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K&L Gates poaches three partners from HWL Ebsworth
Business of Law 2022-12-07 5:35 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

US multinational firm K&L Gates has grown its ranks in Australia, luring three partners from HWL Ebsworth to join its corporate team.

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No cottage industry for cyber attack class actions, lawyer predicts
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2022-11-29 1:54 am By Cindy Cameronne

Despite recent class actions against Medibank and Optus for cybersecurity breaches, class actions over cyber attacks will not become common because they involve “a lot of work for not a lot of money”, a lawyer has predicted.

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Ashurst to open office in South Korea
Business of Law 2022-11-29 10:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Ashurst will open an office in Seoul through after a joint venture with a local firm won approval in a legal market first.

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22 firms launch group to advise businesses on human rights
Business of Law 2022-11-29 3:22 am By Sam Matthews

A coalition of global law firms have joined together to launch an association to advise businesses on adopting better human rights practices.

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‘Very troubling indeed’: Judge orders law firm to itemise bill after backdating fee agreement
Business of Law 2022-11-17 10:59 pm By Christine Caulfield

A personal injury law firm has been ordered to itemise a “very substantial” $470,000 bill more then four years after it was rendered to a client, who was asked by the firm’s in-house barrister to sign a backdated costs disclosure agreement.

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Pinsent Masons poaches from K&L Gates’ environment law team
Business of Law 2022-11-17 4:43 pm By Cindy Cameronne

International law firm Pinsent Masons has lured a partner and two senior associates from K&L Gates’ planning and environment law team for its Sydney office. 

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Lawyer reprimanded for using firm letterhead to threaten suit on boyfriend’s behalf
Legal Ethics 2022-11-15 5:51 pm By Sam Matthews

A solicitor of a national law firm has been reprimanded after falsely representing that the firm acted for her partner in a property dispute over $1,000.

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Law firm can’t recover costs of work by own solicitors, court finds
Business of Law 2022-11-10 10:37 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Following the lead of its Victorian counterpart, the NSW Supreme Court has found that law firm Atanaskovic Hartnell cannot recover costs in self-represented litigation against a former client over unpaid legal invoices.

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Gilbert + Tobin unveils new leadership team as co-founder steps down as boss
Gilbert + Tobin 2022-11-10 11:30 pm By Sam Matthews

Law firm Gilbert + Tobin has unveiled its new leadership team, with two partners to take the helm following co-founder Danny Gilbert’s decision to step down from his role as managing partner.

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Barrister’s $800k bill with 52 entries of ‘getting up’ doesn’t cut it, court says
Business of Law 2022-11-07 5:46 pm By Sam Matthews

An appeals court has ordered a Perth silk to explain four bills in which entries marked ‘getting up’ accounted for over 36 days of work.

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