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June 20, 2024
Wardle elected Ontario law society treasurer
The Law Society of Ontario (LSO) will soon have a new face at the helm. Peter Wardle, a partner at Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP in Toronto, was elected treasurer for the LSO’s 2024-25 term by the law society’s governing board on June 19. He will take office at the law society’s June 28 board meeting, which is known as convocation.
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June 20, 2024
New partner joins Gowling in Toronto
A recent news release from Gowling WLG announced the addition of partner Asim Iqbal in the firm’s corporate restructuring, insolvency and advisory group.
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June 19, 2024
3 judicial appointments in Quebec
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani announced in a June 18 press release two judicial appointments to the Superior Court of Quebec —Louis Marquis and Audrey Boctor — as well as the appointment of Myriam Lachance to the Court of Appeal of Quebec.
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June 17, 2024
Canadian counsel involvement in arbitration cases increasing, says first-of-its-kind report
On Canada’s commercial arbitration landscape, most professionals working in the field are lawyers and nearly half of them also run a litigation practice, according to the recently released results of the first survey of Canadian arbitration practitioners.
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June 17, 2024
New partner joins Dentons Calgary
A new partner has joined the Calgary office of Dentons, a news release from the firm announced recently. The addition of Mark Ricketts helps to expand the firm’s banking and finance group, and he is also a part of the firm’s real estate group.
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June 14, 2024
New chief commissioner of Canadian Human Rights Commission announced
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani announced on June 14, 2024, the appointment of Birju Dattani as chief commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC), effective Aug. 8, 2024,
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June 14, 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 14, 2024
2 Pushor Mitchell articling students promoted to associates
Pushor Mitchell LLP recently announced the addition of two new associates to its team. Leah Sorge and Colin Grimard were both called to the B.C. bar in 2024 and completed their articling at Pushor Mitchell.
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June 13, 2024
RCMP External Review Committee chair reappointed
A June 12 news release from Public Safety Canada announced that Minister of Public Safety Dominic LeBlanc had reappointed Charles Randall Smith as chairperson of the RCMP External Review Committee. The appointment is effective June 18, 2024, for a five-year term.
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June 13, 2024
U.S. tech giants urge Washington to fight Canadian digital services tax
Some of the largest U.S. tech firms are urging Washington to launch a trade dispute with Canada if the federal government passes legislation to create a three per cent digital services tax (DST) on large technology companies.