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September 12, 2024
New associate joins McKenzie Lake
McKenzie Lake Lawyers LLP announced the addition of Elizabeth Dellio as an associate in its London, Ont., office.
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September 12, 2024
Lawyers’ duties to public shareholders | Joseph Groia
In 1936, F. Scott Fitzgerald made a powerful observation: “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.”
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September 12, 2024
Sentence over? Now the punishment really starts | David Dorson
The title of this column comes from a poster I saw many years ago; the caption appeared over a picture of an empty jail cell with a barred door standing open. It accurately captures the experience of many people after release from prison. Most people think that when a prison sentence is over, the person goes back to a normal life. Almost everyone who serves time is immensely grateful at first to be released — and then you realize that your sentence is not over at all and that in many ways it will never be over.
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September 12, 2024
Aird & Berlis expands with 2 new partners
Aird & Berlis recently announced the addition of new partners John Munnis and Andrea Kroetch, a recent news release stated.
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September 12, 2024
Minimizing bias in GenAI interactions | Connie L. Braun
During our lifetimes, every one of us has developed propensities and biases toward life, people, institutions and organizations — pretty much everything. These biases shape how we interact with technology and can be particularly apparent in our interactions with generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). Since the humans who make AI are biased, it may be natural to conclude that AI also is likely to be biased.
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September 11, 2024
Class action filed against City of Whitehorse over various accessibility barriers
A proposed class action has been filed in the Supreme Court of Yukon alleging Charter violations against the City of Whitehorse for excessive accumulation of ice and snow, severely restricting the mobility of those who live with physical, neurological or musculoskeletal disabilities or legal blindness.
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September 11, 2024
New senator appointed in Quebec
Governor General Mary Simon appointed Pierre Moreau as an independent senator in the Senate for Quebec, a Sept. 10 news release announced.
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September 10, 2024
2 new military judges appointed
Minister of National Defence Bill Blair announced in a Sept. 9 news release that Col. Stephen Strickey and Col. Nancy Isenor have been appointed military judges.
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September 10, 2024
Dentons expands with new partner in Montreal
In a Sept. 3 news release, Dentons announced that Ioana Jurca has joined the firm’s litigation and dispute resolution group in Montreal.
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September 09, 2024
3 new shareholders leading influx of Cozen O’Connor staff
The Vancouver office of Cozen O’Connor saw a “game-changing” expansion when the firm added 13 new lawyers and nine support staff to its fast-growing team, a Sept. 3 news release from the firm announced. The incoming team is led by shareholders Virgil Hlus, Cam McTavish and Chantal M. Cattermole. All members of the incoming team join Cozen O’Connor from Clark Wilson LLP.