28 April 2010 | Clayton Utz has hired the head of Allens Arthur Robinson's securitisation team in a bid to rebuild its diminished banking and finance team.
22 April 2010 | A new deal has lawyers postulating the wholesale property market is again open for business.
16 March 2010 | A Brisbane law firm's new marketing director will have to work to develop what comes out its recent merger with another firm.
29 January 2010 | If firms did a better job at conveying and value, clients would not give a boot about time spent. John Chisholm writes.
2 December 2009 | Rumours of a merger between Clifford Chance and law firm Mallesons Stephen Jaques have again bubbled up, while the Australian firm maintains that no merger is imminent.
23 November 2009 | A Clayton Utz litigation expert has crossed the tracks and joined rival firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth in Perth.
10 November 2009 | A Melbourne mid-tier firm managing partner has been nominated as Victoria's highest achieving practitioner.
22 October 2009 | The son of the founder of beleaguered investment advisory firm Storm Financial has begun giving evidence in the Federal Court in Brisbane over the company's collapse.
7 October 2009 | There is widespread discrimination against lawyers who have been made redundant, according to local sources.
08:00 AM | DLA Phillips Fox has advised insurance and financial services institution TOWER Ltd on a NZ$81.3million renounceable rights issue.
29 September 2009 | One mega firm to rule them all, and one major mid tier firm that will really be able to compete with the top tier, are very real threats to other firms in the Australian legal services industry.
29 September 2009 | The Federal Court has opened the door for legal action against collapsed US investment bank Lehman Brothers.
14 September 2009 | A mid-tier compensation law firm will have to pay legal costs for two clients after it was excoriated for its "woeful" and "pathetic" handling of a will dispute. 1 comment
4 September 2009 | Corrs Chambers Westgarth and Gilbert + Tobin have acted on the merger agreement between two pharmaceutical companies. 2 comments
20 August 2009 | Mallesons Stephen Jaques has acted for Challenger Financial Services Group on the $385 million sale of its mortgage aggregation businesses to National Australia Bank.
6 August 2009 | The Scottish law graduate who is taking three law firms to court for discrimination has contacted The New Lawyer to "set the record a bit straighter" and explain his case. 1 comment
31 July 2009 | The top tier has a new and passionate opposition, determined to "keep bowling it to them" in the market.
30 June 2009 | Maddocks has been recognised as a fair and flexible employer by the Victorian state government.
30 June 2009 | With more and more bank fees weighing down Australian consumers, one firm has decided to focus on the banks and their extensive fees.
29 June 2009 | The Federal Court made a significant step in what is likely to be a long and painful process of judicial interpretation of Australia’s financial supply rules with a recent decision.
29 June 2009 | Blake Dawson has acted for Keolis Downer EDI (KDR) on its successful bid to become the preferred tenderer for Melbourne’s tram network.
29 June 2009 | The impending merger of Australian firm Deacons and the multinational Norton Rose has hit a snag. 2 comments
28 May 2009 | Minter Ellison is now hiring, despite recent redundancies. 1 comment
16 April 2009 | Sixteen Camerons partners scrap equity; Ten-year high for unemployed lawyers; 'Brown-nosing' rife
31 March 2009 | Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, the top-ranked US firm by turnover, has commenced a major dismissal of its 2,000 non-lawyer employees, reports The Am Law Daily. 1 comment