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Date
Title
Feb 28, 2023
Blue J Legal co-founder Benjamin Alarie on how AI is powering a new generation of legal tech
Feb 28, 2023
Yes, there is electronic monitoring of employees. No, it’s not everywhere: Blakes lawyer Andrea York
Feb 28, 2023
Last chance to take part in Canadian Lawyer’s top personal injury boutiques
Feb 28, 2023
Fasken, Davies assist Uni-Select’s $2.8 billion sale to US-based provider of auto parts
Feb 28, 2023
CRTC names competition and digital expert Leila Wright as new executive director
Feb 28, 2023
BC Supreme Court admits more than one medical report from plaintiff despite statutory prohibition
Feb 28, 2023
Latham & Watkins adds funds-focused tax partner in New York
Feb 28, 2023
Sharon Haward-Laird supports BMO through acquisition of Bank of the West
Feb 28, 2023
Association of Corporate Counsel files amicus brief to protect in-house counsel
Feb 28, 2023
The right and wrong way to handle mass layoffs
Feb 28, 2023
Are you following the asynchronous work model?
Feb 27, 2023
Cybersecurity tip #1 for lawyers: don't recycle your passwords
Feb 27, 2023
Roundup of law firm hires, promotions, departures: February 27, 2023 update
Feb 27, 2023
HFW supports development of Geneva Declaration on human rights at sea
Feb 24, 2023
Out of the ‘legal lacuna’: agreement brings Metis nations another step closer to self-government
Feb 24, 2023
Offshore oil project challenge argues that end-use emissions, shipping impacts should be weighed
Feb 24, 2023
Showcasing the Top Insurance Defence Law Boutiques of 2023-24
Feb 24, 2023
Ukrainian refugee Viktoriia Kulakovska trades in her legal skills for a fresh start in Canada
Feb 24, 2023
Bennett Jones, Kim Spencer McPhee appear in multimillion-dollar commercial case
Feb 24, 2023
No ‘inordinate delay’ in wills and estate case despite pandemic interruption: BC Supreme Court
Feb 24, 2023
Vote for Canadian Lawyer's Top Wills, Trusts & Estate Boutiques
Feb 24, 2023
Funds paid as security for builder’s lien did not prevent accrual of interest: BC Court of Appeal
Feb 24, 2023
Medical negligence appeal not virtually hopeless, securities for cost dismissed: BC Court of Appeal
Feb 24, 2023
In cases that share a dispositive issue, dismissal of one cannot result in granting the other: BCCA
Feb 24, 2023
Rouleau’s Emergencies Act report has sharp words for the Ottawa Police Service
Feb 24, 2023
Judge halves fees, judicial diversity
Feb 24, 2023
Diversity access scheme for aspiring lawyers opens for 2023 cohort in the UK
Feb 23, 2023
From Amazon in-house counsel to entrepreneur lawyer, Alykhan Sunderji nurtures the startup economy
Feb 23, 2023
Search underway for Top Wills, Trusts & Estate Boutiques
Feb 23, 2023
DS Lawyers Canada’s Gatineau acquisition part of firm’s growth trajectory
Feb 23, 2023
BC Securities Commission bans Vancouver lawyer from investment market following US court’s judgment
Feb 23, 2023
Ontario Court of Appeal affirms doctor's negligence in infectious disease outbreak case
Feb 23, 2023
Nova Scotia worker's attempt to go on sick leave just cause for dismissal
Feb 23, 2023
What's the link between cyberattacks and natural catastrophes?
