Canada
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Canada, Conferences / Symposia, Technology
The Circuit: Ohhhhh, Canada!
Canada and legal technology: a winning combination. -
Canada, Career Alternatives, Football
The View From Up North: Meet Andrew Brandt -- NFL Exec, Player Agent, Sports Business Analyst
How does one go from law school to being a successful sports agent and more? - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
Canada
The View From Up North: Law Society Of Upper Canada's Newest Treasurer Wants To Tackle Some Tough Issues
He wants to improve access to justice and update the Ontario licensing process. Will he be able to do both?
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.30.16
* In case you haven’t been keeping score like we have, these are the firms that recently raised salaries: Kaye Scholer, Lynn Pinker Cox & Hurst, and Kasowitz Benson. If you’re worried you’ve missed any of our coverage on pay raises, you can check out our omnibus 2016 salary chart where we collect these stories. [2016 Salary Increase / Above the Law]
* Brexit isn’t just the financial undoing of a nation anymore: Boston Beer, the brewer of Sam Adams Boston Lager, has filed an intent-to-use trademark application to turn Brexit into a hard cider made from apples sourced in the UK. Just close your eyes, think of England, and take a swig before the next time you look at your 401(k). [WSJ Law Blog]
* This term at the Supreme Court was a big letdown for conservatives. First, Justice Antonin Scalia passed away, and then the high court continued to shift leftwards, leading liberals to prevail in some of the Court’s most influential decisions, from affirmative action to abortion rights. Better luck next term, conservatives. [Washington Post]
* Even though the school has offered buyouts to all of its tenured faculty and laid off staff, Dean Andrea Lyon says the worst is over for Valparaiso Law. Meanwhile, the school’s former dean says it could close, but doesn’t think it’s likely. Right now, he’s more worried about whether Valpo’s former students will survive. [Indiana Lawyer]
* Trinity Western University may have to take its law school aspirations to the Supreme Court of Canada. As it stands, there are three provinces that refuse to accredit the law school based on the fact that students and staff must sign a discriminatory covenant to abstain from sexual activity unless it’s between husband and wife. [CBC News]
* Former TV Judge Joe Brown can no longer practice law in Tennessee because he’s been placed on disability inactive status. Brown had a petition for discipline filed against him this fall after an unseemly outburst in court, which he now blames on complications from diabetes medication, hypertension, and stress. Get well soon. [Commercial Appeal]
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Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Canada, Money
The View From Up North: Why Are Toronto First-Year Salaries Stagnant?
Did you know that Canadian Biglaw firms haven't raised starting salaries substantially since 2008? -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.07.16
* Amber Heard, who is going through a tumultuous divorce with Johnny Depp amid accusations that he abused her throughout the marriage, met with women’s rights attorney Gloria Allred last week. We wonder if the famed feminist lawyer will take the case after a four-hour consultation. [PEOPLE]
* Life just got a little more mellow at this firm: Florida-based Greenspoon Marder opened a cannabis and hemp practice group yesterday, opening offices in San Diego and Denver, and putting lawyers to work in Las Vegas. The firm won’t be puff-puff-passing up business from the marijuana industry anymore. [Big Law Business]
* Doctor-assisted suicide became just legal across the Great White North, but the government took so long to draft a law to go along with the Canadian Supreme Court’s ruling that the decision went into effect without any legislation to back it up. [CBS News]
* If you’re still thinking about applying to law school, here’s a surefire way to brownnose your way into the school of your choice: do yourself a favor and include school-specific details in your personal statement. Good luck! [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News]
* How can you tell if you’re going to make big money after graduating from law school? First, take a look at the ATL Top 50 Law School Rankings to see how your employable graduates from your law school are, and then watch this video. [Business Insider]
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Social Media, Technology
The View From Up North: New Legal App Trolls Social Media For Evidence
TrialDrone is a cool social media aggregator with implications for criminal lawyers, civil litigators, police, and prosecutors. -
Boutique Law Firms, Canada
The View From Up North: Who Are Canada's Best Corporate And Litigation Boutiques?
