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KPMG Rumour: Up to 300 More Redundancies?

18 June 2009

As KPMG staff head to the Poo Polls in the next few days, the latest rumour floating about the office is apparently that, if partners are unable to implement the planned leave of absence/4-day week...

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How Much Do Minter Ellison Partners Earn? AFR Law Firm Profit Survey

22 September 2009

Thanks to the AFR for the following profile: Partner Remuneration System Performance-based with a bonus. Partnership size dwarfs its rivals. Partner Pay For 2008/09 The firm paid a bonus to...

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‘Hostile Approach to Technology’; Minter Ellison Lawyer Fury

25 November 2009

We found the following comments penned by an anonymous Minter Ellison spy in the Lawyer Remuneration Survey to be so comical that we decided to dedicate an entire post to it. A tirade of the very h...

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Hiring or Firing? Allens Advertises Positions While Redundancy Rumours Circle

6 October 2009

We received this curious offering from an anonymous tipster on the weekend: I wonder if you should ask AAR why in this time of redundancies they are still advertising speculative positions on roll...

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Minter Ellison Re-elects Nigel McBride as Adelaide Chief Executive Partner

24 June 2009

It has been reported that Minter Ellison's Adelaide Chief Executive Partner, Nigel McBride, was unanimously re-appointed to continue in his role. The firm commented that the appointment: is hoped ...

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Rumour: Mallesons Announces “Efficiency” Competition After Telstra Fixed-Fee Agreement

26 November 2010

Last week, we wrote an editorial on the various issues arising in the context of time-charging. Chief among our concerns is the scant regard that corporate partners give to the effects that time bi...

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Blake Dawson Loses One Badcock & Gains One “Sweet” Non-Porn Teen Singer

16 March 2011

You'll recall in 2007 Blake Dawson dropped the "Waldron" from its name as part of a notorious rebranding that saw the firm inexplicably link itself with a gay porn star going by the same name. Blak...

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AAR To Thaw Pay Freeze While Mallesons Unloads Annual Leave

30 March 2010

As demonstrated by our current weekly poll, only three top-tier Australian law firms appear to still have pay freezes in place. Since we broke the news that the Blake Dawson partnership needed t...

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Lack of MOMENTUM; Clayton Utz Stripped of Employer Credentials

11 March 2010

Earlier this week, the federal governement, through its Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA), named 12 Australian law firms that support women in the workplace. Those named were: Corrs Chambers Wegarth, Baker & McKenzie, AAR, Blakes, Cooper Grace Ward, Freehills, Holding Redlich, G+T, Maddocks, Mallesons, McCullough Robertson and Sparke Helmore. One firm was conspicuous in its absence - Clayton Utz. We received the following comments from an anonymous spy last night in relation to the non-appearance of Clutz this year: Six is an interesting number. Six is the number of new partners @ Clutz - all male. It is also, according to what firmspy would have us beleive the number of grdauates - all female who were terminated by Clutz in Melbourne. Considering ...

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Digging Deeper Reveals Tighter Wad; Freehills’ Executive Counsel

25 May 2009

A spate of rather venomous emails from Freehills lawyers compelled the Firm Spy to do some investigative journalism into the recently announced, yet mysterious, 'executive counsel' role. What is...

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