Pulse
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October 23, 2024
Law as a window into community values and reflection of society’s future | David Peters
Law reflects both what society values now and points to the highest ideals of what society views itself to be and is moving towards. Law is both a window into current community values and a reflection of society's future.
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October 23, 2024
Abandoned Intelligence | Murray Gottheil
There is no shortage of talk about the importance of lawyers delegating legal work to other lawyers and paralegals. Despite that, I have always believed that lawyers should not delegate work that they do not know how to do themselves. I questioned how anyone can check the quality of work done by their law clerks or associates if they do not know what a good job looks like.
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October 22, 2024
Affleck Greene McMurtry articling student returns as associate
A recent news release from Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP announced that Jeanette Saliba had returned to the firm as an associate.
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October 22, 2024
New partner, associate join Aird & Berlis
Aird & Berlis LLP recently announced that Keith Brown had joined the firm as a partner in the firm’s Indigenous practice, energy, environmental law, infrastructure and litigation groups. The firm also announced the addition of Rebecca Skinner as an associate in the tax and tax controversy/tax litigation groups.
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October 22, 2024
Prairie court examines expansion of challenges for cause in jury selection
Saskatchewan’s Court of Appeal has moved “the line in the sand” when it comes to challenges for cause in jury selections, says the lawyer of a man accused of murder who was granted a new trial after it was found a judge was wrong to bar him from challenging prospective jurors on their possible bias toward gang members.
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October 22, 2024
Impact of technology on law, from Singapore and Southeast Asia to Canada | Wilson Foo Yu Kang
Technology has had an unprecedented impact on the law recently, both in terms of the need for regulation to catch up, as well how law is practised. Technology has necessitated changes in the law itself, to deal with both the challenges and opportunities presented by new technology.
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October 21, 2024
Cybersecurity recovery costs for businesses soared to $1.2B in 2023 despite fewer incidents
Canadian businesses spent approximately $1.2 billion on recovery from cybersecurity incidents in 2023, up from approximately $600 million in 2021, despite a decline in the proportion of Canadian businesses impacted by such incidents, according to Statistics Canada's Canadian Survey of Cyber Security and Cybercrime (CSCSC).
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October 21, 2024
3 associates join Kastner Ko
Recent news released from Kastner Ko LLP announced the addition of associates Olivia Evans, Vlada Hershtynovich and Frank Nasca.
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October 21, 2024
Overturning wrongful convictions | John L. Hill
Let’s face it. Fighting wrongful convictions is hard. Attending the 10th Annual International Wrongful Conviction Day in Toronto in early October was inspiring. Many exonerees were piped into the auditorium. It was easy to think that finding and helping the wrongly convicted is an easy or usual task. Our assumption that our criminal justice system works perfectly blurs the fact that injustice happens more frequently than we dare to admit.
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October 18, 2024
6 new Indigenous justice centres opening in British Columbia
The BC First Nations Justice Council (BCFNJC) has announced that six new Indigenous Justice Centres (IJCs) will be opening up in the province by December 2024, saying this would allow more Indigenous people to have access to free and culturally safe legal services.