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Corporate Counsel • 29 March 2017 • ByEmma MusgraveLegal profession lagging behind on cyber security front

The legal profession as a whole is still playing catch up with other industries when it comes to cyber security,...

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ASIC
Corporate Counsel • 29 March 2017 • ByLinda SantacruzLawyer takes on ASIC over adviser naming and shaming

A corporate lawyer has challenged ASIC’s policy of indefinitely maintaining adviser banning announcements on its...

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Keyboard
Corporate Counsel • 29 March 2017 • ByTom LodewykeAI to ‘make life easier’ for lawyers

Rather than putting lawyers out of work, artificial intelligence is improving their efficiency and automating some of...

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News • 29 March 2017 • ByMelissa CoadeJustice for victims bigger than Commission TORs

A number of recommendations have been made in the latest report to come from the Royal Commission into Institutional...

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Corporate Counsel • 28 March 2017 • ByMelissa CoadeDespite Trump, US respect for international law can prevail

Leading strategist and international lawyer Harold Koh has expressed faith in the transnational legal processes, saying...

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Innovation
Corporate Counsel • 28 March 2017 • ByEmma Ryan‘Think tank’ targeting legal professionals reveals advisory board

An innovation-focused ‘think tank’ designed to assist lawyers in navigating disruption affecting the legal...

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AI
Corporate Counsel • 28 March 2017 • ByTom LodewykeLawyers and students to collaborate on tech solutions

Participants in an upcoming hackathon, run by the University of Technology Sydney and King and Wood Mallesons, will...

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In-house team
Corporate Counsel • 28 March 2017 • ByEmma MusgraveShift evident in private practice and in-house lawyers’ relationship...

There has been a change in dynamic between in-house counsel and private practice firms due to two core drivers,...

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Uphill battle
Corporate Counsel • 27 March 2017 • ByTom LodewykeSlaters off the hook with ASIC, still struggling

The corporate watchdog has decided not to take enforcement action against Slater and Gordon, but the firm’s troubles...

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Corporate Counsel • 27 March 2017 • ByMelissa CoadeLawyers named for Aussie Takeovers Panel

The Minister for Revenue and Financial Services has announced the appointment of several lawyers to a prestigious...

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