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Law firms are facing closer scrutiny as AUSTRAC tests compliance with expanded AML/CTF obligations and investigates potential breaches.
A controversial law firm director and his business partner stonewalled a fellow director and former romantic partner as she sought to recover the $500,000 in shares and leave entitlements she claimed she was owed.
BigLaw firm Jones Day has added five new partners across its Brisbane and Sydney offices, strengthening its practices in disputes, financial markets and real estate, energy, corporate, and intellectual property.
National insurance law firm Gilchrist Connell has strengthened its national team with the appointment of two special counsel in Perth, alongside a number of senior appointments and promotions across its Australian offices.
A black permanent marker was, in the recent past, the tool of choice to redact personal, sensitive, or privileged information in document production processes. Now, digital redaction tools are mostly used when producing documents in discovery, under subpoena, or during voluntary production or other information access request processes, writes Darren Gardner.
Speaking recently at a LexisNexis-hosted event, one general counsel outlined a three-pronged approach her team has adopted in driving efficiency across the business, whilst also effectively managing risk.
Find out – in this special announcement from Legal Home Loans – whether the Reserve Bank has heeded calls from the big banks to once again increase interest rates.
In a decision welcomed by the Queensland Legal Services Commissioner, an appeal court has upheld a man’s conviction for engaging in legal practice without a practising certificate.
Two barristers – one an inaugural member of the ACT Bar’s disciplinary committee and the other a leading Commonwealth compensation barrister – have been appointed senior counsel.
The legal framework surrounding superannuation death benefit can be complex, with even minor errors in beneficiary nominations affecting who eventually receives the funds.