The Melbourne Law School and Thomson Reuters Peer Monitor® are pleased to present this report setting out the dominant trends impacting the legal market in 2018 and the key issues…
Read moreMaking 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…
Read moreTo Merge or Not to Merge: The Key Challenges Merged Firms Face
Record numbers of US and UK giants ‘tied the knot’ with Australian firms in 2015, and some of that growth is expected to spill over into 2016. However, a recent…
Read moreThe Year That Was: Legal Innovation in 2014
Let’s take a moment to reflect on 2014’s wave of legal innovation and consider how it’s helped shaped the way lawyers do business. What are the new norms of service…
Read moreWhat’s in Store for the Legal Profession in 2014?
2014 Report on the State of the Legal Market by Georgetown University Law Centre and Thomson Reuters Peer Monitor concluded that the goals for most firms this year should be not to “build a bigger boat”, but rather to build a better one.
Read moreTop 2014 New Year’s Resolutions for Your Legal Practice
We asked five legal industry experts to share their 2014 New Year’s resolutions on strategic planning, performance and growth for your law firm. It’s going to be another exciting and challenging year for the legal profession in 2014, with continuing commoditisation of legal services, increasing client expectations and pricing pressures to contend with.
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