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Lawcadia, Gadens team up to help in-house teams manage COVID-19

Legal tech company Lawcadia and Gadens have partnered to build a platform that aims to support legal departments to navigate a “tsunami” of pandemic-related legal issues.

17 March 2020
By Jerome Doraisamy
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Cyber security ‘one of Australia’s most promising growth sectors’

Australia has emerged as an “ideal” growth environment for cyber business but there is an urgent need to take advantage of this opportunity.

17 March 2020
By Jerome Doraisamy
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Women joining boards are rising to leadership roles

Once women are appointed to boards, they are included in committees and related leadership roles, according to new research.

17 March 2020
By Jerome Doraisamy
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Only 12% of organisations are prepared for COVID-19

New research about business continuity paints a bleak picture for the capacity of organisations to weather the professional storm caused by coronavirus.

17 March 2020
By Jerome Doraisamy
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How involved should businesses be in regulation?

New research from a global law firm suggests that sentiment about the extent to which executives should be involved in the regulation of technology varies from region to region.

17 March 2020
By Jerome Doraisamy
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‘No additional benefit’ in new class actions parliamentary inquiry

Given that there have been numerous details inquiries in recent years into the class actions space, there is no need for a new one, argues one litigation funder.

17 March 2020
By Jerome Doraisamy
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ALS welcomes Aboriginal Languages Act proclamation

The Aboriginal Legal Service has called the proclamation of the Aboriginal Languages Act a “way forward in securing the preservation, protection and promotion” of Indigenous languages in the state.

17 March 2020
By Jerome Doraisamy
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New CEO appointed to ‘revolutionary’ value pricing firm

One of the “revolutionary” law firms which was one of the first to abandon time-based billing has appointed a new CEO.

17 March 2020
By Tony Zhang
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Firm remains entitled to sack lawyer over Defence Department criticisms

A lawyer who alleged he was sacked over his political views, and for publicly criticising the Defence Department for child sex abuse claims, has had his appeal denied.

17 March 2020
By Naomi Neilson
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‘I would have died without that support’: Victoria cuts vital court funding

In light of recent family violence tragedies, a decision to cut funding for crucial support is “short-sighted”, former royal commission judge Marcia Neave told Lawyers Weekly.

16 March 2020
By Naomi Neilson