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Corporate Counsel 12 November 2024 ByJerome DoraisamyStress, turnover ‘unintended’ consequences of digital maturity

Digitally immature law departments may not be as efficient, but there is a “peculiar positive upside”: lower stress...

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Corporate Counsel 22 October 2024 ByJerome DoraisamyNew research suggests that a wave of attrition may soon hit Australian...

New research suggests that a wave of attrition may soon hit Australian law departments.

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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 DoraisamyLegal 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...

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Corporate Counsel 24 September 2024 ByJerome DoraisamyHow in-house teams can better prioritise pro bono

While Australia’s largest corporations have well-established social impact policies and programs, new data suggests...

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Corporate Counsel 23 September 2024 ByChristine ChenEx-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...

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Corporate Counsel 17 September 2024 ByJerome DoraisamyJob-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....

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Corporate Counsel 10 September 2024 ByJerome DoraisamyStrong written policies no longer sufficient in face of new foreign...

Following the passage of the Combating Foreign Bribery Act, law departments need to ensure their businesses are going...

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Corporate Counsel 03 September 2024 ByJerome DoraisamyAhead 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,...

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Corporate Counsel 30 August 2024 ByLawyers WeeklyMorae, ContractPodAi team up to launch MorAI

Morae and ContractPodAi have entered a partnership to transform legal work through the embedding of the latter’s legal...

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