Jerome Doraisamy is the managing editor of professional services (including Lawyers Weekly, HR Leader, Accountants Daily, and Accounting Times). He is also the author of The Wellness Doctrines book series, an admitted solicitor in New South Wales, and a board director of the Minds Count Foundation. You can email Jerome at: [email protected]
Climate reporting reforms legislation released
The government has released draft legislation for its climate-related financial disclosure reforms, which includes strict liability offences for auditors.
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 16 Jan 2024
Contracting roles in law on the rise, say recruiters
This year will be, as one recruiter puts it, “pivotal” for the legal profession, characterised by “a more fluid workforce”. Such changes to the landscape will require ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 15 Jan 2024
A&O projects partner relocates to Sydney
Global law firm Allen & Overy partner David Christensen, who operates in the firm’s projects, energy, natural resources, and infrastructure (PENRI) practice, has ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 15 Jan 2024
Firms must continue to evolve to remain relevant
Law firms of all shapes and sizes must continue to reinvent themselves beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, according to two senior leaders at Piper Alderman.
BIG LAW • Sun, 14 Jan 2024
Can my employer stop me from moving to a competitor law firm?
Restraint of trade clauses need to be considered at the start and end of employment, writes Paul O’Halloran.
BIG LAW • Sun, 14 Jan 2024
Results Legal promotes special counsel to principal
Commercial litigation, insolvency, and debt recovery firm Results Legal has added a new principal to its ranks, with a special counsel being elevated.
SME LAW • Sun, 14 Jan 2024
An alleged court hack and discovering one’s niche: What’s hot in law this week (8–12 Jan)
While lawyers across the country are slowly coming back to the office (including home offices), the wheels of the market keep spinning. Here is your weekly round-up of ...
BIG LAW • Fri, 12 Jan 2024
Shine Lawyers promotes 35
BigLaw plaintiff firm Shine Lawyers has started 2024 with a promotion round across six jurisdictions, elevating 13 to associate, 11 to senior associate, and 11 to special ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 11 Jan 2024
‘Finfluencer’ infringed trademark, court finds
The Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia has determined that a financial adviser and finfluencer infringed the trademark of a fellow adviser.
THE BAR • Thu, 11 Jan 2024