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Firm Spy Case Summary: Mitchell v Clayton Utz & Ors (No 2)
12 December 2010Mitchell v Clayton Utz & Ors (No 2) In January 2010, Magistrate Hennessy of the NSW Administrative Decisions Tribunal (ADT) considered an application filed by Mr Mitchell to correct orders a...
Read moreCorporate Wizardry; Mallesons Announces Voluntary Redundancy Scheme
30 July 2009Mallesons Stephen Jaques is reported to have yesterday announced a voluntary redundancy scheme open to all employees. The firm apparently hopes to shed an incredible 5% of staff with the scheme. ...
Read moreAllens Arthur Robinson Pay Freeze, Voluntary Redundancies
18 April 2009Compared with other top-tier law firms, Allens Arthur Robinson has taken a relatively hard-ball response to the GFC. First, Allens terminated the office tea-ladies. Second, the partners decided ...
Read moreMallesons Blocks Facebook: Secretaries Devastated
29 May 2009It had to happen sooner or later. One anonymous tipster writes to the Firm Spy that: at mallesons not only did they get the pay freeze last week, but this week they've cut off access to facebook...
Read moreAllens Arthur Robinson Cancels Christmas (Party)
14 November 2008Against the backdrop a worrying global financial climate, the Allens partnership has made a curious firm response: to cancel the Christmas party. Dresses in the closet. Tinsel in the cupboard. ...
Read moreThe Half Million Dollar Deloitte Gold Coast Partnership Summit
3 November 2009Thanks to the anonymous Deloitte spy who offered us the following comments yesterday: What I find interesting in all this is that in the midst of a global financial crisis that requires huge cost cutting measures, the partner group, approx 450, all went to the Gold Coast for the annual conference. The partners in our group couldnt help run around like school children to see who was staying at which hotel. Names such Versace were used. We looked up the cost and you are looking at around $1,000 per night per person. Given that they probably got a bulk discount, lets reduce this to $600 - 2 nights x 450 = $540,000. So whats that again I hear about a global financial crisis?? More like a global gain at Deloitte at the expense of their employees. I am not sure how they get to be an employer...
Read moreUpdate: The DLA Phillips Fox Global Amputation – New Zealand Edition
10 May 2010It seems that the DLAPH global amputation operation continues. The next limb to go? New Zealand. Sayeth the anonymous spy: The NZ DLA Phillips Fox offices have now also gone the way of Ade...
Read moreThe Denis Brock Crock; Clifford Chance Defector Just Visiting Mallesons Best Friends
5 August 2010We went looking for some news on Mallesons last night and stumbled onto an interesting piece. A cursory search on Google news revealed no less than three articles featuring a jubilant Mallesons boa...
Read moreThe Middle Fingernail; Minters Grad Alisha Prpich Posts Win as Lawyers Dream of Sleep
28 May 2010Thanks to the anonymous Minter Ellison spy who sent us the following humourous comments yesterday: The maintenance, non-fee earning staff at Minter Ellison (probably much like all Aussie law firms...
Read moreMallesons Exec Kate ‘Busta’ Rimer Tells Staff Not to Look Overseas
13 November 2009Hypothetical scenario: Imagine you're the number 1 person at your firm in relation to staffing levels. Imagine further that at the very end of the GFC, your firm decided to implement a massive red...
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- Update: The DLA Phillips Fox Global Amputation – New Zealand Edition
- The Denis Brock Crock; Clifford Chance Defector Just Visiting Mallesons Best Friends
- The Middle Fingernail; Minters Grad Alisha Prpich Posts Win as Lawyers Dream of Sleep
- Mallesons Exec Kate ‘Busta’ Rimer Tells Staff Not to Look Overseas










Thanks to the PWC spy who sent us the following comments in response to our recent story that some PWC are rumoured to have been told to start looking for a new job:
This apparent cut in discretionary spend comes mere months after the Big4 accounting firm instituted a novel means to cut costs – implementing an unpaid leave of absence across the firm. At the time, PWC Chief Executive partner Mark Johnson said:
If this was such a strategic masterpeice, Mark, why was it necessary to ditch the humble office Tim-Tam?
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