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A lawyer has found himself in hot water in Hong Kong, where he is being held in custody over allegations he failed to pay bills at several five-star hotels across the city.

Australian legal tech provider InfoTrack and AI-powered legal operating system Parachute AI have unveiled a new integration to provide trusted legal data directly into SME law firm AI workflows.

Australian BigLaw firm Clayton Utz has strengthened its Perth partnership with the addition of a projects partner from global law firm Allens.

“I don’t use AI on moral grounds.” It sounds like a line from a science fiction film, but some employers are telling me it is a sentiment being voiced with increasing regularity in workplaces, writes Paul O’Halloran.

Scheduled to take effect in 2027, the reform to Australian employment law is anticipated to significantly change the workforce. Here, one lawyer offers guidance for how employers should respond in the dynamic economic landscape.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has unveiled the federal budget for 2026, which he said would include “big, bold, ambitious and responsible” measures. Find out here how this year’s budget will impact legal practitioners.

General counsel are no longer just legal gatekeepers, with a new big four report revealing how they’ve evolved into strategic power players, fully embedded in organisations, shaping business decisions, managing emerging risks, and driving enterprise-wide transformation.

A new report sheds light not just on the “transformative” moment that Gen Z has arrived in the workforce, but also on how best law department leaders can get the most out of this demographic at such a critical juncture.

A Sydney solicitor accused of helping one of Australia’s largest-ever money laundering syndicates had his practising certificate suspended.

An urgent call to action was issued by the Law Council of Australia as vital children’s legal services, designed to protect the most vulnerable, edge towards collapse under persistent funding shortfalls.