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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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Corrs HR Manager Alexis Navie, Retention & the Dodgey MoS Cafe EoFY Party

27 July 2010

Corrs Chambers Wesgarth HR manager Alexis Navie has made a bit of a habit of using media to broadcast her peculiar views on a variety of matters over the years. For example, despite having no ap...

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Clayton Utz Launches iPhone App: Clients Groan, Nobody Cares

12 October 2011

Clutz have apparently just launched a new iPhone app: just what you always wanted, right?  Not so for this spy: I am absolutely astounded to have received an invitation to download "pocketCU"...

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KPMG Staff Score iPhone 4 as Sexual Harassment Allegations Emerge

10 November 2010

We read with palpable disbelief the news reported yesterday that frontline KPMG auditors, and others, have been on the receiving end of the firm's greatest act of charity since, well, ever. Acco...

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AAR Loses Head (Count) After Short Jab, Upper Cut & Knockout Blow

7 July 2010

In a fistful of cinematic scenes that won't soon be forgotten, boxing underdog Rocky Balboa took viewers  literally step  by step through the elaborate training regimen that prepared him for hi...

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Deloitte Boss Giam Swiegers Boasts of ‘Double Digit Growth’ Amid Redundancy Rumours

11 June 2009

Since the GFC struck the Firm Spy has regularly queried whether firms have been using the economic climate as the scapegoat for firm redundancies which are in truth attributable to partner greed. ...

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Delusional Darryl: Clutz “Bucking a Bit of a Trend” on Partner Defections

29 April 2011

The Firmspy team hopes everyone had a safe and happy easter.  Now that we're back on deck and recovered from our hangovers backlog of emails, we should return to our normal post schedule. Thank...

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SHOUT! FS Has Fears For The Tiers & Here, We Let It All Out

14 October 2011

Jeering The Tiering The chalk board on the cobblestone footpath reads “Happy Hour 8pm - 10pm, Cocktails $13” and hoards of partygoers have clearly indulged in tonight’s special, clinkin...

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Free-loader; Baker & McKenzie Involved in Sydney Office Grab

19 August 2009

Baker & McKenzie is reported as being in the hunt for more office space in Sydney. As noted by the Sydney Morning Herald: Hopes that Sydney's office vacancy rate will not reach double-digits a...

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REDACTED – Firm Spy: Consummate “Communications Professionals” & a Pain in Your Firm’s Butt

30 August 2010

We spent a reasonable chunk of the last 48 hours researching the difference between journalism and communications/public relations.  No, we're not "communications professionals", so a bit of research was necessary. For thoe unitiated, communications/PR staff are employed by many professional services firms primarily to shape public perceptions of their firm in positive ways. Part of this role involves regular interaction with journalists: Comms/PR staff are experts in dealing with journalists. They often provide journalists with an "official" comment from the firm on a particular news item which invariably results in the firm being positively perceived in any subsequent news article. Websites like Lawyers Weekly, ALB and The New Lawyer are industry paragons in this regard. These ...

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