Legal business
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Insider trading can be a slippery slope for in-house counsel
Insider trading can be a slippery slope for in-house counsel. Continue reading
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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. Continue reading
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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. Continue reading
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Collaborative law making inroads in Quebec
Collaborative law is making inroads in Quebec. Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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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. Continue reading