Thompson Geer has nabbed a partner and a special counsel from Baker McKenzie to grow its Melbourne-based banking and finance team.
Twenty-three barristers in NSW have joined the silk ranks, including a leading defamation lawyer who was on the Fairfax legal team that defeated accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation suit.
The Legal Practice Board in Western Australia has revealed more data, including lawyer data, was accessed during a 21 May cyberattack than was previously thought.
Baker McKenzie has appointed a new special counsel to join the law firm’s private equity practice group in its Sydney office.
A tribunal has recommended that lawyer and wealth guru Dominique Grubisa be struck from the roll of practitioners over conduct that included hiring a private investigator to look into another solicitor.
The Chief Justice of the Queensland Supreme Court has warned lawyers they could be referred to the legal watchdog or face a personal costs order if they file submissions that contain hallucinations produced by generative artificial intelligence.
A year and a half after moving into the Australian class action market with an $835 million war chest, UK plaintiffs firm Pogust Goodhead has quietly closed its Sydney office.
Lander & Rogers has hired a technology, data and intellectual property pro from Clayton Utz to join its team in Melbourne.
Releasing guidelines for the use of generative artificial intelligence, the Queensland court system has this week cautioned judges against the use of AI tools for decision-making.
Piper Alderman has appointed a partner with equity capital markets expertise for the law firm’s corporate team in Perth.