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In a professional marketplace whereby lawyers can and will be practising outside of the traditional, rigid structures, lawyers in regional locations have myriad chances to establish and maintain successful legal businesses.

The global law firm has bolstered its tax practice with the appointment of a new partner, who joins its Melbourne office.

The Federal Court has found Qantas did not reasonably apply its JobKeeper subsidies and now owes back payment to hundreds of staff members who were engaged throughout the pandemic.

Young lawyers have rejected the proposal to increase university fees for law students, cautioning that the increase would deter diverse students from joining the profession.

Australia needs to remedy its flawed interpretation of the UN’s Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) which is allowing human rights violations to occur, a new research paper has found.

Dentons has welcomed two new partners to the fold, having recruited one and promoted the other.

Information governance could well be the new cyber security, in that it is becoming a hot-button issue for organisations to better manage a bevy of business concerns, including litigation.

New research shows that while legal departments perform well on flexibility and professional development, work is needed in strengthening induction processes, workplace procedures and KPIs.

In the US, it appears that chief legal officers and institutional investors have vastly different views regarding the importance of increasing diversity.

Lawyers in private practice have significantly stepped up their pro bono undertakings in the past year, and with the National Pro Bono Target now open to in-house teams, the onus is on corporate counsel to similarly step up.