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Gilbert & Tobin Archive

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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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Goal Posts Moved Late? Details of New Victorian Bar Readers’ Course Leaked

12 April 2011

Our Melbourne-based sources inform us that prospective barristers have been eagerly awaiting news of changes to the requirements for admission to the Victorian Bar Readers' Course. It is understood...

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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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Crocodile Dundee’s Plastic Surgery made possible by Ernst & Young?

23 June 2009

If you're like us here at the Firm Spy, and you're wondering to whom we can apportion blame for the disfigurement of iconic Australian actor Paul Hogan through plastic surgery, then it might be tim...

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Update: The DLA Phillips Fox Global Amputation – New Zealand Edition

10 May 2010

It 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...

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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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Norton Rose Clerkship Applicants Wait By The Phone, Typing Angry Emails

28 September 2011

A phone call, or at the very least a automatically generated email, is not too much to ask in today's technological age.  Simply pick up the phone. Or call someone in IT and give them the email di...

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The Phillips Fox(t)rot; DLA Merger Talks Intensify Amid Absence of “Financials”

17 March 2010

We reported in August 2009, in a post entitled "DLA Phillips Fox(t)rot; Formal Merger DLA Piper Sought", that national mid-tier firm DLA Phillips Fox was seeking an early 2010 formal financial integration with DLA Piper. In the current edition of BRW, incoming DLA Phillips Fox Chief Executive Partner Tony Holland sheds some light on the prospects of a full merger: After just three weeks in the role, most recently managing partner of DLA Piper's Dubai office, has been forced to defend the Australian firm's merger talks with his former firm... Holland said negotiations were going well but stops short of offering a time line for completion. However. a global DLA Piper partner's conference in May could lead to a more definitive time frame... "All I can say is our relationship with DLA P...

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Simon Alroe & Minter Ellison Allegedly “Deceived” Qld Health Minister & Ombudsman

23 April 2010

Ever since the incredible story broke that former Minter Ellison partner Simon Alroe had been arrested for allegedly harassing a colleague, we immediately looked for reasons to support his cause. L...

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Cardiac Arrest? Firm Spy Receives Unconfirmed Rumour of Pay Cut Plan at DLA

8 July 2009

Embattled major national firm DLA Phillips Fox appears to be at it again. We received the following email from an anonymous DLAPF spy last night: Not only have DLA Phillips Fox had two rounds of r...

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