July 23, 2026
MLT Aikins has added Ibrahim Keshta as an associate in its Edmonton office.
July 23, 2026
The Canadian Bar Association’s (CBA) Fellowship Committee has selected Monica Layarda as the recipient of the 2026-2027 Viscount Bennett Fellowship.
July 23, 2026
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) has appointed Tim McCormick as national practice chair of mergers and acquisitions and corporate transactions.
July 23, 2026
Eleanor practised family law. She was good at the technical stuff, but not so good at dealing with clients. Especially vulnerable clients, such as people getting divorced.
July 23, 2026
The 21st century has witnessed the emergence of a new form of commons, one that exists not on open pastures, in forests or upon the high seas, but within the vast and interconnected architecture of the digital world. Information, data, online platforms, open source software, digital knowledge repositories and artificial intelligence training materials have collectively given rise to what scholars increasingly describe as the digital commons.
July 22, 2026
Thomas J. Moran is a new partner at DLA Piper, based in the firm's Vancouver office.
July 22, 2026
Let’s be honest: the legal profession was never built with Black people in mind. While progress has been made, too many Black students still walk into law schools, courtrooms and boardrooms wondering if they truly belong. That’s exactly why mentorship is more than guidance; it's resistance.
July 22, 2026
Jehanzeb Ali has joined Thomson Rogers LLP as an associate in its municipal, planning and expropriation law groups.
July 22, 2026
Upon receiving the Consolidated Practice Direction for Central East Region (the PD) from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, updated July 7, 2026, I actually read it, or at least all parts relating to family law. Without exaggeration, I was shocked to read paragraph 186 confirming that all short motions will be “heard” (my quotations) presumptively (their word not mine) in writing! However, parties and counsel are to be “available” (my quotations) on Zoom in case the presiding justice wishes to hear submissions. Counsel and parties will not be given entry into the Zoom unless the presiding justice deems it necessary. “Parties and counsel are not permitted to make oral submissions unless the judge permits.”
July 22, 2026
Public service delivery strikes are routinely framed in popular discourse as localized, binary disputes between individual employers and their workforces. Yet, when these disruptions hit independent delivery networks, the stalled bargaining tables reflect a much broader systemic crisis.