Business of Law

A retired Northern Territory judge faces allegations of sexual harassment by a former associate after failing in his challenge to a decision allowing the complainant to proceed with the case, filed more than a decade after the alleged conduct.

Jones Day has recruited Milbank's head of APAC restructuring for the global firm's Sydney office to bolster its insolvency practice.

A seasoned energy lawyer who cut his teeth at Norton Rose Australia and US firm Skadden Arps has been appointed general counsel at Firmus, as the AI data centre start-up preps for a $7 billion public float later this year. 

A judge has questioned whether the game is worth the candle in a liquidator’s case against a Sydney law firm over allegedly excessive legal bills, saying the contest appeared “economically irrational” and “at one level, stupid”.

Advocating a "sterner" approach to litigants' use of artificial intelligence, a judge has put ChatGPT to the test with a judgment of his own. And the grade? An F.

Thomsons has recruited a leading technology partner from Gilbert + Tobin and a media specialist from Bird & Bird, shoring up the team's capabilities in response to growing client demand.

Gilbert + Tobin has launched a dedicated multidisciplinary real assets team to advise pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and others on real estate and infrastructure investments, saying the line between the investment classes has "all but disappeared".

Allens has welcomed a globally recognised climate change lawyer and her team of four to the firm, amid an expected uptick in greenwashing and directors' duty claims. 

NSW's top judge has warned of the dangers of social media and the importance of collegiality among the judiciary, following a controversial speech by a federal judge who called out colleagues for tardy judgments.