Andrew (r) and an AI which would now be on a performance improvement plan if it was human. Sullivan & Cromwell, one of the world’s most prestigious - and expensive - litigation firms, has apologised ...

APC's launch is official (those are celebratory fireworks, not explosions). Ashurst will merge with US firm Perkins Coie, after both partnerships voted “overwhelmingly” to combine. Ashurst's merger ...

Hogan Lovells and US firm Cadwalader have agreed to merge, as the proposed combination announced last December, has now been approved by the partners. The law behemoth will be called Hogan Lovells ...

Ram in Canada, and Archie at Trinity. A man who was at the centre of a Canadian university scandal changed his name and is now a trainee solicitor in London, RollOnFriday can reveal. Canadian media ...

Rainer Hughes merch - perhaps now destined for EBay. The SRA has intervened to close down Rainer Hughes, over suspected dishonesty by one of its managers, Sanjay Panesar. At the time of its closure, ...

Jones Day has been hit by a cyber attack, with hackers posting client documents online. The US firm confirmed in a statement that it was targeted by a "cyber 'phishing' incident in which ‌an ...

How it might look: Bruce wipes out the dinosaurs at Kennedys. A law firm’s Senior Partner has told his partnership it needs to tackle a “pattern” of bullying and sexual harassment by senior levels of ...

It's a Mann's world. The Managing Partner of offshore law firm Harneys has celebrated International Women’s Day by sending pink ice cream makers to female lawyers and clients. “Harneys delivered ...

Nightmare fuel for lawyers on, coincidentally, Friday 13th. A client of Simpson Thacher must unwind its merger after the US law firm's London office missed a deadline to appeal a ruling by the UK's ...

Knights plc is infamous for acquiring firms and then shedding their business services staff, but now its lawyers say they are also seeing its ruthless streak. Sources told RollOnFriday a number of ...

A solicitor at offshore law firm Carey Olsen has been found guilty of sexual assault after he groped two women’s bottoms at a bar during a night out. The Guernsey lawyer, who specialises in commercial ...

'I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can do that.' Baker McKenzie is laying off up to a tenth of its global business services workforce as part of a reorganisation driven in part by its increased use of AI.