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Doh! Seyfarth discovers its poached partners are locked in
Delaying its grand Australian expansion plans
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Queens Counsels return to Queensland
For money or love of the monarchy?
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The days of the billable hour are numbered
Partner urges firms to ditch billable hours in favour of alternative fee arrangements
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Erin Brockovich arrested for drunken boat antics
Not so class action
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Addleshaw Goddard to form strategic alliance with Japanese firm
Taking their 'best-friend' relationship to the next level
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Should pro bono be a personal choice for lawyers?
41% of Australian lawyers surveyed think so
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Law professor guilty of corruption: accepts gifts and sex for better grades
Stripped of professorship and faces 5 months in prison
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Goats hiding in bushes spark police callout
Causing mild panic and great amounts of confusion
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Piper Alderman poaches 12 lawyers from rival firm Hynes Legal
Doubling the size of its Brisbane office in one month
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Redundancies at King & Wood Mallesons
While new Managing Partner appointed
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New Zealand lawyer struck off after $3million of client money disappears
Clients reamed over a decade
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Wanted criminal makes getaway as security guards fall asleep
Authorities not alerted until eight days after escape at Bangkok airport
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SJ Berwin in merger talks with Asia Pacific firm King & Wood Mallesons
While KWM Managing Partner resigns
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Australian lawyers resort to cold calling clients
As firms struggle to make ends meet in challenging times
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Australian court rules ‘Superman’ not fit for workout
DC Comics wins appeal
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ABC lawyer wins Australian public speaking competition
Opens with “Infidelity is rife in law firms. The bar and bench are full of cantankerous bores”
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Exclusive: Herbert Smith hits Aussie staff with pay freeze
As the market down under goes down the toilet
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Quinn Emanuel set for big growth in Asia-Pacific
Sydney office opening next month and plans for Hong Kong launch
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Lawyer and former New Zealand mayor struck off
After admitting he used client funds to pay off debts
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Lawyer convicted of attempting to pervert the course of justice
Struck off as a lawyer in Queensland for failing to reveal earlier conviction
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Exclusive: All change at A&O Australia as new management appointed
Grant Fuzi made Senior Partner
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Clyde & Co latest firm to expand into China’s capital
Everyone wants a piece of Beijing
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DLA Piper makes promotions across Australia
4 partner promotions and 17 lawyers made up across their 5 Australian offices
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Brisbane firm cuts almost half of staff and ditches suit and tie
Outsources work to the Philippines in a massive shake up to cut costs
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Female lawyers given more opportunities in Saudi Arabia
Squire Sanders leading the way: but with female lawyers in a separate annexe
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Man hides evidence by shoving document in sock during interview
Singapore businessman conceals evidence over sex-for-match fixing case
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New Zealand man found guilty of murder
Fatally stabs victim to death and wipes knife across mouth in road rage attack
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Dodgy Solicitor of the week
Challenges prosecution of Legal Practice Board for being 'unauthorised' after posing as a solicitor with no practicing certificate
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The 2010 Asia-Pacific festive round-up
A small but perfectly formed selection of this year's best stories
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Herbies announces 19 partner promotions
Over half in the Asia-Pacific region
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Clifford Chance flirts with a bevy of Aussie firms
But Gilbert + Tobin is currently favourite to tie the knot with the UK firm
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Crackdown on foreign bribery benefits lawyers in Oz
A government crackdown on foreign bribery creates masses of work for Aussie lawyers
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Minters poaches three partners from Jones Day
The new acquisitions will beef up the firm's Hong Kong office
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Sudden death of top silk in Sydney
Apparent suicide of Christopher Branson QC
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Return to Aus for DLA's Abu Dhabi Managing Partner
Things still looking shaky for the firm in the Middle East
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Scary Spice served injunction
Banned from appearing on Australia’s Got Talent
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High profile criminal lawyer takes gun in to courtroom
After $9m injection to improve court security across New Zealand
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Australian lawyer struck off for harassing female client
With over 30 phone calls and text messages in one evening
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Brisbane firm in email marketing blunder
Open email sent to whole of Brisbane legal market: around 900 work email addresses shared
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Flexibility/Work-Life balance given as reasons for choosing law
Students say they choose law because of the work-life balance of a legal career. "Work-Life balance?" say lawyers.
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Corrs hemorrhages partners
7 partners jump ship in under a month
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Wiretapped lawyer caught telling client to destroy evidence
Gets 12 month suspended sentence
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Singapore law firm provides superb Q&A for trainees
Are you physically able or willing to do without sleep?
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Resignation email of the week
Lawyer resigns quoting 'Julius Ceasar' after only 4 weeks at firm
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Excitement this week for International Be Kind To Lawyers Day
Win a hug
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Bonkers Law Firm Website of the Week: Hobby Edition
Kiss the elephant
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Everyone loves a good blog
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Jones Day clerk jailed for $500k theft
And banned from legal profession
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Criminal barrister leads double life as popstar
Apparently
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'Peeping Toms' becoming more common
As technology improves incidents of covert filming rise
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