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Budget 2026 to fund court-ruling translations, victims’ services, and reform taxes affecting lawyers

The budget is the second released by Prime Minister Mark Carney

Dentons’ new global practice heads include four across Toronto, Vancouver

Appointed leaders in Canada are Kimberly Burns, Esme Cragg, Kenneth Kraft, Larry Nevsky

Saskatchewan Legal Profession Amendment Act to boost agent regulation

The new bill boosts the provincial legal regulator’s oversight of the profession

Quebec foster family group challenges unequal support for children under youth protection

They seek constitutional review of provisions affecting children placed with relatives

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Premium

Fortune favours the bold

DLA Piper’s Canada CEO on bold advice, global reach, and what it really means to win

Features

40 years & 10,000 families: giving back in appreciation

Share Lawyers seeks charity nominations for its nationwide 40 Days of Giving campaign

Focus on e-discovery

Canadian Lawyer, Law Tims and Lexpert recently published a series of articles on e-discovery. All recent coverage can be found here

Rankings

Top Legal Tech, Service Providers, and Products in Canada | Readers’ Choice

Canadian Lawyer’s Readers’ Choice Awards 2026 present 117 reader-voted awards to legal technology providers as AI raises the bar on verification

Top Legal Tech, Service Providers, and Products in Canada | Readers’ Choice

The Top Litigation Law Firms in Canada, Boutique

Canada's top litigation law firms exemplify standards of excellence

The Top Litigation Law Firms in Canada, Boutique

Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada

From constitutional rulings to firm-wide AI rollouts, these influential lawyers are taking Canada’s legal system forward

Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada
International

International Court of Justice adds first UK judge in nearly a decade

Dapo Akande, public international law professor at Oxford, first qualified as a lawyer in Nigeria

International Court of Justice adds first UK judge in nearly a decade

Hogan Lovells Cadwalader says it’s first global firm to put pro bono in constitution

Partnership of combined firm formally commits to support for communities it serves

Hogan Lovells Cadwalader says it’s first global firm to put pro bono in constitution

UK Law Commission to study offences against dead bodies, human remains

Review may cover dismemberment, situation where killer withholds location of victim’s body

UK Law Commission to study offences against dead bodies, human remains

Report addresses AI use to prepare documents in UK civil proceedings

Recommendations touched on litigants-in-person, witness statements, expert evidence

Report addresses AI use to prepare documents in UK civil proceedings

Weil, Gotshal & Manges to wind down after unsuccessful merger talks

New York-headquartered firm, founded in 1931, planned to join forces with Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Weil, Gotshal & Manges to wind down after unsuccessful merger talks