Fasken M&A report ‘cautiously optimistic’ for market rebound in 2024

Cooling inflation and expectations of looming interest rate cuts are signs of a resurgence: report

Voting is now open for Canadian Lawyer’s Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers

Canadian Lawyer invites you to vote in the annual Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers

BC Court of Appeal upholds ‘competence-competence’ principle in Google and Apple lawsuit

The arbitral tribunal, not the court, should decide the validity of an arbitration agreement: court

Federal Court of Appeal retains plaintiffs’ counsel in a class action against tech firms

The court found no substantial risk of using confidential information obtained in another case

Naheed Bardai, Rochelle Wempe, Michael Morris appointed to Saskatchewan courts

Bardai was appointed to the Court of Appeal, while Wempe and Morris to the Court of King's Bench

BC Supreme Court appoints administrator to manage disputed estate to ensure transparency

The estate, primarily comprising a home valued at $2 million, is at the heart of the dispute

Vincent Ready, Amanda Rogers appointed to commission for resolving West Coast port labour disputes

They will examine the issues underlying long-shoring labour disputes at the ports

Top 10 immigration boutiques for 2024–25 unveiled by Canadian Lawyer

Canada's leading immigration law firms address citizenship, refugee, national security issues

OPINION

As his tenure as law school dean ends, Ian Holloway reflects on where the profession needs to go

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

FEATURES

Attorney General Arif Virani on how he works to expedite federal judicial nominations

Virani spoke about his priorities and challenges in filling vacancies and passing legislation

2024 budget contains a few surprises, says Davies tax partner Christopher Anderson

Budget proposes change to capital gains and CRA audit and enforcement capabilities

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

INTERNATIONAL

US law firms Troutman Pepper and Locke Lord confirm potential merger

The potential merger shows trend of increasing consolidation within the legal industry

ABA survey reveals weakening US democracy, cites misinformation as a key factor

About 74 percent stated that democracy in the US is weaker today compared to five years ago

Bar Council report highlights early gender earnings gap among barristers in the UK

The gender pay gap begins as early as zero to three years post-qualification experience

Baker McKenzie boosts Los Angeles team with transactional lawyers from Munger, Tolles & Olson

The new group has been involved in deals such as Intel's US$ 9 billion divisional sale to SK Hynix