FP Legal Post
This blog from Canada’s National Post covers law firm news from Canada, the U.S. and the U.K. But its authors also delight in writing cheeky posts about oddball law stories from all over the world.
Author: Jim Middlemiss is National Post's Legal Post editor; Julius Melnitzer is a legal affairs writer and author of a prison memoir Maximum, Minimum, Medium, and a novel, Dirty White Collar; Mitch Kowalski is a solicitor and freelance writer.
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Recent Posts from FP Legal Post
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Ontario ESA amendments in force
Bill 139, which amends Ontario's Employment Standards Act, came into force today. Under it, elect to work employees, with an exception for community care access corporations, are now entitled to termination and severance pay. As well,…
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Legal slaughterhouse: 5,800 lose jobs in one month
October saw 5,800 people in the US legal sector lose their jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to a report by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Law firm layoffs had flattened out over the summer…
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UK lawyers take to the internet in search of client-haters
Techdirt reports on UK law firm Wragge & Co. that has set up a team of lawyers to search the internet looking for persons making disparaging comments about the firm's clients - and then taking steps…
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Lawyers have no duty to adverse parties
The Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled that a defendant cannot bring third party proceedings against a plaintiff's solicitor alleging that the solicitor's advice in relation to mitigation was negligent. In Davy Estate v. CIBC…
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Legal slaughterhouse: reduce associates' pay to 1998 levels
Although 55% of participants in an Altman Weil online seminar on associate compensation believed that associate salary cuts were temporary, the two consultants presenting the webinar said lower salaries were here to stay. Altman's James…
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Former Bank of America GC not licensed to practice
Corporate Counsel reports that Brian Moynihan, who served as Bank of America's general counsel for 37 days late in 2008 when crucial legal decisions affecting both the bank and the economy were being made, was…
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Iacobucci honoured for multicultural contribution
The Cambridge Food and Wine Society, with the support of the Multicultural History Society, recently honoured retired Supreme Court of Canada Justice Frank Iacobucci, now with Torys, for his contributions to multiculturalism. Julius Melnitzer
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Outlook rosy for bankruptcy lawyers
The latest statistics indicate that bankruptcy lawyers will continue to be busy for some time. The Daily Bankruptcy Review reports that US commercial bankruptcy filings rose 7% in October from the previous month, reversing declines in…
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Giant Wal-Mart wage and hour class action settles
Wal-Mart has settled the largest wage and hour class action against it by agreeing to pay between US$65 million and $85 million to 3 million members of the classes in 39 consolidated actions. The plaintiffs…
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Legal slaughterhouse: Cravath halves bonuses
On Monday, Cravath, Swaine & Moore was the first major US firm to announce year-end associate bonuses. It doesn't appear as if anyone is going to be happy. According to the New York Law Journal, second…