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The Manchester City judgment is an enormous moment for both law and football.
114/115 charges were proven against the club in a case with ramifications far beyond sport.
So on the new episode of The Lawyer Podcast, we discuss the parts of the decision that may be of interest to lawyers, and its consequences, which might keep lawyers busy for years to come.
And we are also joined by special guest Amar Mehta, a former litigation reporter at The Lawyer and now a news editor at Sky Sports News, as he tells us what it’s been like at the heart of the action, and how a mainstream broadcaster reacts to a legal story like this.

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Losing big teams of senior lawyers has been something of a trend in 2026.
New York firm Weil Gotshal & Manges is the latest to suffer a series of top tier exits.
Mike Aiello, a member of the firm’s management committee and chair of its corporate group, is leaving with a team of partners for Cravath Swaine & Moore in New York.
A few days later, in London, Weil’s City co-head David Avery-Gee and fellow corporate partner Sarah Flaherty were confirmed to be joining Sullivan & Cromwell.
So on the new episode of The Lawyer Podcast, the teams asks: as Weil wobbles, will this be the end of the exits, or do the problems run deeper?

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The Lawyer Podcast is back from the summer break on its new Monday publication date.
2026 was a summer to remember, and not just because of Britain's heatwaves. Legal news was far from dry in July and August, so for its first episode back, The Lawyer Podcast brings you what you missed over the summer.
Football law news accounted for no fewer than eight different stories over the summer, emphasising sport’s growing importance to the legal sector.
The New York market entered a new phase when Gibson Dunn shocked law firms by hiring a team of six partners from the previously unshakeable Wachtell.
Private equity investment in law firms took a twist, with PE-backed Lawfront sued the partners from one of the firms it owns – is it a sign of things to come?
And The Lawyer did a deep dive into listed firm Gateley, in an attempt to understand why it is struggling.
Tune in to the new podcast, as the team discuss these stories and what they mean for the market.

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New York’s legal market is changing. For those long established firms, pressure is coming from multiple directions.
The city is now home to more than just the traditional New York headquartered firms or even the likes of Kirkland & Ellis and Latham & Watkins — global giants that are now considered Manhattan incumbents.
So as The Lawyer prepares to launch an office in New York later this year, we discuss the future of the legal market in the Big Apple, and why the home of capitalism is becoming more ruthless than ever.

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Just as the world of law was getting carried away with the excitement of AI, legal tech firm Legora has brought us all thudding back down to earth.
Legora has told its clients that it plans to move to consumption based pricing - a decision that could fundamentally change how law firms use AI, right as its role is being normalised.
So on this episode of the podcast, we return again to the question of legal AI as we are joined by our tech editor Ben Lucas - who broke the Legora story - and our tech reporter Clementine Doyle, to ask just how big of a deal this is, what it means for the market, and what it might mean for lawyers' day to day.