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‘Shocking’? Freehills’ Frances Drummond, Outdoor Toilets & Cocaine Beverages

7 September 2009

Out of the office, Freehills partner Frances Drummond has a taste for the simple things in life. She apparently likes the wildnerss, living in a 'shack', and the rustic feel of an outdoor dunny: F...

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UPDATED “Jobs For The Boys”? QUOTALS Accused of Siphoning Freehills Job to Inner LSS Sanctum

6 June 2011

When the FS team gets nostalgic and thinks back to our uni days, a few OF us recall life in the law faculty. There were the weekly BBQs, LSS Law Ball Orgies, and the pub-crawls with "BYO Vomit Bag"...

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CALL FOR GOSSIP – Involuntary Annual Leave, Xmas Parties & Clayton Utz Sex Dolls

8 December 2010

A major issue for many of our readers at this time last year was an obligation to take valuable annual leave in the Christmas/New Year period. Miserly corporate partners, hiding beneath the veneer ...

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Punjabi (Pw)MC Mark Johnson Offshores More Australian PwC Jobs

18 March 2010

At a time when major international corporate firms are creating a presence in Australia, it is something of an omen that international accounting heavyweight PricewaterhouseCoopers is rumoured to be actively seeking to move some of its work to affiliate offices in locations with favourable exchange rates. The end result of this is one of two things: the client gets charged less for the same work; or the PwC partnership forces the client to pay the same for work that in fact costs less and retains extra profit. Our guess is that the latter is what is happenening. Thanks very much to the anonymous PwC spy who sent us the following comments: Howdy Firmspy. Thought you might be interested in this. I have received word that PwC is looking to target a minimum of 20% of persona...

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How Much Do Corrs Chambers Westgarth Partners Earn? AFR Law Firm Profit Survey

21 September 2009

Thanks to the AFR for the following profile: Partner Remuneration System Performance based with a bonus. Partner Pay for 2008/09 A handful of top partners are said to be on guaranteed incomes...

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Blake Dawson Says ‘No Pay Freeze’… Yet Wages to Remain Steady

4 June 2009

A huge news story is emerging at Blake Dawson this morning in what might easily be construed as a calculated effort by the firm to pacify lawyers threatening to revolt. It has been reported that...

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“FYI. New Clunge”; PwC Top 10 Female Rating Scandal Hits New Brand

12 November 2010

A couple of weeks ago we published a report on PwC's rebranding and how insiders at the firm consider that the firm's new emblem evokes the image of a defecating butterfly. In fact, the contrast of...

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Mallefuns Gives Free Leave While Allens Arthur is Robbing Staff Holidays

15 December 2009

We received a few replies to our call yesterday for news on the way firms are handling the Christmas shut-down. In essence, we were hoping to find out if any firms were using the opportunity - a tr...

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Controversial Mallesons Seasonal Clerk Rap Video Leaked on Youtube

7 April 2010

Thanks very much to the anonymous Mallesons spy who tipped us off to the bling gold currently accessible on YouTube here. The video, entitled "Clerkship Paradise - The Infamous Mallesons Rap", i...

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Allens Announces “Incredible” NO&T Alliance… 5 Years After its Rumoured Commencement

4 October 2010

Just as we were publishing a story profiling the laughable comments from AAR Chief Executive Partner Michael Rose that he doesn't think about money "too much", a big legal news was unfolding in Aus...

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