Site Map for March 2023

Mar 31, 2023

Law firms set to share in $100 million-plus fees bonanza following approval of Rogers-Shaw merger

Mar 31, 2023

New Employee Ownership Trusts provide an option in succession planning, but not hoped-for tax breaks

Mar 31, 2023

Funding family lawyer at Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal to help women fighting to get kids back

Mar 31, 2023

Saskatchewan chief justice Robert Richards announces resignation

Mar 31, 2023

Why I am not running again in the Law Society of Ontario bencher election

Mar 31, 2023

Quebec tables bill to set minimum working age at 14

Mar 31, 2023

Global M&A dealmakers remain bullish – WTW

Mar 31, 2023

ESG ETFs in peril as billions of dollars exit

Mar 30, 2023

Sentencing and racism, Bencher candidates

Mar 30, 2023

ACC and Deloitte publish 2023 legal entity management report

Mar 30, 2023

Attorney General David Lametti urges Osgoode Hall law students to continue work of reconciliation

Mar 30, 2023

Municipal natural asset management involves legal risks, but they are manageable, says report

Mar 30, 2023

Bennett Jones, Adair Goldblatt Bieber act in $4-billion commercial case

Mar 30, 2023

David Conway to lead NL’s statutory review of Independent Appointments Commission

Mar 30, 2023

Naturopathic doctor alleged to have sold fecal materials denied leave by BC Court of Appeal

Mar 30, 2023

Immigration, repatriation cases heard by federal courts this week

Mar 30, 2023

Business leaders are more optimistic on the global economy

Mar 30, 2023

Multilayered cybersecurity approach crucial for businesses – report

Mar 29, 2023

How to entice employees back to the office?

Mar 29, 2023

Canada trending toward enhanced protections for independent contractors, says employment lawyer

Mar 29, 2023

Hollywood’s ‘environmental whodunits’ inspired Pat Welsh’s legal career

Mar 28, 2023

Fed budget outlines new spending of $43 billion over six years, 2023-24 deficit to hit $41 billion

Mar 28, 2023

Howard Levitt on the pandemic employment law boom and why he is running with the FullStop slate

Mar 28, 2023

Legal tech, innovative marketing and good cashflow are key to successful personal injury practice

Mar 28, 2023

On critical minerals, Canada must hurry to capitalize on realignment from Russian invasion: lawyer

Mar 28, 2023

Nominations open for Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers

Mar 28, 2023

Competition Bureau of Canada recommends changes to modernize Competition Act

Mar 28, 2023

Insured injured in accident cannot claim costs beyond statutory minimum: NB Court of King’s Bench

Mar 28, 2023

Ottawa opening new immigration pathway in summer

Mar 28, 2023

The growing role of ESG in the insurance industry

Mar 27, 2023

'So many opportunities' for lawyers in tech, say Osler’s Christian Jacques and Jean-Nicolas Delage

Mar 27, 2023

White & Case boosts IP practice in Silicon Valley

Mar 27, 2023

Roundup of law firm hires, promotions, departures: March 27, 2023 update

Mar 24, 2023

Lawyers should not ignore new artificial intelligence tools such as Harvey

Mar 24, 2023

Federal approval of lithium project brings Canada closer critical mineral player status, lawyers say

Mar 24, 2023

Unveiling the Top Tax Law Boutiques of 2023-24

Mar 24, 2023

BC Supreme Court refuses to set aside an arbitrator’s decision in a residential tenancy dispute

Mar 24, 2023

'Let's be real, I think we're going to have increased taxes'

Mar 24, 2023

Ontario announces end to sick leave program

Mar 24, 2023

SCC finds sobriety test breached man’s Charter rights, but the results can be used to convict him

Mar 24, 2023

DLA Piper names lawyers to Leadership Council on Legal Diversity programs

Mar 23, 2023

Middle finger Charter right, US firm Mintz

Mar 23, 2023

Proposed Employee Ownership Trusts gives owners a new way to exit their business: Stikeman lawyer

Mar 23, 2023

University of Alberta law professor Paul Paton named as Chapman University’s new dean

Mar 23, 2023

BC Court of Appeal increases damages for plaintiff with deformity due to negligent surgery

Mar 23, 2023

SCC, Federal Court of Appeal hear appeals in environmental cases this week

Mar 23, 2023

Minden Gross acts in commercial case worth nearly $10 million

Mar 23, 2023

SCC hears case on whether Impact Assessment Act impedes provincial jurisdiction

Mar 23, 2023

Legal operations compensation is on the rise: Brightflag survey

Mar 23, 2023

Rosel Kim is recognized for her advocacy work at the Women’s Legal Education & Action Fund

Mar 23, 2023

Corporate legal departments feel the strain of new compliance challenges: Thomson Reuters research

Mar 22, 2023

US firm Mintz’s Toronto entry about expanding cross-border opportunities: Mitch Frazer

