1
2
3

Law and disorder Archive

Page 1 of 1112345...10...Last »

ANZ Announces Hundreds of Reudundancies After Several Months of Rumoured Hushed Exits

18 January 2012

The year has opened on a gloomy note indeed for those in Australia's financial sector with news earlier this week that ANZ intends to drastically shave headcount. On Tuesday, the cuts got underway ...

Read more

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 ...

Read more

The Freehills Freeze; Cold Days Ahead as Staff Pay is Frozen

20 March 2009

After months of redundancies and cutbacks in mid-tier firms and below, it seems that the global financial chill is spreading upwards.  After many requests for updates on the 'big three' -- Malleso...

Read more

The Freehills Pay Freeze; Winter Chill Will Continue Until Further Notice

9 April 2009

After announcing a firm-wide pay freeze, it appears that Freehills managing partner Gavin Bell has been besieged with questions from aggrieved staff, having been forced to respond to questions abou...

Read more

Save the Date – 1 July 2011; DLA Piper & DLA Phillips Fox Prepare for Merger Vote

1 December 2010

It is not quite 1000 wikileaked US cables, but the intelligence that has been sent to Firm Spy over the last week regarding the looming merger of DLA Phillips Fox and DLA Piper is compelling and ap...

Read more

Firm Spy Case Summary: Mitchell v Clayton Utz & Ors (No 4)

10 December 2010

Mitchell v Clayton Utz & Ors (No 4) In June 2010, Magistrate Hennessy of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal considered an application by Mr Michael Mitchell for several summonses to be is...

Read more

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...

Read more

Free as a Bird; Freehills Flying as Competitors Suffer GFC Fallout

13 December 2008

The reality of the GFC has struck Australia, leavimg many jobless and many more concerned for their future prosperity. It also has hit the legal industry, with widespread lawyer redundancies and su...

Read more

UPDATE DLA Piper Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back With ChewBarker

13 July 2011

In March we exclusively broke the news that DLA Phillips Fox had suffered an embarrasing premature evacuation in its Brisbane office. Just weeks before the firm was set to complete its merger with ...

Read more

Ex-Clayton Utz Partner George Livanes an Alleged Fraudster

26 August 2009

With an investigation into investments made by Clayton Utz partners into an elaborate tax scheme apparently still afoot, it has emerged today that an ex-Clayton Utz partner is presently facing char...

Read more