Pulse
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October 28, 2025
‘Torturous state actions’ at Maplehurst impel conversation for change
There is an ongoing “conversation,” as suggested by the late professor Peter W. Hogg, between the courts and the Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services. That dialogue is now reaching the point of being a shouting match.
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October 27, 2025
Dentons Canada names David Cohen chief transformation officer
Dentons Canada has appointed David Cohen as its first chief transformation officer, effective Oct. 27.
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October 27, 2025
LSO awards honorary LLD to Justice Stanley Sherr
The Law Society of Ontario (LSO) has awarded an honorary doctor of laws (LLD) degree to Justice Stanley Sherr at its Oct. 27 Call to the Bar ceremony.
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October 27, 2025
B.C. law society adopting new bar admission course
The Law Society of British Columbia (LSBC) is making a major change to its bar admission program, deciding to phase out a course that has been in place for more than four decades.
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October 27, 2025
Recommendations for ethical, effective AI use in family law online dispute resolution, part three
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the landscape of dispute resolution, offering new tools to enhance efficiency, accessibility and consistency. In family law, where disputes are often emotionally charged and deeply personal, the integration of AI into online dispute resolution (ODR) presents both extraordinary promise and significant ethical challenges.
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October 27, 2025
Legal practice: Turning the screws because you can
I recently observed a transaction from afar. It was the sale of a small retail shop — a tiny deal for a few hundred thousand dollars. The seller was getting out because they had to. There was not a ton of money to go around.
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October 27, 2025
What is ‘legal advice’ and why is it different than other advice?
How do we determine whether legal advice is good or bad? Outside of basic competence issues (missing statutory deadlines, for example), is there a difference between good advice, good legal advice, bad advice or bad legal advice?
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October 27, 2025
SCC ruling in Good Samaritan case focuses on Parliament’s beneficent intention
No one could have predicted that Paul Eric Wilson would be the one to bring about changes in Canada’s laws.
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October 27, 2025
Law society’s sandbox: Innovation or overreach?
In 2021, Chris Bentley argued that the Law Society of Ontario (LSO)’s proposal to launch a regulatory sandbox for legal technology was a bad idea.
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October 24, 2025
Lavery expands with 7 new lawyers across Quebec offices
Lavery has added seven new lawyers to its Montreal, Quebec City and Trois-Rivières offices: Stephanie Cech, Laurence Isabelle, Philippe Juhos, Myriam Lachance, Arianne Leduc, Jessy Menard and Arielle Supino.