JWS welcomes another TMT partner
Johnson Winter Slattery continues to grow its technology, media and telecommunications ranks, having hired a new partner, who formerly served as head of TMT at global ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 04 Aug 2024
Crackdown on partner profits and client files in shambles: What’s hot in law this week (29 Jul–2 Aug)
This week, a jailed magistrate in South Australia was removed from the roll, and another judge faced corruption accusations from an ousted solicitor and fake lawyer
BIG LAW • Fri, 02 Aug 2024
Greenwashing case against Mercer results in $11.3m penalty
The first greenwashing case brought by the corporate regulator has ended with the Federal Court ordering Mercer Superannuation to pay a $11.3 million penalty following ...
THE BAR • Fri, 02 Aug 2024
Will Australia follow the US in banning non-competes?
While the Federal Trade Commission seems set to ban non-compete clauses in the United States, it remains unclear whether or not Australia will follow suit, resulting in a ...
POLITICS • Thu, 01 Aug 2024
Holding Redlich partner joins Clayton Utz
A commercial dispute resolution partner has joined national firm Clayton Utz from BigLaw rival Holding Redlich.
BIG LAW • Thu, 01 Aug 2024
How embedding play principles could improve your firm’s performance
The more we can embed serious play into daily tasks and activities, the more likely our people will be curious, creative, and collaborative, writes Dara Simkin.
BIG LAW • Thu, 01 Aug 2024
‘Australia has lost its way’ on housing, says former Supreme Court judge
In conversation with Lawyers Weekly, the Honourable Kevin Bell AO KC spoke of the “housing disaster” facing Australia and why a human rights approach (in which housing is ...
POLITICS • Wed, 31 Jul 2024
‘Teething issues’ for Right to Disconnect highlight need for employer caution
As the Right to Disconnect inches closer and closer to coming into effect, employers have mixed emotions about implementation and how they’re going to navigate it.
THE BAR • Wed, 31 Jul 2024
Trust is the currency of culture, and leaders hold the keys to the vault
Forget strategy, systems, processes, procedures, training, and development; if professional services firms want to create an energised culture and an aura of high ...
SME LAW • Wed, 31 Jul 2024
