May 26, 2026
It will be a jam-packed June of legal conferences at the Law Society of Saskatchewan, featuring sessions on child well-being in mediation, tribunal decision writing and the drafting of legislative documents in the environmental realm.
May 26, 2026
An organization representing trial lawyers in the United States and Canada is highlighting mental health concerns in the legal profession and has developed a report outlining approaches that firms can take to address the issue. The white paper from the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL) on law firm mental health best practices says that culture change must come from the top, and that unless firm leadership embraces the change, it will not work.
May 26, 2026
The Federal Court has allowed a judicial review in a case where a trucking company sought to hire temporary foreign workers but did not have ownership of the trucks itself.
May 26, 2026
The Superior Court of Justice, in Kachra v. OPSEU Pension Trust, 2026 ONSC 2092, delivers a pair of rulings for plaintiff-side executive employment lawyers in harassment matters: it makes it fair game during discovery to probe similar complaints from other employees, even if they do not involve their client, and it limits the use of NDAs as a shield to disclosure.
May 25, 2026
The Federal Court has allowed a judicial review of a third work permit refusal but refused request for a directed verdict.
May 25, 2026
Amid a whirlwind of technology around us, sometimes age-old presentations still shine and are most useful in presenting our cases, regardless of forum. The longstanding “Table” feature in Word is a presentation tool that has stood the test of time.
May 25, 2026
Aird & Berlis has three new associates: Devon Molloy, Shruti Ramesh and Humna Wasim.
May 22, 2026
Harper Grey has added five associates from its 2025-26 articling class.
May 22, 2026
In June 2023, following nearly two decades of consultation, revisions and public processes, the Nunavut Planning Commission (NPC) completed and submitted the Recommended Nunavut Land Use Plan (RNLUP). Under the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement (NLCA) and the Nunavut Planning and Project Assessment Act (NuPPAA), the plan requires review and approval by three signatories: Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., the government of Nunavut and the government of Canada. Yet nearly three years later, the plan remains neither accepted nor rejected.
May 21, 2026
Manitoba has announced plans to establish a regional representative office in India as part of the province’s broader effort to diversify exports beyond the United States.