John Bowie Law firm marketing comes in many shapes and forms, but for Tyrone-Jay Barugh his law firm with the funny name – Spilt Milk Law – is now at the center of a ‘funny case’ against airline Jetstar after booking and canceling 50 flight deals between Australia and New Zealand. Barugh booked one-way flights from Auckland to Sydney on Jetstar for NZ$285, taking advantage of the airline’s ‘Return for Free’ promotion that provided the return Sydney to Auckland leg at no cost. Shortly after booking each one-way flight, Barugh canceled the Auckland to Sydney portion, leaving just the free return ..read more

“Australia and New Zealand are not outliers” >> New Zealand Law Jobs Here Australia and New Zealand’s Peak Body for Recruitment, Consulting and Staffing (RCSA) says data released by the World Employment Confederation (WEC) revealing a global move towards flexible working models, proves we are in line with the rest of the globe. In a survey of 715 senior executives from across the world, 92% of respondents said they’ll need a more flexible workforce in the next two years to fill labour market gaps, keep up with developments and shield permanent employees from vola ..read more

Australian Law Jobs The lawyer salary landscape for Australian lawyers continues to evolve as the law job market shows that corporate law roles are commanding higher salaries than traditional law firm roles with law firms remaining cautious in their legal recruitment. The latest salary survey from the College of Law, which was undertaken in late 2023 and early 2024 with over 1,300 lawyer respondents nationwide, revealed some notable trends, such as the salary advantage for corporate law. For lawyers with 1-5 years of experience, the largest respondent group, corporate organizations paid an ave ..read more

Image source: https://pixabay.com/photos/usa-california-driver-truck-1061843/ Employers are tasked with the responsibility of maintaining a safe work environment and addressing the unfortunate eventuality of workplace injuries. Workers’ compensation is a system designed to provide financial benefits and medical care to employees injured on the job while also protecting employers from direct lawsuits. In essence, it creates a legal framework where the rights of both employees and employers are considered, balancing care for the injured with the sustainable operation of businesses. Under the wo ..read more

            LOS ANGELES – A Japanese-language interpreter has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges for illegally transferring almost $17 million from a Major League Baseball (MLB) player’s bank account – without the player’s knowledge or permission – to pay off his own substantial gambling debts incurred with an illegal bookmaking operation and for signing a false tax return, the Justice Department announced today.             Ippei Mizuhara, 39, of Newport Beac ..read more

From Unlikely Friendship to Legal Tech Innovation: Definely’s Journey For lawyers Nnamdi Emelifeonwu (pictured) and Feargus MacDaeid, their journeys converged in an unlikely friendship that sparked an idea to transform how the legal industry works with contracts and documents. Their startup, Definely, has now raised $7 million in a Series A round led by Octopus Ventures to fuel its legaltech innovation and counts some of the largest legal firms in the world among its clients, including Allen & Overy (now A&O Shearman), Eversheds, DLA Piper, Deloitte, Ericsson  and Barclays ..read more

TikTok, the popular video-sharing app, has initiated legal proceedings against the United States government through the filing of a 66-page complaint. The action is in response to a recently enacted law that mandates the divestment of TikTok’s ownership from its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to a non-Chinese entity within a 12-month period, failing which the app would face a nationwide ban. TikTok chief executive officer Shou Chew failed to persuade US lawmakers that there was not a national security threat of China potentially accessing user data and disseminating propaganda to 170 milli ..read more

Linklaters is pleased to announce that prominent M&A partner Richard Spedding is joining its Corporate team in London. Renowned for its M&A offering, Richard’s arrival further consolidates Linklaters’ market leading position in this space. Simon Branigan, Global Head of Linklaters’ Corporate Division: “We are thrilled Richard is joining our very strong global bench. He brings a wealth of experience in public M&A and equity capital markets and joins the most active team in the M&A market with leading mandates on the biggest and most complex deals around. We are delighted to hav ..read more

The Lone Star Law Firm Leaders The bestTexas law firms may provide some surprises, but what is not surprising is that there have been standout performers in the legal business with many of the top performing law firms nationally achieving significant financial and professional success. Growth is the hallmark of the modern Texas legal market and with a huge number major companies, including Fortune 500 companies headquartered or operating in Texas the commercial opportunities are huge – and so too the legal opportunities. In 2022, an 8.9 percent increase in lawyer headcount was reported among t ..read more

Inspired by the remarkable stories shared at the inaugural 2023 KM&I for Legal Conference, we were compelled to establish this prestigious award to recognize and celebrate the visionary contributions shaping the future of knowledge management and innovation in the legal profession.  The KM&I LexPrize Innovation Award honors genuinely impactful innovation in the KM&I community — the deeply useful changes that actually improve the user experience around the practice or business of law. Our peer-driven selection process ensures the Award recipient is chosen by the KM&I commun ..read more