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Griffith Hack Archive

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Leaked Email From BDO’s Tony Schiffman; “Tracey Was Not Discriminated Against”

19 April 2011

On Thursday we reported the rumour that two separate legal proceedings involving mid-tier accounting firm BDO had been filed in Queensland. That rumour was quickly confirmed by several spies who em...

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Can Touch This; Freehills’ Casual-Clothes Friday on Chopping Block

29 May 2009

Top-tier Tightwad Freehills, having already smothered office morale with a pay-freeze announced just three months after the firm declared that it could beat the GFC,  appears to have a new target ...

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Fox Hole? Questions Raised Over Prospects of DLA Piper Merger

18 February 2011

In late January, DLA Phillips Fox announced what the whole legal world knew for some time - it would soon be officially merging with affiliate DLA Piper. The official announcement came approximatel...

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History Repeats: Mallesons Spin-Doctor Tightwad CEP Robert Milliner Talks Down Economy in Pay Season

11 July 2011

As sure as night follows day, you can be certain that if it is time to talk pay-rises, Mallesons CEP (and notorious tightwad) Robert Milliner will draw breath from chop more lawyers merger talks fo...

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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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A Question of Relevance; New Details Emerge in Minter Ellison/Qld Health “Deception” Allegations

28 April 2010

We reported last Friday a parliamentary question asked on notice to the Qld Minister for Health in which it was alleged that: solicitors representing Qld Health ... fabricated reasons in order to ...

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UPDATE: “Who’s Next?” Crisis Unfolds @ Freehills as Leading Practice Review Intensifies

3 May 2011

For a couple of weeks now we have been closely following events at Freehills where a review, which insiders are referring to as the "Leading Practice Review", is currently being undertaken. At this...

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Allens Arthur Robinson Lawyer Garrett Williams Enters CLEO Bachelor of the Year 2012

6 February 2012

Not to be confused with his (almost) namesake - a self-important weasel from The Office famously known for overestimating his allure to members of the opposite sex - Garrett Williams, a junior lawy...

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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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Rumour: Mallesons Announces “Efficiency” Competition After Telstra Fixed-Fee Agreement

26 November 2010

Last week, we wrote an editorial on the various issues arising in the context of time-charging. Chief among our concerns is the scant regard that corporate partners give to the effects that time bi...

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