Pulse
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October 27, 2025
Law society’s sandbox: Innovation or overreach?
In 2021, Chris Bentley argued that the Law Society of Ontario (LSO)’s proposal to launch a regulatory sandbox for legal technology was a bad idea.
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October 24, 2025
Lavery expands with 7 new lawyers across Quebec offices
Lavery has added seven new lawyers to its Montreal, Quebec City and Trois-Rivières offices: Stephanie Cech, Laurence Isabelle, Philippe Juhos, Myriam Lachance, Arianne Leduc, Jessy Menard and Arielle Supino.
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October 24, 2025
Rachel Schechter joins Roper Greyell’s privacy practice
Roper Greyell has added Rachel Schechter as an associate in its privacy practice.
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October 24, 2025
Snacks tax: A Revenue Canada reverie
A sudden impulse struck me recently at my nearby Sobeys supermarket, causing me to buy a package of onion bagel chips.
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October 24, 2025
B.C. law society seeking input on discrimination, harassment concerns in legal profession
The Law Society of British Columbia (LSBC) is conducting an anonymous survey on discrimination and harassment in the legal profession. The survey has been set up to inform the law society’s bullying, discrimination and harassment task force’s work in developing evidence-based measures to address these behaviours, which are contrary to the LSBC’s code of professional conduct.
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October 24, 2025
AI: Ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer
Martin is a lawyer who has closed many residential real estate transactions. Back when he was starting out, Martin read the relevant statutes and regulations and prepared all the documents himself. For each transaction, Martin drafted a Statement of Adjustments, adding numbers in his head. Eventually he used a calculator, and then a software program. Then, he hired a law clerk and taught her how to do it.
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October 24, 2025
11th annual Wrongful Conviction Day event
On the evening of Oct. 14, the International Wrongful Conviction Day Committee and Innocence Canada hosted the 11th annual commemoration event to recognize the unfortunate phenomenon of wrongful convictions in our country.
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October 24, 2025
Bill C-14 based on outdated principle
After years of hearing criticism that the federal government was “soft on crime” and supporting bail policies seen as merely “catch and release” directives, Justice Minister Sean Fraser responded on Thursday by introducing Bill C-14.
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October 23, 2025
Ottawa introduces criminal legislation to create more bail reverse onuses, consecutive sentences
The minority Liberal government has unveiled contentious legislation detailing the stiffer sentences — including consecutive sentencing — and expanded bail restrictions and reverse onuses that Prime Minister Mark Carney recently pledged to introduce this week.
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October 23, 2025
Ty Bradford joins Clark Wilson as employment, family law associate
Ty Bradford has joined Clark Wilson LLP as an associate after completing his articles with the firm. He practises in both the employment and labour law and family law groups.