The Association of Corporate Counsel has announced its 12 “Value Champions” for 2013 — and a major Canadian law firm has been recognized for its innovative pricing structure. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP is the only Canadian firm mentioned as part of the initiative — which honours co-operation between firms and law departments — for its […]
The new cachet of labour and employment practice
Labour and employment is by no means a new practice area, but it has evolved in such a way that there appears to be a new found interest in the area. How else could one explain the fact that the respected labour and employment boutique Spectrum HR Law LLP has disbanded and all its lawyers […]
Nominations open for Lexpert’s 2013 Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40 awards
Lexpert is now accepting nominations for its Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40 award. This year, the Lexpert Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40 will honour lawyers from law firms, in-house and potentially government. We encourage lawyers to nominate other lawyers with whom they have worked. Lexpert will select the finalists based on the criteria […]
Canada on USTR watchlist for “serious concerns” about pharmaceutical patent process
Canada has been placed on the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) watch list for 2013 due to “serious concerns” about the treatment of pharmaceutical patents, including the “availability of rights of appeal” and “heightened utility requirements.” The USTR report, released May 1, is based on an annual review of the state of […]
Court Way off on Warrantless Cellphone Searches: George Takach
6 May 2013 — In this month’s technology column, George Takach picks apart the Ontario Court of Appeal’s troubling decision in Fearon, which rules that an arresting police officer can — without a warrant — confiscate a suspect’s cellphone and search through it for incriminating evidence, so long as the device is not password-protected. Takach […]
Executive Misconduct: Comparing the Hollinger fiasco to the Griffiths Energy model
At the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association’s spring conference earlier this week, MNP’s Greg Draper moderated a frank and provocative panel discussion on “Responding to Executive Misconduct,” where experts detailed strategies for prevention, detection and response to executive fraud. The panel went beyond academic scenarios, though, and cited real cases like Hollinger, Niko Resources and Griffiths […]
Acritas: Big changes in Canadian law firm “brandscape”
Norton Rose in Canada is ranked number one brand by Legal market researcher Acritas, which released its Canadian Law Firm Brand Index on April 17. Elizabeth Duffy, Vice-President at Acritas US, revealed rankings (see chart on above) and key findings from the report at an event sponsored by the Legal Marketing Association’s Toronto Chapter. According […]
Nominations open for Zenith Awards: Celebrating women leaders in the legal profession
Nominations are now open for Lexpert’s 2013 Zenith Awards: Celebrating Women Leaders in the Legal Profession. Nominations close on May 15, 2013. Click here for the nomination form. Winners will be women lawyers who have been change-agents for their clients, firms, companies, departments, faculties, profession, colleagues and/or communities. They may be drawn from law firms, […]
Hong Kong IPOs
Two of Hong Kong’s biggest IPOs this year have yielded lead roles for Clifford Chance and Allen & Overy working opposite Davis Polk & Wardwell and Kirkland & Ellis respectively. The planned listings of state-owned brokerage China Galaxy Securities Co and Sinopec Engineering, a wholly owned subsidiary of Asia’s biggest oil refiner, Beijing-based Sinopec Group, […]
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