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To protect the public and uphold the reputation of the profession, a tribunal has recommended that a Queensland family lawyer be removed from the roll, finding that lesser penalties for his historic misconduct have not had their “intended effect”.

Lawyers were among the professionals targeted as part of AUSTRAC’s investigation into coordinated mortgage fraud that is potentially worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Australia and New Zealand businesses are increasingly reliant on overseas AI infrastructure, raising concerns about supplier concentration, cyber risks, and resilience as AI adoption accelerates, DLA Piper research has found.

An “industry-first” benchmark report from NetDocuments has revealed that giving AI structured context about legal matters could cut the cost of generating accurate answers by almost half.

Global technology provider Thomson Reuters and AI-native work intelligence platform Laurel are joining forces to help law firms answer a question that is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore: Is their technology actually delivering a return?

Global legal technology company Relativity has unveiled a new conversational AI tool that gives lawyers a faster way to access and work with their legal data.

Legal AI platform Harvey has introduced a second iteration, Harvey II, that allows lawyers to begin work with their preferences already in place.

Global legal AI provider Clio has launched its AI-powered legal workspace, Clio Work, in Australia, following its rollout across New Zealand and Singapore.

Sir Geoffrey Vos, England and Wales’ Master of the Rolls, has been won over by the “generally remarkable” things generative artificial intelligence can do and has encouraged his Australian peers to embrace it for the sake of public confidence and access to justice.

Global law firm A&O Shearman has strengthened its Australian M&A practice with the appointment of a partner from rival Ashurst, hailed as “one of Australia’s most highly regarded M&A lawyers”.