In-house

How in-house teams can better prioritise pro bono

While Australia’s largest corporations have well-established social impact policies and programs, new data suggests...

24 September 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

3 in 5 in-house leaders say it would take a cyber incident to improve processes

A new report reveals the extent of law departments whose heads say that meaningful improvements to their business’s...

24 September 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Number of women CEOs has dropped, says report

New findings show that gender equality across top Australian companies has come to a standstill as the path to...

24 September 2024

By Kace O'Neill

Ex-GC says PwC ignored warnings to green light Seymour’s CEO bid

A parliamentary inquiry has heard that Tom Seymour, who was PwC’s head of tax at the time of the firm’s...

23 September 2024

By Christine Chen

Lawyers doing more pro bono hours than ever, but large firms, in-house teams must improve

There was an 11.5 per cent increase in total hours of pro bono work undertaken by Australian lawyers in FY2023–24;...

19 September 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Job-sharing GCs push back on ceiling for part-time lawyers

In years gone by, making partner or becoming general counsel was “almost unheard of” for women working part-time....

17 September 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Strong written policies no longer sufficient in face of new foreign bribery laws

Following the passage of the Combating Foreign Bribery Act, law departments need to ensure their businesses are going...

10 September 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Ahead of US election, GCs should prepare for regulatory shifts

General counsel should be preparing for different scenarios ahead of the presidential election in the United States,...

03 September 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Morae, ContractPodAi team up to launch MorAI

Morae and ContractPodAi have entered a partnership to transform legal work through the embedding of the latter’s...

30 August 2024

By Lawyers Weekly

Ex-PwC GC proposes big 4 watchdog, defends partnership model

Meredith Beattie says the sector needs more oversight to address cultural issues but has opposed calls to slash partner...

27 August 2024

By Christine Chen