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While a second wave of COVID-19 cases in Australia might mean that the current crisis is still far from over, KPMG’s global head of legal services, Stuart Fuller, is well placed to make some educated predictions for a post-pandemic marketplace.

National law firm Hicksons has elevated nine lawyers, including appointing four new partners.

Today is International Justice Day which marks the creation and recognition of the emerging international criminal justice system which Australia continues to play a role in.

National firm Thomson Geer has hired 21 lawyers, including support staff, from global firm Dentons.

A global law firm has appointed its new regional managing partner to head up the Asia-Pacific region. In this role, she will promote a diverse and inclusive culture.

In the last 30 years, an executive general manager commented that nothing within the legal profession had changed to address sexual harassment. Implementing strong and robust whistleblowing policies could be the key to finally addressing that.

Lockdown has been a perfect time for lawyers to catch up on their audio content. Here are the most popular episodes of The Lawyers Weekly Show for this year.

Lawyers Weekly is proud to announce the finalists for the Innovator of the Year - Company category at this year’s Australian Law Awards.

The funding of class actions in Australia has been put under the microscope of a parliamentary committee, as lawyers, funders, academics, politicians clash on views on the future of class actions.

Adelaide commercial firm, DMAW Lawyers has been selected to be South Australia’s representative firm for Meritas, the premier global alliance of independent law firms.