Site Map for July 2026

Jul 31, 2026

SCC rules Bank of New York Mellon’s destruction of evidence warrants new damages assessment

Jul 31, 2026

xAI challenges Minnesota’s landmark law prohibiting ‘nudification’ tech

Jul 30, 2026

UK High Court praises firm for reinforcing court embargo importance

Jul 30, 2026

Manitoba legal regulator highlights access to justice, wellbeing initiatives in 2026 annual report

Jul 30, 2026

Landmark SCC ruling says Parliament can’t use privative clauses to prevent judicial review

Jul 30, 2026

BC law society’s 2025 annual report spotlights progress on Indigenous, mental health initiatives

Jul 30, 2026

Claim denied that ex-counsel was incompetent for not submitting police reports in immigration case

Jul 30, 2026

Ontario doctor suspended for eight months for soliciting circumcision services using patient data

Jul 29, 2026

Peppa Pig copyright victory leaves copycat show in huge muddle puddle

Jul 29, 2026

Focus on intellectual property

Jul 29, 2026

Trademarks Opposition Board orders expungement of Moosehead Breweries mark for lager beer

Jul 29, 2026

Patent litigation in Canada at record low despite capable courts

Jul 28, 2026

American Bar Association criticizes US administration official’s social media posts against judges

Jul 28, 2026

UK trial halts over witness’ AI use, Court of Appeal judges flag regulation concerns

Jul 28, 2026

LSBC opens one-time practice fee rebate pilot program to applications

Jul 28, 2026

Groups ask BC to help those in custody vote in this year’s local elections

Jul 28, 2026

Tax Court upholds reassessment to include $10.5k income from return of life insurance premiums

Jul 28, 2026

NS court affirms stay of duplicative fatal injury claims arising from collision that killed three

Jul 28, 2026

Player gets hit in the eye with a baseball but sports injury waiver claim fails

Jul 28, 2026

Consent and Capacity Board Ontario: what it is and why it matters

Jul 27, 2026

Implied consent: a defence that's part of the game

Jul 27, 2026

International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor pushed out over misconduct claims

Jul 26, 2026

Toy company takes Trump back to court over new tariffs

Jul 26, 2026

Sugden, McFee & Roos partner Michael Shirreff joins BC Supreme Court as associate judge

Jul 24, 2026

The value of seeking mentors from outside the legal profession

Jul 24, 2026

SCC clarifies meaning of ‘accessory’ under Quebec property sale law in split decision

Jul 24, 2026

BC Supreme Court finds insurance brokerage wrongfully dismissed employee who was stalked for years

Jul 24, 2026

Northwest Territories adds civil tort of stalking, widens access to emergency protection orders

Jul 24, 2026

Bergeron Clifford's Warren WhiteKnight on compassion without false promises

Jul 24, 2026

Federal Court grants ‘solicitor’s eyes only’ order in fashion brand trademark infringement suit

Jul 24, 2026

BC Court of Appeal clarifies misconduct bar in jury discharge ruling

Jul 24, 2026

Author Salman Rushdie details onstage stabbing incident in New York federal court testimony

Jul 24, 2026

Vexatious litigant orders: what courts require and its effects

Jul 23, 2026

Federal finance department opens draft tax system changes to public feedback

Jul 23, 2026

Clio unveils legal AI workspace after Jurisage acquisition, prepares launch of accounting platform

Jul 23, 2026

Labour lawyer Andrew Mercier appointed BC Premier David Eby’s chief of staff

Jul 23, 2026

Ont. CA finds judge wrongly limited analysis to whether real estate agent actively misled clients

Jul 23, 2026

SickKids doctor suspended following charges involving child sexual abuse and exploitation material

Jul 23, 2026

New UK prime minister Andy Burnham replaces David Lammy with non-lawyer in lord chancellor post

Jul 22, 2026

Contributory negligence: the fault lines in personal injury law

Jul 22, 2026

Broader remedies, no caps on damages: Why the Tumbler Ridge lawsuits are being fought in California

Jul 22, 2026

Court affirms arbitral award worth over $19.7M in dispute over joint IP rights for radio technology

