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September 11, 2026
Dentons has appointed Tim B. Haney to a second term as CEO of Dentons Canada, effective Feb. 1, 2027.
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September 11, 2026
Nicholas Burke has joined McInnes Cooper as a partner in its Sydney, N.S., office.
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September 11, 2026
There is a financial consultant who posts on LinkedIn, presumably to let people know what he does and how he can help. He apparently specializes in developing wealth strategies for lawyers. I enjoy reading his posts. They are succinct, well-written and tell interesting stories about lawyers who earn a great deal of money but require help organizing their financial affairs to ensure that they can one day enjoy their retirement.
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September 10, 2026
Eric Benkendorf has joined Duncan Craig LLP as an associate in Edmonton.
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September 10, 2026
Fasken has welcomed Katie Higgins as counsel in its global infrastructure and projects group in Toronto.
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September 10, 2026
Josée Turcotte has rejoined the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) as deputy superintendent, integrity, national security and integrated solutions.
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September 10, 2026
Artificial intelligence is now part of almost every conversation about court efficiency. Those conversations are worthwhile and should continue, and I have no doubt that there is an appropriate place for AI in court operations nationwide. But while that work goes on, it is worth asking what else could make our courts run better using what we already have.
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September 09, 2026
Yael Mansour has joined Harper Grey as an associate in its health law group in Vancouver.
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September 09, 2026
MLT Aikins has welcomed Terence Arthur and Grayson Bateyko to the firm’s Edmonton office as counsel.
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September 09, 2026
Jean-Claude Simard and his team have joined Cain Lamarre’s Quebec City office.
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September 09, 2026
This is the first of two articles on the controversy surrounding the use of AI in legal interpretation. This article examines the battle lines and the critics’ case against AI. The second looks for common ground: how lawyers can use AI in legal interpretation without expecting it to provide the decisive answer it cannot provide.
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September 08, 2026
Ottawa has agreed that the federal judiciary reasonably incurred more than $1 million in legal fees and disbursements to participate in the independent quadrennial process that is meant to depoliticize determinations of federal judicial remuneration and avoid pay disputes.
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September 08, 2026
The Court of Appeal of Alberta has announced that Chief Justice of Alberta Ritu Khullar died on Sept. 3, surrounded by family. She also served as chief justice of the Courts of Appeal of Alberta, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.
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September 08, 2026
Bronwyn Eyre will join the Canadian Constitution Foundation (CCF) as senior counsel in mid-October.
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September 08, 2026
Gary Sharma has joined Burnet Duckworth & Palmer LLP (BD&P) as an associate in its tax group in Calgary.
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September 04, 2026
Hailey Lonsdale has joined Clark Wilson’s private company mergers and acquisitions group in Vancouver.
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September 04, 2026
Sullivan Mahoney LLP has welcomed Evan B. Alderman, Gabriel D. Costantini and Robert Kim as associates. The firm has offices in St. Catharines and Niagara Falls, Ont.
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September 04, 2026
MLT Aikins has welcomed associate lawyer Sam Riendeau to its Saskatoon office.
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September 04, 2026
A group of lawyers and an advocacy organization are pushing the Law Society of Ontario (LSO) to include a motion at its upcoming annual general meeting (AGM) to remove accreditation for a Toronto law school over allegations of antisemitic behaviour on campus.
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September 04, 2026
Criticizing judges is not wrong. Indeed, criticism of judicial decisions is an important part of a free society. Judges are not infallible, and their reasons are properly subject to scrutiny by lawyers, academics, journalists and the public.
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September 03, 2026
Ottawa has unveiled what it calls “a nationally recognized baseline” of five principles — backed by major U.S. and Canadian artificial intelligence and other technology industry players — to help municipal governments and communities assess proposals to build AI data centres in their localities.
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September 03, 2026
Upcoming conferences listed by Saskatchewan’s law society will include a look into the emotional challenges in estate disputes, French terminology in family law contracts, and the current state of AI in the legal profession.
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September 03, 2026
Aird & Berlis had welcomed Luke Chao, Lisa Donaghy, Adèle Gagnon-Leroux and David Yanofsky to the firm.
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September 03, 2026
Brad McLellan has retired from WeirFoulds LLP after 44 years with the firm.
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September 03, 2026
Torkin Manes has named Roland Hung chair of its Privacy, Data & Cybersecurity Group in Toronto.