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UK news
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
1 day ago

Hired in plant insurance: The hire agreement clause that leaves UK contractors holding the bill, Townsend McCormack - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Hired in plant insurance is crucial for contractors to mitigate financial risks associated with theft and damage of high-value equipment.
fromABA Journal
2 days ago

Legal industry is expanding its office footprint, new report finds

For the first time in three years, more law firms are planning to expand their office footprint, rather than contract, according to a new report from commercial real estate brokerage CBRE.
Law
fromwww.housingwire.com
4 days ago

ALTA report quantifies complex title work required before closing

More than 80% of purchase transactions require reviewing at least 11 documents, while 21% involve reviewing more than 50 records tied to a property's ownership history.
Real estate
Careers
fromSlate Magazine
5 days ago

There's Only One Way to Get More Money at Work. Some People Absolutely Refuse to Do It.

Many people do not negotiate their salaries, often accepting initial offers due to fear of appearing greedy.
Law
fromAbove the Law
23 hours ago

Retiring Partners Should Relinquish Prized Offices - Above the Law

Retiring partners often give up prime offices to accommodate rising lawyers, despite potential disputes over office locations and sizes.
Intellectual property law
fromAbove the Law
1 week ago

AI Vendor Contracts: The Terms And Conditions Trap - Above the Law

In-house lawyers must carefully review AI tool contracts to avoid significant data control issues despite attractive pitches of efficiency and cost savings.
EU data protection
fromBusiness Matters
1 week ago

Companies House disciplines over 100 staff amid compliance concerns

Companies House disciplined 132 employees for policy breaches, highlighting operational challenges and the need for stronger data security measures.
Agile
fromBusiness Matters
2 weeks ago

How to Avoid Construction Delays and Stay on Schedule

Construction delays can derail projects due to poor planning, resource shortages, and communication breakdowns, but can be mitigated with effective strategies and technology.
Careers
fromABA Journal
1 week ago

1 in 3 GCs who left Fortune 500 companies were in role less than 3 years, new report says

One in three general counsels who left Fortune 500 companies did so within three years, with many being external hires.
Healthcare
fromEntrepreneur
2 weeks ago

Why Liability Insurance No Longer Works the Way You Think - and What CEOs Must Do About It

Liability insurance has shifted to a shareholder-driven system, requiring leaders to manage claims proactively to avoid costly surprises.
fromTheregister
4 days ago

ServiceNow salesman sues employer in commission dispute

Costa's then-manager told him that ServiceNow would not pay this commission because the Sales Compensation Department had concluded that Costa had 'overachieved to a degree that was outside normal' in relation to his sales quota. In other words, ServiceNow believed Costa had made too much money, notwithstanding that his commission was only a small percentage of the revenue recognized and received by ServiceNow.
Law
Software development
fromInfoQ
2 weeks ago

QCon London 2026: SBOMs Move From Best Practice to Legal Obligation as CRA Enforcement Looms

Software teams must urgently adopt SBOMs due to imminent regulatory requirements in the US and Europe, with enforcement beginning September 2026 and full compliance required by December 2027.
Law
fromEntrepreneur
1 week ago

The Workplace Liability Too Many Leaders Ignore

Slip-and-fall accidents can lead to significant legal, financial, and operational challenges for businesses.
Law
fromAbove the Law
1 week ago

Leave Your Pitch Meetings In The Past - Above the Law

Lawyers should prioritize understanding clients' problems over immediately offering solutions to improve client relationships and sales outcomes.
Business
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
3 weeks ago

Common disputes small businesses face and how to avoid them - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Small businesses must prevent common disputes through clear communication, well-defined agreements, and transparent governance to avoid costly disruption and operational delays.
Intellectual property law
fromAbove the Law
3 weeks ago

AI Contracts Are Moving Faster Than The Laws. In-House Counsel Can't Wait. - Above the Law

Legal teams must adapt rapidly to AI deployment pressures by drafting contracts for current conditions and anticipated regulatory changes within six to twelve months, as law moves slower than technology.
#legal-ai
#ai-governance
DevOps
fromThe Hacker News
1 month ago

New RFP Template for AI Usage Control and AI Governance

Organizations have AI security budgets but lack clear requirements for AI governance solutions, requiring a structured evaluation framework focused on interaction-level control rather than application cataloging.
fromFast Company
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

The boardroom is opening its doors to add a new member

AI is transforming boardrooms into continuous intelligence hubs, shifting decisions from intuition to evidence-based, AI-driven analyses and long-term predictive governance.
DevOps
fromThe Hacker News
1 month ago

New RFP Template for AI Usage Control and AI Governance

Organizations have AI security budgets but lack clear requirements for AI governance solutions, requiring a structured evaluation framework focused on interaction-level control rather than application cataloging.
Intellectual property law
fromAbove the Law
3 weeks ago

