Pulse

  • September 22, 2026

    Protea adds Dalraj Singh Gill as associate

    Dalraj Singh Gill has joined Protea LLP as an associate in Toronto.

  • September 22, 2026

    James O’Shea joins DLA Piper as investment funds partner

    DLA Piper has added James O’Shea as a partner in its investment funds practice in Toronto.

  • September 22, 2026

    RSS welcomes Osea Razafindahy to insurance law group

    Osea Razafindahy has joined Robinson Sheppard Shapiro LLP (RSS) as a paralegal in its insurance law group in Montreal.

  • September 22, 2026

    The lawyer’s ABCD triage grid for prioritizing clients

    The chief difference between outstanding lawyers and those who just schlep along is how they prioritize the work and the clients they take. Many of us never think much about that, particularly if you live under the gun of monthly targets or run a dump truck practice. But if you look around you at the maestros of the profession, it always seems that they are working on interesting, consequential and financially rewarding matters. This is no accident.

  • September 21, 2026

    Ottawa’s flagship bill on ‘Building Canada Strong’ aims for labour reforms, faster project reviews

    The Carney government says its proposed “Building Canada Strong” legislation and supporting Cabinet directive will ensure that federal reviews and decisions on major project proposals are completed within one year of a “comprehensive” submission by the project’s proponents. The 243-page Building Canada Strong Act (Bill C-39) was introduced in the House of Commons Sept. 21 by Transport Minister and Government House leader Steven MacKinnon.

  • September 21, 2026

    What counsel outside Quebec get wrong about French-language obligations

    Counsel outside Quebec are generally sound on the threshold question. Asked whether the Charter of the French Language applies to a client’s operations, most get to the right answer, and the amendments introduced by Bill 96 have been analyzed at length since the principal commercial provisions came into force on June 1, 2025.

  • September 21, 2026

    Renée Roy appointed to provincial court in N.B.

    Renée Roy has been appointed as a provincial court judge in Moncton by New Brunswick Justice Minister Robert McKee.

  • September 21, 2026

    Ishmeet Juneja returns to Robins Appleby

    Ishmeet S. Juneja has returned to Robins Appleby as an associate in its litigation and dispute resolution group in Toronto after previously summering and articling with the firm.

  • September 21, 2026

    Janelle Anderson joins MLT Aikins in Saskatoon

    MLT Aikins has welcomed Janelle Anderson as an associate it its corporate and commercial group in Saskatoon.

  • September 21, 2026

    Free agents in the law firm

    The other day I wrote about a financial planner who is doing his small part to improve the lives of the financially oppressed by helping lawyers who, despite making seven figures, are still somehow struggling to get by.