Mar 22, 2023

The 11 habits of highly successful small law firms

Mar 22, 2023

Title Fraud Prevention

Mar 22, 2023

Allen & Overy poaches Kirkland & Ellis US partner

Mar 21, 2023

Rosanne Kyle, managing partner of Mandell Pinder, on the shift in Aboriginal law’s recognition

Mar 21, 2023

Wildeboer Dellelce a founding partner in Board Diversity Network promoting governance inclusivity

Mar 21, 2023

The search is on for the Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers

Mar 21, 2023

Matthew Park appointed as new Alberta Court of King’s Bench applications judge

Mar 21, 2023

BC Court of Appeal clarifies test for reducing damages awarded due to failure to mitigate losses

Mar 21, 2023

Everlaw launches new features to help legal teams find hidden stories in emails, videos

Mar 21, 2023

Aligning the goals of the legal department to business objectives

Mar 21, 2023

Calgary-based Akita Drilling appoints lawyer Colin Dease as president and CEO

Mar 21, 2023

What will be the long-lasting effects of COVID?

Mar 20, 2023

More than two-thirds of legal department leaders seek advanced tech solutions: study

Mar 20, 2023

Roundup of law firm hires, promotions, departures: March 20, 2023 update

Mar 17, 2023

Should employers consider a TikTok ban?

Mar 17, 2023

BC Supreme Court upholds order that Vancouver condominium refund special levy to former unit owner

Mar 17, 2023

Giving middle finger a Charter-protected right, finds Quebec judge

Mar 17, 2023

Credibility finding in refugee protection case is unreasonable: Federal Court

Mar 17, 2023

The Ontario Superior Court is attempting to hide poor performance behind a privacy excuse

Mar 17, 2023

ESG investors forced to recognize surging oil stocks

Mar 17, 2023

White & Case expands global mergers & acquisitions practice in New York

Mar 17, 2023

Should employers pay more attention to data privacy?

Mar 16, 2023

Visto.ai using ChatGPT AI as a ‘first step’ to enhance visa application process

Mar 16, 2023

Law Society of Alberta welcomes new president Bill Hendsbee and president-elect Deanna Steblyk

Mar 16, 2023

New Student Legal Advocacy Centre at University of Regina helps students get competent legal advice

Mar 16, 2023

Lobbying rules, restrictive covenants

Mar 16, 2023

Gowling WLG, McCarthy Tétrault, LOLG appear in $173-million commercial case

Mar 16, 2023

SCC hears appeals in murder, sexual assault cases this week

Mar 16, 2023

Doctor negligently performed eye surgery causing cornea damage: BC court

Mar 16, 2023

Foreign law firms and lawyers granted permission to practice international law in India

Mar 16, 2023

Chris Hope combines his passions for production and the law at 9 Story Media Group

Mar 16, 2023

Canadian Pacific’s proposed merger with Kansas City granted approval

Mar 15, 2023

Lawyer Jeff Nicholls on launching Indigenous law and history educational course Home on Native Land

Mar 15, 2023

King & Spalding hires project partner in the United Arab Emirates

Mar 14, 2023

Regulators increasingly using privacy law to confront deceptive online design, say lawyers

Mar 14, 2023

Nominate now for Canadian Lawyer’s Top 25 Most Influential 2023

Mar 14, 2023

PE investors see climate for dealmaking darken, but still some sun rays of opportunity: Torys survey

Mar 14, 2023

Tanya Walker on running a small firm, the bencher election and judging the Top 25 Most Influential

Mar 14, 2023

Matthew Cripps appointed as new judge for New Brunswick provincial court

Mar 14, 2023

BC Court of Appeal increases damages for motor vehicle accident by $20,000

Mar 14, 2023

Canadian Law Awards Excellence Awardees for Case, In-house, Firm and Profession categories revealed

Mar 14, 2023

Dentons to combine with PJS Law in the Philippines

Mar 14, 2023

Veronica Kenny on restrictive covenants and their enforceability post-employment

Mar 14, 2023

Canadian legal departments embrace change: Thomson Reuters Institute survey

Mar 14, 2023

How are employers dealing with toxic workplaces?

Mar 13, 2023

Lawyers, law profs call on House committee to reject proposed changes to lobbying rules

Mar 13, 2023

Federal committee on anti-Black justice system discrimination part of an historic opportunity: prof

Mar 13, 2023

Roundup of law firm hires, promotions, departures: March 13, 2023 update

Mar 13, 2023

DLA Piper welcomes new partner in the IP and technology group

Mar 10, 2023

SCC clarifies criminal offence of voyeurism

Mar 10, 2023

Office of the Privacy Commissioner issues new bulletin on virtual hiring

Mar 10, 2023

Trial fairness preserved despite extensive questions on fraud of retiree: Alberta Court of Appeal

Mar 10, 2023

Police dog bite during arrest needed objectively reasonable force analysis: Alberta Court of Appeal

Mar 10, 2023

Municipal police boards should do their job of holding the cops to account

Mar 10, 2023

SCC judge Russell Brown acknowledges complaint against him stems from altercation at Arizona resort

