June 10, 2026
The House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women announced a study on the “labour force impacts of menopause and perimenopause, with a focus on awareness, education, workplace policies and access to treatments that can support women’s long-term participation in the workforce.”
June 10, 2026
Ontario Attorney General Doug Downey has appointed Boris Bytensky, Carson MacDonald Coughlin and Vincent André François Paris as judges to the Ontario Court of Justice, effective June 18, 2026.
June 10, 2026
MLT Aikins has welcomed Joe Soifer as an associate in its Edmonton office.
June 10, 2026
WeirFoulds has added Alan Lempert as an associate in its corporate practice group.
June 10, 2026
The federal government has announced that the Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program has closed for businesses, while the amnesty period from criminal liability has been extended after the Supreme Court of Canada agreed to hear an appeal on the prohibition.
June 10, 2026
While in practice, a frequent question laypeople asked me was, “Do you support capital punishment?” My answer is that I am a staunch advocate of capital punishment — as long as nobody actually gets executed. In fact, I believe this is doable.
June 10, 2026
Recent news reports concerning the compensation claimed by the executors of the estate of the late Loretta Rogers, matriarch of the telecom Rogers family, one of Canada’s wealthiest, has raised concerns for many, particularly if they have a large estate, on how much their executors can be paid.
June 10, 2026
Canadian real estate lawyers are accustomed to handling closings end to end. Under Canada’s Torrens-style land titles systems, the government register provides statutory assurance of title, and closings largely involve inter-law-firm fund exchanges. When your client purchases real property in the United States, however, the process is fundamentally different. There is no government guarantee of title. Instead, title evidence and settlement are private-market functions performed by title insurers and escrow/settlement agents. Understanding these differences is essential to properly advising your client on a U.S. real estate acquisition.
June 10, 2026
On April 27, 2026, the Government of Canada tabled legislation to enact a first ever federal law enforcement agency designed to investigate sophisticated financial crimes. Bill C-29, which proposes the establishment of a Canadian Financial Crimes Agency, represents an important step and an acknowledgment that Canada has long struggled with the investigation of complex financial crimes.
June 10, 2026
The legal profession spent more than two decades adapting to search engines with algorithms that continually evolved. Law firms focused on websites, search engine optimization (SEO), online directories and content marketing because their audience turned to Google when looking for information and representation.