Jerome Doraisamy is the managing editor of Lawyers Weekly and HR Leader. 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]
Law and comms teams must be ‘mutually respecting allies’
A new study has underscored the importance of meaningful collaboration between the legal and communications departments.
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 23 Mar 2021
Compliance spending trends evolving
The widespread economic disruption caused by COVID-19 appears to be prompting compliance departments to decrease its personnel spending but up its spending on technology ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 23 Mar 2021
AFL GC: ‘Violence against women is never okay’
The general counsel of the Australian Football League has strongly condemned the conduct of former Sydney Swans player Elijah Taylor, who unlawfully assaulted his former ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 23 Mar 2021
Maintaining an agile and innovative workforce (without sending them into meltdown)
Continuing the pace of innovation and calculated risk-taking mentality will help set us up well for the next challenges, but let’s do it in a way that protects our number ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 23 Mar 2021
Hits to hip pocket and productivity for firms
The past year has seen diverse but concerning trends for law firms across the board, with half of the profession suffering financially and firm productivity dependent on ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 22 Mar 2021
Fraud risk set to rise
Australian businesses believe that the risk of fraudulent activity, especially insider threats, will be increasingly prominent in 2021, posing challenges for law firms ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 22 Mar 2021
Government rejects call for state and territory family courts
The Morrison government has accepted more than half of the recommendations of the ALRC’s review of the family law system, but not one that would abolish federal family ...
POLITICS • Mon, 22 Mar 2021
Migration lawyers welcome end of dual regulation
The removal of the dual regulation criteria for migration lawyers is a “welcome and hard-fought change”, say practitioners in this space.
POLITICS • Mon, 22 Mar 2021
The Lawyers Weekly Show: Top 15 episodes of all time
The Lawyers Weekly Show has just surpassed 500,00 downloads, and is one of the most popular careers podcasts in Australia. Here, we look back at the 15 most-downloaded ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 21 Mar 2021