Pulse
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February 24, 2025
How to build a successful law firm around your life | Gary Mitchell
Building a law firm around your life, rather than shaping your life around your firm, is a revolutionary approach that promotes work-life balance, personal and professional fulfillment and success. Traditional law firm models often demand long hours, high stress and personal sacrifice. However, by designing your firm around your lifestyle, you can create a sustainable business that allows you to enjoy your life while growing your practice.
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February 24, 2025
Ontario election dominated by tariff concerns, but other issues at play: lawyers
With Ontarians on the cusp of electing a new government, the spectre of tariffs on Canadian exports is dominating the discourse of those who are aspiring to lead the province over the next few years — but as lawyers are pointing out, there are many other areas that voters should be focused on before they cast their ballot.
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February 24, 2025
New general counsel for e-signature firm
Janne Duncan is the new general counsel at Syngrafii, the e-signature company.
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February 24, 2025
New partner for Cox & Palmer
Mark Russell, an insolvency and disputes lawyer with over 15 years of practice in Canada and internationally has joined the St. John’s office of Cox & Palmer.
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February 24, 2025
Why single out DeepSeek? A global battle for supremacy and privacy, part two | Hodine Williams
In the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence (AI), the race for dominance is no longer just about technological innovation. Let’s call it as it is! Why dance around the issue? It’s about geopolitics, ethics and legal frameworks.
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February 24, 2025
Poison darts | Murray Gottheil
My friend Peter was an accountant. He told me that at his partners meetings, there were partners who worked hard to build the firm for the benefit of all. Then there were others who stayed mostly quiet and out of sight, but every so often rose silently and blew a poison dart into the discussion before slinking away. Those outside of the firm would never have guessed at the internal dysfunction.
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February 21, 2025
Here Rex | Marcel Strigberger
Canada becoming the 51st American state? Bah Trumpbug! Too many legal obstacles anyways.
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February 21, 2025
Under the Ford government: Justice delayed and denied at Tribunals Ontario | Kathy Laird
In December 2024, Tribunals Ontario released its much-delayed Annual Report for 2023/24, and despite some self-congratulatory messaging, the data inside, and on the Tribunals Ontario website, demonstrates that there are serious deficits in the quality, accessibility and timeliness of justice at three of its busiest tribunals — the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB), the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) and the Licence Appeal Tribunal — Automobile Accident Benefits Service (LAT-AABS), which hears motor vehicle injury claims against insurance companies.
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February 21, 2025
When regulated persons are suspected of committing crimes
From a public policy perspective, there is little consensus on how regulators of professions and law enforcement agencies should co-ordinate their efforts when a registrant is suspected of committing a crime. Despite some media articles in the past (e.g., related to lawyers and physicians), few regulators even have a published policy on the topic. The policies that do exist tend to be brief and do not address the co-ordination of efforts.
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February 20, 2025
Associate joins Lerners
Lerners LLP recently announced that Tyler Macks has joined the firm’s Toronto office.