MONTREAL — The number of sexual assault complaints filed with police and classified as founded increased sharply in Canada after the #MeToo movement went viral in October ... Read more

T here is no doubt the varied uses of technology are here to stay, but Toronto condominium lawyer Audrey Loeb says the use of drones and artificial intelligence could clash ... Read more

Mediated settlements are of particular benefit in disputes where there is an ongoing relationship between parties, Hamilton human rights and employment lawyer Jennifer Zdriluk ... Read more

Starting her own firm has given Burlington corporate lawyer Cathi Mietkiewicz a confidence boost. Mietkiewicz, principal of Mietkiewicz Law , liked to think she had built ... Read more

The recent announcement by the Law Society of Ontario (LSO) that it's raising its annual fees for lawyers in 2019 is yet another example of how the organization appears oblivious ... Read more

In part one of a two-part series on ADR trends, Toronto lawyer and mediator Eric Gossin discusses the benefits of resolving commercial conflicts using alternative dispute ... Read more

The decision to award a frozen embryo to a Sudbury woman is significant because it classifies the embryo as property, Toronto fertility lawyer Sara Cohen tells The ... Read more

Toronto civil litigator Sarah O’Connor fears a valuable cost-saving program for self-represented litigants may never return if allowed to fail due to a lack of funding. ... Read more

Confidentiality means different things to different people, Toronto employment law mediators Barry B. Fisher and Peter Israel tell AdvocateDaily.com . The secrecy of ... Read more

People with disabilities may need help negotiating the tricky transition from the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) to old age benefits after age 65, Ottawa disabilities ... Read more

Membership in a local law association can help new lawyers stand out from the crowd, says The Federation of Ontario Law Associations' (FOLA) new Chair Michael Winward. ... Read more

In part two of a three-part series on domestic violence, Toronto family lawyer Jennifer Daudlin looks at the intersection of criminal and family law and how there is sometimes ... Read more

A coroner’s review of truck-related deaths on Ontario’s highways is long overdue, Toronto critical injury lawyer Patrick Brown tells the Toronto Star . ... Read more

By Inga Andriessen When I started practicing law over 26 years ago, I was a purely business law litigator. About three years into my career I became tired of litigating on poorly drafted ... Read more

By Marcel Strigberger What’s in a name? Or rather what’s in a title to a name? A 10-year-old boy in North Carolina recently got punished by his teacher for calling her ... Read more

By Amir Tajkarimi Has your firm’s profitability flatlined? If so, you’re not alone. Although modest growth has been observed in the last couple of years, widespread ... Read more

By Ryan Handlarski To whoever said that “golf is a good walk spoiled” – I say amen brother! Before you read this post and think I am crazy, you have to understand that I am ... Read more

By Ian Hull Have you followed the wellness industry lately? The New York Times recently published a lengthy feature on Gwyneth Paltrow and her wellness company Goop. In it, the author ... Read more

By Avi Dahary for AdvocateDaily.com Personal and Estate Income Tax Part four of this series covered the executor’s duty to ascertain and discharge the debt obligations of the deceased. This ... Read more

By Usman Sadiq You’ve signed a separation agreement, but now you regret it. Is it too late? Can you challenge a separation agreement? It depends. In most cases, a separation agreement ... Read more

By Wendy Cole Consider for a moment the last time you had to review email messages for discovery or pay counsel to do so on your behalf. The endless toil of slogging through random ... Read more

By Lisa Laredo If you’ve written a will—congratulations—you are amongst the half of Canadian adults who say they’ve written a will . If you are amongst the other 50 ... Read more

By Elyse Sunshine and Lonny Rosen In a recent review , the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board (the Board) found that the decision of the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee (the Committee) of ... Read more

By Bram Lecker and Kimberley Sebag As the old saying goes, the wheels of justice turn slowly. This has never rung truer than it does right now. Ontario’s overtaxed court system ... Read more

By Lisa Gelman A recent Ontario decision examined both default hearings as well as how and when a jail committal order is appropriate to enforce spousal support and child support ... Read more

By Marcus Sixta One question that often arises is “am I separated?” On the face of it, this seems like a simple issue, but if you are living in the same home as your former spouse ... Read more