‘Cowed’ legal profession clears path for authoritative rule, judge says
By bowing down to the threat of executive orders and allowing the purge of independent lawyers, the US legal profession has cleared the path for authoritative rule, an ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 25 Aug 2025
Disciplined solicitor says misconduct was ‘commendable’
A Queensland solicitor punished for representing a man just moments before she appeared as the defendant in her own criminal proceedings said the misconduct should have ...
SME LAW • Sun, 24 Aug 2025
Keypoint adds charities and not-for-profits expert
A consulting principal specialising in charities and not-for-profits, property, commercial, and education has joined Keypoint Law.
BIG LAW • Sun, 24 Aug 2025
3 seasoned partners join Gadens corporate team
Two highly experienced and BigLaw corporate partners have joined Gadens, and a third will commence later this year.
BIG LAW • Sun, 24 Aug 2025
‘Not entertaining that’: Unexpected, confusing claims in Lehrmann appeal
On the second day of the appeal hearing, many parts of the submissions advanced on behalf of Bruce Lehrmann were met with either confusion or rejection by the full court ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 21 Aug 2025
AI regulation and innovation go ‘hand in hand’, Attorney-General says
In a keynote delivered at the inaugural Australian Law Forum 2025, Commonwealth Attorney-General Michelle Rowland said having confidence in generative artificial ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 21 Aug 2025
Claims of ‘improper’ conduct by BigLaw firm dismissed
The Federal Court has dismissed a claim that BigLaw firm MinterEllison improperly contacted a woman linked to a sexual harassment matter brought against the state of ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 21 Aug 2025
Lehrmann’s appeal submissions stump court
Bruce Lehrmann’s appeal hearing opened with a back and forth between his solicitor and the full court on some of her more puzzling submissions, including a claim that ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 20 Aug 2025
‘Legal principles are not slogans’: AI fumble leads to disciplinary referral for WA lawyer
A federal court judge came down hard on a West Australian lawyer for not “fully comprehending” what was required of him prior to handing in written submissions generated ...
SME LAW • Wed, 20 Aug 2025