Feb 23, 2023
Herbert Smith Freehills to close Korea office
Feb 22, 2023
Melanie McGrath champions ESG and DEI initiatives at CBCL
Feb 22, 2023
Intentional recruiting is top strategy used by legal departments to improve diversity: study
Feb 22, 2023
Interprovincial trade research led Ryan Manucha to build a professional license verification service
Feb 22, 2023
Excise tax cases tackled in federal courts this week
Feb 22, 2023
Freshfields appoints global co-heads of leveraged finance group
Feb 21, 2023
Shifting back to in-person risks going backwards on equity, mental health, environment: BC lawyers
Feb 21, 2023
Julie MacDonnell's commitment to equality and access drives legal tech innovator Haloo
Feb 21, 2023
Cozen O’Connor’s new director of Canadian operations John Tsiofas embarks on firm expansion
Feb 21, 2023
Alberta provincial court welcomes new judges and justices of the peace
Feb 21, 2023
Erin Lan-Ying Frew appointed as new chair of BC Property Assessment Board
Feb 21, 2023
Vote for the best personal injury boutiques in Canada
Feb 21, 2023
DLA Piper advises Fiera Infrastructure’s purchase of US-based solar energy firm
Feb 21, 2023
Pushing forward gender parity in the legal profession
Feb 21, 2023
Competition Bureau Legal Services welcomes Donald Houston as senior general counsel
Feb 21, 2023
US Cannabis operator Schwazze welcomes Christine Jones as chief legal officer
Feb 20, 2023
Securities litigator joins Skadden as partner in Palo Alto
Feb 17, 2023
Trans people have more legal problems but are less likely to formally act on them: CBA report
Feb 17, 2023
SCC in disagreement over whether to revisit the authority on Charter’s extraterritorial application
Feb 17, 2023
Commercial list appearances include Bennett Jones, Fogler Rubinoff, Lerners, Miller Thomson, Osler
Feb 17, 2023
Employee time theft, Black admissions in law
Feb 17, 2023
M&A resilience predicted in 2023: Lex Mundi report
Feb 16, 2023
Leena Yousefi takes radically transparent turn for pay at her Vancouver family law firm
Feb 16, 2023
Doctrine of recent possession, mandatory minimum sentence raised before Supreme Court of Canada
Feb 16, 2023
Justice Minister announces Federal Court and Quebec Superior Court new judges
Feb 16, 2023
Acupuncturist who held overlapping leadership roles guilty of misconduct: Alberta Court of Appeal
Feb 16, 2023
Modern sentencing trends apply in historical sexual assault: BC Court of Appeal
Feb 16, 2023
Chamber judge failed to consider familial exception to limitation period in assault case: Sask Court
Feb 16, 2023
Fraud in benefits claim relieves insurer of granting insured of benefits: Alberta Court of Appeal
Feb 16, 2023
White & Case boosts UK tax practice with partner hire
Feb 16, 2023
Integrating ESG goals to create sustainable supply chains
Feb 16, 2023
Businesses must reassure customers about how data is used in AI: Cisco survey
Feb 15, 2023
Former US Senator Richard Burr joins DLA Piper's regulatory and government affairs practice group
Feb 14, 2023
Holistic admissions process helps boost Black student enrolment: Black law students group survey
Feb 14, 2023
Jeffrey Singer, Chair of Stikeman Elliott, on trends in M&A, DEI and the return to office
Feb 14, 2023
Black Law Students Association annual national conference highlighting Nova Scotia’s Black history
Feb 14, 2023
Canadian Lawyer survey on top personal injury boutiques now live
Feb 14, 2023
Lawson Lundell, Blakes assist in $1.1-billion merger of two BC gold mining firms
Feb 14, 2023
Jillian Barrington, Bronwyn Duffy, Jill Hartlen, Bryna Hatt appointed as Nova Scotia judges
Feb 14, 2023
Manitoba inks agreement to transfer Indigenous court work program to Indigenous communities
Feb 14, 2023
Federal Court of Appeal affirms dismissal of human rights complaint not filed on individual’s behalf
Feb 14, 2023
NL court of appeal allows union’s appeal in dispute arising from layoffs of pilots amid COVID-19
Feb 14, 2023
Half of UK law firm partners would like to start their own firm: survey
Feb 13, 2023
Andrée-Claude Bérubé supports an innovation transformation as general counsel at SNC-Lavalin
Feb 13, 2023
Ceres Global Ag Corp. names new general counsel
Feb 13, 2023
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: A marathon or a sprint?
Feb 13, 2023
Competition law reforms should ‘cast a wide net’ over players in data-driven digital economy: report
Feb 13, 2023
Roundup of law firm hires, promotions, departures: February 13, 2023 update
Feb 13, 2023
Jones Day expands labour & employment practice in Mexico City
Feb 13, 2023
Do you really have an L&D strategy?
