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Cover Story  When one thinks of merger and acquisition action in Canadian business, typically it’s the resource sectors, followed by financial services as the heavy hitters with the most going on, even in tough times. According to PricewaterhouseCoopers Canada, mining has become the No. 1 targeted sector in Ontario and British Columbia. But traditional hotbeds of resource activity such as Alberta are starting to see a shift in M&A activity. Where oil and gas deals once represented 80 per cent of the acq |  For the first time, law students are being encouraged to tweet during a moot. Unlike traditional moots where the use of social media is against the rules, this one will be all Twitter all the time.
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January 2012 • Volume 36, Issue 1
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Written by Jeff MackinnonIssue Date: January 2012Air Canada has had two strikes. The one in 1998 involved pilots; it lasted 13 days and was settled through… -
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Written by Michael McKiernanIssue Date: January 2012When Philip Mendes da Costa started out at Bereskin & Parr LLP in the mid-1980s, intellectual property boutiques were small… -
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Written by Michael McKiernanIssue Date: January 2012This article is a continuation of "IP boutiques holding their own" from the January 2012 issue of Canadian Lawyer magazine.…
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Written by Richard FootIssue Date: January 2012ustice Paul Perell cracked open a hornets’ nest last July when he delivered a decision from the Ontario Superior Court ordering a group of corporate defendants to file their defence in a proposed class action, even though the case hadn’t yet been certified. The judge’s order in Pennyfeather v. Timminco… -
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Written by Dera J. NevinIssue Date: January 2012In large civil litigation and regulatory cases, the discovery process is becoming increasingly automated, scientific, and objective. This is evident by the increasing use of “predictive coding.” Predictive coding are the new e-discovery buzzwords. Articles about the benefits of predictive coding have appeared in Forbes magazine and The New York…
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Written by Jim MiddlemissIssue Date: January 2012It took the U.S. legal system 15 weeks to convict Conrad Black of fraud charges, the majority of which were overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court. It will take the Law Society of Upper Canada almost two years to decide whether or not Black’s lawyers, Beth DeMerchant and Darren Sukonick… -
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Written by Gail J. CohenIssue Date: January 2012With this January 2012 issue of Canadian Lawyer, we kick off our 36th year of covering the issues and trends that matter to the legal profession in Canada. And we have seen a lot of changes, particularly in the last few years. One of the biggest shifts has been the…
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n this last episode of 2011, executive coach Debra Forman notes that it's the best time to take an inventory of your business development achievements… -
With the holiday season quickly approaching, executive coach Debra Forman focuses on how to weave business development initiatives effectively and successfully with your holiday cheer.
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