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BigLaw firm Hamilton Locke has taken four partners, and 10 team members, from global player K&L Gates, and also promoted 17 lawyers to more senior roles, including one to the partnership.

A defamation battle between two lawyers has tested the limits of airing sensational misconduct allegations before a costs assessor.

A former employee of the global law firm has withdrawn legal action over explosive allegations that his supervisor stripped him naked and took photographs of him while he lay unconscious at a firm retreat.

National law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth has strengthened its leadership ranks, promoting four lawyers to its partnership.

Full-service Sydney-based firm has named one new partner, a new special counsel, and two senior associates, effective as of this month.

HopgoodGanim Lawyers has elevated 15 of its legal practitioners, including two partners and three special counsel.

As concerns grow that AI will wipe out entry-level legal jobs, Adrian Cartland is pushing back against the doom-and-gloom predictions, arguing that the technology is creating opportunities for junior lawyers rather than eliminating them.

Two of Australia’s leading entertainment lawyers – behind some of the nation’s biggest global acts, including RÜFÜS DU SOL, Dom Dolla, The Veronicas, and the composer of Bluey – have joined forces to launch a specialist firm.

A real estate partner and his team of five have moved to Clifford Chance from Mallesons.

The Australian Centre for Disability Law has been taken to court over explosive allegations of disability discrimination, after an employee allegedly told a distressed individual that “people with your mental health condition are not welcome here”.