A leader is anyone who influences others. Not every leader is an effective one. —The Tilt Institute Partner autonomy has long been heralded as a distinct strength of many firm cultures. It empowers entrepreneurial action, fosters a sense of ownership and accompanies individual initiative. It exists alongside the right to…

Spanish powerhouse Garrigues has struck a deal with Sánchez Devanny to fully integrate the Mexican law firm into its practice by the end of the year. The merger will see Garrigues’s practice expand beyond Mexico City to include Monterrey and Querétaro, where Sánchez Devanny is located, and its headcount grow…

Is chicken a meat? Is a chicken burger a sandwich? Unusual existential questions to ponder but ones which spring to mind when looking at the recent decision in Case T -58/23 Supermac’s (Holdings) Ltd v EUIPO and McDonalds International Property Co. Ltd at the EU General Court. What the decision…

Swedish legal tech startup Leya, which offers a generative AI assistant that streamlines legal tasks such as document analysis, due-diligence review, data extraction, legal research and drafting, may be one of the fastest growing startups in the legal tech market. On Wednesday, Leya  closed on a $25 million series A…

After growing from five to 27 lawyers over the last five years in Los Angeles, litigation-focused Shook, Hardy & Bacon is trying to reach “critical mass” in the city by adding roughly 20 more lawyers there over the next five years. “To have critical mass, to really have a presence…

23andMe has reached a settlement in principle of class actions brought over last year’s data breach, lawyers disclosed at a Tuesday court hearing in San Francisco. The amount and details of the settlement weren’t disclosed, but, in its annual report this year, 23andMe revealed it had $216 million in cash.…