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Archive for January, 2009

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UPDATE Allens Arthur Robinson Secretaries Exchange Vicious Emails Over Lost Ham Sandwich

9 November 2011

[We've updated the email chain - it is now unsanitised - and included some interesting developments below] There is nothing worse than having the diet-right foresight to bring a tub of yoghurt...

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Minter Ellison ‘Remember Me’ Shame Morphs into Firm-Wide PR Disaster

29 May 2009

Two days ago the Firm Spy commented on the sick timing of Minter Ellison's decision to publicise its alumni network 'Remember Me'. Of all the times in history in which P&D Coordinator Kerrie Bo...

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Minter Ellison ‘Remember Me’ Shame; An Alumni Network PR Stunt to Forget

27 May 2009

Just one week after unceremoniously sacking dozens of workers, Minter Ellison has made the nauseatingly ill-timed decision to publicize its alumni network 'Remember Me'. In an article appearing ...

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Minter Ellison Redundancies; Dozens Sacked After Pay Freeze

14 May 2009

It has emerged that Minter Ellison has sacked dozens of lawyers and support staff mere weeks after implementing a firm-wide pay freeze. As noted in the Financial Review: the lawyers range from ...

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Fireball Burns Mallesons Environment Group Amid Questions Over Junior Welfare

5 August 2011

In March we reported conflicting rumours regarding Mallesons' Environment Practice, specifically in Melbourne. We received reports that the group was in a parlous state, bleeding staff and unable t...

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REDACTED – Firm Spy: Consummate “Communications Professionals” & a Pain in Your Firm’s Butt

30 August 2010

We spent a reasonable chunk of the last 48 hours researching the difference between journalism and communications/public relations.  No, we're not "communications professionals", so a bit of research was necessary. For thoe unitiated, communications/PR staff are employed by many professional services firms primarily to shape public perceptions of their firm in positive ways. Part of this role involves regular interaction with journalists: Comms/PR staff are experts in dealing with journalists. They often provide journalists with an "official" comment from the firm on a particular news item which invariably results in the firm being positively perceived in any subsequent news article. Websites like Lawyers Weekly, ALB and The New Lawyer are industry paragons in this regard. These ...

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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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Clear Forthright Open & “Shonky”; Mallesons Slams Firm Spy Analysis

25 May 2010

In response to last Friday's post regarding dodgey corporate awards, we received the following comments: So..... What does IFLR say about this? Have Blake Dawson and Mallesons written in to clarif...

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’20% Over Budget’; Blake Dawson Partners Laugh All The Way To The Bank

8 December 2009

When does the point come when partners can feel convinced that the economic uptick is not just a "false economic dawn"? Where is the juncture that partners agree that the GFC is over and decide to ...

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Ex-Freehills Lawyer Nicole Stransky Settles Harassment, Bullying Dispute

6 April 2010

We reported several weeks ago that former Freehills lawyer Nicole Stranksy was intending to sue her former employer based on claims of age discrimination and continued bullying and harassment. Stra...

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