Pulse
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February 03, 2025
New Cold War: Sanctions as weapons to reshape international law, global trade | Hodine Williams
A colleague of mine said it nicely: “In this lifetime, we are witnessing the emergence of a new Cold War.”
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February 03, 2025
Partnership: She left the suds in the bucket and the clothes on the line | Murray Gottheil
Getting into a partnership can be exciting. Staying in one is often more of a mixed bag. But exiting a partnership? Now we have something to talk about!
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January 31, 2025
Top judge says SCC wants to hear more private law cases, urges Canadians to ‘fight for’ rule of law
As the Supreme Court of Canada marks its 150th birthday amid rising incursions on the rule of law abroad, Chief Justice Richard Wagner says it can also be an opportune time for Canadians to reflect on the state of their own courts, the rule of law and their independent and impartial justice system.
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January 31, 2025
Prime Minister names lawyer chair of national security committee
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed Patricia Lattanzio, Liberal MP for Saint-Léonard — Saint-Michel chair of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians.
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January 31, 2025
Alberta’s Court of King’s Bench gets three new judges
This week, Minister of Justice and Attorney General Arif Virani announced the appointments of three judges to the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta.
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January 31, 2025
Fur better or worse | Marcel Strigberger
What happens when you cross an elephant, a cow, and a cat? Now how would I know that? Am I Noah? But I do have a trilogy of stories regarding these animals. Or are they just animals?
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January 31, 2025
Partnership: All for one, but me for me | Murray Gottheil
Back in the days when everything seemed to be a binary choice, I was a young man who saw many things in black and white.
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January 31, 2025
Hosel rockets: Dispatches from the pettifogging lawyer | Michael Cochrane
The case of the misbegotten golf ball
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January 31, 2025
Access to just us? Delineating legal services and justice | Daniel J. Escott
In a survey of 115 Canadian judges conducted with the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice (CIAJ) and Athabasca University, 13 reported that they believed judges would be replaced by artificial intelligence (AI) within the next 30 years. An additional 31 judges reported that they believed judges might be replaced by AI in the same time, adding up to 44 judges out of 115 (approximately 38 per cent) believing that judges at least may be replaced by AI within 30 years.
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January 30, 2025
FOLA names new chair
With the appointment of previous chair Rasim “Sam” Misheal to the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario, the Federation of Ontario Law Associations (FOLA) has announced that Allen Wynperle will take over the role of chair.