Manitoba First Nations' class action seeks treaty annuity payments

First Nations argue parties to treaties intended for compensation to keep pace with inflation

Supreme Court of Canada sets hearings for Aboriginal, administrative, criminal law cases

Federal Court of Appeal matters this week involve sick leave, EI, alleged bias

Fasken, Stikeman Elliot, TGF act in commercial cases worth $350–500 million

Babin Bessner Spry, Goodmans appear in $202-million commercial list suit this past week

What could you be doing with your money if it wasn't tied up in disbursements?

Exploring specialized funding solutions that alleviate the pressure on firm resources

Exclusion of casino managers from Quebec’s labour regime constitutional: SCC

Court finds same test applies to both positive and negative rights claims under s. 2(d) of Charter

Yukon Supreme Court orders release of student contact information in class action lawsuit

The case involved alleged restraints and seclusions at an elementary school between 2007 and 2022

Ontario Superior Court rejects worker's psychological impairment claim from a workplace injury

He was a construction load operator who sustained a lower back injury in 2006

BC Supreme Court clarifies when spousal and child support obligations should end

The court considered the marriage's length and when the youngest child completed high school

OPINION

The Ontario Securities Commission should take a page from the LSO's playbook

Large language models can be harnessed for efficiency and risks reduced by using these approaches

We are all responsible for driving change, writes Sara Forte

Organizational alignment, resource deployment, prioritization, communication, and benchmarks are all vital

FEATURES

Deepfakes: GenAI making phoney and real evidence harder to discern, says Maura Grossman

The organization C2PA is working on creating standards for marking AI-generated material

With GenAI, legal industry on brink of ‘massive change and disruption,’ says Al Hounsell

Hounsell will appear at the 2024 Canadian Lawyer LegalTech Summit

Jennifer King at Gowling WLG on ESG and being recognized as a Top 25 Most Influential Lawyer

The administrative and ESG lawyer represented Windsor on the Ambassador Bridge blockade injunction

Why this documentarian profiled elder rights advocate Melissa Miller in Hot Docs film Stolen Time

Klodawsky says after seeing lawyer speak up about long-term care, she wanted to amplify her voice

INTERNATIONAL

Canada imposes new sanctions on Belarusian officials citing human rights abuses

The sanction is a response to the ongoing abuses following the disputed 2020 presidential elections

London law firm penalized for lapses in anti-money laundering training for its staff

The firm also failed to keep up-to-date AML documentation essential for its conveyancing operations

Report reveals South Korea faces persistent gender gap in the legal profession

Women make up only 29 percent of lawyers practicing in Korea

American Bar Association president Mary Smith calls for action as threats against judges surge

She attributed the rise in threats to false and damaging statements against judges