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Sparke Helmore Archive

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Norton Rose Partner Michael Tooma Disharmoniously Defends Current Bullying Laws

4 November 2010

As many of our readers working in employment law are doubtlessly by now aware, the Victorian Government recently announced potential changes to workplace laws that would create tougher penalties fo...

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Deloitte Moves to New Melbourne Office

19 May 2009

In a deal that probably could not have been negotiated at a worse time in the last two decades, Deloitte signed on to the lease at 550 Bourke Street in March 2008. Back in March 2008: Melbourne's ...

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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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UPDATE: Reflections on the “Hipster Hitler” Saga: Lawyers, Censorship and Professional Ethics

1 June 2011

The Hipster Hitler controversy began when we reported that ABL had severed its relationship with Red Bubble, over allegations that it was selling merchandise which could be interpreted as condoning...

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AAR To Thaw Pay Freeze While Mallesons Unloads Annual Leave

30 March 2010

As demonstrated by our current weekly poll, only three top-tier Australian law firms appear to still have pay freezes in place. Since we broke the news that the Blake Dawson partnership needed t...

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Outplayed; Minter Ellison Partner Simon Alroe Voted Off the Island

11 September 2009

Ever since the story broke in July that former Minter Ellison staff partner Simon Alroe had been suspended indefinitely by the firm, pending the outcome of criminal harassment proceedings, the Firm...

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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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Ernst & Young & Out the Door; Juvenile Chief Gerard Dalbosco Cannot Stem Losses

31 May 2010

If you want to hear stories of disillusioned junior staff sticking it to the greedy partnerships that worked their fledgling fingers to the bone during the GFC, come to the Firm Spy. It has been mo...

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Firm Spy Remuneration Report – Blake Dawson Lawyer Salaries

26 November 2009

It is very clear to us that the Firm Spy Remuneration Report has thus far been a ratings bonanza. Our internet traffic has taken off on (what our favourite special comments person would term) a "se...

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Fresh Claims of Clayton Utz Graduate Redundancies

10 July 2009

It emerged earlier in the week that hard-up Latvians, unable to procure a traditional bank loan, can now pledge their soul as security for a revolutionary loan scheme pioneered by the Kontora Loan ...

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