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Allens Arthur Robinson Cancels Christmas (Party)

14 November 2008

Against the backdrop a worrying global financial climate, the Allens partnership has made a curious firm response: to cancel the Christmas party. Dresses in the closet. Tinsel in the cupboard. ...

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28,000 Law Students & Growing: We Ask The Council of Law Deans Whether Australia is Over-Lawyered

2 November 2011

In case our position still isn't clear, we'll say it again here. We think there are too many law students and too many law graduates in Australia. This very issue to our minds gives rise to the str...

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The Sounds of Silence: Robinson’s ResAARrection & the Indolence of Mainstream Media

25 March 2011

Two weeks have now passed since AllensGate done got real, and there's still nary a mention of the sorry saga in any of our favourite Friday legal rags.  This has led some spies to wonder why -- is...

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Slater & Gordon Acquisition of Keddies Faces Due Diligence Hurdle

26 October 2010

After a period of acquiring many regional-based personal injury practices, Slater & Gordon has today signalled its intention to make its biggest, and in our view most risky, acquisition. In ...

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Where(s) the Fox at? Update on the Australian Integration of DLA Piper

14 April 2010

The emergence of key international firms in the domestic market has been a key development in 2010. We’ve seen the merger of Deacons with UK silver circle firm Norton Rose and the arrival of Alle...

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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 ...

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DLA Partner Allegedly Embroiled in Foxxxy Interracial Montana Fishburn Porno Scandal

16 August 2010

Earlier this year, we reported the news that DLA Phillips Fox was chasing a full-merger with its offshore affiliate DLA Piper. The AFR broke the story in August 2009 that DLA Phillips Fox was seeki...

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Minter Ellison Babe Mayhem: “We Loiter at Their Elevator Each Morning”

12 July 2011

It has been good news this month at Australia's largest law firm by revenue, Minter Ellison, who posted partnership growth of 2.4% for FY2011. The firm now has 296 partners, up from 289 last year (...

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MAJOR KPMG Update: “A Galaxy of Multi-Coloured Uppers, Downers, Screamers & Laughers”

29 June 2011

It has been over three months since we've written about KPMG. Three long months, with nothing. In that time, there have been miracles, delusions, disappearances and detentions. But before we delve ...

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Blimey! Firm Spy Rebuked by Blake Dawson Lawyer

21 August 2009

In response to our story profiling the Blake Dawson pay-rise-pay-freeze, which we thought was less about 'focus' and more about 'f**k-us', we received the following email: The source who said no B...

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