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• Helping make ascending to partner all it's cracked up to be

  How two legal industry veterans are helping the next generation reach, maintain, and find meaning in their professional goals read more

• Complying with privacy law in a global digital economy - Do you have the tools?

  Regulatory trends introduced by the GDPR are likely to shape the future of Australasian privacy law read more

• Why MinterEllison's SA and NT integration took shape

  It's all about opportunities in key areas, Adam Bannister, SA and NT managing partner, tells Australasian Lawyer read more

• Legal giants put weight on Aboriginal community support

  Eight of the country's top law firms commit to helping indigenous community organisations read more

• A special counsel's quest to champion change

  How a leading firm's commitment to community investment has made a senior lawyer's career fulfilling read more

• Making lawyers more accessible to clients

  Karen Finch is growing Legally Yours to become the largest centralised legal marketplace connecting clients with fixed-fee lawyers across all areas of law read more

• Senior partner preps for Bali ultramarathon

  A global firm's Australian head of the real estate aims to raise enough funds to put 100 kids through primary school read more

• The Courtrooms of the Future

  Innovative ideas and rapidly advancing technology have changed the courts and affected the way hearings are conducted. The new generation of lawyers, along with court users’ demands to access information online, have driven the demand for new courtroom technology. read more

• Maurice Blackburn puts Mimecast on the case

  Email is the most-used business application by any organisation. However, it’s also the number-one method that cybercriminals use to carry out malicious cyberattacks. These attacks come in various forms including enabling malware delivery, phishing, and impersonations – all of which can easily spread through an organisation. It takes only one person in an organisation to unknowingly open an infected email. read more

• Compliance with the Notifiable Data Breaches Scheme

  Data breaches are an increasingly common threat worldwide, and legislation across jurisdictions is scrambling to keep up. Following the passage of the Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Act 2017, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has introduced a new Notifiable Data Breaches Scheme (NDBS), which comes into effect on February 22, 2018. Detailed information about the scheme is available on the AIDC’s website. read more