Piper Alderman adds 6 partners, appoints 7th, from Squire Patton Boggs
The national partnership at BigLaw firm Piper Alderman has swelled to over 90, with 16 professionals – including six partners and a senior associate who has joined as a ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 10 Mar 2025
AI certain to generate more litigation, partners say
The age of artificial intelligence, and particularly GenAI, will increase access to justice and improve operational efficiency. Such a rise in litigious proceedings, ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 09 Mar 2025
Unionised lawyers strike and a BigLaw practice acquired: What’s hot in law this week (1-7 March)
At one of Australia’s biggest firms, unionised lawyers and staff undertook a strike over pay and entitlements, and an award-winning national practice was acquired by a ...
BIG LAW • Fri, 07 Mar 2025
30 Under 30 Awards winners unveiled for 2025
A total of 30 winners have been selected out of over 280 finalists at this year’s 30 Under 30 Awards.
BIG LAW • Thu, 06 Mar 2025
Maurice Blackburn changes striking staff’s ‘out-of-office’ emails
According to Maurice Blackburn employees engaged in today’s (6 March) industrial action, the national plaintiff law firm adapted their out-of-office automated emails to ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 06 Mar 2025
Sydney silk appointed to NSW Land and Environment Court
Richard Beasley SC, who authored Hell Has Harbour Views, has been appointed as a judge of the Land and Environment Court of NSW.
THE BAR • Wed, 05 Mar 2025
Combating ‘broification’, ‘Baby Reindeer’-like workplace conduct, and the entrenched gender pay gap
New mandatory equality and wellbeing barrister training proposed by the Australian Bar Association could help fight entrenched workplace issues at the Bar, writes Penny ...
THE BAR • Wed, 05 Mar 2025
Maurice Blackburn’s fight with employees over pay ramps up
Unionised lawyers and staff at Maurice Blackburn Lawyers will engage in industrial action, setting the stage for a major escalation in what has been a continued back and ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 05 Mar 2025
Gender pay gap laws aren’t working, women say
New laws requiring big businesses to publish their gender pay gaps are not fixing the broader issues, according to a new report.
POLITICS • Tue, 04 Mar 2025