Jul 22, 2026

California judge imposes two-week freeze on Paramount-Warner deal

Jul 21, 2026

Slip and fall: the inspection gap that trips up defendants

Jul 21, 2026

Trump activates 1930 law to justify 50 percent tariffs on Canadian goods

Jul 21, 2026

Ami Assignon joins New Brunswick provincial court bench in Moncton

Jul 21, 2026

AI-generated content and intellectual property protection in Canada

Jul 21, 2026

BC’s Crown Counsel Policy Manual updated to reflect Criminal Code reforms

Jul 21, 2026

Alberta Court of Appeal upholds denial of disclosure request over privileged estate documents

Jul 21, 2026

BC Supreme Court certifies class action on JUUL-branded e-cigarette devices

Jul 21, 2026

Health Care Consent Act of Ontario: all about liability and consent

Jul 20, 2026

Family Law Act of Ontario and s. 61: claiming for loss and injuries

Jul 20, 2026

UK lady chief justice calls out attorney general over press release flub

Jul 19, 2026

Boston judge rejects US administration’s use of agency priorities clause in funding cuts

Jul 19, 2026

Daniel Jolivet could get new trial after criminal conviction review yields new evidence

Jul 17, 2026

Moral injury: The wound the legal profession keeps calling burnout

Jul 17, 2026

SCC affirms 7-2 that methods of medical treatment cannot be patented in Canada

Jul 17, 2026

Ontario Court of Appeal sets aside injunction to stop picketing at Purolator premises

Jul 17, 2026

Federal Court fixes damages at $78k for copyright infringement of guides to use LEGO education kits

Jul 17, 2026

Distracted driving: from HTA ticket to damages

Jul 17, 2026

Canada announces signing of United Nations anti-cybercrime convention

Jul 17, 2026

House of Commons report finds UK’s criminal legal aid sector ‘financially unsustainable’

Jul 16, 2026

Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule: what's new after July 1, 2026

Jul 16, 2026

YouTube, Meta challenge jury on social media addiction verdict

Jul 16, 2026

University of Calgary law faculty appoints Haley Hrymak as first-ever experiential learning director

Jul 16, 2026

Ontario court limits confidentiality to optional mediation in air passenger claim resolution process

Jul 16, 2026

Alberta Court of Appeal upholds ruling affirming sexual abuse findings against pharmacist

Jul 16, 2026

British Columbia’s first Black-focused legal clinic will launch next month

Jul 16, 2026

Personal injuries proceedings act: Limits, notices, and traps

Jul 15, 2026

Law Society of Alberta programming changes resulting from province's ‘Peterson law’ sparks criticism

Jul 15, 2026

Trademarks Opposition Board deletes software and all other goods in trademark registration

Jul 15, 2026

Top Family Law Firm Teams in Canada: Leading Divorce and ADR Teams

Jul 15, 2026

Canadian Lawyer unveils top family law teams for 2026

Jul 15, 2026

Freshfields cuts partners, equity shares in US growth push

Jul 14, 2026

Paramount’s pickup of Warner Bros faces major legal setback as 12 US states, WGA file challenges

Jul 14, 2026

BD&P brings in Nathan Baines as senior counsel

Jul 14, 2026

BC court correctly ruled that pro-Hamas sticker did not defame UBC student: BCCA

Jul 14, 2026

IP ownership in Canada: defence funding and what’s at stake

Jul 14, 2026

Which service providers stand out in 2026?

Jul 14, 2026

Saskatoon resident gets two-year sentence for immigration counselling misrepresentation

Jul 14, 2026

Alberta court partly allows amendments sought by woman injured in police altercation at airport

Jul 13, 2026

AI, privilege and litigation strategy: what follows Heppner and Warner

Jul 12, 2026

UK courts record patchy diversity progress

Jul 12, 2026

Apple sues OpenAI in California court over alleged trade secret theft

Jul 12, 2026

Cozen O’Connor takes Ashley Ainsley from TSX Venture Exchange

Jul 10, 2026

The Benchwood Builders case should refocus defamation on reputation

Jul 10, 2026

SCC: Mandatory six-month prison sentence for obtaining sexual services from a child is constitutional

Jul 10, 2026

NL aims to strengthen Provincial Court via chief judge’s, justice minister’s tour of Ontario courts

Jul 10, 2026

Federal Court sets aside denial of LG Electronics’ request for interest relief under income tax law

