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- Legal AI proficiency: what Canadian lawyers keep getting wrong
Most lawyers experimenting with AI are making one of two mistakes, according to Samuel Puchala, President and General Manager of LexisNexis Canada. One group briefly tries a tool, gets a disappointing result, and shelves it. The other dives in, gets impressive early results, and over-relies on the o … Read more »
- Law firm culture suffers when rock star bullies run the show
Law firms spend a lot of time writing about their culture. Laura Williams has spent more than 30 years watching what they actually do – and the gap between the two is where most of the damage happens. Williams is the managing partner of Williams HR Law LLP and CEO of Williams HR Consulting Inc. She … Read more »
- Correctional Negligence: Holding Canada's Institutions Accountable
Correctional negligence is one of the most consequential and underexplored areas of Canadian personal injury law. As scrutiny of the country’s correctional system intensifies, driven by rising deaths in custody, inadequate medical care, the expanded use of solitary confinement, and a growing number … Read more »
- Fasken on agentic AI: building the tools lawyers actually use
In this episode of CL Talk, Canadian Lawyer managing editor Tim Wilbur speaks with Clarke Barnes, Fasken’s firm managing partner, and Andrea Alliston, who leads the firm’s knowledge and practice innovation programs, about an AI strategy that predates the firm’s July 2026 announcement of a firmwide L … Read more »
- Mesha Donaldson on building Tandem Law her own way
In this episode of CL Talk, Canadian Lawyer managing editor Tim Wilbur speaks with Mesha Donaldson, founder and managing partner of Tandem Law P.C., a family law, real estate, and wills and estates firm in Pickering, Ontario. Called to the Ontario bar in 2011 after graduating from the University of … Read more »