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AI, privilege and litigation strategy: what follows Heppner and Warner

AI, privilege and litigation strategy: what follows Heppner and Warner

Two U.S. rulings on generative AI and privilege offer early lessons for Canadian and Québec lawyers

Cozen O’Connor takes Ashley Ainsley from TSX Venture Exchange

Ainsley becomes a counsel with Cozen O’Connor’s global corporate practice

Cozen O’Connor takes Ashley Ainsley from TSX Venture Exchange

SCC: Mandatory six-month prison sentence for obtaining sexual services from a child is constitutional

An SCC majority overturned a Quebec ruling that found the mandatory sentence breached the Charter

SCC: Mandatory six-month prison sentence for obtaining sexual services from a child is constitutional

NL aims to strengthen Provincial Court via chief judge’s, justice minister’s tour of Ontario courts

Minister Helen Conway Ottenheimer seeks to adapt Kenora, London community initiatives for NL

NL aims to strengthen Provincial Court via chief judge’s, justice minister’s tour of Ontario courts

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Excellence that no longer stays quiet

Excellence that no longer stays quiet

How Shawn Wolfson turned Blaney McMurtry’s best-kept-secret reputation into a growth story

Features

AI tools deliver highest profitability gains for Canadian law firms

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AI tools deliver highest profitability gains for Canadian law firms

See why 43% of Canadian legal professionals rank legal AI tools as their top driver of efficiency and profitability

Epiq Canada sees AI shifting e-discovery strategy to start of cases

Epiq Canada sees AI shifting e-discovery strategy to start of cases

Case insights now arrive up front in document review, but human oversight still decides the outcome

Opinion

The Benchwood Builders case should refocus defamation on reputation

By Hilary Young

Hilary Young

BC lawyers are being asked to vote on climate – it may be their last chance

By Max Wilkinson

Max Wilkinson

Poilievre, your doomsday depiction of Canadian crime is wearing thin

By Michael Spratt

Michael Spratt

AI is making the partner the new bottleneck in law firms

By Tim Wilbur

Tim Wilbur

Rankings

The Canadian Law Awards 2026

Collaboration, innovation, and impact: highlights from the 2026 Canadian Law Awards

The Canadian Law Awards 2026

Best Pro Bono Law Firms in Canada | 5-Star Pro Bono Firms

Canadian Lawyer’s best pro bono law firms show what access to justice looks like when it is built into the practice, not bolted on

Best Pro Bono Law Firms in Canada | 5-Star Pro Bono Firms

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

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

Resources

Law Society of Nunavut confirms Shaanzéh Ataullahjan as president, Ariane St-Coeur as VP

Law Society of Nunavut confirms Shaanzéh Ataullahjan as president, Ariane St-Coeur as VP

Ataullahjan is legal counsel at Nunavut government, while St-Coeur is a family lawyer

Annual LSBC meeting: Lawyers narrowly reject certified tech list proposal, approve privilege exception

Lawyers ask BC law society to create certified, ‘safe’ to use list of AI and other tech tools

Why trial experience is Auger Hollingsworth's edge after 22 years

Epiq Canada sees AI shifting e-discovery strategy to start of cases

International

UK courts record patchy diversity progress

By Jacqueline So

Women are better represented on the bench, but the percentage of Black judges has barely increased

UK courts record patchy diversity progress

Apple sues OpenAI in California court over alleged trade secret theft

By Jacqueline So

Apple claimed employees were urged to disclose sensitive information while being recruited by OpenAI

Apple sues OpenAI in California court over alleged trade secret theft

Ex-UK lord chief justice, Slaughter and May help form Luminance’s new customer advisory board

By Jacqueline So

The board includes leaders from BBC Studios and Staples Canada

Ex-UK lord chief justice, Slaughter and May help form Luminance’s new customer advisory board

SpaceXAI collaborates with AI coding startup on legal-focused artificial intelligence model

By Jacqueline So

Grok 4.5 has been designed to effectively handle finance tasks as well

SpaceXAI collaborates with AI coding startup on legal-focused artificial intelligence model

A significant percentage of US law school grads rarely uses AI despite access to tools: NALP survey

By Jacqueline So

Remote work has become the norm for Class of 2022 graduates

A significant percentage of US law school grads rarely uses AI despite access to tools: NALP survey