Pulse

  • 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.

  • September 23, 2026

    Cain Lamarre adds Marie-Claude Forest in Montreal

    Cain Lamarre has welcomed Marie-Claude Forest as senior director of business strategy in Montreal.

  • September 23, 2026

    Canadian justice system attracts EU interest amid rule of law threats abroad: top judge

    Chief Justice of Canada Richard Wagner says Canada’s independent justice system and perspective on confronting global threats to the rule of law has attracted interest abroad. Speaking Sept. 22 at a Newfoundland and Labrador law society event in St. John’s, Chief Justice Wagner told local lawyers and those online that he was the only non-European court leader invited to attend the meeting in Cyprus last June of the Network of the Presidents of the Supreme Judicial Courts of the 27-member European Union (EU).

  • September 23, 2026

    Six AI checks before filing in Quebec

    Quebec’s new judicial guidelines offer an occasion to examine how AI assistance enters a litigation file, without confusing judicial guidance with lawyers’ duties.

  • September 23, 2026

    Not signatory to arbitration clause? No problem: Arbitrator’s jurisdiction confirmed in dispute

    In 1171757 Ontario Limited et al. v. 1171758 Ontario Limited et al., 2026 ONSC 4414, the Superior Court of Justice applied the rules of contractual interpretation to hold that a shareholder of a corporate partner qualified as a “party” to a partnership agreement, even if he is not a principal under that corporation, or has ceded controlling power to his partner by way of a power of attorney (POA).

  • 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.