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MinterEllison and Clayton Utz have confirmed cuts to the number of business operations jobs at the firms but deny the increasing adoption of AI tools was a factor.
A former client of Sydney law firm Coleman Greig has been refused leave to appeal a costs assessment, with a judge finding a review panel didn't err when weighing the hourly rate of a non-lawyer.
NSW Supreme Court Chief Justice Andrew Bell has warned that AI creates new risks and liabilities for companies that will have to be sorted out in the courts as the government adopts a 'technology neutral' approach to regulation.
Settling a split in authorities from the 19th century, an appeals court has found that a solicitor’s lien applies over all money held in a client’s trust account and covers the costs of enforcing unpaid legal fees, not just the bill itself.
A case on behalf of a retiree against super provider BT Funds has been put stayed as a judge refers the matter to the legal watchdog over concerns the proceeding was filed by her former lawyer without her knowledge.
Growing its global private capital team, Ashurst Perkins Coie has lured a Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer solicitor to join its corporate practice as a partner in Melbourne.
NSW's highest judge has championed emotional intelligence over artificial intelligence in the legal profession, while warning of a growing "digital divide" between publicly available AI and bespoke models.
Responding to growing US investment in local markets, Johnson Winter Slattery will become the first Australian firm to open a US office advising on Australian law.
The High Court won't hear Russells' bid to overturn a decision which found it could not rely on privileged communications to defend itself against allegations of incompetence from former client Meadowbrook Golf Course.
DLA Piper has recruited MinterEllison tax partner Craig Silverwood to become its new head of transfer pricing for the Asia Pacific region.