Shannon Kari

Shannon Kari is an experienced legal journalist who is currently serving as the staff writer for the Canadian Lawyer/Law Times group.

Training around workplace sexual harassment needs careful approach

Training around workplace sexual harassment needs careful approach

Some high-profile cases of alleged sexual harassment or assault in the workplace in recent years have ensured that this is an issue that all employers, regardless of size, need to confront and try to minimize as best as possible the risk of it taking place in the future.

Crossing the judicial line

Crossing the judicial line

The Canadian Judicial Council had been in existence for more than a decade before its first formal hearing into the conduct of a judge and the central issues were the limits on speech outside of court and whether that could be subject to disciplinary action.

Map the data

Map the data

Fitness trackers are just one of the data-gathering devices that we either wear or stare at too many times in a day that have exploded in popularity in recent years. They are also increasingly offered to staff as part of employee wellness programs in large companies.

Communication while in crisis

Communication while in crisis

If circumstances arise where there is a need to consider retaining outside litigation counsel, it is almost certainly not a good news situation for a private sector company or government entity.

Back to basics

Back to basics

For lawyers who practise insurance defence in personal injury cases, both in-house and external counsel, the past 12 months have not been marked by landmark Supreme Court decisions or other major developments that impact this area of the profession on a daily basis.

Risky business: what is the scope of your indemnity?

Risky business: what is the scope of your indemnity?

More than a half century after a river system in northwestern Ontario was contaminated by mercury poisoning from a pulp and paper plant, there are still health problems for members of two First Nations communities who live in the region.

The Charter under assault

The Charter under assault

In the weeks after the federal government and all the provinces except Quebec agreed on the terms for a Charter of Rights and Freedoms, many of the stories that were published in major media outlets were less than positive about this significant addition to the Constitution.

A new era of cross-border trade

A new era of cross-border trade

Is the current political climate an opportunity for Canadian businesses to look beyond the U.S. and search for other markets?

Protecting vulnerable investors

Protecting vulnerable investors

As the baby boomers and their parents age, both regulators and the financial services sector are taking steps to try to reduce the possibility that older or vulnerable investors are taken advantage of or provided with negligent advice.

Protecting IP from external theft

Protecting IP from external theft

At the annual Uniform Law Conference of Canada in 1989, there was proposed legislation drafted that was called the Uniform Trade Secrets Act.