In-house

Legal team budgets are (finally) on the rise
After years of being told to do more with less, can law departments finally see the light at the end of the financial...
08 October 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
GenAI helping law departments cut costs, research says
New findings highlight the “transformative impact” that generative AI has on the spending habits of in-house legal...
08 October 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
How in-house teams can better prioritise pro bono
While Australia’s largest corporations have well-established social impact policies and programs, new data suggests...
24 September 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
3 in 5 in-house leaders say it would take a cyber incident to improve processes
A new report reveals the extent of law departments whose heads say that meaningful improvements to their business’s...
24 September 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Number of women CEOs has dropped, says report
New findings show that gender equality across top Australian companies has come to a standstill as the path to...
24 September 2024
By Kace O'Neill
Ex-GC says PwC ignored warnings to green light Seymour’s CEO bid
A parliamentary inquiry has heard that Tom Seymour, who was PwC’s head of tax at the time of the firm’s...
23 September 2024
By Christine Chen
Lawyers doing more pro bono hours than ever, but large firms, in-house teams must improve
There was an 11.5 per cent increase in total hours of pro bono work undertaken by Australian lawyers in FY2023–24;...
19 September 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Job-sharing GCs push back on ceiling for part-time lawyers
In years gone by, making partner or becoming general counsel was “almost unheard of” for women working part-time....
17 September 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Strong written policies no longer sufficient in face of new foreign bribery laws
Following the passage of the Combating Foreign Bribery Act, law departments need to ensure their businesses are going...
10 September 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Ahead of US election, GCs should prepare for regulatory shifts
General counsel should be preparing for different scenarios ahead of the presidential election in the United States,...
03 September 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy