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The Hayne royal commission was a “big game changer” for Australian businesses, having flow-on effects for the nature and function of legal departments.

Given favourable conditions for merging or taking over another legal practice, there are a number of factors that firms with expansion plans must take into account.

Pandemic-inspired amendments to the Corporations Act must be made permanent as Australia emerges from coronavirus.

Going to work for a community legal centre is “one of the best decisions” Tanya Diessel has ever made. It’s a vocational experience all lawyers should have, she says.

With the onset of the pandemic, credit will play a key role in the Aussie business climate, as businesses seek to recover from financial damage, according to two BigLaw partners.

Farmers have won the latest round in a long, bitter legal battle over coal producer New Hope Group, after having been granted leave by the High Court to appeal a finding against them.

Herbert Smith Freehills has advised joint lead managers on Macquarie Bank’s $641 million capital notes 2 issue.

Allen & Overy has advised the financiers to NBN Co Limited on $6.1 billion bilateral credit facilities.

There is something to be said for scolding irreverent defendants over the formal dressing-down that court decorum demands. For one thing, it’s in a language they understand.

The Victorian Parliament has passed legislation to increase the maximum penalty around manslaughter, child homicide and workplace manslaughter charges.