Pendulum has swung towards capital allocators
Firm moves to repair relations with backers of private equity funds after claims of uncooperative behaviour in negotiations
National insurance contribution proposals could influence hiring and pay if confined to domestic partnerships
Bodies warn expanded powers for the FCA will increase costs and the burden of regulation
Legal firms are overwhelmed with enquiries from companies and individuals after Trump and Starmer harden policies
Lobbyists watered down legislation that would have frozen investor-owned firms out of largest state
A monthly series that examines how the legal ecosystem uses new technologies to serve fast-changing business needs. This time: six companies pushing the legal world into the AI era
All are exploring the potential of the tech to transform legal services, but each has its own approach
Investors behind collective lawsuits say limits to their share of damages hamper public access to justice
Music mogul’s trial was a closely followed reckoning with sexual misconduct allegations
Arguments are pending in a Manhattan court to overturn the 2024 dismissal of hundreds of lawsuits
Top 50 innovative law firms ranked. Plus: individual innovators; rivers get rights; pro bono partners; Europe’s satellites campaign; the rise of private credit deals; and reconstruction in Ukraine
Awards highlights include: digital strategy, dealmaking, private capital. Plus: the top 50 law firms, and individual innovators
Featuring the most innovative work and legal service lawyers have developed for their clients
FT Innovative Lawyers awards choose individuals whose work makes a mark, especially where the law, business and society intersect
FT Innovative Lawyers awards celebrate those who actively shape how the future unfolds in their firms
Featuring law firms that are changing how they manage their people
The tech saves time, but the potential transformation of in-house lawyers’ roles is the real gain. Plus: the top 12 innovative in-house teams, Europe 2025
The legal services conversation is increasingly about ‘products’. Plus: the top 50 innovative law firms ranked
AI is making new demands on lawyers but do they need to learn programming?
Campaigners for giving ‘legal personhood’ to the natural world sense they are winning the argument
Advisers on three projects discuss keeping food exports, healthcare and grid supplies running despite fragmentary rules
AI developments are driving a push to sell legal technology expertise to clients
The region’s multiple currencies, laws and regulations make deals more complex than for US counterparts
The €10.6bn Iris² initiative aims to rival Elon Musk’s Starlink network and spans geostrategic and commercial dilemmas