Super Settlement Spike - Above the Law

Arbutus and Moderna settled a long-running patent dispute over lipid nanoparticle technology used in mRNA vaccines, ending one of the most valuable patent assertions in history.
Law
fromFast Company
2 weeks ago

Can you get fired for calling your CEO a "rich jerk"? This company says yes

The NLRB argued that Atlassian illegally fired an engineer for criticizing the CEO over a restructuring plan, establishing potential protections for employee speech about working conditions.
Tech industry
fromTheregister
1 month ago

Contractor held hostage by client who asked for wrong fix

A field engineer completed a server board replacement successfully, but was detained at the datacenter exit when the client claimed an unresolved problem despite the admin's earlier confirmation that everything worked.
#board-governance
Business
fromHarvard Business Review
4 weeks ago

What to Do When Your Board Is Meddling in Operational Work

Boards are increasingly adopting operational roles, blurring governance and management boundaries through private equity-style monitoring as economic uncertainty and AI disruption intensify.
Business
fromHarvard Business Review
4 weeks ago

What to Do When Your Board Is Meddling in Operational Work

Boards are increasingly adopting operational roles, blurring governance and management boundaries through private equity-style monitoring as economic uncertainty and AI disruption intensify.
fromComputerWeekly.com
1 month ago

RWS Global deploys Box's AI tools to streamline contract workflow | Computer Weekly

The end user types in the information that needs to go into a contract via Box Doc Gen, which is then sent over to Legal for approval. Once approved, the contract is sent out automatically and signed using Box Sign. The signed contract is then uploaded to the cloud. Given that RWS Global has contracts with thousands of performers, the automation of the contract approval workflow saves many hours in terms of manual processing.
Business intelligence
Law
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
3 weeks ago

Legal Groups Push for Mandatory Disclosure of Litigation Funders

Third-party litigation funders must disclose their involvement in federal civil cases through a proposed amendment to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(1)(A) to establish uniform disclosure requirements across inconsistent federal courts.
US politics
fromFortune
1 month ago

The leaders' guide to handling an ICE visit in the workplace | Fortune

Employers must tailor their response to ICE depending on the document type: I-9 audit, administrative warrant, or judicial warrant, each allowing different employer actions.
Intellectual property law
fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

From Boilerplate To Architecture: How AI Broke The Monolithic IP Clause - Above the Law

AI systems expose fundamental flaws in traditional IP indemnity clauses, requiring contract drafters to address layered, context-dependent risks that cannot be covered by single catch-all promises.
Law
fromAbove the Law
3 weeks ago

Seven Essential Security Strategies For Law Firms And Legal Departments - Above the Law

Legal professionals must prioritize cybersecurity as a leadership imperative, with one in three law firms targeted by breaches costing over five million dollars annually, requiring proactive vendor management and transparent security practices.
Intellectual property law
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
1 month ago

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, February 27: UK Trademarks No Longer Within Scope of EU Law Post-Brexit; Second Circuit Reverses Ruling on Concert Rates Under BMI Consent Decree; USPTO Employee Pays $500K to Resolve Conflict of Interest Allegations

UK trademark rights cannot support opposition proceedings within the EU following Brexit's transitional period conclusion.
Law
fromAbove the Law
4 weeks ago

Corporate Legal Departments Are Done Subsidizing Biglaw's Business Model - Above the Law

In-house legal departments are strategically using AI investments to reduce reliance on outside counsel, maintaining higher workloads while constraining internal spending and headcount growth.
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Officer who ran pizza company on sick leave fired

well enough to work but not well enough to serve the public in any capacity
Miscellaneous
fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

How Some Law Departments Are Winning Law Firm Rate Negotiations - Above the Law

Leading legal departments are shifting from reactive negotiation to proactive pricing design, setting guardrails before rates are proposed rather than responding after the fact. This approach enables departments to establish parameters and expectations upfront, fundamentally changing the negotiation dynamic and improving outcomes.
Law
Soccer (FIFA)
fromBloomberglaw
1 month ago

Successful Brand Sponsorships Require Collaboration With Legal

Careful planning of content distribution, rights clearance, and cross-functional alignment is essential to maximize and future-proof brand sponsorship investments.
fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

What Happens To Your Resume After You Hit Send: What Legal Recruiters Wish You'd Done Differently - Above the Law

I can tell an AI-generated resume from a mile away and it's not getting the interview. I'm looking for something that shows me the candidate knows their story but doesn't need five pages to convey it. Recruiters are quickly skimming to know your key practice areas, career level, the job titles you've held, notable companies and law firms you've worked for, and your key achievements.
Law
Marketing
fromThe Drum
2 months ago

No admin fees, value-based models, guaranteed results: A new era of agency contracts

