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Corporate Counsel 21 January 2025 ByJerome Doraisamy‘Natural to expect’ firm costs will reflect AI-inspired efficiency

Not only should the increasing use of artificial intelligence by external providers have a flow-on effect on charge-out...

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Corporate Counsel 15 October 2024 ByJerome DoraisamyNew findings highlight the “transformative impact” that generative...

New findings highlight the “transformative impact” that generative AI has on the spending habits of in-house legal...

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Corporate Counsel 08 October 2024 ByJerome DoraisamyGenAI 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...

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Politics 23 September 2024 ByJerome DoraisamyNew laws ensure ‘courts aren’t just the realm of a wealthy few’

The A-G, unions, and the legal assistance sector are celebrating the passage of the Costs Protection Bill, which...

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SME Law 24 July 2024 ByNaomi NeilsonBrisbane firm accused of ‘negligent’ handling of criminal case

A woman levelled several allegations at a Brisbane criminal law firm, including claims her solicitors provided...

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SME Law 16 July 2024 ByTravis SchultzFirms that simply increase charge-out rates are selfish, fat, and lazy

Increasing prices is certainly one lever that can be used to help balance firm budgets, but I’d argue that law firms...

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Big Law 12 July 2024 ByNaomi NeilsonLawyer’s removalist company faces misleading conduct claims

A legal practitioner’s NSW removalist company has faced allegations of misleading and deceptive conduct, but the...

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Big Law 09 July 2024 ByNaomi NeilsonWoman fails to sue lawyers after settlement remorse

A court has thrown out a woman’s attempts to blame her lawyers for a costs order that was triple the sum of a...

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Big Law 04 July 2024 ByNaomi NeilsonFamily lawyer’s $115k bill voided for disclosure failures

A family lawyer’s $115,000 legal bill was voided by a judge who found he did not provide a costs estimate but...

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SME Law 24 June 2024 ByNaomi NeilsonBoutique’s attempt to recover $150k blocked by costs assessor

A court was asked to step in when a boutique firm’s bid to recover almost $150,000 from a client was stalled because a...

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