A-G to establish committee to examine impact of litigation funding on justice
A new parliamentary committee is set to examine the “extraordinary profits being made by the booming litigation funding industry”.
BIG LAW • Wed, 04 Mar 2020
Struck off lawyer ordered to pay over $25k to complainants
A former Queensland solicitor has been ordered to pay compensation and costs to three former clients.
SME LAW • Wed, 04 Mar 2020
Workplace policies on gender diversity are ‘least effective’ in creating change
New research shows that company-mandated policies to improve gender diversity in the workplace are ineffective unless they form part of a broader strategy.
BIG LAW • Wed, 04 Mar 2020
UK climate change ruling to have impact on #auslaw
A recent court ruling from the UK has broad implications for local planning and infrastructure projects in Australia and the lawyers working in such areas, argue two ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 03 Mar 2020
GCs cannot be solely responsible for organisational ethics
Increasingly, general counsel are called upon to “calibrate the compass” of an organisation’s morals, but delegating such responsibility to the legal department leader ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 03 Mar 2020
Over 2 in 5 privacy compliance technologies set to rely on AI
According to Gartner, more than 40 per cent of privacy compliance technology will rely on artificial intelligence by 2023, up from 5 per cent today.
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 03 Mar 2020
Does financial pressure make a CFO less likely to blow the whistle?
A new study has found that corporate financial managers do a great job of detecting signs of potential fraud but are less likely to voice these concerns externally when ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 03 Mar 2020
Back to basics in 2020: Small changes make a big difference
2020 will be about doing more of and getting better at what our customers tell us they want, writes Peter George.
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 03 Mar 2020
Lawyers must work to retain their humanity
The rule of law, and the legal profession itself, are at risk of losing its humanity, but there are ways to salvage it, argue two professionals.
BIG LAW • Mon, 02 Mar 2020
