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Planning Law: Australia’s Ticket to a Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery?
Legal Insight talks to Jacinta Studdert, Valencia Govender and Peter Lochore, contributing authors to Planning Law in Australia, about the changes to planning approvals processes.
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Will AI Transform Dispute Resolution as We Know it?
The power, efficiency and accuracy of well-calibrated AI creates tantalizing possibilities in the field of dispute resolution.
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How Technology will Direct the Future for Boutique Lawyers
Across conference tables and networking sessions at the recent Lawyers Weekly Boutique Law Summit in Sydney, delegates were abuzz about how to take on the future.
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Fit and Proper Culture? Addressing “Hidden Bad Behaviour” in the Profession
The Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) states that to be an admitted lawyer, a person must be a “fit and proper” person. But what does this mean in practice?
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The Fastest Way to Check Your Legal Research
Despite pouring hours of work into organising citations and rechecking every point of law, even the most competent lawyer can still feel somewhat underprepared.
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Is the Market Changing Faster than Your Firm? 5 Billing Fundamentals
The Australian and international legal markets are changing and are changing at an accelerated pace. The rise of ‘NewLaw’ firms and fixed-price legal services in particular are prompting traditional law firms to respond.
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Ownership Versus Control: When Anti-Money Laundering Programs Miss the Point
AML/CTF programs should be developed to ensure they consider the criminal activities of individuals who control the money, not just own it.
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Making Our Future Work: Bernard Salt Looks Beyond COVID-19
Until this year Bernard Salt predicted the top three calamities likely to befall humanity would be climate, nuclear and military devastation. But not a global pandemic.
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Webinar: Cyber Risks and Data Threats for Virtual Workforces
The unprecedented move for entire workforces to work remotely has introduced unique risks to cyber and data protection. These were addressed in a recent Thomson Reuters webinar.
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