Westpac invests $10m in Lawpath

Australian online legal and business services platform Lawpath has secured a $10 million investment from Westpac as the...

06 February 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

‘There’s something patriotic about buying legal services from an Australian firm,’ says Gadens head

According to the head of BigLaw firm Gadens, there is “absolutely” a place at the top of the legal services market...

10 December 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

When can I break up with my lawyer?

New Year, new strategy: there are times when a legal change of scenery makes all the difference, writes Nicola...

01 February 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

How tech is shaking up how private practice and corporate counsel work together

The continued evolution of technology, including and especially generative artificial intelligence, is having a...

30 January 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Thinking ‘beyond the Western legal perspective’ in servicing clients

A senior associate and winner of the Excellence Award at the Australian Law Awards 2023 has outlined why her firm looks...

18 January 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Rate pressure and securing ‘competitive’ quotes

General counsel across the board are seeing either downward pressure on rates from external providers or an increase in...

08 August 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

In-house better placed to adapt to AI, say GCs

For a multitude of reasons, corporate lawyers may be able to adapt to the uptake of artificial intelligence sooner than...

28 March 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

ChatGPT is an opportunity, not a threat

Lawyers who strategically, carefully and sensibly adopt artificial intelligence (AI) and other technological advantages...

22 March 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Where law departments are being wasteful

New research shows that while law departments are trimming the volume of tech platforms utilised, in-house teams are...

21 March 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Are chatbots actually exciting tools for lawyers?

The advent of chatbots is stirring up a wave of trepidation among professional services workers, but if platforms like...

24 February 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Allen & Overy hires chatbot lawyer, ‘Harvey’

Global law firm Allen & Overy is partnering with “Harvey”, an artificial intelligence platform, to assist its...

20 February 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Recession will shift balance of power in legal recruitment

If, as appears increasingly likely, Australia enters a recession in the coming months, not only will there be a...

14 October 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

The ‘unimaginable scenario’ facing legal teams

If law departments do not better manage the wellness and workloads of their external providers, they may soon find that...

04 October 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Another ‘record’ year of pro bono, despite some large firms ‘lagging’

Individual solicitors, barristers and small law firms led the charge in undertaking pro bono hours in financial year...

19 September 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Women’s legal services in the NT are being left behind

Women’s legal services around the country have received only a fraction of the funding allocated by the Morrison...

23 August 2022

By Jess Feyder

VIDEO: Entering ‘a period of unrest’

In the first instalment of Legal Firesides, award-nominated lawyer Trevor Withane speaks about the state of affairs in...

15 August 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Fees are increasing. Why, and how can in-house teams manage?

Corporate counsel are seeing rates for their external providers increase. There are numerous potential reasons for...

09 August 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Balancing risk management and efficient legal delivery

LOD’s most recent global survey indicates that in-house legal teams are increasingly facing the twin challenges of...

09 August 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

‘No reason why’ metaverse can’t facilitate legal services

Singapore’s Second Minister for Law is excited about the “new frontier” for legal technology and the future...

26 July 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

The positive and negative impacts on practice from COVID-19: Report

While certain pandemic-inspired changes regarding the maintenance and management of legal practices have helped, other...

23 June 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy