WeirFoulds Partner Frank E. Walwyn Receives Black Law Students Association Award
WeirFoulds LLP is pleased to announce that Frank E. Walwyn is the recipient of the Legal Excellence Award from the Black Law Students’ Association of Osgoode Hall Law School for […]
Unlocking Lockstep
Now that several U.S. law firms have run away from the lockstep model for associate compensation, many Canadian firms are looking to move in the same direction, though not at […]
Holyday Sues Over Peers’ Free Ride on Legal Bills
Angered by Toronto council’s decision to cover legal expenses for three colleagues, Councillor Doug Holyday has hired a lawyer himself to try to quash the payments.
No Holyday for Some Councillors
Doug Holyday is taking his colleagues on council to court to try and force them to overturn a decision to pay legal expenses for three councillors, including Adrian Heaps’ libel […]
Wal-Mart, Water, Winona School
The year 2009 had its share of bad news (H1N1 deaths, job losses) and good news (Hamilton’s win as part of the Toronto bid for the 2015 Pan Am Games, […]
Weak Economy Forces Firms to Tighten Up Business Practices
This year’s weak economy forced lawyers to make fundamental changes to the business side of their practices.
2009 Lexpert Guide to Leading US/Canada Cross-border Litigation Lawyers in Canada
Congratulations to Bryan Finlay and David Wingfield, both of whom have been listed in the 2009 Lexpert Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Litigation Lawyers in Canada in the section […]
RM Plan Seen as Survival Key; The Proposals Would Set a Floor Price Covering the COP as well as Manage Supply
Interest in a risk management program that will require some form of management of production is growing rapidly in Ontario’s hog-farming community, judging by testimony at the appeals tribunal hearings […]
Toronto Drug Officers Face More Corruption Accusations
“A few bad apples.” That’s how former Toronto police chief Julian Fantino described the force’s problems when six former officers were charged with conspiring to beat and rob drug dealers […]
Women are Named Managing Partners in Quebec
Women are named managing partners in Quebec.
Hardball Tactics, or An Uncivil War?
Two raucous trials in two cities tell very different stories about the boundaries of legal civility in Canada.