Business of Law

Mills Oakley has hired two new partners for its financial services and national property teams.

A UK-based litigation funder has been hit with a lawsuit by its Australian director and head of origination claiming dismissal in breach of the Fair Work Act.

A Sydney lawyer has been hit with a one-year ban after a tribunal found he acted in a personal capacity for a friend in a $70 million property deal but falsely represented that he was acting for his employer.

HopgoodGanim has snagged a partner from HFW with in-depth experience in renewables to support the firm's clients in the transition to net zero.

Herbert Smith Freehills and NY-based Kramer Levin have merged to form a world-first transatlantic and transpacific law firm.

A life sciences and regulatory expert and her team have joined Thomson Geer following the shuttering of Hogan Lovells' Australian practice.

Maurice Blackburn has reached a pay deal with unionised staff after a heated year-long standoff, which included staff being locked out of work last month.

A solicitor has lost a round in his challenge to a professional misconduct charge by South Australia's legal watchdog for allegedly breaching conditions on his practising certificate related to paying counsel fees.

A judge has recused herself from hearing a case in light of her associate’s “quasi familial relationship” with a lawyer caught up in the long-running dispute.

The Federal Court's Chief Justice has flagged a consultation process ahead of finalising a position on the use of artificial intelligence, telling lawyers to use it “in a responsible way” in the meantime.