How to Negotiate Contracts Like a Negotiation Expert – Contract Nerds
Key Quotes “Good contracts professionals are curious more than anything else. Most of the folks that do well and are really good, are more curious.” — Mark Raffan “If they…
July 2025
Gender and ethnicity pay gap among barristers widens – Legal Futures
The gender and ethnicity pay gaps at the Bar remains substantial and have actually widened a little over the past three years, according to Bar Standards Board research. The post…
Solicitor facing tax fraud trial fails in privilege claim over seized material – Legal Futures
A solicitor facing trial for tax fraud has failed in his claim that HM Revenue & Customs should return materials it seized from him because they are privileged. The post…
LSB chief executive steps down after less than year in post – Legal Futures
The Legal Services Board is to be without a permanent chief executive as well as chair after announcing yesterday that Craig Westwood is to leave the oversight regulator. The post…
Relief for litigation funders after US tax on proceeds is axed – Legal Futures
Litigation funders are breathing a big sigh of relief after a proposed 32% tax on proceeds from successful cases was removed from President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The…
Championing injured people – and their lawyers – Legal Futures
Personal injury lawyers deserve respect for the work they do, says the new APIL president. We help injured people to piece their lives back together. The post Championing injured people…
Like SEO, LLMs May Soon Fall Prey to Phishing Scams – Dark Reading
Just as attackers have used SEO techniques to poison search engine results, they could rinse and repeat with artificial intelligence and the responses LLMs generate from user prompts. – Read…
LevelBlue Acquires Trustwave, Forms World’s Largest Independent MSSP – Dark Reading
As the largest managed security services provider, the combined entity will offer cyber consulting, managed detection and response, and incident response services. – Read More
Scope, Scale of Spurious North Korean IT Workers Emerges – Dark Reading
Microsoft warns thousands of North Korean workers have infiltrated tech, manufacturing, and transportation sectors to steal money and data. – Read More
Ransomware Reshaped How Cyber Insurers Perform Security Assessments – Dark Reading
Cyber insurance companies were forced to adapt once ransomware skyrocketed and highlighted crucial security weaknesses among organizations in all sectors. – Read More
We’ve All Been Wrong: Phishing Training Doesn’t Work – Dark Reading
Teaching employees to detect malicious emails isn’t really having an impact. What other options do organizations have? – Read More
DoJ Disrupts North Korean IT Worker Scheme Across Multiple US States – Dark Reading
The US also conducted searches of 29 “laptop farms” across 16 states and seized 29 financial accounts used to launder funds. – Read More
Critical Vulnerability in Anthropic’s MCP Exposes Developer Machines to Remote Exploits – The Hacker News
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a critical security vulnerability in artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) Inspector project that could result in remote code execution (RCE) and allow…
TA829 and UNK_GreenSec Share Tactics and Infrastructure in Ongoing Malware Campaigns – The Hacker News
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged the tactical similarities between the threat actors behind the RomCom RAT and a cluster that has been observed delivering a loader dubbed TransferLoader. Enterprise security firm…
Chrome Zero-Day, ‘FoxyWallet’ Firefox Attacks Threaten Browsers – Dark Reading
Separate threats to popular browsers highlight the growing security risk for enterprises presented by the original gateway to the Web, which remains an integral tool for corporate users. – Read…