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June 28, 2024
The Friday Brief: Managing Editor’s must-read items from this week
Here are my picks for the top stories we published this week.
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June 28, 2024
Strategic merger of Hillenbrand Kozicki and MLT Aikins announced
Commercial real estate firm Hillenbrand Kozicki LLP and MLT Aikins LLP, which focuses on serving clients in Western Canada, recently announced a merger that will take effect on Sept. 1, 2024, a press release announced.
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June 28, 2024
The homeliest pooch from Coos Bay to Petaluma | Marcel Strigberger
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the ugliest of them all? Wild Thang of course … the eight-year-old Pekingese from Coos Bay, Ore. This poor pooch won first prize at the annual world’s ugliest dog contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, Calif. His owner notes that she entered the guy five times, during which he scored second place three times before recently winning the biggy. For Wild Thang, five was the charm.
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June 27, 2024
Dentons expands Calgary corporate group with new partner
Dentons announced the addition of partner Kate Stevens to its corporate group in Calgary.
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June 26, 2024
Competence-competence doctrine | Esther Carenza
The Competence-Competence doctrine is seen in international commercial contracts governed under the International Commercial Arbitration Act S.O., 2017 c 2 Sch 5., which is now cemented in a Canadian contract.
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June 26, 2024
B.C. lawyer earns prestigious award for commitment to Indigenous justice
The British Columbia branch of the Canadian Bar Association recently awarded Linda D. Locke with the Georges A. Goyer, QC Memorial Award for Distinguished Service for her work providing legal assistance to predominantly Indigenous clients.
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June 26, 2024
New public trustee announced for Northwest Territories
R.J. Simpson, the Northwest Territories minister of Justice, announced the appointment of Erin Wagner as the new public trustee of the Northwest Territories. According to a June 25 news release, Wagner’s appointment was effective June 17, 2024.
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June 26, 2024
Legal aid clinic granted intervener status in judicial challenge of law society tribunal ruling
An Ontario court has added a children and youth legal aid clinic as an intervener in the provincial law society’s challenge of a tribunal finding that an applicant for admission to the bar was of good character despite his acknowledging he sexually abused minors, including his own child, in the past.
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June 26, 2024
Importance of social media governance in age of AI | Connie L. Braun and Juliana Saxberg
We are in an era where tweets and other social media messaging very quickly shape public opinion. Hashtags spark movements, campaigns and protests.
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June 25, 2024
Gowling announces new head of litigation group
A recent news release from Gowling WLG announced that Nicolas Kluge had been appointed the new leader of the firm’s commercial litigation group in Canada.