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First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

No-contest settlements would free resources for costly market misconduct cases: OSC director

Too many cases of market misconduct that could be settled cheaply and with compensation to investors are being tied up for years in expensive litigation, Tom Atkinson, director of the enforcement branch of the Ontario Securities Commission, said Monday ... [Published Financial Post | Business » Legal Post - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Tom Atkinson, Litigation, James Turner

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

Hennessy

Law student takes new law course, creates software, wins award

What happens when law schools start teaching their students to be entrepreneurs and deliver legal services differently? The world changes. Just ask Michigan State University College of Law student Kathleen Hennessy, whose new software program, Risk AD-Vantage, ... [Published Financial Post | Business » Legal Post - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Hennessy, Renee Newman, Social Media, Martin Katz, Michigan State University College of Law

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

Supreme Court denies data protection to variations of previously-approved drugs

With the Supreme Court of Canada’s dismissal today of the Federal Court of Appeal’s decision in Takeda Canada Inc. v. Minister of Health , a narrow approach to data protection for first entry-drug manufacturers now marks Canadian law. Canada’s data ... [Published Financial Post | Business » Legal Post - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Drugs, Data Protection, Dexilant, Supreme Court, CANADA INC.

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

U.S. brothel boss keen to expand Bunny Ranch chain into Canada

OTTAWA — Before she became a part-time prostitute late last year, 24-year-old Krissy Summers was looking up at a mountainous $25,000 student loan from the University of Michigan. Seventeen weeks later, she was debt-free. And drug-free, disease-free ... [Published Financial Post | Business » Legal Post - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Dennis Hof, Prostitution, Canada, Alan Young

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Bar Association

Canadian Bar Association’s futures project launched

The Future of Legal Services in Canada: Trends and Issues, was released today by the Canadian Bar Association. The report gathers data and insights from original studies commissioned by the CBA looking at the current state of the legal industry in ... [Published Financial Post | Business » Legal Post - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Futures, Bar Association, Initiative, Canada

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Air Canada

Air Canada’s top lawyer makes the investment grade

David Shapiro, top in-house lawyer at Air Canada, last month closed a financing deal that was 17 years in the making. Air Canada raised $714.5-million through an offering of “enhanced equipment trust certificates” — a special type of debt financing ... [Published Financial Post | Business » Legal Post - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Air Canada, David Shapiro, Cape Town, Airline

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Ontario files lawsuit against payday loan operator Cash Store

The Ontario government has launched legal proceedings against The Cash Store Financial Services Inc., a publicly traded firm in the payday loan business, over its operations and licenses. The application to begin legal action in the Ontario Superior ... [Published Financial Post | Business » Legal Post - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Lawsuit, The Cash Store Financial Services Inc, Statistics Canada, Superior Court

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 1 reports

RBC sued by Rakuten Bank over US$10-million in CDO losses

Royal Bank of Canada, the country’s largest lender, and several units were sued by Rakuten Bank Ltd. over claims it marketed and sold unsuitable securities backed by deteriorating mortgage loans that wiped out a US$10-million investment. RBC induced ... [Published Financial Post | Business » Legal Post - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Royal Bank of Canada, Rakuten Inc, Collateralized Debt Obligations

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 1 reports

New company seeks to keep eye on legal fees for clients

A newly launched company, Legal Fee Advisors , is offering a service that promises “to achieve reasonable charges for services provided by law firms.” The New York-based company claims that “legal billings are often inflated by as much as 15 to 20%” ... [Published Financial Post | Business » Legal Post - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Testimony, Ethical

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 1 reports

German banker falls asleep on keyboard and accidentally transfers $300-million

What could have been a harmless nap turned into a 222-million euro ($300-million) mistake for a German bank employee who fell asleep on his keyboard while completing an order, reports Agence France Presse . The man was in the middle of transferring ... [Published Financial Post | Business » Legal Post - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Transfers, France

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 1 reports

Law firm leaders talk the talk, but little evidence of meaningful change, survey shows

Altman Weil’s fifth annual Law Firms in Transition Survey contrasts law firm leaders’ acute awareness of change in the profession with a lack of evidence of real change in how law firms operate. “Most firms appear to be reacting to external forces ... [Published Financial Post | Business » Legal Post - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Altman Weil Inc, Succession, United States

First reported Jun 05 2013 - Updated Jun 05 2013 - 2 reports

Expert evidence gets a hearing

The unique nature of class action lawsuits draws special attention to their reliance on expert evidence, and there are signs that lawyers may need to be choosier in whom they recruit to offer opinion evidence in their cases. The issue is a hot topic ... [Published Financial Post | Business » Legal Post - Jun 05 2013]

Entities: Certification, courts, John Callaghan, Western Coal Corp

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No-contest settlements would free resources for... [Published Financial Post \| Business » Legal Post - 13 hours ago] Too many cases of market misconduct that could be settled cheaply and with compensation to investors are being tied up for years in expensive litigation, Tom Atkinson, director of the enforcement branch of the Ontario Securities Commission, said Monday ...
Law student takes new law course, creates softw... [Published Financial Post \| Business » Legal Post - Jun 14 2013] What happens when law schools start teaching their students to be entrepreneurs and deliver legal services differently? The world changes. Just ask Michigan State University College of Law student Kathleen Hennessy, whose new software program, Risk AD-Vantage, ...
Supreme Court denies data protection to variati... [Published Financial Post \| Business » Legal Post - Jun 13 2013] With the Supreme Court of Canada’s dismissal today of the Federal Court of Appeal’s decision in Takeda Canada Inc. v. Minister of Health , a narrow approach to data protection for first entry-drug manufacturers now marks Canadian law. Canada’s data ...
U.S. brothel boss keen to expand Bunny Ranch ch... [Published Financial Post \| Business » Legal Post - Jun 12 2013] OTTAWA — Before she became a part-time prostitute late last year, 24-year-old Krissy Summers was looking up at a mountainous $25,000 student loan from the University of Michigan. Seventeen weeks later, she was debt-free. And drug-free, disease-free ...
Canadian Bar Association’s futures project laun... [Published Financial Post \| Business » Legal Post - Jun 12 2013] The Future of Legal Services in Canada: Trends and Issues, was released today by the Canadian Bar Association. The report gathers data and insights from original studies commissioned by the CBA looking at the current state of the legal industry in ...