Pulse
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October 21, 2024
Cybersecurity recovery costs for businesses soared to $1.2B in 2023 despite fewer incidents
Canadian businesses spent approximately $1.2 billion on recovery from cybersecurity incidents in 2023, up from approximately $600 million in 2021, despite a decline in the proportion of Canadian businesses impacted by such incidents, according to Statistics Canada's Canadian Survey of Cyber Security and Cybercrime (CSCSC).
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October 21, 2024
3 associates join Kastner Ko
Recent news released from Kastner Ko LLP announced the addition of associates Olivia Evans, Vlada Hershtynovich and Frank Nasca.
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October 21, 2024
Overturning wrongful convictions | John L. Hill
Let’s face it. Fighting wrongful convictions is hard. Attending the 10th Annual International Wrongful Conviction Day in Toronto in early October was inspiring. Many exonerees were piped into the auditorium. It was easy to think that finding and helping the wrongly convicted is an easy or usual task. Our assumption that our criminal justice system works perfectly blurs the fact that injustice happens more frequently than we dare to admit.
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October 18, 2024
6 new Indigenous justice centres opening in British Columbia
The BC First Nations Justice Council (BCFNJC) has announced that six new Indigenous Justice Centres (IJCs) will be opening up in the province by December 2024, saying this would allow more Indigenous people to have access to free and culturally safe legal services.
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October 17, 2024
Humour in law: ‘If the world were perfect, it wouldn’t be’ | Marcel Strigberger
Are you sometimes overstressed practising law? Is your sense of humour dormant or, even worse, muzzled?
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October 18, 2024
2 new judges appointed to Ontario Court of Justice
The Ontario government announced the appointment of Christopher Chorney and Christa Reccord as judges to the provincial Court of Justice, an Oct. 15 news release announced.
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October 18, 2024
Associate promoted to partner at Tyr LLP
Cole Meagher has joined the Tyr LLP partnership, a recent news release from the firm announced.
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October 18, 2024
Achieving balance | Wendy Reynolds
How many millions of words have been written encouraging us to strive for balance in our lives? Meet Jim Stacy, founding partner of Thompson, MacColl & Stacy of Mississauga, Ont. He brings a unique interpretation to the concept of “balance.”
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October 17, 2024
Family law conference hears from lawyers doing things differently
A recent legal conference featured a panel of family lawyers doing things differently — including one on a mission to better educate clients and another who acts for both separating spouses.
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October 17, 2024
New chief justice appointed for B.C. supreme court
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the appointment of Ronald A. Skolrood as the new chief justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia, an Oct. 15 news release announced.