Shannon Mason named as newest judge of Nova Scotia Supreme Court Family Division

She worked as the managing lawyer of the Nova Scotia Legal Aid Conflict Office in Sydney

Alberta welcomes seven new judges: Friesen, Hawkes, McGuire, Brookes, Parker, Ho, and Jugnauth

They have been appointed to the Court of Appeal and the Court of King's Bench

Ontario Superior Court certifies class action against The Bank of Nova Scotia

The case concerns duplicative non-sufficient funds (NSF) fees

Manitoba First Nations' class action seeks treaty annuity payments

First Nations argue parties to treaties intended for compensation to keep pace with inflation

Supreme Court of Canada sets hearings for Aboriginal, administrative, criminal law cases

Federal Court of Appeal matters this week involve sick leave, EI, alleged bias

Fasken, Stikeman Elliot, TGF act in commercial cases worth $350–500 million

Babin Bessner Spry, Goodmans appear in $202-million commercial list suit this past week

What could you be doing with your money if it wasn't tied up in disbursements?

Exploring specialized funding solutions that alleviate the pressure on firm resources

Exclusion of casino managers from Quebec’s labour regime constitutional: SCC

Court finds same test applies to both positive and negative rights claims under s. 2(d) of Charter

OPINION

The Ontario Securities Commission should take a page from the LSO's playbook

Large language models can be harnessed for efficiency and risks reduced by using these approaches

We are all responsible for driving change, writes Sara Forte

Organizational alignment, resource deployment, prioritization, communication, and benchmarks are all vital

FEATURES

Deepfakes: GenAI making phoney and real evidence harder to discern, says Maura Grossman

The organization C2PA is working on creating standards for marking AI-generated material

With GenAI, legal industry on brink of ‘massive change and disruption,’ says Al Hounsell

Hounsell will appear at the 2024 Canadian Lawyer LegalTech Summit

Jennifer King at Gowling WLG on ESG and being recognized as a Top 25 Most Influential Lawyer

The administrative and ESG lawyer represented Windsor on the Ambassador Bridge blockade injunction

Why this documentarian profiled elder rights advocate Melissa Miller in Hot Docs film Stolen Time

Klodawsky says after seeing lawyer speak up about long-term care, she wanted to amplify her voice

INTERNATIONAL

Wave of law firm mergers sweeps across the UK despite declining firm numbers

Notable deals were announced in Merseyside, the East Midlands, the South East, and East Anglia

US Justice Department flags Kirkland & Ellis' potential conflict of interest in a bankruptcy case

The problem arose from the firm's relationship with the top lender in the case

US Supreme Court permits Idaho to enforce gender-affirming care ban for minors

A recent Idaho statute outlaws puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender minors

Canada imposes new sanctions on Belarusian officials citing human rights abuses

The sanction is a response to the ongoing abuses following the disputed 2020 presidential elections