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NSW Department of Communities and Justice workers rallying against Minns’ WFH directive
NSW Premier Chris Minns’ Workplace Presence policy is facing further pushback, this time from public sector workers...
10 April 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Report: Majority of in-house leaders concerned about elevated risk
New research has found that almost 80 per cent of in-house legal heads are worried about increased risk following...
01 April 2025
By Lauren Croft
Legal departments should ‘be open’ to making GenAI work for them
For legal teams looking to experiment with GenAI, this engineer recommends “trial and error in a safe place”, as...
15 October 2024
By Lauren Croft
In-house lawyers should have a ‘continual improvement mindset’
For in-house counsel and legal departments, making small “incremental” changes can help their legal function become...
20 August 2024
By Lauren Croft
Information governance ‘an important issue’ in-house
For organisations that hold large amounts of data, information governance should be a high priority. For in-house legal...
30 July 2024
By Lauren Croft
Legal departments should align with business priorities
As legal departments across the country face numerous hurdles, having a seat at the table is important for an...
11 June 2024
By Grace Robbie
Governance should not be a ‘tick-the-box’ exercise
Coupled with the wider legal profession, in-house environments are continually evolving. This includes on the...
30 April 2024
By Lauren Croft
Balancing competing priorities as a legal department leader
In the current market, being a general counsel comes with a number of competing responsibilities and challenges – but...
19 March 2024
By Lauren Croft
How transparency can set you up for success
Following a tough 2023, this GC emphasised that moving through 2024, she’s focusing on rejuvenation and mindset –...
12 March 2024
By Lauren Croft
‘More fires to put out’: Challenges keeping this GC up at night
When it comes to managing a team in an agile business, this GC says that open communication is of the utmost importance...
13 February 2024
By Lauren Croft
The transforming landscape of in-house legal work
A significant shift is being witnessed in the daily operations of law departments – and, in an increasingly digital...
31 January 2024
By Lauren Croft
Adding headcount in-house won’t fix ‘unmanageable’ workloads
Understanding and intelligently reallocating legal spend is a key issue for in-house legal teams and general counsel...
03 October 2023
By Lauren Croft
Cost-cutting to remain high priority for legal departments
With a potential recession on the horizon and the need for efficiency at an all-time high, legal departments are...
06 June 2023
By Lauren Croft
How will India opening up affect in-house lawyers?
India has, for the first time, opened its doors to foreign law firms and lawyers. Here, find out how in-house lawyers...
09 May 2023
By Lauren Croft
Law departments need a ‘shift in mindset’ to address ESG
Following the release of HRLC’s modern slavery report, this lawyer said that for legal departments in particular, a...
14 February 2023
By Lauren Croft
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