In-house

Stress, turnover ‘unintended’ consequences of digital maturity

Digitally immature law departments may not be as efficient, but there is a “peculiar positive upside”: lower stress...

12 November 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Submissions open for Corporate Counsel Awards 2025

Nominations and submissions are now open for the annual Corporate Counsel Awards 2025 – with a range of new...

12 November 2024

By Lawyers Weekly

GC joins Baker McKenzie’s construction team

Global law firm Baker McKenzie has appointed the former general counsel and company secretary at MPC Kinetic as a new...

05 November 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Senior in-house lawyer named as Hunt & Hunt’s head of banking and finance

National law firm Hunt & Hunt has appointed the former head of legal and governance for an Australian bank as the...

05 November 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

In-house lawyers want to innovate, but need business buy-in

New research suggests that corporate counsel place a high value on innovation, with many indicating they would change...

29 October 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

The billable hour may be incompatible with GenAI innovation

In the face of client perceptions about their providers’ use or otherwise of generative AI, we may soon see more...

29 October 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

‘One foot out the door’: In-house lawyers are a flight risk, findings show

New research suggests that a wave of attrition may soon hit Australian law departments.

22 October 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Environmental lawyers lodge greenwashing complaint against Qantas

The Environmental Defenders Office has asked the ACCC to investigate the national carrier for alleged greenwashing over...

17 October 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Time and cost savings from GenAI beget ‘focus on more challenging, rewarding, and higher-value work’

New findings highlight the “transformative impact” that generative AI has on the spending habits of in-house legal...

15 October 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Legal team budgets are (finally) on the rise

After years of being told to do more with less, can law departments finally see the light at the end of the financial...

08 October 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy