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  1. 4 mars 2017 From The Globe and Mail: Death of a law firm: Behind the collapse of Heenan Blaikie

    Source: FOR THE GLOBE AND MAIL ‘We had a happy firm where people liked each other. We didn’t try to be the highest-paid firm but the happiest firm in the country,’ Roy Heenan says of the law firm that bore his name. CHRISTINNE MUSCHI/The Globe and Mail Roy Heenan always believed the firm that bore […]

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  2. 3 mars 2017 La crise constitutionnelle à l’horizon.

    Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman issued the following statement: “Attorney General Sessions – our nation’s top law enforcement official – appears to have lied under oath, which in and of itself is disqualifying. The fact that he lied about contact with the Russian government, while seeking confirmation to lead the Department of Justice, which is […]

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    23 février 2017 Mulroney draws praise for Canada, Trudeau from Trump at Mar-a-Lago

    U.S. President Donald Trump expressed effusive praise for Canada and Justin Trudeau Saturday night after Brian Mulroney got a standing ovation for singing When Irish Eyes are Smiling during a cancer benefit at the U.S. President’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. It’s the same song the former Progressive Conservative prime minister sang together with […]

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  4. 12 février 2017 Norton Rose Fulbright, Chadbourne Chase Merger as Project Pipeline Thaws

    Another global law firm combination is in the works, with New York-based Chadbourne & Parke and international giant Norton Rose Fulbright in talks for a deal that would create a nearly 4,000-lawyer firm, with roughly $2 billion in combined revenues and particular strength in global energy sector deals, project finance and disputes. Both firms confirmed […]

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    8 février 2017 Canadian law-firm founder Roy Heenan hailed for his vision

    Roy Heenan formed the prestigious law firm that bore his name with a handshake agreement in Montreal. It would later become one of the country’s first national firms, and employed the likes of former prime ministers Pierre Trudeau and Jean Chretien. (Christinne Muschi/The Globe and Mail) In 2000, the last year of his life, Pierre […]

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  6. Lancement du cabinet Heenan Blaikie a Paris
    8 février 2017 HEENAN, Roy Lacaud, O. C., Ad.E., B.A., B. C.L., LL.D. 1935-2017

    Roy Lacaud Heenan passed away on February 3rd, 2017, in his 82nd year, surrounded by his family. Dear husband for 51 years of Rae (nee MacCulloch), beloved father of Louise, Charles, Anne, and Claire, affectionate father-in-law to Jon Meyer, Joy Lyth, and Matthew Hunt, and loving grandfather of Benjamin and Annelise Heenan and Sarah and […]

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  7. 6 février 2017 COALITION OF 16 ATTORNEYS GENERAL FILE AMICUS BRIEF SUPPORTING WASHINGTON STATE

    In a 23-page amici curiae brief filed with the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, the Attorneys General signatories declared: “Although the amici States’ residents, institutions, industries, and economies differ in various ways, we now all stand together in facing concrete, immediate and irreparable harms from the Executive Order.” The amicus brief is available here. […]

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  8. 4 février 2017 How I would hack your system if I wasn’t an ethical hacker?

    Terry Cutler Certified Ethical Hacker and Vice President of Cybersecurity at SIRCO Over recent years, we’ve all seen some mega breaches like Ashley Madison, Democratic National Convention, Yahoo, Telegram, Mossack Fonseca, and 2017 promises to get even crazier. Most companies don’t take cyber security as seriously as they should. IT is often allocated the smallest budget […]

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  9. 2 février 2017 A.G. SCHNEIDERMAN FILES SUIT AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP’S UNCONSTITUTIONAL IMMIGRATION EXECUTIVE ORDER

    Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today filed a motion to join a federal lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s immigration Executive Order. As the complaint states, Attorney General Schneiderman “brings this action to protect the rights of New York residents; the economic welfare, health, and well-being of its citizenry; and the interests of New York’s employers, […]

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  10. 2 février 2017 Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Issues Response to President’s Nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to United States Supreme Court

    Today, President Donald Trump nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill Justice Antonin Scalia’s vacant seat on the Supreme Court of the United States. Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the national Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee) issued the following statement in response: “Our country sits on the brink of constitutional […]

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