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Nine and SBS lawyers to speak at Corporate Counsel Summit 2025
Senior lawyers from both Nine and SBS are set to discuss the role of in-house lawyers in upholding legal and ethical...
22 April 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Top emerging risks from Q1 in 2025
An unsettled regulatory and legal environment is chief among the headline concerns for businesses for the first three...
15 April 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Legal teams looking to provide value through tech-driven efficiency, report says
A new report highlights how general counsel and their law departments are moving to showcase value and enable business...
08 April 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
PayPal Australia and Colonial First State senior lawyers join Corporate Counsel Summit line-up
Elizabeth Briggs, senior director – legal at PayPal Australia, and Shanaz Khan, senior legal counsel at Colonial...
01 April 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Heads of legal increasingly taking charge on cyber matters, research shows
A new survey has revealed that more chief legal officers are putting their hands up to lead on matters pertaining to...
25 March 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Royal Women’s Hospital GC to speak at 2025 Corporate Counsel Summit
Danielle Corden, general counsel at Royal Women’s Hospital Melbourne, will discuss takeaways from the PwC scandal at...
25 March 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Active Super fined $10.5m for greenwashing
The Federal Court has penalised Australian superannuation fund Active Super $10.5 million for misleading conduct about...
18 March 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Telstra legal executive joins Corporate Counsel Summit 2025
Andrew de Celis, legal executive – product and propositions at Telstra, will unpack artificial intelligence (AI) in...
18 March 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Gender pay equity ‘not just a moral imperative’, CLO says
Improving a business’s gender pay gap requires structural resets, board leadership, and good governance, according to...
11 March 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Start-ups ‘can’t succeed’ without good counsel, says Four Pillars Gin founder
Ahead of the Corporate Counsel Summit 2025, Stuart Gregor, co-founder at Four Pillars Gin, highlights the indispensable...
04 March 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Top 6 use cases for GenAI in-house
Contract visibility, the summarisation of legal documents, and contract risk analysis are among the various ways...
25 February 2025
By Grace Robbie
Understanding the impact of AI 101
As in-house legal teams contend with budget pressures and increased workloads, artificial intelligence – particularly...
18 February 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
The best lawyers aren’t the smartest in the room, they’re the most curious
Sometimes, the path to greater impact is about being curious and having the courage to learn, writes Evana...
11 February 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
The data and jurisdictional challenges facing legal teams
New research reveals the challenges pertaining to the growth and complexity of data and the navigation of...
04 February 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Westpac Group GC to deliver keynote at Corporate Counsel Summit
Westpac Group’s Shannon Finch joins the premier speaker line-up for the 2025 Corporate Counsel Summit....
04 February 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Evolving your corporate legal department at the pace of change
Law department leaders need to take a multifaceted approach to navigating uncertainty with agility, writes Jacob...
04 February 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
‘Busy year’ expected for in-house talent, recruiter says
Newly created roles and “pent-up demand” for movement may well give rise to a flurry of recruitment activity for...
28 January 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Are legal teams ‘stuck in decision paralysis’ over AI integration?
A significant number of in-house lawyers recognise how much artificial intelligence will shape the future of legal...
28 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
‘Natural to expect’ firm costs will reflect AI-inspired efficiency
Not only should the increasing use of artificial intelligence by external providers have a flow-on effect on charge-out...
21 January 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
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