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UPDATE: MAN WHO’RE Bridgette Styles & Clayton Utz? FS Answers the Big Questions

23 June 2011

Last week the AFR in our view undersold the gravity of the Clayton Utz v Bridgette Styles litigation nightmare. The newspaper referred to it, rather triflingly, as a "lingering PR headache". It is ...

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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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Goal Defended? Mallesons & FirmSpy Shoot-Out Over EOWA Award Credentials

24 March 2011

The Mallesons executive-team claiming a deserved victory regarding its recent naming as an EOWA Employer of Choice for Women is a bit like a bloke feigning "sporting interest" in mixed netball - it...

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Walk On! PwC Rumoured to be Implementing Across-the-Board “Promotions”

19 May 2010

The outpouring of vitriol for big4 accounting firm PwC shows no sign of ending. Disillusionment, of the highest order, appears to have taken hold at the firm, despite what appears to be... err, goo...

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The KPMG Poo Poll; Take a Pay Cut, Take a Break or Get Out

9 June 2009

Mark Phillippoussis is apparently not the only half-wit who blew all his cash when times were better. The Firm Spy has been informed that much like the Poo, who begrudgingly sold his Hummer to repa...

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“Pipe Alignment”; DLA Phillips Fox Senior Associates Flee as Merger Looms

12 October 2010

On Friday we published an article profiling the changing face of national firm DLA Phillips Fox as it tries to "align" with its merger target DLA Piper. We noted how a tireless non fee-earner of...

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Lactose Tolerant: Breastfeeding Gong Affirms Clayton Utz’s Commitment to Women

9 September 2011

Beleaguered by the repeated allegations that it is a "hostile place for women to work", not to mention having been striken from the EOWA register as an Employer of Choice for Women, Clayton Utz is ...

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Allens Arthur Robinson Business Services Staff Shudder as Outsourcing Threat Emerges

23 March 2011

We mentioned recently that there is plenty of noise in the Australian corporate space on the issue of outsourcing, This follows from major moves internationally: In 2010, the US lost approximately...

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Ex-Freehills Lawyer Nicole Stransky’s Other Employment Dispute

16 April 2010

In March we reported that Nicole Stransky had brought an action against her former employer Freehills claiming that she had been bullied and harassed at work in 2008 and 2009. She alleged the firm ...

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Rumour; Clayton Utz Graduates Dodged By Partners

1 September 2009

Thanks to the Clayton Utz spy who made the following comments: All graduates were told they would receive a salary increase of at least $5k p/a at the end of each of our 3 rotations (every 6 month...

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