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Wise up on buying services, agencies told
The Australian 13/08/2010 12:07:50 AM
THE federal government wants departments and agencies to develop greater expertise in buying legal services from private law firms. ...
Washington Post has Watergate scandal of its own
Australian Conservative (blog) 12/08/2010 2:39:34 PM
Not only does a Post company now stand accused of fraudulent practices, two high-powered law firms are considering lawsuits on behalf of the shareholders of ...
Freehills Partners With Recommind to Upgrade Firm-Wide Access to Information
NewsMaker (press release) 12/08/2010 1:36:07 PM
SAN FRANCISCO, CA and SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - Recommind, the leader in search-powered information management solutions for enterprises and law firms, ...
Continental drift
Legal Business Online 11/08/2010 6:28:38 PM
European law firms are sometimes (perhaps rather unjustly) seen as the runt of the.law firm litter ...
The IPO rally
Legal Business Online 11/08/2010 5:38:49 PM
For both onshore and offshore listings, law firms have to conduct extensive due diligence (capital and asset restructuring) as part of the legal services ...
OPINION: The courage to be small
Legal Business Online 11/08/2010 5:03:46 PM
In today's fast-changing market, law firms feel pressured to develop new practices and build up critical mass quickly ...
Planning key to decreasing legal spend, says in-house consultant
Legal Business Online 11/08/2010 4:27:18 PM
... what their legal needs would be over two or three years and then making a commitment to the law firms that they use or hiring appropriate staff. ...
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SmartCompany.com.au 11/08/2010 11:07:10 AM
There are six major national law firms in Australia: Mallesons Stephen Jaques; Freehills; Minter Ellison; Clayton Utz; Allens Arthur Robinson; ...
Legal Expense Management: Be Innovative and Think Holistically
PRWire 11/08/2010 12:02:45 AM
Investing in technology, engaging a strategic number of external law firms, negotiating alternative billing arrangements, and subjecting a disciplined ...
Business Review Australia Profiles The Nation's “Big Six” Commercial Law Firms
Business Review Australia 10/08/2010 3:17:14 AM
The law firms profiled are Blake Dawson, Clayton Utz, Freehills, Minter Ellison, Allens Arthur Robinson and Mallesons Stephen Jaques. ...
Business & Commercial Lawyer
Newcastle Herald 8/08/2010 7:37:36 AM
Turnbull Hill Lawyers is one of the Hunter Region's leading law firms and we are currently seeking a Business & Commercial Lawyer to join our talented team ...
Rees to tell ICAC private donors must be banned
Sydney Morning Herald 8/08/2010 12:36:49 AM
In-house lobbyists from companies such as accounting firms, investment banks, law firms, banks and miners do not have to identify themselves as lobbyists. ...
This little piggy went to market
Sydney Morning Herald 6/08/2010 11:57:28 PM
... grants to other groups and runs an annual lecture series, which began this week and is being hosted by seven universities and four major law firms. ...
Big firms' share of work about to shrink
The Australian 6/08/2010 12:49:55 AM
FOR big law firms, the benchmark study for corporate lawyers in Australia and New Zealand contains some chilling news. The survey of 160 corporate and ...In-house lawyers, saviours and the savedThe Australian
In-house lawyers, saviours and the saved
The Australian 6/08/2010 12:36:07 AM
It shows that 76 per cent of general counsel were under pressure to cut costs attributable to outside law firms. And 51 per cent said this pressure was ...
In-house interview: Deborah Marris, ANZ, Global outlook
Legal Business Online 5/08/2010 7:10:36 PM
“Law firms and accounting firms are structured quite differently. In an accountancy firm you don't just have accountants – you have all sorts of specialists ...
ANALYSIS: JWS sees Brisbane sunshine through RSPT cloud
Legal Business Online 5/08/2010 5:34:16 PM
The flow-on effect for law firms could be very real, according to McCullough Robertson resources head Damien Clarke. “The super profits tax will have some ...
McInnes and sexual harassment: the lessons
Sydney Morning Herald 5/08/2010 8:41:27 AM
Enormous lawsuits are the bane of our lives, feathering the slick corporate nests of the burgeoning law firms in this city, increasing costs of insurance, ...
MIRANDA DEVINE
Sydney Morning Herald 4/08/2010 11:56:36 PM
Enormous lawsuits are the bane of our lives, feathering the slick corporate nests of the burgeoning law firms in this city, increasing costs of insurance, ...
Private practice v in-house: Stop comparing apples and oranges, says expert
Legal Business Online 4/08/2010 3:33:59 PM
Your [in-house legal staff] point of reference is not how much you get paid compared to [lawyers in] law firms, it's how your industry is paying and how you ...

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