Agencies are shifting to value-based and performance-guaranteed commercial models as marketing budgets stagnate, increasing pressure to justify spend and deliver measurable ROI.
#employment-rights-act-2025
Tech industry
fromBusiness Matters
2 months ago

The Role of Legal Tech in Enhancing Transparency for In-House Counsel and External Firms

Legal technology, especially contract management and document automation, increases operational efficiency and transparency, improving communication and trust between in-house counsel and external law firms.
Artificial intelligence
fromFast Company
1 month ago

Do you really know what 'agent' means? If not, you're putting your company at risk

The term 'AI agent' has been stretched to include many different systems, creating confusion that distorts public debate and hinders enterprise adoption and strategy.
Remote teams
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
1 month ago

Top seven mistakes companies make when hiring international employees: Critical risks and how to avoid them - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Plan and follow structured, locally compliant hiring processes to avoid legal, financial, and cultural failures when hiring across borders.
US news
fromFast Company
1 month ago

What even is a 'low-hire, low-fire' environment?

The U.S. labor market shows low hiring and concentrated large layoffs, producing mixed signals of modest job gains alongside fewer available jobs and slower reemployment.
Law
fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

DOJ Drops Defense Of Biglaw Executive Orders, Leaving Capitulating Firms Holding $940 Million Bag - Above the Law

The Trump administration is dropping appeals of executive orders against major law firms after courts repeatedly ruled them unconstitutional and retaliatory, while firms that capitulated paid $940 million in pro bono commitments.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 months ago

Best practices for real estate buyer-broker agreements take shape

Brokerages implemented rapid, standardized training, tech-integrated disclosures, and layered audits nationwide to ensure compliance with buyer representation and compensation practice changes.
fromBusiness Matters
2 months ago

Compliance Is the New Creative: Why Your Channel Partners Are Your Biggest Liability (and How to Fix It)

If your partner in Munich mishandles customer data, or your reseller in Paris uses a "black box" AI tool to generate deceptive ads, it isn't just their reputation on the line. It's yours. With the EU AI Act now in full swing and GDPR entering its "mature enforcement" era, the distance between a partner's mistake and your company's $20 million fine has never been shorter.
EU data protection
Startup companies
fromEntrepreneur
1 month ago

Why The Franchise Agreement Isn't A Contract. It's A Forecast

A franchise agreement should be read as a forecast of how the system will operate, revealing future control, economics, and franchisor alignment.
Marketing
fromThe Drum
2 months ago

Can agencies pick up more business with a changed approach to procurement teams?

Agencies that proactively engage procurement teams can win more business by treating procurement as strategic partners rather than adversaries.
Remote teams
fromhttps://scoop.upworthy.com
2 months ago

Remote 'employee' gets fired from a job he didn't even work at: 'Your performance has not met expectations'

A remote hire was paid nearly $20,000 while unassigned and inactive for months, then fired with severance for lack of performance.
#tariffs
fromAbove the Law
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

What If Tariffs Go Away - Or Don't? How You Can Protect Your Bottom Line With Contract Intelligence - Above the Law

fromAbove the Law
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

What If Tariffs Go Away - Or Don't? How You Can Protect Your Bottom Line With Contract Intelligence - Above the Law

Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 months ago

How are buyer broker agreements reshaping trust in real estate?

Buyer broker agreements exposed trust gaps by requiring early exclusivity and unclear compensation, prompting buyer hesitation and frustration.
#ma
EU data protection
fromBusiness Matters
2 months ago

Creating a Company Culture That Embraces Regulatory Standards

Embedding regulatory compliance into company culture through clear communication, integrated training, and shared responsibility reduces risk and protects reputation.
Tech industry
fromEntrepreneur
2 months ago

Companies May Be Lying About Why They're Laying You Off

Employers claim over 50,000 jobs were lost to AI in 2025, but experts warn many layoffs are 'AI-washing' to mask other business problems.
Careers
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

I'm a senior lawyer and only work 25 hours a week. I wanted to be present for my kids.

Maddi Thimont secured a senior legal role with school hours in 2024, enabling both career advancement and regular family time.
Miscellaneous
fromIrish Independent
2 months ago

DAA expected to file affidavit today in boardroom rift with Kenny Jacobs

DAA lawyers will file a High Court affidavit responding to Kenny Jacobs' allegations as he seeks to lift his suspension, risking a deeper board rift.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 months ago

Gibson commission lawsuit settlements face objections

Mullis objects unless the court clarifies the settlement excludes homebuyers' separate commission-damages claims, and urges rejection if the release covers those claims.
Business
fromEntrepreneur
1 month ago

How Your M&A Deal Could Go Sideways Even After Closing

Clear, specific working capital definitions, aligned incentives, and neutral arbitration prevent costly post-closing disputes and preserve relationships.
Miscellaneous
fromIndependent
2 months ago

