Jerome Doraisamy

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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]

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Striking the right balance when disclosing cyber events

Goldilocks and the cyber risk disclosure porridge: an old children’s tale offers a useful lesson for disclosure of material cyber events (and the role that legal teams ...

CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 14 May 2024

PwC senior legal counsel joins Addisons

Sydney-based firm Addisons has continued to strengthen its bench of special counsel, this time appointing a senior legal counsel from big four firm PwC.

CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 14 May 2024

Tax cuts may mean lower salary increases for lawyers in FY24–25

The revised stage-three tax cuts, together with other market factors, may well provide justification for employers not to give up-and-coming lawyers a larger salary bump ...

POLITICS • Mon, 13 May 2024

Lessons senior lawyers can learn from the next generation

Embracing change: as the younger generation makes its mark, it offers valuable lessons in self-awareness and setting boundaries, writes Amanda Little.

SME LAW • Mon, 13 May 2024

Spencer West enters Australian market

Global law firm Spencer West, which has over 300 partners worldwide and operates under a fee-sharing model, is launching an Australian practice.

BIG LAW • Sun, 12 May 2024

High corporate salaries, BigLaw expansions, and takeover bids: What’s hot in law this week (6–10 May)

While a listed firm has been debating competing acquisition offers, Australia’s courts saw some significant procedural outcomes, and legal salaries are once again front ...

BIG LAW • Fri, 10 May 2024

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Thomson Geer merges with Perth boutique, adding 4 partners and team of 19 to its ranks

Perth-based boutique firm Tottle Partners is joining Thomson Geer, with the former bringing across four partners and a 19-person team, including 11 lawyers, bolstering ...

BIG LAW • Fri, 10 May 2024

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Maddocks promotes 4 to partner

National law firm Maddocks has elevated four lawyers in Sydney and Melbourne to its partnership, bringing the BigLaw player’s total number of partners to 92.

BIG LAW • Thu, 09 May 2024

‘Certainly feels’ like we’re in a Cold War with China, says Morrison

In a new podcast episode with Lawyers Weekly’s sister brand, Defence Connect, former prime minister Scott Morrison argues that the People’s Republic of China and the ...

POLITICS • Thu, 09 May 2024

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