The Financial Times’ Innovative Lawyers award for 2025 spotlights the crucial but often unseen work of legal intrapreneurs. These leaders are moving generative AI from pilot projects to core, revenue-impacting tools across major firms.
A new academic paper argues that the midnight release of popular streaming shows like *Stranger Things* leads to sleep-deprived traders and lower market returns. The researchers claim the S&P 500 drops about 0.25% on average the day after a major show drops, adding up to a 2.3% annual drag. The effe
Robinhood is diving deeper into crypto, launching staking for Ethereum and Solana and expanding into global markets. This aggressive move comes as regulatory winds shift and aims to challenge giants like Coinbase.
In the wake of Netflix’s massive $83 billion deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, a big question was whether hit Apple TV+ shows like Ted Lasso would get pulled. Netflix’s co-CEO says the Warner TV studio will keep selling to rivals. It’s a surprising but pragmatic move.
Boeing finalized its all-stock acquisition of supplier Spirit AeroSystems, aiming to tighten its supply chain. Separately, Nvidia received U.S. government clearance to export its H200 AI chips to China, a potential market boost.
Apple is in the midst of its most significant executive transformation in over a decade. With Tim Cook potentially stepping down in 2026, a new generation of leaders is taking the helm amid intense AI competition.
Pallavi Wahi, a longtime Seattle legal leader, is now heading Arnold & Porter’s new office in the city. She outlines the firm’s aggressive growth plans and draws a clear line on how AI should—and shouldn’t—be used in legal practice.
Adobe is giving Creative Cloud Pro subscribers free unlimited access to its Firefly AI and third-party image generation tools. This limited-time offer runs through December 15th, adding significant value to its professional suite.
The UK government is planning a series of whole-government tech deals, starting with cloud services, following its £9 billion agreement with Microsoft. Officials admit past approaches led to vendor lock-in and poor negotiating power, and are now trying to use centralized buying power to drive down p
BlackRock’s Ben Powell argues the massive capital expenditure fueling AI is a “super boom” with more room to run. He sees the biggest, safest opportunities not in the AI applications themselves, but in the underlying infrastructure suppliers—the “picks and shovels” providers.
