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Piper Alderman lures six partners from Squire Patton Boggs
Business of Law 2025-03-07 5:36 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Piper Alderman has snagged six partners from Squire Patton Boggs, many of whom were at the global firm for over a decade, to join its corporate, construction and financial services teams.

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Companies face ‘rapidly evolving’ cyber threats, says new Gadens tech partner
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-03-05 11:41 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Companies are facing complex challenges in managing information security due to rapidly evolving cyber threats and a complicated regulatory landscape, according to a new technology partner at Gadens.

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Gen AI ‘next frontier’ in construction, but not without its risks, experts say
Analysis 2025-03-03 4:42 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Generative artificial intelligence is a game changer for the construction industry, promising better collaboration and fewer costly mistakes, but the technology also presents a host of thorny legal challenges, experts say.

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Law firm might drop iPhone class action against Apple, court told
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-02-26 5:26 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A law firm that lodged a class action against Apple over “throttled” iPhones might discontinue the case without having served the US tech giant. 

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WiseTech chair, three other board members resign amid CEO controversy
Employment 2025-02-24 3:10 pm By Christine Caulfield

WiseTech chair Richad Dammery and three other directors have stood aside following “intractable differences” with remaining board members over the role of founder Richard White.

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WiseTech shareholder class action loses bid for early discovery
Class Actions 2025-02-19 2:53 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has declined an early bid for broad discovery in a shareholder class action against tech firm WiseTech, after hearing it would require the production of “truckloads” of irrelevant material.

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Goodman Group seeks to raise $4.4B to fund investment in data centres
Securities 2025-02-19 11:35 pm By Andy Sidler

Property developer Goodman Group is seeking to raise $4.4 billion to fund its investments in data centres, as demand increases from the expanded use of cloud computing and artificial intelligence.

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AI providers likely shielded from suits by lawyers, experts say
Feature 2025-02-13 11:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Lawyers will struggle to hold providers of legal artificial intelligence services liable for negligence but the situation may change as the technology becomes more sophisticated, experts have told Lawyerly. 

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WiseTech founder faces new lawsuit, confidential complaints
Employment 2025-02-10 11:00 pm By Christine Caulfield

WiseTech Global’s embattled founder Richard White has been hit with a lawsuit by a former employee and is the subject of two fresh complaints made to the software company.

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Dovetail lawyer says CEO assaulted her during ‘coercive’ relationship
Employment 2025-02-06 11:42 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Dovetail’s legal counsel has accused the start-up’s boss of sexually assaulting her during a coercive relationship and claims the head of HR failed to support her and advised “not to shit where you eat”.

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