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November 25, 2025
Law360 Canada Pulse survey 2025: lawyers grapple with stress amid financial strain, long hours
The legal profession is going through seismic change as it grapples with things like artificial intelligence, but one issue that has been around for centuries still remains — stress. According to the 2025 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey — which marks Law360 Canada’s third deep dive into the feelings and thoughts that legal professionals have about their jobs — 85 per cent of associates say they are at least sometimes stressed by their finances, along with 77 per cent of those at small firms.
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November 25, 2025
Legal battles in the digital age: Copyright claims in the era of AI
AI-driven models have transformed everything from health care to finance, by leveraging massive datasets improving efficiency and innovation. The use of online news content as training data, however, without proper authorization has sparked significant debate. News organizations throughout North America and abroad are arguing that scraping their content both violates copyright law and undermines their ability to generate revenue through subscriptions and advertising. A growing number of legal cases are emerging pointing at the unauthorized scraping of online news and other content to train artificial intelligence (AI) models.
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November 24, 2025
Law360 Canada Pulse survey 2025: nearly two-thirds of lawyers satisfied with jobs, but concerns remain
A recent survey of the legal profession is showing high marks on issues like job satisfaction and compensation. According to the 2025 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey — which marks Law360 Canada’s third deep dive into the feelings and thoughts that legal professionals have about their jobs — 63 per cent of respondents report being satisfied or very satisfied with their jobs overall, up from 60 per cent last year.
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November 19, 2025
Trade dress: Peanut butter and other spreadable products in Canada
Peanut butter and other spreadable products, beloved staples in Canadian pantries, have evolved beyond simple food items into branded products with distinct characteristics and packaging. As companies compete for consumer attention, legal protections such as trade dress play a crucial role in defining and safeguarding the identity of these products.
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November 14, 2025
CFIA completes operations on B.C. farm to cull ostriches
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has announced that it has completed its active operations at the Edgewood, B.C. farm whose ostriches were ordered to be depopulated due to avian flu.
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November 14, 2025
B.C. boosts resources for extortion task force targeting threats in South Asian community
The B.C. RCMP has announced an increase of resources to support ongoing investigations, suppression and enforcement relating to extortion cases and threats largely affecting the South Asian community.
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November 13, 2025
Religion, chaplains and irony
Religion has a privileged place in Canadian prisons. After my sentencing, when I was placed in segregation in a provincial jail, the only reading material I could get was a Bible, which was given to me almost immediately after my request, unlike just about any other request I made during that time. Although I’m not a religious person, I am an inveterate reader. Having something to read was essential to being able to cope, so I read the entire Bible, old and new testaments, during those days.
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November 12, 2025
SCC denies requests by AGs & others to make in-person intervener arguments in historic case
The Supreme Court of Canada is denying recent requests from six intervener attorneys general — as well as counsel for The Advocates’ Society and dozens of other intervener groups — to allow them to make their arguments in person in the upcoming historic Bill 21 appeal, Law360 Canada has learned.
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November 12, 2025
Carney to visit U.A.E., South Africa to deepen trade, defence partnerships
Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced he is travelling next week to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, for a bilateral visit and to Johannesburg, South Africa, for the G20 Leaders’ Summit.
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November 12, 2025
Alberta law society seeks feedback on substantive law professional development
The Law Society of Alberta (LSA) is asking members of the profession to provide their feedback on and experience with substantive law competence and continuing professional development (CPD).