Fledgling commercial law newswire hits the inboxes … Former editors of Law360 in the US set-up shop in Melbourne … Rough end to the New York experience amid staff decision to unionise over allegations of “mercurial management style ” and crushing workloads … Decision to let Lawyerly “speak for itself” 

Former politician struck off after applying for a ticket … Plundering the funds of the Health Services Union to pay for hookers and campaign expenses … Prolonged dishonesty for personal gain … Character remains unreformed … Nick Bonyhady reports 

Drowsy procrastination in full swing … Lakeside litigation … Family court effusions … No sizzling sausages for family judges … Carmody the Coalition’s dream sentencer … Longer terms for stale judges … Goings On with Theodora 

Police and their terrorism powers – not much to report … Inspector Bruce looks at the Top End’s secret corruption … Deconstructing the attorney general’s announcements … Discriminating amendments … The bench gets slow backup for “historic” sentencing reforms … Standoff over appointment to the Children’s Court … Polly Peck reports from Macquarie Street 

Failure to pay tax, and employees super … Borrowing heavily from his mother … Lacking evidence to support bi-polar claim … Extravagant lifestyle … Generous payments for children and former wife … Jennifer Cooke reports

Homer mysteriously appears in consent orders … A long way from Springfield … Country solicitor turns on client with complaint to judge, asking for a reconsideration of the orders granted … Client’s interest … Confidentiality … Nick Bonyhady reports 

Solicitors losing their grip … Mental health and legal practice … No adequate explanations offered to the stipes … Judges under siege … Where mental health prevents a lawyer dealing with professional complaints … Ticket suspended … Jennifer Cooke reports from the Bureau de Spank