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Long Islanders weathering the job outlook
Newsday 4/02/2012 2:06:53 PM
TIPS: How to earn a bigger paycheck PHOTOS: LI people on the move JOBS: Search thousands of postings on LI | Get the business newsletter During the downturn, many law firms were afraid to invest in a new practice -- specifically the marketing and ...
More overseas work for LI law firms
Newsday 4/02/2012 11:51:20 AM
Click here More overseas work for LI law firms February 3, 2012 8:36 PM By JAMES BERNSTEIN james.bernstein@newsday.com Some of Long Island's largest law firms report that they are looking more and more like their cousins in Manhattan when it comes to ...
How will job cuts to white-collar workers affect the office market? Will there ...
The Australian 3/02/2012 11:12:54 PM
There are indications that professional services firms, law firms principally, have continued to drive demand for higher-end office space in CBD markets, particularly in Sydney. And while there is slower demand from certain sub-sectors of the finance ...
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Legislation

Jetstar looks to pull Singa link
NTNews.com.au 6/02/2012 2:21:21 AM
Qantas-owned Jetstar is threatening to scrap its daily service between Singapore and Cairns, via Darwin, if legislation proposed by Independent South Australian Senator Nick Xenophon goes ahead. The airline says the changes which would force it to pay ...
ASFA releases MySuper paper
InvestorDaily 6/02/2012 2:02:42 AM
The paper, MySuper - strategic and operational considerations for superannuation funds, focuses on the proposals contained in MySuper legislation before the parliament and draft legislation. The paper addresses a number of issues including the impact ...
No further FOFA impact study needed: Ripoll
InvestorDaily 6/02/2012 2:02:32 AM
Calls for a regulatory impact assessment of the government's draft financial advice legislation is a political delaying tactic, the chairman of the Parliamentary Joint Committee said. "There actually has been a regulatory impact statement," Bernie ...
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Property Law

Luxury river front property for sale - flooded only once (or twice)
On Line opinion 30/01/2012 6:07:42 AM
Instead, she promptly purported to rescind the contract in reliance on Section 64 of Queensland's Property Law Act 1974. This Section permits such a buyer's action where, before the "date of completion" of a residential contract, the property is so ...
Commercial property team picks up, moves
The New Lawyer 27/01/2012 1:51:14 PM
A senior lawyer who started his own firm in 1983 and who has 40 years experience in commercial property law, has been hired by a major Sydney law firm. David Heidtman has joined M+K Lawyers' Sydney office as a principal in the commercial group.
Indigenous role model Matthew Myers is here to help
The Australian 26/01/2012 11:03:21 PM
The business was focused on conveyancing, family law and property law. By 2009, the conveyancing side of the business had become unprofitable because of the increase in the number of licensed conveyancers, and so the partners decided to practise ...
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Conveyancing

Clooney tells it with honesty
Camden Advertiser (blog) 31/01/2012 3:47:03 PM
As Hawaiian conveyancing lawyer Matt King (Clooney, pictured with Shailene Woodley) considers a family trust decision he must busily juggle competing pressures from his cousins and a recent family crisis. The tragedy of his wife suffering a boating ...
House move costs up 69% over decade
Strathearn Herald 27/01/2012 11:10:17 AM
Other expenses include home removal which, at £1110 on average makes up 16% of the costs. The study also took into consideration the price of mortgage arrangement, conveyancing and surveyors and was the first annual Bank of Scotland review of the cost ...
Indigenous role model Matthew Myers is here to help
The Australian 26/01/2012 11:03:21 PM
The business was focused on conveyancing, family law and property law. By 2009, the conveyancing side of the business had become unprofitable because of the increase in the number of licensed conveyancers, and so the partners decided to practise ...
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