Mills Oakley hires blockchain and cryptocurrency special counsel
National firm Mills Oakley has recruited a new special counsel to help enhance its innovation and technology credentials.
SME LAW • Sun, 27 Oct 2019
Recognising animals as sentient crucial for advancing animal welfare legislation
The recognition of animal sentience in ACT legislation is a positive step for animal protection that could lead to greater change, according to animal rights lawyers.
POLITICS • Sun, 27 Oct 2019
Brisbane Bullets bought by US private equity firm
Private equity investment firm Brisbane Basketball USA LLC has been advised on the purchase of Brisbane Bullets Pty Ltd.
SME LAW • Sun, 27 Oct 2019
Recording of overtime will ensure new lawyers have better cultural expectations
New industrial regulations requiring junior lawyers to clock all of their overtime means that those coming through the ranks will have a different view of what is ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 24 Oct 2019
Corporate Counsel Summit and Awards launched for 2020
Lawyers Weekly is proud to present the second annual Corporate Counsel Summit and the fourth Corporate Counsel Awards, which will both be held on Friday, 20 March 2020
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Thu, 24 Oct 2019
CBP makes 3 senior appointments
National firm Colin Biggers & Paisley has appointed two practitioners to special counsel and one to senior associate.
SME LAW • Thu, 24 Oct 2019
Athena Home Loans advised on $70m funding
In what it says is “one of Australia’s largest ever fintech capital raises”, Athena Home Loans has been advised on a $70 million Series C funding round.
NEWLAW • Thu, 24 Oct 2019
Managing clients who engage with ‘extremely dangerous’ Facebook advice groups
Increasingly, parties to family law proceedings are turning to Facebook groups for advice on navigating those proceedings. How best can practitioners manage clients who ...
SME LAW • Thu, 24 Oct 2019
Rosie Batty, Women’s Legal Services Australia team up for family law reforms
Former Australian of the Year Rosie Batty has partnered with women’s legal services across Australia to urge the federal government to enact reforms to keep women and ...
POLITICS • Wed, 23 Oct 2019
