Jerome Doraisamy

Landers appoints new head of technology

National firm Lander & Rogers has hired a non-lawyer to head up its technology team, as part of its firm-wide “digital transformation”.

SME LAW • Sun, 10 Feb 2019

Podcast: Every law firm ‘is a technology company these days’

In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, Jerome Doraisamy speaks with Smarter Drafter CEO Adam Long about the advent of legal technology and its influence over the ...

PODCAST • Fri, 08 Feb 2019

Linklaters wins urgent application to prevent former Aus employee from disclosing confidential information

Global firm Linklaters has won an urgent application in the UK High Court of Justice for an injunction restraining an ex-employee from disclosing information about the ...

BIG LAW • Thu, 07 Feb 2019

How businesses must respond post-banking royal commission

In reflecting on the final report of the banking royal commission, businesses should be aware that if they consistently fail to meet the community’s expectations, or ...

BIG LAW • Thu, 07 Feb 2019

Sole practitioners, boutiques and behaviour

Lawyers Weekly is oft-accused of ‘picking on the little guy’ as it publishes stories on tribunal judgments of conduct contrary to one’s professional obligations

BIG LAW • Thu, 07 Feb 2019

Revelations of further police informants has ‘undermined faith in our justice system’

Reacting to yesterday’s news that Victoria Police had informed the state’s royal commission that there were additional informants with obligations of confidentiality, ...

POLITICS • Wed, 06 Feb 2019

‘There are further informants’ for Lawyer X royal commission: Victoria Police

The Terms of Reference for the Victorian Royal Commission Management of Police Informants are to be amended, in light of new information from Victoria Police of ...

POLITICS • Wed, 06 Feb 2019

Vic legal profession responds to scrapping of conversion therapy

The Victorian Bar and the Law Institute of Victoria have both responded to a pledge by the Andrews government to introduce laws to denounce and prohibit LGBTI conversion ...

POLITICS • Tue, 05 Feb 2019

NRF grows energy and resources practice

Global firm Norton Rose Fulbright has added two more corporate M&A partners in Perth as part of its expansion of its energy and resources team.

BIG LAW • Tue, 05 Feb 2019