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- The Value Is in the IP: Protecting Australian Agritech’s Real Asset
By Julius Melnitzer | July 31, 2026 Once the product is out in the field, the marginal cost of copying it is close to zero. That’s a textbook appropriability problem, and it’s more acute here than in most tech sectors — Dr Chris Vindurampulle Few industries are as woven into Australia’s economy and … Read more »
- Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way
By Murray Gottheil | July 24, 2026 “Lead, follow, or get out of the way” is an expression which some attribute to Thomas Payne. Tommy died in 1809, so this is hardly a new turn of speech. And yet, back in my law firm (and I suspect in many others), there were partners who never came to terms with it … Read more »
- I Heard it Through the Gripe Vine
By Julia Volk at Pexels By Murray Gottheil | July 23, 2026 A long time ago, when I had a modicum of influence in a law firm, I used to include a sentence in every offer letter to associates to the effect that we expected our lawyers to be part of the solution to issues that they encountered at the f … Read more »
- The Co-Applicant Screw Up!
By Andy MacDonald | July 22, 2026 This morning I had the pleasure of waking up just steps from the ocean at my spot in Cape Breton. Picture a travel trailer parked on a rocky beach surrounded by forty acres of forest and about 1200 feet of sheltered and secluded oceanfront. I started the day on my p … Read more »
- BARE BONES BRIEFS: Financing retainers | Cellphone ban in law schools? | Cozen beefs up securities practice | Arbitration Place waltzes to Vienna | Yukon law degree on the northern horizon
By Julius Melnitzer | July 21, 2026 CLIO ADDS RETAINER FINANCING CAPACITY Legal technology firm Clio has partnered with point-of-sale installment lender Affirm to incorporate a pay-over-time option for law firm clients who do not have the ability or desire to fund the full amount of a retainer. Pay … Read more »