From ride-share apps to concert tickets, Australians have been exposed to dynamic pricing practices across the board. In the age of AI, it is critical to explore whether our legislative and regulatory consumer protections remain fit for purpose, and whether algorithms may soon require their own legal advice.

In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with Maddocks partner Shaun Temby about how dynamic pricing works, the risks inherent with consumers not getting the best deal, how the algorithm fits into such pricing practices, the legislative and regulatory state of affairs, whether existing laws capture the changing landscape in the age of AI, consequences for businesses found to have engaged in deceptive conduct, whether algorithms will need legal representation, who bears liability, and how lawyers in this space can be responding to the changing climate.

In this special episode of LawTech Talks, produced in partnership with Mary Technology, we flesh out the "hot topic" of review and verification processes and their increasing pertinence for the legal profession, as well as Mary's continued growth trajectory domestically and abroad.

Host Jerome Doraisamy welcomes back Mary Technology co-founder Rowan McNamee to discuss how and why review and verification is top of mind for lawyers right now, ensuring lawyers have sufficient understanding of their duties, how Mary is currently supporting practitioners in this space, ensuring efficiency gains are verifiable upon review, the evergreen need for a human-in-the-loop, how clients will view the verifiability of lawyers' work, and Mary's growth plans moving forward.

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Becoming a senior associate has long required a pivot in one's practical skillset and business mindset. But, in a shifting professional and technological landscape, it's no longer enough to simply be a good lawyer – senior associates must explore and leverage as many opportunities as possible to be the best versions of themselves.

In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with Baker McKenzie senior associates Hannah Stacey and Jonathan Duff about their work in cyber law and energy and infrastructure respectively, the importance of grabbing opportunities with both hands, their respective experiences with secondments, overseas training programs, mentoring, incidental learning and development, why being a good lawyer alone is no longer enough, and what constitutes a good senior associate in the current climate.

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In this special episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, produced in partnership with LawUno, we unpack how lawyers aren't just having to evolve the ways they practise law and service clients; they're also having to re-examine how they position themselves in the market.

Host Jerome Doraisamy welcomes back LawUno founder Jessal Shah to discuss the importance of personal and professional branding in the age of AI, why times are changing, whether lawyers are aware of the need to improve their brands, evolving client expectations, how much time to dedicate to improving your brand, gaining a more holistic sense of what it means to be a good lawyer in the current climate, and how leveraging a community like LawUno can help lawyers on this journey.

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Here, Lander & Rogers' chief executive partner, Daniel Proietto, reflects on the national firm's journey over 80 years, finding new ways to stay true to stated values and culture, and the place for national independent firms in the legal services marketplace.

Host Jerome Doraisamy welcomes back Proietto to discuss the firm's history since inception, why it's important for him to honour the firm's heritage, navigating big shifts in business strategy, supporting the growth trajectory of the next generation in a shifting landscape, bringing in more work for the firm in the age of AI, aspirations in years to come, and how he's viewing his own role as chief executive partner moving forward.

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In this special episode of LawTech Talks, produced in partnership with LawY, we push back on the idea that artificial intelligence needs to be perfect in order to be useful.

Host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with LawY global chief executive Shelley Burger about who LawY is and what it does, why lawyers compare AI to the work that junior lawyers used to do, how AI's written eloquence gives rise to certain perceptions, the dangers that arise from expecting perfection, better managing expectations, inherent opportunities to discuss the right ways to approach tech use, viewing AI's outputs as a first draft, other headline AI myths to be dispelled, how lawyers can recalibrate their thinking about what outputs they'll get, and how LawY can assist.

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From implementing bespoke, customised AI tools to offering market-leading remuneration packages, BlackBay Lawyers and its managing partner have created a recipe for success.

In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with BlackBay Lawyers managing partner Victoria-Jane Otavski about winning the Boutique Firm of the Year category at the recent Australian Law Awards, the firm's rapid growth in recent years, market challenges being faced by boutiques and how her firm is navigating them, the need for customised AI tools, providing greater incentives for staff, a greater focus on professional development, prioritising staff needs, lessons from BlackBay's success, and what excites her about the future of boutique practices Down Under.

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In this special episode of LawTech Talks, produced in partnership with iManage, we discuss ways to continually master knowledge management and how teams can leverage internal knowledge assets to prepare for the next generation of legal services amid the AI and digital transformation revolutions.

Host Jerome Doraisamy welcomes back legal industry expert in APAC Madeleine Porter and global product director for knowledge and AI Alex Smith to discuss collections and vaults as "curation bubbles", MCP, governance, and defensibility in the agentic era, workflows and skills as first-class knowledge assets, where the control plane sits in the "open versus closed" debate, and rot and disposition as a knowledge strategy.

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