May 01, 2026
Heralding a significant shift in the Canadian legal landscape, the British Columbia Supreme Court has rejected the legal profession’s constitutional challenge to the B.C. Legal Professions Act — legislation that would end more than 150 years of lawyer self-governance and self-regulation by benchers elected from the provincial bar.
April 30, 2026
Death, as it turns out, is not the end of the revenue stream. If anything, it may be the beginning of a particularly vigorous second act. Consider the perennial earners on Forbes’ list of highest-paid dead celebrities: Michael Jackson still moonwalks to the bank, Dr. Seuss continues to rhyme his way into licensing deals, Richard Wright and Syd Barrett echo through classic rock royalties, and the Notorious B.I.G. remains, well, notorious — and profitable. The moral? Mortality is inevitable; monetization, apparently, is optional but highly recommended.
April 29, 2026
Cyberattacks during M&A can quietly erode value, create regulatory exposure and derail integration. Here’s what Canadian buyers, investors and boards should demand from cyber and privacy due diligence.
April 28, 2026
The Carney government says it plans to make it a criminal offence to operate a cryptocurrency automated teller machine (ATM) and that it will push ahead with controversial amendments to enable “law enforcement” to search and seize mail.
April 24, 2026
The Federal Court has upheld a decision allowing a plaintiff to amend its pleading despite breaching a litigation undertaking, emphasizing that the remedy for such a breach is discretionary.
April 24, 2026
The Ontario government has fast-tracked legislation through the provincial legislature that makes significant changes to the province’s freedom of information (FOI) laws, a move observers are calling “undemocratic” and dangerous.
April 24, 2026
Young lawyers expect to spend their early years learning how to research, draft, negotiate and advocate in court. Those skills are difficult, but at least they are taught openly. A senior lawyer will hopefully demonstrate how to structure a factum, mark up your work and explain what “good” looks like.
April 23, 2026
Taking its cues from a handful of other provinces, Saskatchewan has introduced legislation that would add associate judges to its Court of King’s Bench.
April 23, 2026
As the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments recently reached their most-watched stages, a legal contest has been simultaneously unfolding off the court. Shortly after the start of the 2026 college basketball tournaments, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of Indiana against DraftKings, one of the largest sports entertainment and online gaming operators in the United States.
April 22, 2026
The Federal Court has awarded more than $1 million to luxury brands Chanel and Louis Vuitton in a trademark infringement case involving counterfeit items.