Maximising your real hourly rate post-pandemic
Too few lawyers actually take the time to calculate how much they’re earning per hour, writes Sam Burrett.
BIG LAW • Tue, 22 Sep 2020
Hamilton Locke adds 2 new partners
East coast-based firm Hamilton Locke has appointed two new lateral partners, bringing the firm’s partnership ranks to 18.
SME LAW • Tue, 22 Sep 2020
Pilbara Minerals secures new debt facility
Lithium-tantalum producer Pilbara Minerals has been advised on a new US$110 million debt facility.
BIG LAW • Tue, 22 Sep 2020
Legal teams favour existing firm relationships (potentially to their detriment)
New research shows that legal departments are largely confident with their regular slate of legal service providers and perhaps aren’t doing enough to explore if those ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 22 Sep 2020
Staying on top of modern slavery issues amid COVID-19
It is especially critical, in the age of coronavirus, that legal teams ensure that the prospect of modern slavery is minimised within one’s supply chain.
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 22 Sep 2020
REPORT: #auslaw completed ‘record’ pro bono hours in FY20
Even against the backdrop of a pandemic and subsequent economic downturn, Australian legal professionals have completed more pro bono hours than at any point in the last ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 22 Sep 2020
CleanCo, BHP strike deal to ‘substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions’
A five-year deal has been agreed to whereby CleanCo will provide BHP with electricity from renewable sources for the latter’s coal mines in Queensland.
BIG LAW • Mon, 21 Sep 2020
How to make an anonymous or bystander report
Lodging reports anonymously and/or as a bystander can help eliminate sexual harassment, discrimination or workplace bullying in Australia’s legal profession, writes Penny ...
THE BAR • Mon, 21 Sep 2020
Mental health implications from COVID-19 cannot be ignored
Make no mistake: if hospitals listened to family members of patients seeking treatment for mental illness lives would be saved, writes Daniel Opare.
BIG LAW • Mon, 21 Sep 2020
