July 22, 2026
Thomas J. Moran is a new partner at DLA Piper, based in the firm's Vancouver office.
July 22, 2026
Let’s be honest: the legal profession was never built with Black people in mind. While progress has been made, too many Black students still walk into law schools, courtrooms and boardrooms wondering if they truly belong. That’s exactly why mentorship is more than guidance; it's resistance.
July 22, 2026
Nine provinces have agreed to a deal on interprovincial sales of alcohol they say will remove trade barriers and improve customer choice. The premiers of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador signed the “landmark” agreement July 21 that will allow direct-to-consumer (DTC) sales of alcoholic beverages between individual jurisdictions for personal use.
July 22, 2026
For decades, Canadian courts have struggled to find an effective remedy when police fail to meet their constitutional disclosure obligations. Adjournments reward delay. Excluding evidence may distort the truth-finding process. Allowing proceedings to remain entirely closed allows serious offenders to escape conviction. An overlooked alternative — a substantial costs award against the Crown — may ultimately prove to be the most effective means of encouraging proper police conduct while preserving the integrity of criminal trials.
July 22, 2026
Public service delivery strikes are routinely framed in popular discourse as localized, binary disputes between individual employers and their workforces. Yet, when these disruptions hit independent delivery networks, the stalled bargaining tables reflect a much broader systemic crisis.
July 22, 2026
Imagine you are a partner in a large downtown law firm being blackmailed by a new associate. Several months ago, you started an illicit relationship with another partner, communicating via email on your firm’s business account.
July 21, 2026
Canada is set to intensify trade talks with the United States after the U.S. announced plans to impose additional 50 per cent tariffs on a significant number of Canadian goods, Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a statement issued July 20.
July 21, 2026
Joshua D. Sutherland (Awootaninaw) and Dan Fogarty are new partners at Aird & Berlis.
July 21, 2026
The results of a recent study by an Ontario university and a non-profit organization have been published, and the conclusions are startling: the use of AI in family law disputes could produce legally accurate and fair outcomes at a fraction of the cost usually incurred — in most cases, in less than three minutes.
July 20, 2026
In a class action against Uber over employment classification, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has dismissed both parties’ motions to compel answers refused during discovery but allowed Uber leave to examine 10 additional class members.