Lauren is a journalist at Lawyers Weekly and graduated with a Bachelor of Journalism from Macleay College. Prior to joining Lawyers Weekly, she worked as a trade journalist for media and travel industry publications and Travel Weekly. Originally born in England, Lauren enjoys trying new bars and restaurants, attending music festivals and travelling. She is also a keen snowboarder and pre-pandemic, spent a season living in a French ski resort.
Working ‘hand in glove’ to drive innovation
Despite innovation being extremely broad, these two firms have found different ways of implementing new tech and innovative working practices to optimise business ...
NEWLAW • Sun, 18 Dec 2022
The challenges and priorities of smaller firms in 2023
With plans to introduce more partners into the firm as well as consolidating after a “rapid period” of growth, one managing partner has predicted which priorities will be ...
SME LAW • Thu, 15 Dec 2022
Why this boutique merged with a large firm
After merging with a larger firm, the co-founders of this boutique firm reflected on their journey as a firm — and why they eventually decided to join forces with a ...
SME LAW • Thu, 15 Dec 2022
Hall & Wilcox’s 1st female chair on the need for progressive policies
Moving into 2023, inclusion will be an important part of staff retention, according to the first female chair of Hall & Wilcox.
BIG LAW • Wed, 14 Dec 2022
How new defamation laws will change the game
New defamation reforms, which would cover social media and search engines, have been agreed to in principle by all nine attorneys-general across the country
POLITICS • Tue, 13 Dec 2022
Regulators to change their focus in 2023, new report says
Regulators across the world are moving more towards a proactive approach to enforcement, a new report from Herbert Smith Freehills has revealed.
BIG LAW • Tue, 13 Dec 2022
The broader implications of data breach class actions
After 9.7 million Medibank customers had their data accessed during a massive data breach, there have been a number of firms seeking legal action on behalf of those ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 12 Dec 2022
‘Cyber risk is no different than any other risk’
With a number of recent data breaches and other incidents, cyber security will remain a key issue for organisations across a range of sectors moving into 2023 — but there ...
NEWLAW • Mon, 12 Dec 2022
Hamilton Locke acquires boutique, launches operations in Newcastle
Following a massive year of growth, Hamilton Locke has made yet another strategic acquisition — and will commence operations in Newcastle after absorbing a team of 16
BIG LAW • Mon, 12 Dec 2022