These changes are intended to update existing Canadian Non-GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) disclosure standards to conform to the new international accounting standard, IFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements, which is effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2027. Background and Context IFRS 18 Impact: The IFRS 18 standard requires...Read More

Sticks and Stones As a society, we tend to categorize folks. Introverts or extroverts. Calm or anxious. Easy to get along with or difficult. I struggle with these categorizations because I feel that they oversimplify matters. It has been my experience that most people shift how they behave based on who they are with, the...Read More

[ Photo by Visit Greenland on Unsplash ] Part of being a law librarian and professor on Foreign, Comparative and International Legal Research involves assuaging people’s interest in current events around the world. Personally, I call it the curse of current events. Instead of running away from it, I now take it as an opportunity...Read More

Claude Cowork has introduced a legal plug-in threatening to upend the traditional legal industry. The plug-in automates contract review, and provides NDA triage, compliance workflows, legal briefings, and templated responses. It claims to be able to reproduce work similar to that routinely provided by lawyers. In the AI race to see which company can dominate...Read More

At the beginning of January, the Globe and Mail ran an article about the Chief Justice of Ontario’s visits to communities across Ontario, part of an outreach undertaking. From Chief Justice Tulloch’s perspective, this type of initiative provides the members of the bench with an opportunity to gain a, “better understanding of the people we...Read More

For most of my career, I have worked on the inside of law firms — advising partners, managing change, fixing things that quietly but persistently get in the way of good work. Strategy. Marketing. Associate retention. Recruitment. Training. Culture. All the unglamorous but consequential pieces that impacts whether a firm thrives or stalls. Along the...Read More

Imagine having a civil trial, just two years after pleadings. To Ontario litigators this may seem an absurd fantasy, like a Stanley Cup for the Leafs or pulling matching socks straight out of the dryer. Four or five years, at least, is the status quo today. And yet Ontario’s Civil Rules Review suggests that this...Read More

Several times each month, we are pleased to republish a recent book review from the Canadian Law Library Review (CLLR). CLLR is the official journal of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL/ACBD), and its reviews cover both practice-oriented and academic publications related to the law. Decoding Canadian Legal Research, Writing, and Conventions: A Guide...Read More

“[Productivity] gains only come when companies use AI to redesign processes and ultimately rethink whole business domains. That’s where the step-change in efficiency and growth will come from. To get there, the foundations must be right — clean, well-governed data; secure and interoperable systems; and people who understand how to work alongside AI.” This observation...Read More

The Federal Court of Appeal had the occasion to review the so-called non-use cancellation action under section 45 of the Trademark Act in the context of the acquisition of the trademarks by a new owner in the case Comité interprofessionnel du vin de champagne v. Coors Brewing Company[1]. Section 45, and more specifically subsection 45(3),...Read More