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Is the BlackBerry cutting into billable time?10

The BlackBerry is the ultimate client service tool - today's law firms can't imagine how their lawyers could function without them. But the revenue-relevant question is: Are they billing that airport time? 03/09/08 9:31 AM 10

The armour strengthens around privilege1

Landmark decision delivers hands-off message to regulators in cases of lawyer-client communications 26/08/08 5:46 PM 1

Open for business, Chief Justice declares5

Supreme Court ‘functioning at its best' on BCE appeal, Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin says 19/08/08 11:47 PM 5

Corporations urged to be better world citizens18

Mr. Justice Ian Binnie of Canada's Supreme Court says Canadian multinationals should pay more attention to human rights abuses in Third World countries 19/08/08 6:54 PM 18

New lobby rules mean more work for lawyers1

Once you figure out if you're a player, it's up to you to report publicly what you're up to 12/08/08 8:29 PM 1

Client conflict rulings focus of new code2

Canadian Bar Association creates new code of conduct aimed at clearing up rules that have come to plague sole practitioners and mega-law firms alike 18/08/08 3:50 AM 2

BAR TALK

Lawyers seem to be getting itchy feet at Bell Canada

Plus: Sex, lawyers and police chiefs 26/08/08 5:43 PM

BAR TALK

Bennett taps interest in Islamic finance

Plus: As good as reality television 12/08/08 6:21 PM

BAR TALK

Labour pains at McCarthys

Two more practitioners depart to join Street rival Fasken 05/08/08 6:24 PM

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A critical step forward6

The Competition Policy Review Panel has laid out a smart blueprint - but there is much more to be done, writes Paul Crampton 02/07/08 6:29 AM 6

Black's appeal judge a bird of a different feather

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U.S. case a 'wake-up call'

Influential Delaware court rules companies can alter bylaws to strip former board members of indemnity for legal costs 05/08/08 6:19 PM

Lawyer finds gaping hole in securities law3

Court rules that the Securities Act of Ontario does not cover ex-members of investment organization once they leave their jobs 22/07/08 9:54 PM 3

A fierce litigator who was a 'gentleman'

George Glezos dove into lawsuits with intensity, argued with a flourish in court and never uttered a cross word to opponents 22/07/08 9:55 PM

A cautionary tale6

This legal feud shows the world of tax-driven investments can be murky 15/07/08 6:24 PM 6

The fading line between free speech and libel11

Legal guru says blurry boundaries and the rise of the Internet is making his craft 'utterly unworkable' 02/07/08 6:23 AM 11

Duelling benches2

A Saskatchewan court decision has certified a national class-action suit that was already pending in Ontario 24/06/08 6:04 PM 2

The dark side of class action settlements8

Victims who obtain compensation are often poorly informed claimants who are sometimes exposed to further abuses 17/06/08 7:07 PM 8

The ABCs of BCE's court battle16

Stage set for the most important commercial legal showdown in decades 10/06/08 8:06 PM 16

Calgary bucks trend of litigators in law firms2

The city is flush with litigation lawyers, while Bay Street business law offices are leaving the field over conflict-of-interest fears 03/06/08 6:32 PM 2

It all came down to the Revlon rule6

BCE's lawyers relied on this major U.S. legal principle. The Supreme Court will decide whether they were right 27/05/08 10:38 PM 6

Deals

Web Exclusive Comment: Breaking the foreign investment taboo

For the first time, the federal government announced its willingness under the Investment Canada Act to block a foreign takeover of a Canadian business 16/04/08 7:50 AM

Web Exclusive Comment: The Next New Thing — Distressed M&A

Management-led sale of a financially distressed companies will replace the traditional debt restructuring plan as the deal structure of choice 08/04/08 6:35 PM

Flaherty wades into Barrick's CIBC feud52

Dustup threatens to delay ABCP restructuring 06/05/08 7:30 PM 52

Oil patch trusts jockey for position3

As innovators in the sector adapt to Ottawa's constraints, their lawyers are adapting (and billing) right alongside 29/04/08 6:50 PM 3

One little 'no' changes everything3

Since 1985, there has not been a single deal rejected following an Investment Canada review; but, that run looks to be over 16/04/08 7:31 AM 3

‘Honest services' key to Black, Skilling appeals5

Several convictions based on statute, including three related to collapse of Enron, have been thrown out by higher courts 08/04/08 6:41 PM 5

For BCE buyers, this U.S. signal is loud and clear4

Clear Channel case shows banks have been so damaged by the credit crunch they are prepared to take loan talks to the brink 01/04/08 7:14 PM 4

The mother of all blanket immunity deals15

ABCP investors will be required to surrender rights to sue any party if they hope to get their money back 25/03/08 7:20 PM 15

Web-exclusive Comment: Clearing the way for the BCE Inc. deal2

Quebec Superior Court removes major impediment to the closing of the takeover 11/03/08 7:26 PM 2

Big Deals 2007: 'A hangover after an incredible binge'3

Deep pockets from private equity and easy lending conditions helped fuel the 2007 boom in M&A. The question now is what might get it going again 28/01/08 1:14 AM 3