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Bail and Sentencing Reform Act amending Criminal Code gets Royal Assent

The reforms will be implemented on July 15

Details are vague about how Bill C-34 will ban kids from social media and keep them safe online

Technology lawyers weigh in on what’s missing from the Safe Social Media Act

Prime Minister Mark Carney names Daniel Boone as NL chief justice

In Newfoundland and Labrador, he joined Court of Appeal in 2022, Supreme Court in 2018

Ontario CA denies request to stop police from examining devices for child sexual abuse investigation

Ruling says impact on device owner’s privacy interests will not make his appeal moot

The end of no-fault as we know it

Ontario’s auto reforms strip key benefits July 1. Thomson Rogers lawyers on who’s most at risk

Features

Making pro bono personal at Gowling WLG

Where purpose-driven work meets professional growth

Flat-fee billing: how one litigation firm competes with Big Law

Allison Speigel of Speigel Nichols Fox on value funds, phase-by-phase pricing and the communication gap that costs firms clients

Opinion

The human edge in the age of AI: why the plus-shaped lawyer matters more than ever

By Fernando Garcia

Judgment is the currency of a good lawyer. The work now is to define it

By Jonathan Leibtag

Reforming remand court requires structural, not superficial, changes

By Michael Spratt

Canadian Legal Summit returns with the profession's hardest conversations

By Tim Wilbur

Rankings

Canada’s Best Personal Injury Law Firms | Boutique Personal Injury

Canada’s leading personal injury law firms are shaping outcomes early and carrying that position through to resolution

Top Criminal Law Firms in Canada

Canadian Lawyer reveals the top criminal law firms nationwide that are distinguished by their ability to deliver effective defence in the most demanding cases

Top 10 Regional Law Firms in Quebec

Quebec’s top 10 regional law firms meet rising client expectations and demonstrate consistency at the highest level

Resources

Flat-fee billing: how one litigation firm competes with Big Law

Allison Speigel of Speigel Nichols Fox on value funds, phase-by-phase pricing and the communication gap that costs firms clients

How Howie Sacks & Henry builds the right team around seriously injured clients

Spellbook’s new $1M fellowship fund aims to help law students help fix broken legal workflows

'Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon': Bogoroch & Associates

International

Author hits back at ex-classmate over suit alleging appropriation of abuse accounts in memoir

By Jacqueline So

Amy Griffin filed a defamation suit over statements that appeared in the New York Times

Author hits back at ex-classmate over suit alleging appropriation of abuse accounts in memoir

Jude Law endorsement boosts legal AI company Legora’s visibility

By Jacqueline So

The company is looking to expand its global workforce by over twice the current count by year-end

Jude Law endorsement boosts legal AI company Legora’s visibility

Google pushes back against major Munich court ruling on allegations of false claims in AI Overviews

By Jacqueline So

Google’s AI-generated summaries were found to have falsely linked two local publishers to scams

Google pushes back against major Munich court ruling on allegations of false claims in AI Overviews

US justice department permits Paramount’s pitched pickup of Warner Bros Discovery

By Jacqueline So

The department said the merger was unlikely to hurt competition in the media industry

US justice department permits Paramount’s pitched pickup of Warner Bros Discovery

Manhattan US attorney gets Trump nod for national intelligence director post

By Jacqueline So

Jay Clayton once chaired the US Securities and Exchange Commission

Manhattan US attorney gets Trump nod for national intelligence director post

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