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]
Workplace arrangements must evolve for legal departments
Law firms of all stripes are currently considering how best to adapt their WFH and remote working accommodations to suit the “new normal”. In-house legal teams need to do ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 19 May 2020
Legal, forensic teams must join forces to combat fraud and corruption
Given the risk and occurrence of fraudulent and corrupt activities in the wake of COVID-19, the legal department must work with a company’s forensic team to safeguard the ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 19 May 2020
Want to reduce e-discovery spend? Do more yourself
Legal departments that can achieve more work in-house and better technology will be more likely to cut down on e-discovery spend.
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 19 May 2020
Company earnings guidance taking huge hit during COVID-19
An overwhelming majority of S&P 500 companies have had to revise or completely withdraw their earnings guidance as a result of coronavirus.
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 19 May 2020
BigLaw Perth offices getting back to business
Australia’s BigLaw firms are welcoming staff back into their West Australian offices, albeit in staggered and conservative fashions.
BIG LAW • Mon, 18 May 2020
‘Pointless, partisan’: Plaintiff firms slam litigation funding inquiry
Australia’s class action space is among the best in the world and Parliament should recognise this, say plaintiff firms.
BIG LAW • Mon, 18 May 2020
Lawyers must enhance their adaptive capacity during COVID-19
Bolstering one’s ability to acclimate to the unprecedented circumstances of a global pandemic will help lawyers better serve clients, at a time when such service is most ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 18 May 2020
CBA advised on $3.3bn sale of stake in CFS
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has been advised on the sale of its 55 per cent stake in Colonial First State to a global investment firm.
BIG LAW • Mon, 18 May 2020
HSF hires partner from NRF
Herbert Smith Freehills has expanded its financial services regulatory practice with the addition of a partner from Norton Rose Fulbright.
BIG LAW • Mon, 18 May 2020