• December 17 2025
  IPOs

  Andersen shares soar 30% in IPO by alumni of Enron auditor

  Former Arthur Andersen partners raise $176mn after pricing shares at top of range

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• December 17 2025
  Law

  UK plans to remove curbs on litigation funders to broaden access to justice

  Government says move will empower citizens but critics say it will expose businesses to more costly class-action lawsuits

  
• December 16 2025
  KPMG International

  KPMG tax business pushes firm to faster growth than Big Four rivals

  Accountancy reports global revenues of $39.8bn, still far lower than those at competitors Deloitte, PwC and EY

  
• December 15 2025
  Accounting & Consulting services

  EY investigated by UK watchdog over Shell audit

  Financial Reporting Council to examine firm’s adherence to independence rules in 2024 audit

  
• December 12 2025
  Whistleblowing

  Carter-Ruck lawyer for OneCoin ‘cryptoqueen’ prevails over watchdog

  SRA had accused Claire Gill of improperly threatening a victim of fraud with litigation

  
• December 10 2025
  EY

  EY hit with new investigation by UK accounting watchdog

  Financial Reporting Council to examine two individuals and firm itself over ‘unauthorised’ auditors’ reports

  
• December 9 2025
  Special ReportNorth America Innovative Lawyers

  North America Innovative Lawyers Awards 2025: the winners

  Awards highlights include: digital strategy, dealmaking, unlocking capital, pro bono, and the most innovative law firms and individuals

  
• December 9 2025
  Special ReportInnovative Lawyers

  North America Innovative Lawyers

  The FT Top 35 law firms, plus lawyers under political pressure. Also: the battle to do bankruptcy differently; five women at the top of $3bn-plus firms; the White House rewrites dealmaking; and prison reform focuses on solitary confinement

  
• December 9 2025
  Special ReportNorth America Innovative Lawyers

  In-house legal teams test AI for automating more tasks

  Companies hope the technology will take on work usually sent to law firms. Plus: the top innovative in-house teams, North America 2025; and six ‘case studies’ of corporate lawyers’ innovations

  
• December 9 2025
  Special ReportNorth America Innovative Lawyers

  Practice of law: case studies

  Examples of the most innovative work and legal services for clients in North America

  
• December 9 2025
  Special ReportNorth America Innovative Lawyers

  Law firms adapt to future shaped by Trump and AI

  Big commercial law firms are exposed to the kind of political scrutiny their corporate clients already bear

  
• December 9 2025
  Special ReportNorth America Innovative Lawyers

  Business of law: case studies

  Law firms continue to change how they manage their people and to reinvent their services and delivery models

  
• December 9 2025
  Special ReportNorth America Innovative Lawyers

  Ten legal practitioners, ten approaches to achieving breakthroughs

  Each lawyer highlighted here is recognised for work that addresses pressing questions, whether in finance, regulation or litigation

  
• December 9 2025
  Special ReportNorth America Innovative Lawyers

  Intrapreneurs: the ‘hard yards’ that transform legal services

  Work that turns pioneering ideas and tools into breakthroughs

  
• December 9 2025
  Special ReportNorth America Innovative Lawyers

  The quiet growth of an elite club of women at the top of leading US law firms

  Five firms with revenues of $3bn-plus have female leaders

  
• December 9 2025
  Special ReportNorth America Innovative Lawyers

  Trump opens new fronts in federal regulation battle

  Constitutional rulings are boosting attempts to curb regulators’ reach

  
• December 9 2025
  Special ReportNorth America Innovative Lawyers

  Ructions test Delaware’s primacy as favoured state for incorporation in US

  Some big US companies want to shift domicile to Nevada and Texas in a move that is upending the world of business law

  
• December 9 2025
  Special ReportNorth America Innovative Lawyers

  Paul Weiss keeps faith in Proud Boys clash

  The law firm has continued to work pro bono on a contentious case

  
• December 9 2025
  Special ReportNorth America Innovative Lawyers

  US prison reform campaigns focus on solitary confinement

  Excessive use of isolation — whether to punish prisoners or for convenience — is in the spotlight

  
• December 9 2025
  Special ReportNorth America Innovative Lawyers

  AI turbocharges litigation powers

  Artificial intelligence is transforming legal work, but accuracy is seen as the greatest risk

  
• December 9 2025
  Special ReportNorth America Innovative Lawyers

  Data centre boom sparks deals rush

  Frenetic hyperscaler activity in US demands extensive legal support

  
• December 9 2025
  Special ReportNorth America Innovative Lawyers

  Corporate money troubles are big business for US lawyers

  The two largest law firms are in a new arms race moving beyond Chapter 11 advice, to liability management

  
• December 9 2025
  Special ReportNorth America Innovative Lawyers

  US dealmakers prepare for more White House intervention

  Donald Trump has inserted government influence further into corporate America

  
• December 8 2025
  News in-depthLegal services

  Law firm behind Musk pay lawsuit faces internal revolt

  New company from star partner at Bernstein Litowitz poaches nearly all of corporate governance practice

  
• December 5 2025
  FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen

  Big Four maintains stranglehold on UK audits

  No mid-tier accounting firms won mandates from large listed companies, banks or insurers last year

  

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