Slater & Gordon (S&G), a midsized Australian law firm with a high-growth consolidation strategy, had an initial public offering (IPO) scheduled for May 2007. Due to a series of regulatory changes in Australia in recent years, the IPO provided an opportunity for S&G to become the first...

The attorney's trust account is an enticing prospect for criminals seeking ways to launder money acquired illegally, and the attorney whose trust account is abused in this way stands to be branded and punished as a money launderer. The overall aim of the article is to identify the dangers which...

This paper examines whether lawyers' experience of time-based billing and billable hour budgets subjects them to pressures that encourage unethical practices. We argue that billable hour pressure is merely the ‘face' of more fundamental pressures stemming from the way that lawyers in private...

The use of lawyers by small firms is discussedin this report.The data presented was gathered through interviews by TheGallup Organization.As a result of unnecessary lawsuits and the excessivecost, lawyers appear tohave developed a negative reputation with smallbusiness owners over the last...