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Ex-Freehills Lawyer Nicole Stransky’s Other Employment Dispute

16 April 2010

In March we reported that Nicole Stransky had brought an action against her former employer Freehills claiming that she had been bullied and harassed at work in 2008 and 2009. She alleged the firm ...

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Survey Gives PwC International Acclaim as an Employer

29 October 2009

You're not alone if you find yourself querying how the hell PWC managed to come second, trailing only Google, in a study released yesterday by an outfit named "Universum" profiling the most attractive employers to students. Yes, PWC came second! The same firm that is rumoured to have: earlier this week ditched office Tim-Tams; forewarned staff 'start looking for a new job'; has made at least two, and possibly three waves of redundancies in the last year; gave no quarter to very generous staff; and apparently threatened staff with the Tree Sword of Damocles. So who conducted this study and who did they ask? Well, Universum states on its website that: Universum is the global leader in employer branding...We offer services and products that help employers attract, re...

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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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Update: The DLA Phillips Fox Global Amputation – New Zealand Edition

10 May 2010

It seems that the DLAPH global amputation operation continues.   The next limb to go?  New Zealand.  Sayeth the anonymous spy: The NZ DLA Phillips Fox offices have now also gone the way of Ade...

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“Pipe Alignment”; DLA Phillips Fox Senior Associates Flee as Merger Looms

12 October 2010

On Friday we published an article profiling the changing face of national firm DLA Phillips Fox as it tries to "align" with its merger target DLA Piper. We noted how a tireless non fee-earner of...

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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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115 Jobless; Mass Redundancies at DLA Phillips Fox, Deacons & Corrs Chambers Westgarth

12 December 2008

The Firm Spy can confirm today that a gob-smacking 115 staff of been collectively laid off from DLA Phillips Fox, Deacons & Corrs Chambers Westgarth in the last month. Numbers lost. Fearful ...

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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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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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Freehills, Corrs Set to Push Grads Out of the Office in Landmark Deal

24 April 2009

In the aftermath of a pay-freeze which the Freehills partnership has confirmed will last well into the future, and following Corrs' 'innovative' measures to avoid paying excess dollars to underutil...

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