Former High Court judge Michael Kirby went off-script at a UNSW contract law launch, gushing over the “astonishing brain power” of old mate Dyson Heydon, whom a 2020 High Court investigation found harassed six associates (he denies it). One academic walked out. Kirby isn’t backing down; he doesn’t “approve of airbrushing people out of history”: AFR

Weil is calling it quits. Leadership has recommended winding down the 95-year-old firm after weeks of partner exits, failed merger talks with Willkie and a leader-elect eyeing the door. Yet it’s debt-free and raked in US$2bn last year. If partners agree, it’ll overtake Dewey & LeBoeuf as Big Law’s biggest collapse, leaving 1,200 lawyers job hunting: NB, WSJ

Harvey has lured MinterEllison’s Chief Digital and AI Officer Gary Adler to lead its legal innovation push across APAC from Melbourne. Interesting, given Minters backed rival Legora last year. Adler’s exit comes just months after Minters hired Domain’s Pooyan Asgari as its first Chief AI Officer: Point Blank

MinRes boss Chris Ellison has failed to dodge a $600k unlawful dismissal suit from a former MinRes in-house lawyer, who claims he told an exec to “just get rid of her” after she raised bullying concerns. MinRes’ GC allegedly warned her “Perth is a small place and people talk”: AFR

MinterEllison’s Kate Booth reckons killing the billable hour could save junior training. The billable hour has quietly funded junior training, with lower rates covering juniors’ slower work. But clients now want AI doing the grunt work juniors were trained on. Booth reckons value-based pricing help — here’s why: Point Blank