Feb 13, 2023
How to manage different generations
Feb 10, 2023
CBA adopts resolutions on NDAs and intersectional judicial data collection at annual meeting
Feb 10, 2023
University of Ottawa course helps students cope with stress of law school – and for life as a lawyer
Feb 10, 2023
Corporate directors may be liable for property sales misrepresentation, but not realtors: BC court
Feb 10, 2023
Bennett Jones, Adair Goldblatt Bieber, Lax O’Sullivan appear in $4.45-billion commercial case
Feb 10, 2023
Fixing articling needs to be a priority for the Law Society of Ontario
Feb 10, 2023
CBA AGM, Alberta votes on mandatory education
Feb 10, 2023
Law firms remain committed to pro bono work in times of global crises
Feb 09, 2023
‘Unique’ ruling of employee time theft another ‘arrow in arsenal’ for employer counsel: lawyer
Feb 09, 2023
Bennett Jones, Stikeman Elliott assist in 1.2-billion-dollars merger of Hut 8 to US Bitcoin miner
Feb 09, 2023
CSA announces new exemption from proxy requirements for uncontested director elections
Feb 09, 2023
Sask.’s top court rules duty of fairness limited at complaint stage where inmate sued a jail nurse
Feb 09, 2023
First Nation Councillor candidate challenged residency requirements before Supreme Court of Canada
Feb 09, 2023
Banks’ duty to inform customers of fraudulent schemes a genuine issue for trial: BC Court of Appeal
Feb 09, 2023
Federal Court of Appeal rejects appeals from First Nation election rulings
Feb 09, 2023
Non-lawyer enjoined from providing legal services to the public: BC Court of Appeal
Feb 09, 2023
Federal Court agrees to add third inventor to two patents
Feb 09, 2023
White & Case adds white collar lawyer Joel Cohen in New York
Feb 09, 2023
Jacqueline Beckles champions DEI issues at the Department of Justice Canada
Feb 09, 2023
First Nations Bank of Canada welcomes William Lomax as COO
Feb 08, 2023
New programs hamstringing ability to meet increasing demand for home caregivers: immigration lawyer
Feb 08, 2023
Best in Law 2022
Feb 08, 2023
King & Spalding adds two new partners to product liability and mass tort team in New York
Feb 07, 2023
Use of non-disclosure agreements to silence victims and whistleblowers up for debate at CBA meeting
Feb 07, 2023
John Murphy of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP on trends at Canada’s largest law firm
Feb 07, 2023
SCC to hear case on how corporate attribution doctrine applies to bankruptcy and insolvency
Feb 07, 2023
Guilty plea, remorse enough to reduce first-time offender’s sentence: Alberta Court of Appeal
Feb 07, 2023
Ecojustice names social impact activist Tracy London as executive director
Feb 07, 2023
SCC chief justice Richard Wagner holds virtual meeting with Japan’s chief justice
Feb 07, 2023
If a worker refuses to take the COVID vaccine, is that misconduct?
Feb 07, 2023
IBA launches a Professional Wellbeing Commission
Feb 07, 2023
Yonni Fushman joins Northland Power as CLO and EVP, sustainability
Feb 07, 2023
In-house lawyers are increasing their workload – and their stress levels: CCCA survey
Feb 07, 2023
Getting things done in the law department
Feb 06, 2023
Bahar Hafizi built a hybrid role in private practice to serve mid-market commercial clients
Feb 06, 2023
Alberta lawyers vote 75% in favour of mandatory education, including Indigenous cultural competency
Feb 06, 2023
Top Personal Injury Boutiques – survey underway
Feb 06, 2023
Roundup of law firm hires, promotions, departures: February 6, 2023 update
Feb 06, 2023
Will new framework stop violence at work?
Feb 06, 2023
Why is ghosting a problem among new hires?
Feb 06, 2023
DLA Piper expands corporate practice with M&A partner hire in Tokyo
Feb 03, 2023
Waiving visa eligibility requirements risks undermining confidence in immigration system: lawyers
Feb 03, 2023
Fireworks expected at debate on Alberta regulator’s mandatory Indigenous cultural competency course
Feb 03, 2023
Puma loses trademark battle at Federal Court of Appeal
Feb 03, 2023
How ChatGPT will affect the law
Feb 03, 2023
Canada ratifies treaty to end workplace violence and harassment
Feb 03, 2023
Bennett Jones brings former Alberta premier Jason Kenney on board as senior policy adviser
Feb 03, 2023
SCC on mandatory minimums, lawyer battling addiction
Feb 03, 2023
Ninety-two percent of in-house counsel expect law firm partners to use the latest tech: survey
Feb 02, 2023
Building your profile is key to performance reviews and bonus time, says Leila Rafi of McMillan LLP
Feb 02, 2023
Law firms see lawyer exchanges as way to attract and retain young talent, says Sona Pancholy
Feb 02, 2023
BC Provincial Court releases annual report for 2021-2022 fiscal year
Feb 02, 2023
Doctor who failed to obtain patient's consent guilty of malpractice: Alberta Court of King's Bench
Feb 02, 2023
Lithium Americas to draw $867 million dollars from US automaker co-investor
Feb 02, 2023
NB Court of Appeal blocks grandmother’s attempt to gain custody of two children
Feb 02, 2023
Government officials blocked reporters on Twitter, freedom of expression before the Federal Courts
Feb 02, 2023
Minden Gross leads in nine-million-dollar commercial case, Miller Thomson most appearances this week
Feb 02, 2023
Growth of alternative legal services providers is accelerating
Feb 01, 2023
Steven Ngo helps electric vehicle company Rivian launch in Canada at start of global expansion plan
Feb 01, 2023
Large organizations are most susceptible to phishing attacks: survey
Feb 01, 2023
Last chance to vote for Top Ontario Regional Firms
Feb 01, 2023
Federal Court grants judicial review application from decision denying Canada Recovery Benefit
Feb 01, 2023
Top Insurance Defence Boutiques for 2023-24 unveiled by Canadian Lawyer
Feb 01, 2023
Top Insurance Defence Law Boutiques 2023-24
Feb 01, 2023
Onboard data company Shift5 appoints inaugural general counsel