Canadian Lawyer Magazine put out their rankings of different legal boutiques. Which firms made the cut? - Sponsored
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Canada, Technology
The View From Up North: Computer App Billed As 'New Super Intelligent Attorney'
What is ROSS Intelligence? Think of ROSS as your super-duper researcher. ROSS will always find the most relevant case law and legislation. -
Technology
Today's Tech: The New Frontier Of Legal Innovation
Legal conferences focused on the future of law and/or innovation are popping up all over the place, but legal technology evangelist Nicole Black says this one is the best she's ever attended. -
Canada, In-House Counsel, Women's Issues
The View From Up North: Female In-House Counsel Get Short End Of Stick Compared To Male Counterparts
If that’s happening to female lawyers, what’s going on with other women who don’t have a legal toolbox -- and will it ever change? -
Canada, Money, Tax Law
Stop Hatin' On Lawyers For The Panama Papers
Helping you to navigate the tricky tax laws and to pay every dime of tax required—and not a cent more—is exactly what you pay your lawyer for, according to columnist Steve Dykstra. -
Accounting / Accountants, Canada
The View From Up North: The Accountants Are Messing With The Lawyers Again
The Canadian arm of accounting giant Deloitte recently purchased a law firm. What’s that old adage? If you can’t beat ‘em, buy ‘em…
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Canada, Supreme Court
The View From Up North: Hollywood Big Shot Offers To Replace Justice Scalia
Why should this Canadian-born Hollywood producer/non-lawyer be a SCOTUS nominee? -
Canada
The View From Up North: UK Accountants Trying To Knock Lawyers Off The Top Of The Podium
A report from Deloitte warns the legal profession that it needs to change to keep up with the times. Do you agree? -
Canada, Lateral Moves, Sponsored Content
Oh Canada! Lateral Moves To And From Our Northern Neighbors
Let’s examine how and why Canadian and American attorneys consider becoming expats. -
Canada, Politics, SCOTUS
The View From Up North: And I Thought Canada’s Supreme Court Nomination Process Was Screwy
This Canadian lawyer thinks America's political divisiveness makes its Supreme Court nomination process look like a joke. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.23.16
* It’s official: Justice Clarence Thomas hasn’t asked a question during oral arguments at the Supreme Court in a decade. No other justice in history has ever done something like this, but Justice Thomas is “confident enough in his own skin not to care.” [MSNBC]
* Who would make a better SCOTUS justice, Judge Sri Srinivasan of the D.C. Circuit or U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara? President Obama may be wondering when deciding whether to appoint the high court’s first Asian-American justice. [New York Daily News]
* Judge H. Russel Holland was presiding over the DOJ’s action against two allegedly discriminatory polygamous cities on the Utah-Arizona border when he was rushed away in an ambulance. He had a terrible case of bronchitis. Feel better, Your Honor! [AP]
* Gowlings, Canada’s second-largest firm, merged with UK-based Wragge Lawrence Graham to form an international firm with 1,400+ lawyers in 10 countries. Accept our cautionary congratulations, since layoffs usually follow mergers of this size. [Reuters]
* Aww, how cute! After working as a fully integrated firm for almost two years, Squire Patton Boggs has announced its first-ever merger with another firm. Welcome San Francisco-based firm Carroll Burdick & McDonough to the party. [Plain Dealer]
* Mayer Brown is relying on a lateral associate to help its Cuba practice shore up client relations on the island through all of her connections there, which have been described as “hot property.” She even got her own press release. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg]
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Sex, Sex Scandals
Hanky-Panky Judge Surrenders Law License After Offering Favourable Ruling In Exchange for 'Favours'
Can you say "corruption"? -
Biglaw, Canada
The View From Up North: Who Represented 2015's Biggest Capital Market Deals?
It’s time we look back at the previous year in the Canadian capital markets to determine who provided counsel on the juiciest Canadian debt and equity raises.