June 23, 2026
DLA Piper has appointed Alan Sarhan as managing partner of its Montreal office.
June 23, 2026
A 2025 call to the Ontario bar and a 2024 call to the B.C. bar, Madison Sutherland has joined Aird & Berlis as an associate in the firm’s capital markets group.
June 23, 2026
The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs has publicly weighed in on a Supreme Court of Canada nomination, stating they “wholeheartedly endorse” Manitoba Court of King’s Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal’s candidacy and are “confident he will bring fairness, wisdom and humility to Canada’s highest court.”
June 23, 2026
Notwithstanding the multitude of admonishments that courts in several jurisdictions have given to lawyers about the use of non-existent cases or hallucinated quotations from real cases to support their positions, lawyers continue to use generative artificial intelligence to conduct legal research without checking and verifying its output.
June 23, 2026
The federal government is inviting Canadians and partners in the heritage sector, including those involved in Canadian identity and culture, to take part in consultations on the future of official languages, particularly French.
June 23, 2026
On May 14, 2026, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published a notice and request for comment in respect of a suite of proposed amendments to the issuer bid, take-over bid and beneficial ownership reporting regimes in Canada, marking the most significant set of changes in more than a decade.
June 22, 2026
Ontario Premier Doug Ford and South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) aiming to strengthen collaboration and economic opportunities in sectors including energy, critical minerals, nuclear technology, mobility, automotive and electric-vehicle manufacturing, aerospace, agri-food and life sciences.
June 22, 2026
On June 22, the Competition Bureau announced it has obtained “court orders to advance its investigation into Empire Company Limited’s use of property controls in Canada.”
June 22, 2026
Torys has added Robert Froehlich to its Calgary office as a partner in the energy group.
June 22, 2026
The Islamabad memorandum of understanding (MOU), signed on or about June 17, 2026, between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran (with Pakistan as mediator/witness), marks a temporary ceasefire following months of conflict. Titled the “Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding between the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran,” the 14-point document creates an extendable 60-day negotiating period for a final comprehensive agreement. The full text is attached as Exhibit A below.