The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Armand de Mestral as Senior Fellow with the think-tank International Law Research Program, effective immediately. At CIGI, de Mestral leads a project addressing a central policy issue of contemporary international investment protection law: is investor state arbitration suitable between developed liberal […]

Expert Know-How for Canadian Corporate, M&A, Capital Markets and Securities Lawyers Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading provider of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, announced today the launch of Practical Law Canada, offering legal know-how for Canadian law firms and corporate law departments on transactional law and practice. Practical Law Canada includes resources for Corporate, […]

lobal specialist law firm Dechert LLP announced today that Mark Mangan will join the firm in early 2015 as a partner in the International Arbitration practice. “Mark is one of the leading arbitration practitioners in Singapore and we are very pleased to have him join our team,” said Eduardo Silva Romero, the chair of Dechert’s […]

To mark the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, the great English charter of rights and liberties that received King John’s seal in 1215, the Library of Congress in association with Thomson Reuters will publish « Magna Carta: Muse & Mentor, » the companion book to the Library’s exhibition of the same title that opens Nov. 6. Edited […]

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Senator Nancy Ruth and Senator Larry Campbell introduced Senate Private Bill S 225, a bill that legalizes euthanasia by lethal injection and assisted suicide by lethal prescription. This bill is based on the private members bills that were introduced by Stephen Fletcher MP earlier this year. The […]

While our team at Informa Canada is focused on the final preparations for The Buildings Show and The Real Estate Forum being held next week, we have some good news to share with you. Our parent company, Informa plc, just acquired Hanley Wood Exhibitions, the premier producer of residential, commercial design and construction industry events […]

The Ontario government announced a plan today to protect bees, butterflies and other pollinating insects from the harmful effects of neonicotinoid, or neonic, pesticides. In a discussion paper posted to the Ontario Environmental Bill of Rights (EBR) registry, the government outlined a strategy to reduce the use of neonic-coated seeds in the province by 80 […]

Professor Jacqueline Hodgson, one of several experts in the case of Hassan Diab, who was extradited to France on Friday after six years of legal proceedings in Canada, has described the situation as “troubling”. She provided evidence about the investigation and prosecution procedure in terrorism cases in France, in particular, the problematic nature of using […]

The Foreign Ministry announced Wednesday it would not cooperate with the UN inquiry into the summer Gaza conflict, and rejected an entry request issued by three members of the investigative committee seeking to gather evidence, leaving them stranded in Amman. The decision not to cooperate with the probe was approved by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]

The Law Society of Upper Canada Treasurer Janet E. Minor today announced that The Honourable Irwin Cotler, PC, OC, MP, will receive The Law Society of Upper Canada’s inaugural Human Rights Award at a special event on February 12, 2015. Established in 2013, the award recognizes outstanding contributions to the advancement of human rights and/or […]