Roundup of law firm hires, promotions, departures: April 29, 2024 update

Five law firms made new announcements

Federal Court sets hearings for maritime, negligence, transportation cases

Settlement, damages, recovery benefits among Federal court matters scheduled this week

Goodmans and Davies act in commercial cases worth $114–550 million

Aird & Berlis appears in six commercial list suits this past week

Top 10 corporate boutiques for 2024–25 revealed by Canadian Lawyer

Canada's top corporate law firms advise on M&A, securities, transactions, business law matters

Ontario Superior Court certifies class action against crypto asset trading platform Binance

The lawsuit alleged illegal sales by Binance due to its failure to register or file a prospectus

NS Court of Appeal denies request for the production of CCTV footage in a personal injury action

The footage could legally be withheld for purposes of witness impeachment: court

NS Supreme Court clarifies disclosure standards in a divorce and property division case

The relevance of the information sought is a paramount consideration: court

Federal Court overturns study permit denial due to immigration officer’s unreasonable assessment

The officer denied the application despite proof of financial capacity

Ontario Court of Appeal dismisses stroke-related medical malpractice suit against physician

The medical professional discharged the patient with a prescription but did not review the angiogram results

OPINION

As his tenure as law school dean ends, Ian Holloway reflects on where the profession needs to go

The Ontario Securities Commission should take a page from the LSO's playbook

Large language models can be harnessed for efficiency and risks reduced by using these approaches

We are all responsible for driving change, writes Sara Forte

FEATURES

2024 budget contains a few surprises, says Davies tax partner Christopher Anderson

Budget proposes change to capital gains and CRA audit and enforcement capabilities

Deepfakes: GenAI making phoney and real evidence harder to discern, says Maura Grossman

The organization C2PA is working on creating standards for marking AI-generated material

With GenAI, legal industry on brink of ‘massive change and disruption,’ says Al Hounsell

Hounsell will appear at the 2024 Canadian Lawyer LegalTech Summit

Jennifer King at Gowling WLG on ESG and being recognized as a Top 25 Most Influential Lawyer

The administrative and ESG lawyer represented Windsor on the Ambassador Bridge blockade injunction

INTERNATIONAL

Baker McKenzie boosts Los Angeles team with transactional lawyers from Munger, Tolles & Olson

The new group has been involved in deals such as Intel's US$ 9 billion divisional sale to SK Hynix

AI legal risk company spins off from DC law firm to address emerging challenges

The company's 'bias calculator' helps clients test their AI systems for fairness and bias

Paul Hastings bolsters private equity practice with new team led by Alexander Temel

Specialization includes leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations

US law firm settles copyright lawsuit over alleged court filing plagiarism

The lawsuit alleged that attorneys from the firm copied a court filing from a smaller firm