Hackers threaten to leak data from legal services firm

Hackers from a cyber-crime collective have targeted a legal services firm and top-tiered clients in a ransomware attack, warning the firm to give into their demands ...

SME LAW • Wed, 25 Nov 2020

MMA Offshore secures $80m equity raising and recapitalisation proposal

Ashurst has assisted MMA Offshore in an equity raising and recapitalisation proposal, valued at $80 million.

BIG LAW • Tue, 24 Nov 2020

1,800 lawyers admitted into profession during 2020

Amid digital transformations brought on by the global pandemic and an unprecedented adjustment in studying practices, 1,500 lawyers were welcomed into the profession this ...

NEWLAW • Tue, 24 Nov 2020

‘Pack of lies’: High-profile criminal lawyer sues Daily Telegraph for defamation

A Sydney criminal lawyer has accused The Daily Telegraph of defaming him in a piece that portrays him as being so “ravaged by age” that he is unfit to practise

BIG LAW • Tue, 24 Nov 2020

Peak legal body calls for Morrison government to reconsider Porter’s position

At a time when the profession is reeling from sexual harassment allegations, the major legal body for women lawyer organisations has called on Scott Morrison to ...

BIG LAW • Tue, 24 Nov 2020

Lawyers welcome large investment into legal assistance and justice

The Law Institute of Victoria welcomed a large investment into the legal assistance sector and justice facilities announced in the Victorian budget to help the profession ...

BIG LAW • Tue, 24 Nov 2020

LIV welcomes plan for lawyers to return to office

With COVID-19 creating large delays in the administration of justice, Victoria’s premier legal body has welcomed the Andrews’ government’s staged return to office plan

BIG LAW • Mon, 23 Nov 2020

Magistrates’ and Children’s Courts take first step in ‘digital transformation’ 

As part of the “digital transformation” planned for Victorian courts, the Magistrates’ and Children’s Courts have undergone the first step in its years-long technological ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 23 Nov 2020

Qld Bar decides against amendments for sexual harassment

The Bar Association of Queensland will not be amending rule 12 of its barristers’ rules to expressly prohibit sexual harassment, having deemed it sufficient enough as it ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 23 Nov 2020