GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — The NBA’s decision to impose $30 million in fines and strip the Los Angeles Clippers of five future first-round draft picks sends a powerful message to the league’s other teams: There are consequences for trying to circumvent the salary cap to land or retain a star player, says a New York sports law
Highly regarded litigator, Cecil Hanafin, has joined Anthony Harper as a partner in the litigation team. Hanafin has almost 20 years’ experience, including more than a decade at New Zealand law firms and, most recently, five years as a barrister at Canterbury Chambers, one of the leading sets of independent barristers’ chambers in the South Island.
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The Attorney-General’s exposure draft of the Privacy Amendment (Personal Data Protection) Bill 2026 proposes the most significant changes to the Privacy Act 1988 since the Australian Privacy Principles were introduced, according to Holding Redlich General Counsel Lyn Nicholson. In the below commentary, Lyn outlines some of the key reforms and why organisations should start preparing now
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Legal AI News The Series A round led by OnDean Forward – with significant participation from The LegalTech Fund alongside Antiportfolio Ventures and Relativity – will be used to support the company’s expansion into the U.S. Newcode, the configurable AI harness purpose-built to make law firms AI-native, today announced a Series A funding round led
Ogletree Deakins, the specialist labor law firm has expanded its international network by opening a nine-lawyer team in Moterrey, Mexico with lawyers joining from labor law heavyweight Littler. The firm’s media announcement is below – MONTERREY, Mexico – September 2, 2026 – Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management,
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Leading specialist insurance-policyholder firms have combined to create SDV Fenchurch, a new global law firm dedicated exclusively to representing policyholders and the brokers who advise them. Effective 1 September 2026, Saxe Doernberger & Vita, P.C. (SDV), Fenchurch Law, Wesolowski Abogados, CLIR & Fenchurch and their partner members across Asia, Europe and North America have joined
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LOS ANGELES – The Department of Justice today announced a multinational operation involving actions in the United States, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania, in collaboration with private industry partners CrowdStrike and the Shadowserver Foundation, to disrupt the botnet and malware known as Sality and take down its infrastructure. Coordination between the private sector and government partners was
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The Serious Fraud Office welcomes amendments to its legislation which will ensure it can continue to effectively investigate and prosecute fraud and corruption in an increasingly complex, digital environment. The changes to the SFO Act, which passed its third reading yesterday, update the search warrant framework and legal test for evidence admissibility in line with
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The winners of the 2026 Queensland Law Society (QLS) Excellence in Law Awards were announced at the annual Awards Gala held at The Star Brisbane on Saturday 22 August 2026. The event recognised outstanding contributions across 12 categories, highlighting dedication, innovation, leadership, access to justice, and service to the Queensland legal community and the public.
Australia’s leading independent law firm, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, has advised Warburg Pincus LLC (Warburg Pincus) and its affiliates on the expansion of their partnership with Kio Investment Management (Kio) and the establishment of a new expanded venture with additional capital commitments. The venture proposes to invest in build-to-rent (BTR) and expand into purpose-built student accomodation
