National firm Mills Oakley has recruited a new special counsel to help enhance its innovation and technology credentials.
Human rights lawyers are rejecting a new law proposed by the Morrison government that would force a new form of income control onto people in the Northern Territory.
The decision to implement greater safeguards and more privacy protections in identity-matching has been supported by the Law Council of Australia.
The recognition of animal sentience in ACT legislation is a positive step for animal protection that could lead to greater change, according to animal rights lawyers.
Private equity investment firm Brisbane Basketball USA LLC has been advised on the purchase of Brisbane Bullets Pty Ltd.
New and explosive details emerging from the commission into police informants found Victoria Police handlers were aware, and were preparing for, the possibility of a royal commission over the management of barrister Nicola Gobbo since the beginning.
New industrial regulations requiring junior lawyers to clock all of their overtime means that those coming through the ranks will have a different view of what is expected of them as members of the legal profession, argues one principal.
Lawyers Weekly is proud to present the second annual Corporate Counsel Summit and the fourth Corporate Counsel Awards, which will both be held on Friday, 20 March 2020.
National firm Colin Biggers & Paisley has appointed two practitioners to special counsel and one to senior associate.
In what it says is “one of Australia’s largest ever fintech capital raises”, Athena Home Loans has been advised on a $70 million Series C funding round.
