Law firms throughout Australia saw a decline across most segments in the previous quarter, widening the gap between the Big 8 law firms and their Large counterparts. Australian law firms across most…
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Making an Apple More Like an Orange: How the ACCC is Planning to Improve its Chances in Merger Reviews
A recent speech by Rod Sims, Chairman of the ACCC, is making waves amongst Australian competition law practitioners and business leaders. Sims has proposed requiring more information from businesses seeking…
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3 Ways Self-Service Contracts Can Benefit Your Organisation
Self-service contract creation uses the wonders of document automation to reimagine the contract creation process. Forget bottlenecks within your legal department – self-service contract creation means anyone in your organisation…
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The Legal Profession Welcomes Another Benchmark
For just over two months this year – from 2 October 2017 until the retirement of Canada’s Chief Justice on 15 December 2017 – four women will hold the position…
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Why Upskilling Junior Lawyers Should be Your Firm’s Priority
The law firm model is broken. Industry commentators and those who work within it are increasingly pointing out how the traditional pyramid law firm model (a select number of senior…
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Email Addresses on the Register of Members: Implications of the New Bill
A proposed amendment to the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) will require companies to include members’ email addresses on the register of members. The Corporations Amendment (Modernisation of Members Registration) Bill…
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Meet the Editorial Board Behind The Australian Law Journal
ALJ editorial board (left to right): Nuncio D’Angelo, Angelina Gomez, Clare Langford, Justice François Kunc, Ruth Higgins It’s the journal traditionally heralded as holding the most topical of legal issues. With…
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3 Ways to Retain Your Firm’s Non-Lawyer Talent
In the past, traditional firms primarily distinguished themselves by their name or the calibre of their legal advice, and there was a perceived distinction between the revenue generators and ‘cost…
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Business Development: How to Increase Results for Your Law Firm
Many Australian law firms are currently failing to maximise their business development opportunities. Research shows 69 per cent of law firms with an ‘under developed’ marketing and business development function…
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Should Your Firm Join the Gig Economy?
A career in the legal sector has traditionally offered only two distinct paths: private practice or in-house counsel. In recent years, however, lawyers have forged a new path: freelancing. These…
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