July 17, 2026
Konstantine Stavrakos has joined Thomson Rogers LLP as a partner in its municipal, planning, expropriation and environmental law groups in Toronto.
July 17, 2026
Ami Assignon has been appointed a judge of the New Brunswick Provincial Court in Moncton, bringing the court to gender parity among its full-time judges, with 14 women and 14 men, the province says.
July 17, 2026
Hicks Morley has added Courtney March as an associate in its Ottawa office.
July 16, 2026
Canada is now the 79th signatory to the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime, a groundbreaking treaty aimed at providing a legal basis for international cooperation in the fight against cybercrime.
July 16, 2026
The Honourable Glenn D. Joyal was officially sworn in on July 15 as a judge of the Supreme Court of Canada. According to the court, the private ceremony was held in Ottawa and presided over by Chief Justice Richard Wagner.
July 16, 2026
Torkin Manes has appointed Sondra Rebenchuk as director of AI and innovation.
July 16, 2026
WeirFoulds has added Damian Di Biase and Rijja Baig as associates in its commercial litigation and corporate, securities and public companies practice groups, respectively.
July 16, 2026
Jessica Bardakji has joined Langlois as a lawyer in its litigation group in Montreal.
July 16, 2026
In a recent decision out of the Ontario Court of Justice, R. v. MacDonald, 2026 ONCJ 332, Justice Seth Weinstein confronted a case that, on its surface, involved a single ugly outburst on a downtown Toronto street — but in its reasoning, became a broader meditation on how the justice system should respond to the normalization of racism in Canadian public life.
July 16, 2026
Generative artificial intelligence is currently reshaping professional services, including the practice of law. For law firms that have not yet made the leap, incorporating AI into private practice may feel daunting. Challenges can include identifying where AI can deliver meaningful value, being willing to experiment with proven workflows and selecting the “right” AI platforms. Rather than approach AI adoption as a technology initiative, this article advocates for treating AI as a business improvement initiative by deliberately targeting specific inefficiencies and implementing AI incrementally to realize measurable benefits.