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'It’s really quite an incredible story, and how big firms got caught up in it, and why, I don’t know the answer to that,' says Toronto lawyer Joe Groia.
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Noose tightens around donation tax schemes

Amid CRA crackdown, judge refuses to throw out lawsuit that names Fraser Milner Casgrain, BDO as defendants

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Overtime lawsuits hit a snag

Cases that pit employees against big banks hang in balance before Ontario Court of Appeal

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The Irving Pulp & Paper mill on the Saint John River in Saint John. The Supreme Court of Canada will hear a case, probably in December, on random alcohol testing at the mill.
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Supreme Court to rule on random alcohol testing

Case of dispute at N.B. paper mill could affect growing practice at workplaces across Canada

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Jerry Gazarek, who once owned a Pickering, Ont., Chevy-Cadillac dealership before he was forced out after 32 years, stands at the now-vacant dealership, May 1, 2012. Mr. Gazarek is part of a class-action lawsuit against General Motors and law firm Cassels Brock and Blackwell.
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Law firm Cassels Brock sues 150 lawyers

Cassels Brock & Blackwell files counter-claim as it faces conflict-of-interest allegations over GM bailout

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Joe Groia, shown last August at the start of his Law Society of Upper Canada disciplinary hearing, is accused of 'incivility' in the Bre-X Minerals trial.
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Bay St. lawyer’s career hinges on disciplinary hearing

Closing arguments in case of Joe Groia, who faces possible sanctions for ‘incivility’ in Bre-X trial

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Conrad Black is shown leaving Federal Court on July 23, 2010, in Chicago.

Deal would see Conrad Black get share of $12-million

Settlement dates from December and must still be approved by courts in Ontario and Delaware

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The Nortel ruling essentially deems the Ontario Ministry of the Environment as just another unsecured creditor.
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Nortel dodges environmental orders, for now

Ontario government seeks to appeal decision allowing insolvent company out of cleanup costs

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Recently retired from the Supreme Court of Canada, Ian Binnie holds his young grandson, Tiago Castelo Brano, at Mr. Binnie's country home near Lindsay, Ont.
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The Supreme Court’s retired, but hardly retiring, Ian Binnie

The former justice reflects on the ‘corporatization’ of law firms and the impact of rushing to arbitration

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Carson Block, founder of short-selling research firm Muddy Waters, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Washington, April 2, 2012. Mr. Block, 35, is perhaps the best known member of a group of short-selling investors and financial bloggers who allege fraudulent accounting practices among some China-based companies with U.S. or Canadian stock listings.
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Lawsuit against Sino-Forest frozen in its tracks

Bankruptcy protection, attempt to sell off assets ‘complicates’ cases against firm, lawyer says

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South Korea-trained lawyer Sangkil Yi, 40, is bringing his international experience to Stikeman Elliott through the University of Toronto's Internationally Trained Lawyers Program.
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‘Golden opportunity’ for immigrant lawyers in Ontario

University of Toronto program helps newcomers find their footing, and law firms find new talent