Tom Borman, LawFuel contributing editor Anglo-Australian biglaw’s Ashurst and US player Perkins Coie have decided to tie the knot, crafting a new transatlantic megalaw entity – to be Ashurst Perkins Coie – pending the perfunctory partner vote and regulatory nods. The new firm will straddle 52 offices in 23 countries, weaving a legal web from […]
GenAI, Fake Law & Fallout – New Australian report reveals surge in legal cases involving generative AI The UNSW Centre for the Future of the Legal Profession has dropped a sober but necessary reality check on the messy intersection between generative AI and actual courtrooms. Reviewing more than 520 cases from January 2023 to September
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MinterEllison is pleased to announce the appointment of Lee Horan as a Partner in its M&A/Capital Markets practice in Sydney, significantly enhancing the firm’s national offering and deepening its expertise in private capital transactions With over 20 years’ experience advising many of Australia’s most active private capital sponsors and corporates, Lee is a recognised specialist
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The LegalAI Marketing Tool Plexus has just lobbed a grenade into the sluggish trench warfare between Legal and Marketing with a new AI compliance tool. Marketing Wizard is the new platform, an extension of Plexus’s legal AI ecosystem, is designed to make compliance feel less like corporate molasses and more like a Formula 1 pit
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The Law Society of NSW notes the response by the NSW Government to the report of the 2024 Drug Summit. We are pleased to see the NSW Government support many of the recommendations made in the 2024 Drug Summit Report. The supported recommendations indicate a number of opportunities for positive drug law reform. We encourage
Lawyer’s Report Show One in Three Australians Sexually Harassed at Work Burke Mangan LawyersDespite landmark legal reforms, sexual harassment remains entrenched in Australian workplaces. New analysis from Burke Mangan Lawyers, specialists in employment law, reveals that one in three workers have experienced sexual harassment in the past five years – yet fewer than one in
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Which Lawyers Got the Cream in the Massive NZ Deal The sale of Fonterra’s global consumer and associated businesses, the Mainland Group, to French dairy giant Lactalis for a reported $4.2 billion was never going to be just a farmer-to-farmer handshake. It turned into one of the most lucrative ticket-clipping exercises for New Zealand and
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Australian law firm Clayton Utz is proud to announce its firmwide adoption of Harvey, a cutting-edge generative AI platform for law firms, as part of its strategic investment in AI-driven innovation to enhance client service and operational efficiency. Harvey will empower Clayton Utz lawyers with advanced agentic AI capabilities to streamline complex and time-intensive legal
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A Warning Shot For Media Lawyers To Know About Australian bilionaire Kerry Stokes has been ordered to pay AU$13.5 million in legal costs to the media outlets that successfully defended themselves in failed defamation proceedings. The order caps a bruising and expensive saga that has exposed not only the limits of defamation law but also
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Another Slater & Gordon Departure Heightens Crisis Slater & Gordon earns its bleeding stars this month with the departure of a third Chief People Officer to have resigned in just over a year, as employee morale crashes harder than their trust in management. The firm has turned what should be a simple HR transition into
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