Pulse
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January 15, 2025
Canada prepares for migrant surge from U.S. in response to Trump’s deportation threat
Ottawa says that it is prepared for a possible surge of migrants and asylum claimants if and when incoming U.S. president Donald Trump implements his mass deportation pledge — but federal officials did not say how many people they anticipate might arrive at the Canada-U.S. border.
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January 15, 2025
Blakes announces new partners in Toronto, Calgary, Montreal, Vancouver
Claire Hildebrand, Jean-Simon Lamarre, Rachel Lehman, Fraser Malcolm, Sophie Mansfield and Mike Maodus have been made partners at Blakes.
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January 15, 2025
Partnership: The beginning, not the end of the journey | Murray Gottheil
Becoming a partner in a law firm is easy enough. You pay your money, you take your chances. But what exactly have you bought into?
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January 14, 2025
How junior associates can promote and market their partners | Gary Mitchell
For juniors keen to get started with marketing and business development yet feel they don’t have the experience or bench strength to market their own services, they could consider marketing their partners.
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January 14, 2025
New partners at Blakes
Michael Barrett, Rochelle Collette, Rebecca Dawe, John Fast Catherine Gagné and Marc-Philippe Gagnon have been made partners at Blakes.
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January 13, 2025
Four new partners for Dickinson Wright
Four new partners have been elected to the Toronto office of Dickinson Wright. According to a statement from the firm, the following appointments were effective Jan.1.
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January 13, 2025
New managing partner for Harper Grey
Steven Abramson has been named managing partner at Vancouver-based Harper Grey.
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January 13, 2025
Partnership: Disadvantages of the equity partnership | Murray Gottheil
In part one of this series, I said that becoming a partner in a law firm is no longer the goal of every young lawyer. In part two, I wrote about the advantages of equity partnership.
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January 13, 2025
Lessons from RECO: Lot sizes and damages | Harjot Atwal
“It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.”— Mark Twain
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January 10, 2025
Six added to partnership at Lerners
Lerners LLP recently welcomed six lawyers to partnership at the Ontario firm. In an announcement, Lerners congratulated new partners Clark Armstrong, David Isaac, Andrew Johnson, Spencer Jones, Mark McAuley and Erika Tower.