Miller Thomson brings in litigator Tim Pritchard as partner in Vancouver

He has tackled Aboriginal, environmental, and commercial litigation

BC Provincial Court adds judges Aamna Afsar, Christopher Balison, Dennis Isaac Ferbey

Appointments also include Patrick Angly as a new judicial justice

NL Supreme Court upholds discontinuance against health authority in medical negligence claim

Patient alleges failure to diagnose properly or delayed medical opinion of his condition

BC Court of Appeal says it lacks jurisdiction over appeal of arbitral award on worker privacy

Ruling applies modified test to determine jurisdiction under s. 100 of BC's Labour Relations Code

Private equity remains strong in Q1 despite tariff uncertainty: report

Bennett Jones lawyer says it is impossible to make full-year predictions with rapid change

LSBC warns lawyers about crossing into the US with electronic devices

A recent advisory cautioned Canadians to 'expect scrutiny'

To better tackle geopolitical and other trials, legal departments need to better self-assess: report

An EY Canada report says many departments are not gathering deep insight into their operations

Canadian Civil Liberties Association urges Alberta to scrap Compassionate Intervention Act

Non-profit org calls for focus on approaches supporting recovery without breaching freedoms

Federal Court strikes claim in proposed class action alleging injury due to mould on military ship

Man who served in Canadian forces says he suffered chills, fever, cough, fatigue on vessel

OPINION

The province's legal stance dismantles more than mobility – it unravels our federation

Gathering physically turns everyday pressures into collective purpose

Let's stop funding the failed tough-on-crime approach and start building justice that works

Last year's winners exemplify the breadth, diversity and commitment to justice of lawyers nationwide

FEATURES

Goal of law office design shifting from efficiency to coffee shop style social hub: survey

Gensler's survey shows lawyers spending less time alone and more time connecting

The 4-day workweek sounds appealing, but it's just a dream for most law firms

Quinn Ross explains how lawyers can work less without losing productivity, and his firm's lessons

GenAI exposes limits of Canadian copyright law, say IP lawyers

Lawyers warn that without legal reform, compliance relies on assumptions and foreign frameworks

Adam Goldenberg balances civil liberties advocacy and corporate law at McCarthy Tétrault

Top 25 lawyer and podcast host defends 2SLGBTQI+ youth rights through court action

INTERNATIONAL

Trump threatens to revoke American Bar Association's law school accreditor status

The POTUS cited the ABA's "unlawful" diversity, equity, inclusion requirements

Taiwan-based lawyers seek work flexibility, bias training to boost gender balance: IBA report

Senior roles remain limited for women though the gender split is almost equal at the junior level

Manhattan jury hands New York Times win over Sarah Palin in defamation tussle

The victory comes in a retrial after a 2022 verdict siding with the Times was tossed out

Singapore Academy of Law to debut certification program for early-career lawyers next month

The program is geared towards lawyers whose post-qualification experience is five years or less