May 11, 2026
On May 6, Liberal member of Parliament Michael Coteau introduced a private member’s bill in Parliament to regulate the online use and dissemination of deepfakes, but high-profile privacy lawyer David Fraser warns that the proposed law will place an undue burden on digital platforms.
May 11, 2026
Three and a half years ago, I wrote in this column about the dangers of forcing treatment on people with serious mental health issues as a condition of keeping them living in the community.
May 08, 2026
McLennan Ross has added Matt Riskin as a partner in its Edmonton office.
May 08, 2026
The Ontario Trial Lawyers Association (OTLA) has elected K. Jay Ralston as its president for the 2026–27 term.
May 08, 2026
Spoiler Alert: The following contains plot details from Better Call Saul. Charles McGill, the decorated senior partner in the TV series Better Call Saul, is everything the legal profession tells itself it stands for: principled, authoritative, a guardian of the rule of law. His younger brother Jimmy — the poor, hustling, desperate Saul Goodman — represents everything the profession looks down on. But as artificial intelligence dismantles the gatekeeping function that long justified the legal profession’s self-image, it is worth asking: which one of them is a more accurate reflection of a lawyer?
May 07, 2026
The Carney government has introduced its second omnibus implementation bill to implement a slew of measures it proposed in the federal budget last November.
May 07, 2026
The Law Society of British Columbia (LSBC) and an association representing trial lawyers in the province have announced they are appealing a recent court decision that dismissed a constitutional challenge of the province’s Legal Professions Act.
May 07, 2026
Osler has added Olivier Fournier as a partner in its national tax group, based in Toronto and Montreal.
May 07, 2026
International law firm DWF has announced 40 senior promotions as part of its annual process, including three in Canada: Erik P. Masse (Montreal) and Lindsey Galvin (Calgary) were promoted within the partnership, while Gordon Becher (Calgary) was promoted to partner.
May 07, 2026
Canada’s privacy commissioner and three of his provincial counterparts are saying an investigation of artificial intelligence giant OpenAI has led the company to take steps that better protect the personal information of Canadians — but the regulators are also urging decision-makers to take action to modernize privacy laws for the digital age.