September 21, 2026
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 has been appointed as a provincial court judge in Moncton by New Brunswick Justice Minister Robert McKee.
September 21, 2026
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
MLT Aikins has welcomed Janelle Anderson as an associate it its corporate and commercial group in Saskatoon.
September 21, 2026
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.
September 18, 2026
The Supreme Court of Canada has shed light on how to apply the Opitz test and determine whether a federal election result should be annulled when it is challenged on the basis that “irregularities” affected the election result.
September 18, 2026
Lauren Shenkar has joined Harper Grey as an associate in its insurance law group in Vancouver.
September 18, 2026
In the previous article, “Clashing swords over the black box of AI legal interpretation,” we looked at the problems with treating AI as if it can “think” or “reason” in the requisite sense. We also examined the controversy over using AI to determine “ordinary meaning.” This time, we shift the focus from what AI cannot do to what it can.
September 18, 2026
Arjun Sodhi has joined MLT Aikins’ Vancouver office as an associate.
September 18, 2026
Lavery has added three lawyers in Montreal: Jean-François Bigras in its family law group, Nicolas Bonhomme in litigation and dispute resolution, and Natalia Leon in labour and employment law.