With the complete outcome of the 2010 Federal Election still unknown, the one certainty is that lawyers turned politicians will play a significant role.
There are nearly twice as many lawyers standing for the Labor Party compared to the Liberal Party for seats in the House of Representatives at this year's election.
Johnson Executive Search has appointed former Blake Dawson chief executive officer, John Colvin, as its executive chairman.
A biography of mining giant BHP Billiton has taken out this year's Blake Dawson Prize for Business Literature.
Blake Dawson's Tokyo branch has officially commenced business today, making it the first Australian law firm to secure a license to practise from an office in the Japanese capital.
A number of law firms are this week sprucing their female-friendly workplaces, after being included in the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency's (EOWA) Employer of Choice for Women list.
Blake Dawson has refuted claims that the firm has no immediate plans of lifting a salary freeze imposed during the global financial crisis of 2009.
We're all by now well acquainted with the fact that Allen & Overy will soon be just another firm in the Australian legal vernacular, but is London prepared to take Australia seriously?
Six Australian law firms were among the winners of the Asia Tax Awards held recently in Singapore.
Corporate whistleblower protection looks set to expand, following the release of a Federal Government options paper flagging a number of shortcomings with the current legislative scheme.
The Fair Work Ombudsman has dropped two top-tier firms from its legal panel but made a number of new small-and-mid-sized firm appointments to regional panels.
The Large Law Firm Group has welcomed the Australian Government's blueprint for national reform but has warned against a "one size fits all" approach to new regulatory structures.
Draft privacy laws proposed by the NSW Law Reform Commission (NSWLRC) have been met by mixed responses from experts who spoke to Lawyers Weekly this week.
The breakdown of the WA Law Society Guidelines for graduate recruitment has caused frustration and disappointment for both students and firms, a Lawyers Weekly investigation has shown.
