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Law firm to take out trash in class action

8 March 2010 | Maurice Blackburn has announced it has made steps to pursue a potential class against a waste management company.


Twelve angling (for) women

8 March 2010 | Glass ceilings, slippery ladders, boys' clubs and fraternities are finally being eradicated in an elite list of law firms, the government announced today.


Firm's profit falls as lawyers get pay rises

3 March 2010 | Listed law firm Integrated Legal Holdings has suffered a fall in first-half profit, despite a 53 per cent surge in revenue, due in part to a major increase in lawyer salaries.


Clayton Utz fills partnership void

3 March 2010 | Six Clayton Utz lawyers had their right of passage to the partnership expedited this week after 14 partners last month departed for the Australian offices of UK firm Allen & Overy.


Blakes thaws pay freeze rumours

2 March 2010 | Blake Dawson has rejected claims it won’t lift a pay freeze implemented in the depth of winter that was the global financial crisis


Magic circle won't follow Allen & Overy

18 February 2010 | What suits Allen & Overy may not suit the rest of the magic circle, new research shows.


Freehills managing partner to step down

18 February 2010 | Freehills managing partner Peter Butler has resigned from the top post at the firm and has decided to "return to his roots as a commercial litigator", the firm's chief executive has announced.


Slater & Gordon announces earnings rise

16 February 2010 | Australia's first listed law firm, Slater & Gordon, has posted a 12.1 per cent rise in half year earnings.


How to get a job in a law firm: Insiders tell all

15 February 2010 | Corrs Chambers Westgarth's national human resources manager sheds some light on the dark corners of law firm hiring and firing.


Door is still swinging at Clayton Utz

12 February 2010 | The double hit of shock news this week that 14 partners from Clayton Utz would be departing, and moving to the soon-to-open Australian office of Allen & Overy, was also a shock to Clayton Utz, the firm's managing partner said.

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