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Lawyer, Dog and $240K Sees Sydney Firm Scrambles to Save Its Case From Collapse

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The Supreme Court of New South Wales has handed Sydney boutique Green & Associates Solicitors a fairly blunt message: pay up or watch your case quietly expire. The firm is suing its former executive assistant in what might be the most gloriously overstuffed employment dispute of the year. Among the allegations? Not just financial misconduct

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U.S. Court Draws Hard Line on Copyright for Machine-Made Melodies

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AI Music Ruled Public Domain In a landmark April 2026 ruling sending ripples through the exploding AI-music industry, a U.S. federal court held that tracks generated primarily by artificial intelligence cannot claim copyright protection—even when heavily prompted and curated by humans. The court insisted on “substantial human authorship” for IP rights, declaring machine-made music belongs

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Billionaire Balks at $35M Legal Bill After Partner Claims 19-Hour Workday

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London High Court orders full assessment of WilmerHale invoices after judge flags “charges so high as to raise concern”

A Brazilian billionaire is pushing back on a jaw-dropping $35 million legal bill from BigLaw heavyweight WilmerHale and one eye-popping detail has caught the court’s attention: a partner who logged more than 19 hours in a single day.
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Time Lord of the Outback: Sydney Solicitor Bills Council for 36-Hour Days in $10m Fee Fiasco

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We all get the same 24 hours in a day. Well, most of us do. One creative Sydney solicitor apparently operated on a different calendar. Keith Redenbach, principal of Redenbach Legal (pictured) and a veteran who once graced the corridors of Norton Rose Fulbright and Maddox, has been found by the NSW Supreme Court to

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From Croissants to Chaos – A Love Letter to Defiant Paris

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Best Paris travel article - John Bowie on LawFuel

Paris Travel Beyond the Postcards John Bowie, LawFuel publisher There’s something magnificently perverse about Paris that means every time I arrive, the city is busy tearing itself apart. In 2018 it was the yellow vests blocking roundabouts and setting fire to things. In 2023, Marseilles was ablaze with riots after a police shooting days earlier

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Man Sues Neighbour for Emotional Distress After Winning Every Game of Chess for Three Years

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A small claims court in Edinburgh has been asked to rule on what may be the world’s first chess-related emotional distress lawsuit, after a 67-year-old retired accountant filed a claim against his next-door neighbour of 22 years. The plaintiff argues that his neighbour’s unbroken winning streak — 94 consecutive games played over three years at

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London Sights: Must-See Attractions Near Paddington Station

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London continues to be one of the world’s great cities on many fronts, tourism being one and the attractions for lawyers or anyone else visiting this top city are too numerous to mention in detail.  However Paddington Station is one major station that hosts thousands of daily visitors, acting as both a central London railway

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