Pulse
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June 20, 2025
François Paradis named managing partner at Osler Montreal
Osler has appointed François Paradis as the new managing partner of its Montreal office.
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June 20, 2025
Selling faux antiques to Versailles? A case of caveat emperor
“Things are seldom as they seem. Skim milk masquerades as cream.” — Buttercup, in Gilbert and Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore. Which gets me to Bill Pallot. Vanity Fair called him “the world’s leading expert on the works of 18th-century France.” However, Paris Match recently branded him as “the Bernie Madoff of art.”
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June 19, 2025
FCA sets aside decision that declared Ottawa must fill judicial vacancies ‘within a reasonable time’
A novel Federal Court action that tried to compel Ottawa to fix its chronic tardiness in filling superior court vacancies has been dismissed for lack of jurisdiction by the Federal Court of Appeal; however, the law firm that launched the case to help its clients and other litigants says its efforts were not in vain.
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June 19, 2025
Three new lawyers join McDougall Gauley
McDougall Gauley LLP has announced that Manahil Arshad, Tanner Secord and Dathan Thomas have joined the firm as associates at its Saskatoon office.
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June 19, 2025
Ottawa quietly reboots Trudeau-era cybersecurity bill passed by Commons but makes changes
The Carney Liberal government has quietly rebooted — with changes — a Trudeau-era cybersecurity bill that proposed new offences, large administrative monetary penalties (AMPs), gags and broad “compliance orders” for businesses, with the stated aim of defending critical infrastructure in the federally regulated sectors of finance, telecommunications, energy and transportation from the rising tide of electronic espionage, ransomware and other “malicious cyber activity.”
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June 19, 2025
Wardle re-elected as LSO treasurer
Benchers of the Law Society of Ontario (LSO) have chosen continuity going forward, electing treasurer Peter Wardle to a second term at the helm of the regulator. Wardle will be sworn in at the LSO’s June 25 board meeting, also referred to as convocation. He was chosen over fellow candidates Murray Klippenstein and Stephen Rotstein.
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June 19, 2025
Trial judge parses art, science of sentencing
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on July 31, 2023, and was inadvertently republished on June 19, 2025. Duplicate article has been removed. Please see original here
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June 19, 2025
Lenczner Slaght welcomes Julien Sicco
Julien Sicco has joined Lenczner Slaght as an associate in Toronto.
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June 19, 2025
Lawsuits are investments
Whether enforcing a contract, recovering damages or seeking injunctive relief, most civil lawsuits are ultimately efforts to obtain money or something of equivalent value; thus, there should be a return-on-investment analysis for every claim. Often, litigants and their counsel get so caught up in the content of what their lawsuits are about that they overlook or completely disregard this crucial point.
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June 19, 2025
Gérard V. La Forest leaves a legacy of legal brilliance
The Canadian legal community experienced a profound loss last week when the Honourable Justice Gérard Vincent La Forest died at the age of 99. Justice La Forest’s life story is remarkable, rising from humble beginnings in Grand Falls, N.B., to the Supreme Court of Canada.