What do top-tiers actually pay their seniors? WGEA data shows a $44k spread in what top-tier firms pay their top 25% of employees. KWM leads at $313k, with G+T close behind at $308k. Corrs, Ashurst, Clayton Utz and HSF Kramer cluster around $282k-$286k. It's not a straight senior associate comparison — workforce mix matters. Read our full breakdown: Point Blank

Mallesons is officially ditching its 14-year King & Wood tie-up from Monday, a day early, because nobody wanted staff confused about which firm they worked for mid-week. The name plates are changing over the weekend. CEO partner Renae Lattey is already calling it the "only independent top-tier firm," and of course, G+T's Sam Nickless agrees it is the right strategy: Capital Brief

Thinking of starting a side-hustle? Well, this lawyer started tutoring the LSAT to cover his student loans and automated his course in 2005. He clocked $10k in a single month and realised it beat his salary. He quit, founded Thinkific, and now runs a platform pulling $75m a year: Business Insider

Is the Swiss verein over? The structure allowed for global scale without global commitment — letting firms merge under one brand while keeping profits and liabilities ring-fenced by region. Now, DLA Piper’s ditching it after nearly two decades, Baker McKenzie killed local profit pools, KWM’s splitting its China and Australia arms, and Norton Rose Fulbright merged its EMEA and Aussie books: Point Blank

In-house lawyers, this one’s for you. As we cover below, Star Entertainment's former GC Paula Martin copped a s 180 breach for failing to flag money laundering risks. Martin cried the “it wasn’t by job” defence. But Justice Lee was blunt, dismissing her claim that she "rarely gave legal advice," and calling her attempt to split her GC and company secretary roles "without substance”: Lawyerly