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Vic Bar Archive

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Allens Arthur Robinson Offers Staff 4-Day Working Week

27 October 2009

It came as news to us that national top-tier firm Allens Arthur Robinson recently offered staff a 4-day working week. As reported in the current BRW: Allens Arthur Robinson managing partner Mic...

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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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UPDATE; Tenth Partner Allegedly Defects in DLA Phillips Fox Premerger Evacuation

17 March 2011

[ED we received the following anonymous update to yesterday's post (re-posted below) on the mass defection of DLAPH Brisbane partners pre-merger: More chaos at DLAPF with another partner resigning...

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“Emotional Interaction”; Freehills’ Mark Rigotti Introduces Psycho Empty Chair Technique

12 February 2011

Our English-based pals at Roll on Friday delivered an excellent scoop a few days ago regarding the implementation of a new initiative at Freehills: Freehills has taken mad management group-think t...

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Office Ghost Town; Blakes Partners Score Cheap Computers After Mass Redundancies

7 May 2010

In a deal signed well ahead of the outbreak of the GFC, top-tier firm Blake Dawson decided to move its Melbourne offices from the opulent confines of 101 Collins Street in preference for several fl...

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Corrs Closes Doors: Gold Coast Office Closure

25 July 2008

In contrast to its graduate recrutiment page, which heralds to prospective graduates that 'Corrs opens Doors', Corrs Chambers Westgarth today loudly shut the doors to its Gold Coast Office. This mo...

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Allens Staff ‘Devastated’ at Move to 101 Collins Street

16 March 2009

The Allens partnership confirmed rumours last week to the Financial Review that it would be baulking on its 12-year commitment to lease several floors for its Melbourne office in the 567 Collins St...

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Freehills Loses Superannuation Group to Lander & Rogers as Leading Practices Review Rolls On

19 May 2011

And now that we've got that emotional rubbish out of the way... let's move onto some good old-fashioned gossip - the stuff you visit us for! Following on from our posts profiling the Freehills L...

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Allens Arthur Robinson Lures Graduates with Hollow Promises of International Travel

4 June 2009

Not only does Allens Arthus Robinson stubbornly refuse to offer graduates a decent rotation system, but it seems that the graduates' original decision to work with the firm may have been influenced...

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The Sounds of Silence: Robinson’s ResAARrection & the Indolence of Mainstream Media

25 March 2011

Two weeks have now passed since AllensGate done got real, and there's still nary a mention of the sorry saga in any of our favourite Friday legal rags.  This has led some spies to wonder why -- is...

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