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.

Blawg Related Categories: International • North America • Canada • Legal News Publication • Blawg 100

Recent Posts from FP Legal Post

Britain's own constitutional crisis
Stephen Harper's constitutional troubles probably have a lot of Canadian lawyers dusting off their first year constitutional law texts in hopes of reminding themselves about the King-Byng crisis. Great Britain is meanwhile in the midst…
Tax havens feel the heat
The United States is taking steps to clamp down on the use of Liechtenstein as a means to evade taxes. Next Monday (Dec. 8), the U.S. and Liechtenstein will sign an agreement designed at clamping…
CICA issues climate change disclosure guidelines
In response to growing demand from investors for better disclosures regarding climate change, the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) has published Building a Better MD&A: Climate Change Disclosure. According to the CICA, climate change…
TitlePLUS puts out
Canadian law students have been invited to submit essays related to real estate law in the hope of winning the third annual $3,000 TitlePLUS Essay Prize, created by LawPRO to encourage outstanding legal scholarship in real…
Law21 blog also Canadian
Oops, we missed one. Law21 is also a Blawg 100 finalist. It's a blog from Jordan Furlong, editor of the National, the Canadian Bar Association's journal. It's getting kudos for its work on discussing careers…
Old All ERs go digital
In a move that has warmed the cockles of articling students across the Commonwealth, the All England Reports dating from 1220 to 1873, can now be found online. And there was great rejoicing. Hat tip to Geeklawyer for…
Canadian law blogs among the best
As Jim's previous blog mentioned, the ABA Journal has anounced the top 100 legal blogs for 2008. Legal Post is fortunate to be among them. However, we are not the lone Canadians; Precedent is entered…
Have your say on top Blawgs
The ABA Journal is canvassing votes for the top Blawgs and Legal Post has made the cut for news. If you like what you read, give us a vote by clicking here and scrolling to…
Oscar for University of Ottawa law prof?
Michael Geist, the prolific guru on Internet law who teaches at the University of Ottawa, is now a filmmaker. One year after launching the Fair Copyright for Canada Facebook Group, he's just released a new…
Insolvency clause backfiring for BCE?
As BCE and the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan fight over whether the break up fee applies, it’s humorous to see how the solvency provision has become such cannon fodder.It’s also ironic that a provision BCE…