On July 3, 2026, the Office of Management and Budget published the Trump Administration’s 2026 Unified Agenda, outlining a broad set of regulatory actions on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. The U.S. Environmental
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Law firm Polsinelli has flagged a significant and recent increase in fraudulent emails targeting businesses that have newly filed trademark applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The scam emails
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Legal professionals have long accepted stress as an occupational reality, but research and practitioner accounts suggest some areas of law are far more demanding than others. The consequences of failure vary dramatically
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Canadian and Mexican professionals working in the United States on TN visas increasingly want to know how to convert their status to permanent residence. Immigration law firm Colombo and Hurd has outlined
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A new report into the Biglaw associate experience published by Chambers has shed fresh light on just how consequential summer associateships are for legal careers. The report examines the pipeline between summer
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Sullivan & Cromwell is facing serious internal tensions as partners clash over the firm’s growing entanglement with Donald Trump as a client. The Wall Street Journal confirmed reports of a significant internal
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Legal organisations are not short of technology. In many cases, they are overwhelmed by too much of it, spread across too many disconnected platforms. Most corporate legal departments and law firms operate
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The legal profession is grappling seriously with how to regulate artificial intelligence as its use in law firms and courtrooms continues to grow rapidly. Rather than pursuing outright bans on AI tools,
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The U.S. Department of State has published a final rule requiring passport details for all Diversity Immigrant Visa lottery entries starting with the DV-2027 cycle. The rule, which took effect on April
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Despite widespread optimism about artificial intelligence transforming legal work, new billing data suggests small law firms are actually spending more time per case, not less. The findings come from 8am’s SMB Law
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