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Norton Rose Archive

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KPMG Stooges Law Grads on College of Law as CA vs CPA Debate Rages

21 September 2011

While we're commiserating the career hurdles confronting newly graduated law students, spare a thought for the more enterprising Comm/Law grads vying for a seat at a Big 4 accounting firm - they do...

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AAR’s Michael Rose Talks Down Money Focus… As Revenue Reportedly Soars

1 October 2010

We couldn't help but seize upon the following comments from Allens Arthur Robinson Chief Executive Partner Michael Rose in a recent SMH article (which we regard as yet another self-congratulatory i...

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Mallesons Sends Mixed Messages to Disillusioned, Mutinous Staff

30 November 2009

Last Friday we reporte that the Mallesons partnership had decided to give staff a Christmas bonus, of sorts. In response to the Mallesons December Pay Run of the Milliner, we received the following...

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Mallesons Chief Expects ‘Record Revenue’, Yet Wont Rule Out Merger or Redundancies

27 April 2009

In a bizarre move, Mallesons Chief Executive Partner Robert Milliner has today given the most candid account yet of the financial state of his firm. And it beggars belief! Whereas the spectrum o...

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The Blake Dawson Wikipedia Scandal

19 March 2009

In the wake of the largest Australian law firm layoff, in which Blake Dawson sacked a total of 89 employees, the firm's Wikipedia page has been defaced. A senior Blake Dawson Firm Spy has reported ...

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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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KPMG Advisory Suffers Employee Exodus as Deloitte Tax Looks For 7th Signal

6 April 2010

In recent weeks we have reported the rumour that Big4 accounting firms PwC and Deloitte are being crippled by a reported flood of employee departures. These departures, we speculated, are a result ...

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Keddies Lawyers Currently Fighting “About 100″ Cases of Overcharging

25 October 2011

Keddies Lawyers are back in court for all the wrong reasons.  On 26 September, Mr Sidney Chafei told the NSW District Court that Keddies ought to be investigated for the allegedly unethical approa...

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Shame File; PwC Spring Carnival Racing Rumoured Antics Exposed

3 November 2010

By the bus-load, high-ranking corporate-types from across the nation are this week descending on Melbourne's Flemington Race Course to indulge in high-fashion, booze-fuelled parties ... as lowly ju...

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Rumour: Sacked AAR Secretary “Received Permission” To Access External Emails

25 May 2011

In our most recent AllensGate post we wrote the following: We understand that on 4 April 2011, a firm-wide AAR email was sent relating to the personal use of AAR email and reiterating all other f...

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