Photo by August de Richelieu at Pexels By Murray Gottheil | November 7, 2023 In Parts One and Two, I set out some questions that articling students and young lawyers should ask about their firm’s managing partners and practice group leaders. Today I will tackle the much trickier issue of the chief operating officer (COO). The […]
By: Julius Melnitzer | October 31, 2023 New amendments to the Canada Labour Code will exempt some employees from the legislation’s hours-of-work requirements. “These amendments are a rare example of changes that employers in the federal sector will welcome and, in some respects, [will] align the CLC to Ontario’s Employment Standards Act,” says Landon Young, managing […]
Photo by Edmond Dantès at Pexels By Murray Gottheil | October 26, 2023 In Part One, I set out some questions that articling students and young lawyers should ask about the managing partner. This time let’s talk about your practice group leader (PGL). Here is a list of questions to help you determine the truth: If […]
Alexandra Roman, lawyer at Bogoroch & Associates LLP This article was produced in partnership with Bogoroch & Associates LLP By Julius Melnitzer | October 25, 2023 Three recent decisions from Ontario Superior Court judges sitting alone suggest a trend to higher awards for general damages in personal injury cases arising from motor vehicle accidents involving chronic […]
Photo by RDNE Stock project at Pexels By Murray Gottheil | October 24, 2023 When articling students or young lawyers join a law firm of any size, what they see at first is the carefully cultivated image that the law firm promotes and are often thrilled to be part of a fantasy world where every lawyer […]
By Julius Melnitzer | October 19, 2023 DAVIS POLK RESCINDS JOB OFFERS TO PRO-HAMAS HARVARD STUDENTS Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, a top UK law firm that employs about 1,000 lawyers, has withdrawn job offers to three Harvard and Columbia students who signed statements blaming Israel for the Hamas attacks and expressing support for Palestinians. […]
By Billy Hathorn, CC BY 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons By Murray Gottheil | October 16, 2023 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Later he kicked Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden and decreed that going forward, people would have to work very, very hard, just to survive. From […]
By Julius Melnitzer | October 15, 2023 FIRED IN-HOUSE COUNSEL AT BANK AWARDED $1.8 MILLION A UK employment tribunal has ordered digital bank Starling to pay $1.8 million in damages to Guinaz Raja, whom the bank had employed as a solicitor in its legal department at a salary of $126,000. The employer terminated Raja, an […]
Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko at Pexels By Murray Gottheil | October 1, 2023 A young lawyer asked me for advice. He was contemplating making a jump from Big Law to a smaller firm, for the usual reason that he wanted to work less and enjoy life more. I was not completely sure that it was the […]
From an advocacy stance, ‘it’s a case-by-case assessment’ says Bogoroch’s Linda Wolanski This article was produced by Canadian Lawyer in partnership with Bogoroch & Associates LLP By Julius Melnitzer | September 28, 2023 On April 19, 2022, Ontario Superior Court of Justice guidelines mandating “presumptive methods of attendance” for all manner of proceedings came into effect. […]