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February 01, 2012
Is food the next frontier?
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
January 30, 2012
Moot by Twitter
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.
January 30, 2012
Video: Making Rain - Episode 23 - Resolutions for a new year
As it is the January episode of Making Rain, executive coach Debra Forman suggests taking advantage of this new year’s opportunities and resolutions to look at your practices and businesses with fresh and strategic eyes.
January 30, 2012
Fallacies of a nice guy
It was over a beer that one of my former partners confessed his confusion. He could not understand why his secretary hated him so much. In a moment of absolute sincerity he pondered the unfairness of the situation and described himself as “a really nice guy.” When I finally stopped laughing, I had to tell him the sobering truth. He was absolutely wrong.

Current Issue

January 2012 • Volume 36, Issue 1
    • Subtitle Cover Story
    Written by Jeff Mackinnon
    Issue Date: January 2012
    Air Canada has had two strikes. The one in 1998 involved pilots; it lasted 13 days and was settled through…
    • Subtitle Top Boutiques: January 2012 — Part One
    Written by Michael McKiernan
    Issue Date: January 2012
    When Philip Mendes da Costa started out at Bereskin & Parr LLP in the mid-1980s, intellectual property boutiques were small…
    • Subtitle Top Boutiques: January 2012 — Part Two
    Written by Michael McKiernan
    Issue Date: January 2012
    This article is a continuation of "IP boutiques holding their own" from the January 2012 issue of Canadian Lawyer magazine.…

Departments

    • Subtitle Legal Report: Litigation
    Written by Richard Foot
    Issue Date: January 2012
    ustice 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…
    • Subtitle Tech Support
    Written by Dera J. Nevin
    Issue Date: January 2012
    In 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…

Columns

    • Subtitle Back Page
    Written by Jim Middlemiss
    Issue Date: January 2012
    It 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…
    • Subtitle Editor's Desk
    Written by Gail J. Cohen
    Issue Date: January 2012
    With 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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