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The PB Brief

🚨 Courtroom showdown

🚨 Courtroom showdown

A&O's poaching spree, crypto divorce wars, Harvey x Intapp, AI wipes 2,000

Feb 25, 2026

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11 min read

🚨 Adopt AI or exit

🚨 Adopt AI or exit

Firms ditch equity, ACCC cracks down, G+T wins ECM, Victoria's VC crown

Feb 24, 2026

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12 min read

🚨 M&A partner bloodbath

🚨 M&A partner bloodbath

Sleep on trial, Fake CEO surfaces, drafting trap, Court blocks Trump

Feb 23, 2026

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13 min read

🚨 Lawyers ditch partnership

🚨 Lawyers ditch partnership

Is the bar closed? NRF profit soars, Super beats banks, $1.6bn startup exit

Feb 20, 2026

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12 min read

🚨 Engineers, not juniors

🚨 Engineers, not juniors

HWLE boss quits, CEO killing season, Rio merger revival, NSW regulates AI

Feb 19, 2026

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12 min read

🚨 Harvey hires Harvey

🚨 Harvey hires Harvey

In-house ditch firms, junior burnout spikes, Mayne sues

Feb 18, 2026

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12 min read

🚨 Inheritance wars

🚨 Inheritance wars

Donaghue departs, crypto to High Court, supermarket showdown

Feb 17, 2026

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11 min read

🚨 Monumental mistake?

🚨 Monumental mistake?

Perkins revolt, $11.7bn Qube deal, Ashurst raids again, partner caught cheating

Feb 16, 2026

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11 min read

🚨 Reform court

🚨 Reform court

Liberal spill, the bar bottleneck, Rio’s legal exit

Feb 13, 2026

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11 min read

🚨 Juniors lose judgment

🚨 Juniors lose judgment

Minters names Chair, Shareholder backlash, Lawyer struck off, spill looms

Feb 12, 2026

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11 min read

🚨 Corrs' new AI

🚨 Corrs' new AI

AI cuts fees, HSF new HQ, WFH rights, Paramount's gamble

Feb 11, 2026

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11 min read

🚨 Top firms surge

🚨 Top firms surge

Funds rules reset, Coles v ACCC, Royal commission risk

Feb 10, 2026

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10 min read

🚨 Bakers axes jobs

🚨 Bakers axes jobs

HSF tops M&A, Barrister under fire, AI notes exposed

Feb 9, 2026

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11 min read

🚨 Lawyer resigns

🚨 Lawyer resigns

Epstein ties, Rio walks, Barrister sues firm, Tech panic, Offices empty

Feb 6, 2026

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11 min read

🚨 Law’s top earner

🚨 Law’s top earner

Insider trader jailed, legal tech slips, privacy win

Feb 5, 2026

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9 min read

🚨 KPMG cuts again

🚨 KPMG cuts again

Lawyer struck off, Judge sounds alarm, works out

Feb 4, 2026

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10 min read

🚨 Seven-figure bet

🚨 Seven-figure bet

Building legal AI, Piper's attack, ASIC Chair, AI social network

Feb 3, 2026

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9 min read

🚨 Big Law warned

🚨 Big Law warned

Partner gap persists, $3bn merger, death penalty dropped, gold boom cracks

Feb 2, 2026

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11 min read

🚨 Law firm sues AI

🚨 Law firm sues AI

Ashurst hiring spree, Silk leads Royal Commission, AI bubble fears

Jan 30, 2026

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11 min read

🚨 $4k an hour

🚨 $4k an hour

Do law firm mergers work? Legal AI hits $100m, Coles sued again

Jan 29, 2026

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11 min read

🚨 Disputes surge

🚨 Disputes surge

Maddocks moves, Insider trader jailed, $100k school fees, IPO shelved

Jan 28, 2026

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11 min read

🚨 Lawyers burnout

🚨 Lawyers burnout

Thomson Geer spin out, Harvey buys Hexus, US giants move

Jan 27, 2026

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11 min read

🚨 Ex-Bakers sues

🚨 Ex-Bakers sues

Clayton Utz poaches, EY scorched email, Hate laws shaky, Airwallex audited

Jan 23, 2026

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11 min read

🚨 Law schools ranked

🚨 Law schools ranked

Senior silk charged, $100m typo dispute, Coalition splits, Bankers cash in

Jan 22, 2026

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13 min read

🚨 Law bonuses explode

🚨 Law bonuses explode

Mid-level gold rush, “grossly exceeded”, first Phase 2 deal

Jan 21, 2026

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13 min read

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