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HSF names first global workforce strategy director
Global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has appointed its first-ever director of global workforce strategy and implementation.
BIG LAW • Thu, 12 May 2022
LawAdvisor raises US$5m
Melbourne-founded legal tech company LawAdvisor has raised US$5 million in a seed round with “legal heavyweights”.
NEWLAW • Thu, 12 May 2022
Kingston Reid adds new partner
National specialist workplace law firm Kingston Reid has brought its partner numbers to 12, with the appointment of a Melbourne-based practitioner to the partnership ...
SME LAW • Thu, 12 May 2022
‘Entirely inappropriate’: Legal orgs continue to hit back at PM
Governments in Australia wouldn’t get far having “no truck” with lawyers, say legal member associations responding to the Prime Minister’s comments about the profession ...
POLITICS • Thu, 12 May 2022
Lessons for lawyers from ‘Australian first’ cyber case
Last week, the Federal Court handed down judgment in proceedings brought by the corporate regulator against a financial services provider for its failure to have adequate ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 11 May 2022
‘Significant rise’ in insolvencies coming post-election
A wave of insolvencies looms in the second half of this year, with so-called “zombie companies” likely to be the first to fall over, said restructuring and insolvency ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 11 May 2022
Bar president hits back at PM’s comments
After doubling down on his criticism of the NSW ICAC model and saying he’d “never had much truck” with barristers, the Australian Bar Association president promptly ...
POLITICS • Tue, 10 May 2022
‘Splitchain’: What is it, and why should lawyers care?
Given the endless and oft-overwhelming possibilities presented by the current digital age, a better understanding of the intersection between blockchain and the law is ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 10 May 2022
Qld to criminalise coercive control
The Palaszczuk government has unveiled a “historic overhaul of laws and practices” to better protect Queensland women from domestic and family violence and hold ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 10 May 2022