A new B.C. law that removes the right of lawyers and other legal personnel to regulate their own profession is being ...
Following the province’s proposal to reduce the number of elected lawyers serving on the Law Society of British Columbia, lawyers are debating the bill’s potential impact on the independence of the ...
The Law Society of BC has announced it will initiate a constitutional challenge to a new law aimed at reforming the regulator. Bill 21, the Legal Professions Act, reforms the society into a single ...
The Federation of Law Societies of Canada has raised significant concerns about the potential erosion of independent regulation within British Columbia's legal professions following the introduction ...
Nicholas Smith of Legacy Tax and Trust Lawyers allegedly moved millions of dollars through his trust account for clients under investigation or criminally charged for stock fraud, according to a ...
RCMP commissioner Mike Duheme says he wants the government to look at drafting a new law that would make it easier for police to pursue charges against people who threaten elected officials.
Boston College Law School Associate Clinical Professor Sharon L. Beckman, faculty director of the Boston College Innocence Program, is among Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s 17 “Lawyers of the Year,” an ...
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests a majority of Canadians feel their right to freedom of speech is in danger. The Leger online survey found 57 per cent of respondents who said free speech in Canada is ...
The firm's moves are consistent with a slew of large law firms making staff and associate cuts in 2023, as firms focused on efficiency, outsourcing and productivity in a year of declining demand.
The bulwark of our election system is the election workforce. From Secretaries of State, to local election commissioners and managers, to people who work the polls (who in some states are ...