It’s a ‘great time’ for lawyers to buy property

The current climate is serving up favourable conditions for legal professionals to get onto the property ladder or...

24 April 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

White & Case ditches diversity and inclusion function

Global law firm White & Case, which has offices in Sydney and Melbourne, has discontinued its diversity and...

10 April 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Are global firms still committed to DEI in the age of Trump?

The Trump administration is probing the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices of 20 US-headquartered BigLaw...

28 March 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

‘Dismayed’: Law Council, global bodies respond to Trump’s targeting of lawyers

The Law Council of Australia has signed a joint statement calling on the US government to “immediately halt” all...

24 March 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Trump targets 20 BigLaw firms over DEI, including Australia-based players

Not content with going after firms it deems to have acted against US interests, the Trump administration is now probing...

20 March 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

‘Be alert, not alarmed’ about Trump tariffs, lawyers say

Donald Trump’s apparent indecision about whether to exempt Australia from trade prevents certainty in a much-needed...

13 February 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Consistent fatigue creates a ‘non-shock value’ to Trump 2.0 for shipping lawyers

The job description for shipping lawyers involves constantly pivoting in the face of overnight geopolitical and legal...

06 February 2025

By Kace O'Neill

More ‘masculine energy’ would be a ‘backward step’ for the profession

Not only would an increase in “bro culture” undo years of progress in legal workplaces, but it would also add...

23 January 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Legal team’s ‘important role’ in embedding DEI, in face of ‘bro culture’ push

Within hours of entering the Oval Office, returning US President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning DEI...

21 January 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

DEI in BigLaw ‘not going away’, despite Zuckerberg’s call for more ‘masculine energy’

Time will tell how receptive American corporations are to a shift back to “bro culture”. For the heads of some of...

20 January 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

How GCs can prepare for Trump’s regulatory changes

Ahead of the second Trump presidency, there are numerous steps that general counsel whose businesses deal in or with...

07 January 2025

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

What a Biden re-election could mean for data and privacy lawyers Down Under

US President Joe Biden is currently trailing his predecessor, Donald Trump, in general election polls (a gap that may...

02 July 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy