Pulse

  • September 25, 2026

    Supreme Court’s Côté J. an impactful ‘out of the box’ thinker: law professor

    Supreme Court of Canada Justice Suzanne Côté has significantly impacted the top court’s jurisprudence and culture since her appointment almost 12 years ago, says University of Alberta constitutional law professor Gerard Kennedy.

  • September 25, 2026

    Exclusive: Supreme Court of Canada Justice Suzanne Côté mulls her post-bench future

    Supreme Court of Canada Justice Suzanne Côté is thinking about what life after the bench might look like, she tells Law360 Canada. The court’s impactful and most prolific judge, who turned 68 this week with no apparent loss of drive or energy, says she is healthy and still loves the work that has earned her a reputation as a trailblazer and original thinker.

  • September 25, 2026

    N.S. adopts competency program started by Western counterparts

    Nova Scotia’s law society has officially adopted an admissions-level competency program initiated by its counterparts in Western Canada.

  • September 25, 2026

    New litigator joins Langlois in Montreal

    Langlois has announced that Samuel Lavoie has joined the firm’s litigation group.  

  • September 25, 2026

    David Postel new partner at WEL Partners

    David Postel has joined WEL Partners as a partner, where he acts for clients on the estates, civil, and commercial lists throughout Ontario in trusts, estates and related matters. According to a statement from the firm, Postel’s practice also deals with family wealth disputes over control of closely held businesses.

  • September 24, 2026

    Pink Larkin adds Halifax associates for litigation, labour

    Meili Toner and Antonia Chircop have joined Pink Larkin as associates in its Halifax office.

  • September 24, 2026

    Mathews Dinsdale adds labour associate Allison Warshawski

    Allison Warshawski has joined Mathews Dinsdale as an associate in its Vancouver office.

  • September 24, 2026

    The principle of equal theft

    I used to advise clients who were involved in shareholder disputes. I would always ask whether the shareholders had been less than angelic in their dealings with each other and the tax department. Although businesspeople tend not to judge people who only steal from the tax department to be all that bad, for the sake of simplicity I will refer to both shareholders who steal from each other, and shareholders who steal from the tax department, as crooks.

  • September 23, 2026

    Michelle Yung joins McCarthy Tétrault as real estate partner

    Michelle F. Yung has joined McCarthy Tétrault as a partner in its real estate group in Calgary, advising clients across Western Canada.

  • September 23, 2026

    Sport Law welcomes 2 partners

    Michelle Kropp and Will Russell have joined Sport Law as partners in Toronto.