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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.

The NewLaw market enters its next stage of growth, at a much quicker pace than previously estimated, writes Matthew Kay.

In the latest reply submissions, counsel assisting the Lawyer X inquiry have addressed several “superficial” allegations levelled at them by Nicola Gobbo.

Human beings naturally live their life in the fantasy of tomorrow or someday. Smart people, that are so perceptive in every other realm, spending their lives in lockdown and WFH, just waiting, writes Cullen Haynes.

Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s decision to extend financial disclosure provisions is a “wink and nudge to dishonest corporate behaviour”, according to one class action lawyer.

Colin Biggers & Paisley has aligned with pandemic experts Respond Global to ensure COVID safety for staff and clients around its return to office program.

International firm Wotton + Kearney has expanded its insurance liability team with a special counsel appointment, noting that more senior hires are to come.

Global law firm MinterEllison has advised Adelaide Oval Stadium Management Authority on its $42 million boutique hotel.

Herbert Smith Freehills has completed an in-depth review of its remuneration process, revealing it owed graduate staff additional payments between $5,000 and $20,000.

Allowing clients to source their own documentation and discovery collection may seem to be a time-saving and cost-cutting solution on the surface, but it might just undermine the ethics and professionalism of lawyers and courts, cautioned prominent US judges.