Legal and conveyancing firms across Australia are facing a pivotal moment: initiating AML/CTF Tranche 2. These reforms mark one of the most significant regulatory shifts in the property sector in ...

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Legora, which recently completed a Series C round of US$150 million at a US$1.8 billion valuation, is “significantly expanding” its Australian and Asia-Pacific operations with a new Sydney office and ...

I examine the “trilogy” of IP cases from recent times in Australia – Bed Bath N Table, Katy Perry, and now Zip Co – to help brand owners understand the importance of IP and the lessons we can extract ...

The Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (FCFCOA) has referred a solicitor to the South Australian Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner and two counsel to the Victorian Legal Services Board ...

Current High Court Justice the Honourable Stephen Gageler AC has been ranked most liberal in the last 25 years, trailing just behind justice Michael Kirby AC CMG in a soon-to-be-published study. Of ...

In response to an open letter, Attorney-General Sonya Kilkenny has committed to a suite of reforms that would allow victim-survivors to pre-record testimony and keep confidential counselling records ...

Last November, AI research and deployment company OpenAI launched ChatGPT, a model that “interacts in a conversational way” and generates text in response to different prompts. Now, Australian law ...

The legal profession's relationship with technology has often been characterized as cautious at best, resistant at worst. Yet a quiet revolution is underway in Australian law firms as home-grown AI ...

Over an eight-year period, solicitor James Loel was found to have engaged in conduct that amounted to unsatisfactory professional conduct and professional misconduct. In proceedings before the ...

A Victorian lawyer has become the first practitioner in Australia to face professional sanctions for using artificial intelligence in a court case, after submitting a list of entirely non-existent ...

This content is available exclusively to Lawyers Weekly premium members. Key players: The Piper Alderman deal team was led by corporate partner James Dickson and senior associate Liam Higgins, with ...