September 23, 2026
Cain Lamarre has welcomed Marie-Claude Forest as senior director of business strategy in Montreal.
September 23, 2026
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
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
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
Dalraj Singh Gill has joined Protea LLP as an associate in Toronto.
September 22, 2026
DLA Piper has added James O’Shea as a partner in its investment funds practice in Toronto.
September 22, 2026
Osea Razafindahy has joined Robinson Sheppard Shapiro LLP (RSS) as a paralegal in its insurance law group in Montreal.
September 22, 2026
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
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
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.