Mar 10, 2023

Morgan Lewis launches second Germany office

Mar 09, 2023

Mi’kmaq land claim in New Brunswick signals Indigenous nations ‘increasingly assertive over title’

Mar 09, 2023

Bank of Canada seeks input on proposed rules governing payment service providers

Mar 09, 2023

Shauna Van Praagh named as president of revived Law Commission of Canada

Mar 09, 2023

Tyr, Goodmans appear in multimillion-dollar commercial cases

Mar 09, 2023

Alberta Court of Appeal refuses family physician’s application to practice in the province

Mar 09, 2023

SCC judge conduct, supply-chain reporting

Mar 09, 2023

Many lawyers arrested in Iran amid protests

Mar 09, 2023

Ken Duke on empowering his team and retaining talent at BC Hydro

Mar 09, 2023

Armis welcomes Efraim Harari as chief legal officer

Mar 08, 2023

Legal labour market still tight with more demand for contract workers, finds recruiter survey

Mar 08, 2023

Supply-chain reporting will dispel myth that North America has no forced and child labour: lawyer

Mar 08, 2023

Federal Court of Appeal hears three applications raising parental benefits issues

Mar 08, 2023

Best Canadian Tax Law Firms, Boutique | Canadian Lawyer Magazine

Mar 08, 2023

Top Tax Law Boutiques for 2023-24 unveiled by Canadian Lawyer

Mar 08, 2023

Deacons boosts financial services practice with new hire

Mar 07, 2023

Canadian Judicial Council reveals it’s reviewing conduct complaint against SCC Justice Russell Brown

Mar 07, 2023

Recent regulatory changes adding complexity to M&A in Quebec, say lawyers

Mar 07, 2023

Richard Wong of Osler on growing his infrastructure practice and leadership lessons along the way

Mar 07, 2023

Law Society of Yukon releases statement of reconciliation with Indigenous nations

Mar 07, 2023

Contingency reduction in personal injury case is ‘fatally speculative’: BC Court of Appeal

Mar 07, 2023

Negligence action against law firm allowed, land claim dismissed for delay: Alberta Court of Appeal

Mar 07, 2023

Executor’s failure to preserve assets alone unsuitable for summary judgment: Sask Court of Appeal

Mar 07, 2023

Making Deals under increased regulatory scrutiny

Mar 07, 2023

Saudi Arabia grants first foreign licenses to Clifford Chance, Latham & Watkins, and HSF

Mar 07, 2023

Responsible gambling is a top priority for Chantal Cipriano at PointsBet Canada

Mar 07, 2023

Three-quarters of businesses experienced fraud in the past year: KPMG survey

Mar 07, 2023

Evaluating preferred law firms

Mar 06, 2023

Roundup of law firm hires, promotions, departures: March 6, 2023 update

Mar 06, 2023

Last chance to take part in Canadian Lawyer’s Top Wills, Trusts & Estate Boutiques

Mar 06, 2023

White & Case nabs tax partner from Mayer Brown

Mar 05, 2023

Racism and sexism ‘rampant’ in the workplace

Mar 05, 2023

Why safety in the workplace is undergoing seismic changes

Mar 03, 2023

Weak evidence meant accused’s decision not to testify cannot be used against him: SCC majority

Mar 03, 2023

Karate, flying, astro-photography and dispensing justice – BC judge Gurmail Gill does it all

Mar 03, 2023

Nova Scotia calls for public input on modernizing and digitizing the courts

Mar 03, 2023

My last four years as an LSO bencher and why I am running in the election again

Mar 03, 2023

Why advisors must urge clients to declare extra income

Mar 03, 2023

Insurers launch joint investigations to tackle benefits fraud

Mar 03, 2023

Former assistant US attorney joins King & Spalding in New York

Mar 03, 2023

Bencher elections, Cybersecurity tip #1

Mar 02, 2023

Decision written in Mi’Kmaw a big step for Indigenous inclusion in legal system: NS adjudicator

Mar 02, 2023

With constitutional challenge pending, First Nations sign child welfare agreements under Bill C-92

Mar 02, 2023

Davies advises Aecon’s $320 million sale of roadbuilding asset to Ontario-based infrastructure firm

Mar 02, 2023

New judges appointed in the Federal Court, PEI, and Quebec

Mar 02, 2023

Bennett Jones and Fogler, Rubinoff act in $16-million commercial case

Mar 02, 2023

BC court compels plaintiff to post security, appeal against doctors not 'virtually hopeless'

Mar 02, 2023

Goodwin welcomes Matthew Nortcliff to the private investment funds practice

Mar 01, 2023

Michael Ladha on his approach to leadership at Newfoundland & Labrador Hydro

Mar 01, 2023

Katie Lever joins Great Canadian Entertainment as general counsel

Mar 01, 2023

Federal Court of Appeal hears motions to extend time in cases against bank

Mar 01, 2023

The 27th Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory is now live

Mar 01, 2023

Asia Pacific tech partner joins Clifford Chance in Singapore