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Slaw- Tips Tuesday April 24, 2018Here are excerpts from the most recent tips on SlawTips, the site that each week offers up useful advice, short and to the point, on research, writing, and practice. Research & Writing Coming Into Force of Statute Revisions Susannah Tredwell One of the (many) confusing things about historical legislative research is the fact that revised statutes don’t n […]Administrator
- Good News and Bad News for Law School Clinics April 24, 2018When I hear “I have good news and bad news, which do you want to hear first?” I always want to hear the bad news so I can end with the good news. For Canadian clinical legal education, here is the bad news. Bill C-75 – Unintended Consequences? The federal government introduced Bill C-75 for first reading in the House of Commons on March 29. This bill include […]Doug Ferguson
- Monday’s Mix April 23, 2018Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canada’s award-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from more than 80 recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their work, with their permission, to as wide an audience as possible. This week the randomly selected blogs are 1. Employment & Human Rights Law in Canada 2. Mic […]Administrator
- Hipster Antitrust’s Potential to Make Competition Law Sexy Again April 23, 2018A renewed scrutiny of corporate governance was inevitable in light of the current political climate and the backdrop of the recent recession and notable market failures. This revisionist approach towards competition law expands the scrutiny beyond notions of consumer welfare standards into non-traditional economic considerations like fairness, underemploymen […]Omar Ha-Redeye
- Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ April 22, 2018Every week we present the summary of a decision handed down by a Québec court provided to us by SOQUIJ and considered to be of interest to our readers throughout Canada. SOQUIJ is attached to the Québec Department of Justice and collects, analyzes, enriches, and disseminates legal information in Québec. PÉNAL (DROIT) : L’ordonnance d’un nouveau procès rendue […]Steve Matthews
- AODA: Improving Accessibility Standards for Employment April 19, 2018The Ontario government is updating the accessible employment standards to make employment more accessible to people with disabilities. Consequently, the Employment Standards Development Committee would like to get interested stakeholders and the public’s feedback on the initial recommendations to the 2018 Review of the Employment Standards under the Accessib […]Yosie Saint-Cyr
- Is the Law Society of Ontario Still Donating to Political Parties? April 19, 2018One benefit of being a regular Slaw columnist is the ability to revisit previous columns. Roughly four years ago, I wrote a column titled “Why Is the Law Society Donating to Political Parties?: Some Answers and Questions” where I explored and questioned the fact that the LSO (then LSUC) made donations totalling $21,000 in 2013 to the provincial Liberal, Cons […]Amy Salyzyn
- PIPEDA Privacy Breach Notification Coming Nov 1 April 18, 2018Effective Nov 1, 2018, businesses that have a privacy breach must give notice of the breach under PIPEDA – the privacy legislation affecting the private sector in most Canadian provinces. The final regulations containing the details are about to be published. Here are the highlights. When do I have to report? If there is a privacy breach that “creates a real […]David Canton
- Wednesday: What’s Hot on CanLII April 18, 2018Each Wednesday we tell you which three English-language cases and which French-language case have been the most viewed* on CanLII and we give you a small sense of what the cases are about. For this last week: 1. Gamoff v. Hu, 2018 ONSC 2172 [1] When the residential real estate market is a rising market, most people – perhaps with the exception of first time […]Administrator
- The Unrealized Potential of Courthouse Libraries April 18, 2018I’ve never had anything but the highest respect, admiration and regard for my colleagues in courthouse libraries; and, if I have any regrets about my career, one of them is that I never had the opportunity to work in a courthouse or law society library. Of all librarians, it is they who, through a network of almost 200 county courthouse libraries in Canada, […]Louis Mirando
- Tips Tuesday April 24, 2018
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- Can we balance work and our personal life? July 14, 2014By: Hilary Bowser It can be extremely difficult to work in the field of law and make time for our family and friends. Many believe that to be successful in our careers we must make...
- The Struggle to Juggle. July 9, 2014by Stephanie Hannah If you’re like me, you’re passionate about having a career that challenges you and a family to share all of life’s accomplishments with. But, is there really an opportunity for both? More...
- A Balanced Life: Reality or Illusion? June 23, 2014By George McLaren You must have heard the clichés repeated many times over. “There’s no rest for the wicked, (or the righteous, for that matter),” depending on the degree of fondness ascribed to the subject....
- “To Be, Or Not To Be”: Work-Life Balance June 23, 2014By: Iaroslavna Serenko Working at a large law firm in Toronto, I sadly observed tens of files on every desk each day. With such enormous amount of work, feelings of accomplishment, happiness, and relief are...
- Balancing Act: Career or Personal Life June 23, 2014by Kate Lucoff Creating the perfect balance between career and personal life has always been a challenge in any profession, but particularly when it comes to such high demanding professions as a lawyer or...
- Having a successful law career and a personal life is possible!!! June 23, 2014By Carlos Vera Balancing the professional and personal life could be a difficult goal in the modern life. In some professions this could result almost impossible. One of the most demanding and time consuming professions...
- Attaining a Work-life Balance in Todays World June 23, 2014By: Maneet Salh Lawyers have one of the toughest jobs when it comes to balancing work and life. It has become very difficult to live the life one wants and the life one needs to...
- Work-life balance is it possible? June 23, 2014By: Amber McVittie-Quinn It is no secret that the legal profession is a demanding one. Although it is glamourized in the media, it is well known that the practice puts a large amount of pressure...
- Women, work life balance and the law June 23, 2014By: Vicky Sparks The idea of work life balance is whispered about with the awe and mystery of the loch ness monster in most professions, but especially law. What is this mythical balance they speak...
- Women in law: achieving work-life balance June 23, 2014By: Inna Maister Nowadays it is difficult for women to be an excellent worker and mother at the same time. Especially it relates to women, who work in sphere of law. It is commonly...
- Can we balance work and our personal life? July 14, 2014
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