Jul 10, 2026

Federal Court refuses to strike copyright infringement claim about software source code

Jul 10, 2026

Ex-UK lord chief justice, Slaughter and May help form Luminance’s new customer advisory board

Jul 09, 2026

SpaceXAI collaborates with AI coding startup on legal-focused artificial intelligence model

Jul 09, 2026

Alberta legal regulator president highlights Legal Professions Act changes in update letter

Jul 09, 2026

Judges report high job satisfaction, lower rates of mental distress than lawyers in new study

Jul 09, 2026

Law Society of Nunavut confirms Shaanzéh Ataullahjan as president, Ariane St-Coeur as VP

Jul 09, 2026

Ontario Court of Appeal affirms denial of insurers’ request to add civil fraud defence

Jul 09, 2026

NL Supreme Court upholds rejection of complaint claiming doctor covered up his mistakes

Jul 09, 2026

When medicine meets the courtroom

Jul 09, 2026

Effectively building an economic loss theory in complex cases involving high-income earners

Jul 08, 2026

Annual LSBC meeting: Lawyers narrowly reject certified tech list proposal, approve privilege exception

Jul 08, 2026

Federal Court of Appeal assesses costs of $8,787 for patent appeal of Ontario dairy business

Jul 08, 2026

A significant percentage of US law school grads rarely uses AI despite access to tools: NALP survey

Jul 07, 2026

Daily Mail triumphs over Prince Harry in UK High Court

Jul 07, 2026

McInnes Cooper acquires corporate immigration practice Kranc Associates, expands into Ontario

Jul 07, 2026

Lawyers ask BC law society to create certified, ‘safe’ to use list of AI and other tech tools

Jul 07, 2026

Why trial experience is Auger Hollingsworth's edge after 22 years

Jul 07, 2026

Epiq Canada sees AI shifting e-discovery strategy to start of cases

Jul 07, 2026

AI is not all or none: Tiana Van Dyk on using it well in e-discovery

Jul 07, 2026

Prime minister names Alan Diner as Federal Court’s new chief justice

Jul 07, 2026

Saskatchewan plans administrative sanctions for impaired driving via Traffic Safety Act changes

Jul 07, 2026

Sask. appeal court confirms landlord is liable to tenant’s visitor for slip-and-fall in rented house

Jul 06, 2026

Lawyers slam UK government’s pitch to establish a non-judge body for asylum appeal hearings

Jul 06, 2026

The Canadian Law Awards 2026

Jul 05, 2026

OpenAI faces suit after bipolar user’s brush with death

Jul 05, 2026

Ahluwalia intimate partner violence tort causes family law fallout

Jul 05, 2026

Corporate law expert Anna M. Cook becomes chief executive officer at Cox & Palmer

Jul 03, 2026

Luca Citton and Marti Phillips on the hiring shift AI is forcing on law firms

Jul 03, 2026

Neil Kravitz to serve as Fasken’s managing partner beginning next year

Jul 03, 2026

Doug Surtees named interim dean of University of Saskatchewan College of Law

Jul 03, 2026

Federal appeal court grants Netflix’s, Warner Bros’ motion to strike music rights group’s filing

Jul 03, 2026

Fluidity, not tech skills, signals lawyer success: Luca Citton

Jul 02, 2026

Women in law: Canada among top performers in global IBA gender study

Jul 02, 2026

Voting now open: Readers’ Choice 2026

Jul 02, 2026

Pro bono infrastructure deepens at Canada's top firms, but staffing gaps persist

Jul 02, 2026

BC lawyers are being asked to vote on climate – it may be their last chance

Jul 02, 2026

Lawyers can help self-represented respondents with procedural matters via CIRO pilot program

Jul 02, 2026

NB Court of King’s Bench finds slip-and-fall claim statute-barred under Local Governance Act

Jul 02, 2026

NB Court of King’s Bench quashes 12-month suspension imposed on doctor for patient death

Jul 02, 2026

AI tools deliver highest profitability gains for Canadian law firms

Jul 02, 2026

ACC survey finds manufacturing in-house counsel face frequent crisis-driven pivots

Jul 02, 2026

Apple takes patent royalty dispute with Optis to UK Supreme Court