The Complete Brief

  • September 22, 2026

    The best-interests analysis in education disputes

    Where a child goes to school is an all-or-nothing decision. Because there is no middle ground, any misalignment between separated parents can easily become a dispute that requires judicial resolution. For the family lawyers who represent these parents, their dispute can carry added importance: the issue often arises on an urgent or interim basis shortly before the beginning of the school year.

  • September 22, 2026

    Ontario Appeal Court grants bail while offender fights gun convictions

    An Ontario man convicted of serious gun crimes has been granted bail as he appeals his convictions — despite the “hostile” political environment surrounding interim release in cases involving serious criminal offences, says his lawyer.

  • September 22, 2026

    Protea adds Dalraj Singh Gill as associate

    Dalraj Singh Gill has joined Protea LLP as an associate in Toronto.

  • September 22, 2026

    James O’Shea joins DLA Piper as investment funds partner

    DLA Piper has added James O’Shea as a partner in its investment funds practice in Toronto.

  • September 22, 2026

    RSS welcomes Osea Razafindahy to insurance law group

    Osea Razafindahy has joined Robinson Sheppard Shapiro LLP (RSS) as a paralegal in its insurance law group in Montreal.

  • September 22, 2026

    What Kawhi Leonard and the Clippers can teach athletes about building the right off-court team

    There are plenty of obvious lessons from the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) investigation into Kawhi Leonard and the LA Clippers. But one lesson should matter to every professional athlete: when a serious investigation begins, your lawyer can quickly become the most important member of your off-court team.

  • September 22, 2026

    Ontario to introduce new training requirements for truck drivers

    The Ontario government has announced that it is developing a new standardized entry-level truck driver training curriculum, so commercial drivers receive consistent training and gain skills to operate safely on the province’s roads.

  • September 22, 2026

    Earnouts: Where sellers should spend their negotiating capital

    In mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions, there is a constant struggle between the vendor and purchaser regarding risk allocation. This tension often arises from uncertainty regarding future performance, issues identified during due diligence and disagreements regarding value. One common mechanism for bridging that gap is an earnout, which makes part of the purchase price contingent on the post-closing performance of the target business.

  • September 22, 2026

    Manslaughter sentencing appeal focuses on relationship between proportionality, legal causation

    A manslaughter case can turn on a single act for purposes of criminal liability, even if it is not a single-act case for purposes of sentencing.

  • September 22, 2026

    The lawyer’s ABCD triage grid for prioritizing clients

    The chief difference between outstanding lawyers and those who just schlep along is how they prioritize the work and the clients they take. Many of us never think much about that, particularly if you live under the gun of monthly targets or run a dump truck practice. But if you look around you at the maestros of the profession, it always seems that they are working on interesting, consequential and financially rewarding matters. This is no accident.

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