X appeals record compensation arguing ex-employee's silence to Elon Musk's 'fork-in-road' email indicated intention to resign

An Irish Twitter worker lost their job for not responding to a 'fork in the road' message amid Elon Musk's chainsaw-style management.
#software-licensing
Business
fromHarvard Business Review
2 months ago

Where to Look for Ethical Risk Inside a Company

Unchecked integrity gaps—overlooked conflicts of interest, offensive behavior, or aggressive sales practices—can escalate into severe reputational and financial harm.
Business
fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

Merger Mayhem: Perkins Coie 'Thinking About' Partner Retention Bonuses Ahead Of Ashurst Tie-Up - Above the Law

Perkins Coie's planned merger with Ashurst has triggered widespread partner departures, internal resentment, and active lateral recruiting, with management offering retention bonuses.
fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

7 Key Trends In Law Firm Rate Negotiations - Above the Law

Market forces such as rising attorney salaries, persistent inflation, and unrelenting demand in premium practices are giving firms the confidence to push hourly rates beyond historical norms.
Intellectual property law
fromABA Journal
2 months ago

Firms may have to embrace changes in billing methods to succeed, new report says

This may be the last year that law firms can expect billing rate increases to drive financial stability, according to a new survey of more than 800 senior finance and legal professionals in large firms across North America, the United Kingdom and Ireland. Technology company BigHand's 2026 finance report suggests that firms can no longer rely on traditional measures of profitability, as clients are demanding more efficiency and predictability amid the increased adoption of artificial intelligence across the legal profession, according to Law.com.
Business
Law
fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

Lawyers Should Circulate Word Versions Of Documents To Be Negotiated - Above the Law

Send editable Word documents rather than PDFs when a document requires negotiation to enable redlining and avoid formatting issues from PDF-to-Word conversion.
Law
fromAbove the Law
2 months ago

When Best Practices Hold Legal Teams Back - Above the Law

Static best practices harden into legacy constraints that misalign with fast-moving, AI-enabled businesses, causing repeated friction between legal, product, engineering, and operations.
Law
fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

5 Tips For Proving Your Legal Department's Value - Above the Law

Law departments must use data-driven KPIs and legal technology to quantify and demonstrate their value, monetize contracts, and adapt billing with AI.
Law
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
2 months ago

Big money, big risks: Inside the Maire - EuroChem dispute - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

A contractual dispute over a halted Russian fertiliser plant exposes cross-border enforcement risks and potential cascading financial liabilities for contractors and subsidiaries.
Law
fromIrish Independent
2 months ago

Disputes over construction bills for National Children's Hospital set for fast track court

High Court's fast track commercial list will handle at least €440m billing disputes between Bam Buildings Limited and the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board.
Law
fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

Hiring The Wrong Product Counsel Is A Silent Product Risk - Above the Law

Product counsel must act as proactive design partners with product instincts and judgment, prioritizing dynamic decision-making over static legal subject-matter credentials.
Law
fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

Legal Ethics Roundup: Judge Hid DUI, FTC On Law Firm DEI, Hostile Chambers, SCOTUS NDAs, AZ ABSs Critiqued & More - Above the Law

A surge of judicial ethics issues includes DOJ candor concerns, a probable-cause hostile-workplace finding against a judge, and scrutiny of investor-owned law firms.
Law
fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

Huge Merger Causing A Lot Of Separation - See Also - Above the Law

Major legal institutions face retention, reputational, recruitment, accountability, and free-speech challenges across firms, courts, DOJ, and law schools.
Law
fromBusline News
1 month ago

Dollars, Lawsuits & Culture: The Business Case For Relentless Inspections - Busline News

Relentless, disciplined vehicle inspections transform random mechanical failures into planned maintenance, reduce legal and regulatory risk, and protect profitability.
fromBusiness Matters
1 month ago

Prenup vs Postnup - What's the Difference and Which Do You Need!

Marriage is a romance, but legally, it is also a financial partnership. While no one anticipates separation, a prenuptial agreement acts as a crucial roadmap to protect your assets and save you stress down the line. But if you have already exchanged vows, is it too late? Absolutely not. Whether you are engaged or celebrating an anniversary, you can still secure your future.
Law
Law
fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

Perkins Coie Faces Partner Run As Ashurst Merger Deal Nears - Above the Law

Perkins Coie faces significant partner defections to McGuireWoods and Morrison & Foerster as the firm prepares to merge with Ashurst, prompting Seattle office expansions.
Law
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 months ago

Former UWM attorney sues over title letter signing policy

UWM replaced TRAC AOLs with TRAC+ TSLs while continuing the same duties and using ghostwriting, creating unauthorized-practice and registration issues.
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