Challenges facing law firms growing through mergers & acquisitions
The North American legal marketplace is in the midst of consolidating and shrinking, marked by growing competition for small and medium-sized targets.
Category: Legal business
Scrambling to convert to IFRS
When the Canadian Securities Administrators issued a staff notice during the summer that all registrants regulated directly by Canadian securities regulatory authorities would be required to prepare financial statements using International Financial Accounting Standards beginning on January 1, 2011, it literally set off a scramble.
Collaborative law making inroads in Quebec
Collaborative law is making inroads in Quebec.
Practice Management Reviews: “And there you stand exposed”
Far removed from the much dreaded practice reviews, practice management reviews are designed to assist lawyers in evaluating their practices and improving their skills and competencies.
Medium-sized law firms having a hard time
Grondin, Poudrier, Bernier, a Quebec City law firm that honed its reputation in labour law before branching out in other practice areas, will be disbanding at year end, marking the second Quebec medium-sized law firm to take drastic measures over the past couple of weeks to come to grips with a faltering economy and saturated […]
Quebec Crown Prosecutors overworked and underpaid, says Association
Exasperated that ongoing discussions with the Quebec government to improve working conditions have led to little progress, the Quebec Association of Crown Prosecutors has publicly taken to task the provincial government for the second time in three months. The association is calling on the provincial government to hire another 220 crown prosecutors in order to […]
Back to school for Quebec lawyers
Quebec’s legal society is compelling practising lawyers to go back to school and complete no fewer than 30 hours of approved continuing legal education courses.
Pro Bono Quebec hopes to improve access to justice
The Centre Pro Bono Québec is the latest initiative striving to improve access to justice to low-and modest-income individuals by facilitating and coordinating pro bono legal services.
A Quebec judge reflecting on challenges they face
Quebec Court of Appeal Justice Allan Hilton reflected on judges and lawyers grappling with the challenges emanating from Quebec’s unique cultural and linguistic make-up.
Media restrictions in courthouses does not obstruct freedom of expression
Québec media restricted from using cameras and conducting interviews except in designated areas of the courthouse.