on Nurul Miah, the former non-solicitor owner of Kingly ...

A solicitor whose philosophy is “plenty of smiles” said he was inspired to set up his own firm after he was ridiculed by his colleagues for being too nice. Harry “Just Ask Harry!” Suleman’s firm, ...

One of the world’s largest legal recruiting companies has deleted all references to its commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, ROF can reveal. Major, Lindsey & Africa has quietly removed reams ...