Bruce Bentley

Piper Alderman makes history as "Australia's first law firm" to use Lygon, a blockchain-based platform that streamlines paper-based payment guarantees. This breakthrough will help the law firm "enjoy greater efficiency and security over guarantees". Piper Alderman is the "first law firm in Australia to include a blockchain-based payment guarantee" in a commercial agreement, the company announced today. Michael Bacina, partner of Piper Alderman, on the announcement: "The transformative nature of distributed ledger technology is just beginning and I am excited to be doing a small part in modernizing and improving legal practice." Bacina claimed that "paper-based payment guarantees have always suffered from inefficiency and risk". "The Lygon platform, supported by major banks and IBM blockchain technology, is designed to help Piper Alderman and our customers enjoy greater efficiency and security over guarantees," ...

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Mobile's "Society Shell" got its nickname because it was where midtown gossip was heard, not because it was the subject. But in the past few days, social media posts have uncovered a brother-and-brother-nephew-nephew-versus-uncle property battle. Longtime Griffith Service Station patrons had doubts whether the dispute would mark the end of 63 years of operation of the station, as co-owner Preston Griffith Jr. has claimed - or whether the station and its staff will "stay here to serve" for them years to come, as we've done in the past, ”said co-owner Stephen Griffith. Preston Griffith Sr. bought the station on Ann Street and Government Street in 1958. After his death, sons Preston Jr. and Stephen bought the business from their mother and ran it as equal partners for years. His reputation as a hub for gossip in the neighborhood earned him the nickname “Society Shell,” which persisted long after the Shell Gas brand went out of business. It became such a per...