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The outlook on Australia’s M&A market activity in 2021 has become optimistic, despite doubts that it would not bounce back the same after a COVID-induced crash in activity.

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 within seven days or risk a leak of their ransomed data.

Lawyers Weekly, in partnership with Momentum Intelligence, is pleased to reveal the firms deemed most attractive by legal professionals across the country.

The Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) in Queensland has charged four individuals with fraud and money laundering offences, following an 18-month major crime investigation into the activities of a Brisbane-based law firm.

New research from Governance Institute of Australia shows that the community has a more favourable view of legal professionals in 2020 than in 2019.

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 year and another 300 are due to join the ranks before 2021.

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 reconsider whether Christian Porter is still the best fit for the Attorney-General position.

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. Proceedings have been launched to have the media company answer to the “pack of lies”.

As a result of a recent decision in the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of NSW, insurers could now be facing appeals from previously denied claims.

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 as it recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic.