Political powers blunt good law, human rights lawyer says

Aug 1, 2015 1:20 AM CDT

Speakers consider the grand sweep of the Great Charter

Aug 1, 2015 1:10 AM CDT

UK trade envoy: ‘I’d give anything’ for the ABA to work with the Iraqi judiciary

Aug 1, 2015 1:00 AM CDT

What can US, UK lawyers learn from each other?

Aug 1, 2015 12:50 AM CDT

Laws need to catch up to high-speed trading

Aug 1, 2015 12:45 AM CDT

Corporations have a role in (and gain benefits from) promoting the rule of law

Aug 1, 2015 12:40 AM CDT

Man charged in law office bombing case is having a hard time finding defense counsel

A man accused of sending letter bombs to two Canadian law offices and an auto repair shop where his ex-wife works is having a hard time finding an attorney to represent him in his criminal case. Guido Amsel, 49, said at a Thursday court hearing he hadn’t been able to…

Jul 10, 2015 1:05 PM CDT

Law firm owes $35M to car dealers because it also represented government in GM talks

A well-known Bay Street law firm has been ordered to pay 45 million in Canadian dollars to 181 former car dealers it represented in restructuring negotiations with General Motors of Canada Ltd. Toronto-based Cassels Brock & Blackwell was ordered by an Ontario judge to pay the judgment—which amounts to about…

Jul 9, 2015 1:15 PM CDT

UK and Canadian firms OK 1,400-lawyer merger of equals, setting stage for more international growth

Two well-known law firms in Canada and the United Kingdom have agreed to a merger of equals, and are already looking ahead to further international expansion in upcoming years. The approximately 1,400-attorney firm to be formed in January by Gowling Lafleur Henderson and Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co. will also…

Jul 8, 2015 1:45 PM CDT

Divorce lawyer hurt by package bomb will return to work ASAP, bar president says

A Canadian lawyer who was hospitalized after being seriously injured Friday in a package-bomb blast at her Winnipeg law office plans to return to practice as soon as possible. Maria Mitousis “wants people to know that she’s going to be right back in the game as soon as she is…

Jul 7, 2015 3:55 PM CDT

Lawyer’s routine day in court ends when car bursts into flames in parking lot

Attorney Rob Sutherland was having a routine day in court Monday morning. But out in the courthouse parking lot, his car was having a spectacular meltdown. A little after 9 a.m., Sutherland’s vehicle erupted into flames, officials in Truro, Nova Scotia, told the Hants Journal and the Truro Daily News.…

Apr 27, 2015 4:00 PM CDT

Man who lied about assets to get free defense counsel is convicted of perjury in federal court

Already serving an almost 19-year federal prison sentence for possessing and transporting child pornography, a New York man was convicted of perjury last week in federal court in Syracuse. Prosecutors said Joseph Jenkins, 45, concealed $200,000 in investment accounts and his ownership of boats and recreational vehicles when applying for…

Apr 6, 2015 6:30 AM CDT

Artist attended nearly 2,000 trials over 13 years, painting the ‘true essence’ of what he sees

Justice was in short supply when David Louis Wall was growing up. Abused by a man posing as his mentor, he says, he was kicked out of his home at age 11 after he blew the whistle. Four years later, his mother was shot to death by her boyfriend. The…

Mar 27, 2015 8:35 AM CDT

DLA Piper and Canadian law firm vote to merge

DLA Piper and Canadian law firm Davis have agreed to a merger. The Vancouver Sun and the Am Law Daily (sub. req.) have news of the deal, approved by Davis last Wednesday and by DLA Piper the prior week. Davis has about 260 lawyers, including about 112 partners, in six…

Mar 2, 2015 7:11 AM CST

Court filing says attorney took up to $15M or more from clients, seeks freeze on bank accounts

A well-known lawyer may have improperly taken $15 million or more from clients over a several-year period, the Law Society of Upper Canada says. In a Thursday filing in Toronto’s superior court, the group seeks a freeze on Claudio Martini’s client trust-account funds and bank accounts related to his law…

Dec 18, 2014 12:45 PM CST