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Want to reduce e-discovery spend? Do more yourself

Legal departments that can achieve more work in-house and better technology will be more likely to cut down on e-discovery spend.

19 May 2020
By Jerome Doraisamy
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Company earnings guidance taking huge hit during COVID-19

An overwhelming majority of S&P 500 companies have had to revise or completely withdraw their earnings guidance as a result of coronavirus.

19 May 2020
By Jerome Doraisamy
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Qld Law Society welcomes $119m cash injection

The Queensland Law Society welcomed the state government’s five-year commitment to provide $119 million to community legal centres.

19 May 2020
By Naomi Neilson
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Lawyer X bail bid granted as drug dealer leaves prison

Drug trafficker and Tony Mokbel associate Zlate Cvetanovski will leave incarceration after the Court of Appeal conceded Nicola Gobbo interfered with his prosecution.

19 May 2020
By Naomi Neilson
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BigLaw Perth offices getting back to business

Australia’s BigLaw firms are welcoming staff back into their West Australian offices, albeit in staggered and conservative fashions.

19 May 2020
By Jerome Doraisamy
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‘Pointless, partisan’: Plaintiff firms slam litigation funding inquiry

Australia’s class action space is among the best in the world and Parliament should recognise this, say plaintiff firms.

19 May 2020
By Jerome Doraisamy
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Lawyers must enhance their adaptive capacity during COVID-19

Bolstering one’s ability to acclimate to the unprecedented circumstances of a global pandemic will help lawyers better serve clients, at a time when such service is most needed.

19 May 2020
By Jerome Doraisamy
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Does your business need a social distancing officer?

Australia has made tremendous progress in limiting the effects of COVID-19 and all indications are that we are on the path to socio-economic recovery. For many businesses, this means a return to work for employees who have been working from home.

19 May 2020
By Austin Taylor
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CBA advised on $3.3bn sale of stake in CFS

Commonwealth Bank of Australia has been advised on the sale of its 55 per cent stake in Colonial First State to a global investment firm.

19 May 2020
By Jerome Doraisamy
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Lawyer X scandal sees more criminal appeals

A drug trafficker with a known association to the infamous Tony Mokbel has asked for bail as the Victorian Crown prosecutor conceded Nicola Gobbo interfered with his prosecution.

19 May 2020
By Naomi Neilson