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August 27, 2026
Jade Benson-Poitras has joined Langlois’ business law group in Montreal.
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August 27, 2026
Law firms increasingly say they want strategic chief marketing officers. They want marketing leaders who understand growth, challenge assumptions, bring greater commercial discipline to business development and help the partnership make better decisions about where to compete.
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August 27, 2026
Mandeep Singh Bhangu has been appointed a judge of the Manitoba Provincial Court.
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August 27, 2026
Justices J. Edward (Ted) Scanlan and Joel E. Fichaud are retiring from the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal on Aug. 30, 2026, following lengthy legal and judicial careers.
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August 26, 2026
The death of actress Hayden Panettiere has sent social media into a frenzy, sparking calls to boycott Neutrogena after her claims circulated that she lost her endorsement deal for speaking publicly about postpartum depression. The fallout shows how the fine print governing celebrity and influencer morality clauses has failed to keep pace with modern realities, with real consequences for both talent and brands. Morality clauses should be watched carefully by every entertainment lawyer in a digital age.
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August 26, 2026
Artificial intelligence is reshaping legal practice — and professionals need to learn strategies to adapt and harness its advantages, while taking stock of its disadvantages. That was the message from presenters at the Ontario Bar Association’s (OBA) Aug. 18 TECHxpo 2026: Your AI Advantage, which tackled issues like psychological stress from constant technological change, building good AI habits (and those to break), and creating successful AI policies for firms and clients.
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August 26, 2026
Family court is not built to resolve ordinary disputes. It is built to hold families at the moment they are most unstable. It is where private collapse becomes public process, where fear, grief, control and loss are forced into legal form.
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August 26, 2026
Harper Grey has welcomed Anna DeCorby as an associate in its health law group in Vancouver.
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August 26, 2026
François Rolland has been appointed chair of the Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointments.
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August 26, 2026
Lucy Williams has joined Roper Greyell as an associate in its Vancouver office.
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August 26, 2026
Woodville Consultants Limited, which called itself a litigation funder and has been widely and wrongfully described as such in the media, has collapsed and is in administration in the United Kingdom. Still, its demise raises serious questions for Canadian law firms who have or are seeking loans.
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August 25, 2026
I recently read an article about the Gottman Institute’s famous “Four Horsemen” — four patterns of behaviour that relationship researchers have identified as powerful warning signs of marital breakdown: criticism, contempt, defensiveness and stonewalling.
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August 25, 2026
MLT Aikins has added Melissa Creech, Allie da Silva and Jeffrey Williams as associates in its Vancouver office.
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August 25, 2026
Justice Frans Slatter has retired from the Alberta Court of Appeal after 25 years on the bench.
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August 25, 2026
Amanda Heale has joined Torys as a partner in its tax practice in Toronto.
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August 25, 2026
Following the collapse last week of tariff-related talks with the United States, Ottawa unveiled a multipronged package of retaliatory tariffs, loans and employment supports aimed at protecting and supporting Canadian businesses and workers after the Trump administration imposed a 50 per cent U.S. tariff on $27.6 billion of Canadian goods.
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August 24, 2026
A $28,000 lump sum salary boost recommended for Canada’s 1,200 judges last year would have cost Ottawa almost $321 million over six years had the government not rejected the advice from an independent judicial pay commission, the Carney government asserts in defending a novel lawsuit launched by the Canadian Superior Courts Judges Association (CSCJA) and the Association of Federal Court Associate Judges.
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August 24, 2026
A national civil liberties group has launched a Charter challenge against what it calls the “chronic” underfunding of criminal legal aid in Manitoba. And a leading voice for criminal lawyers in the province is echoing the sentiment that funding has long stagnated.
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August 24, 2026
Roman Baber has joined Devry Smith Frank LLP as part-time counsel in Toronto.
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August 24, 2026
Kayla Míguez has rejoined MLT Aikins as a member of its competition/antitrust, investment and trade group in Ottawa. She previously articled with the firm in Vancouver.
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August 24, 2026
Lucas Novak has joined Shores Jardine LLP as an associate in Edmonton.
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August 24, 2026
As generative artificial intelligence becomes more capable, law schools at some Canadian and American universities have announced bans on laptops, tablets and mobile phones in classrooms. Supporters say restrictions protect academic integrity and restore focused learning. Critics counter that blanket bans are difficult to enforce, disadvantage some students and avoid the challenge, that of teaching future lawyers to use AI responsibly.
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August 24, 2026
When we think about leadership development, we tend to picture executive education, MBA programs or leadership retreats. We imagine professionals preparing to lead organizations, governments or businesses. But what if one of Canada’s most important leadership development systems isn’t happening in boardrooms at all?
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August 24, 2026
I sometimes speak to young lawyers who are being burned on their accounts receivable. I gently explain to them that it is their own damn fault, and they should do better.
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August 21, 2026
Law firms rarely suffer from a shortage of business-development ideas.