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Oct 1, 2024 | 
slaw.ca | Alexandra Champagne |Jordan Furlong |Catherine Morris |Amelia Landenberger
What motivates you the most in the workplace? Is it the sense of accomplishment from completing a challenging project? Or maybe the camaraderie of collaborating with a great team? No, of course not. Silly of you to think that! The thing that motivates all of us, of course, is fear and paranoia that comes from workplace surveillance! It is the sentiment of an invisible omnipresence—with the threat of criticism, punishment, or even unemployment—that will deliver managers the best results.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
slaw.ca | Jordan Furlong |Catherine Morris |Amelia Landenberger |Susannah Tredwell
A recent article in an American legal periodical highlighted what I believe is the irreconcilable problem with large full-service law firms in that market. The title — “Tensions Ripple Through Partnerships As Law Firm Culture Shifts to Bottom Line Focus” gives away the plot, but a couple of illustrative excerpts are worth sharing:More law firms are moving to adopt a business-first approach, shifting away from traditional demands on firm partners.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
slaw.ca | Catherine Morris |Amelia Landenberger |Susannah Tredwell |Amy Salyzyn
Before J.D. Vance, we had our own cat lady, Twiss—an unapologetic lover of cats and Cats. Twiss, along with a cast of other lovable characters and a fantastic script inspired by the great Shakespearean actress Seana McKenna, is set to take the stage at the Palmerston Public Library Theatre (Toronto) from October 25-27. Watching Seana McKenna Watch Paint Dry is exactly what it sounds like—the title doesn’t mislead. A group of people attend a play to watch Seana McKenna watch paint dry. And why not?
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
slaw.ca | Catherine Morris |Amelia Landenberger |Susannah Tredwell |Amy Salyzyn
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. Music Borrowing and Copyright Law: A Genre-by-Genre Analysis. Edited by Enrico Bonadio & Chen Wei Zhu. Oxford: Hart, 2023. xviii, 464 p. Includes bibliographic references and index.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
slaw.ca | Catherine Morris |Amelia Landenberger |Susannah Tredwell |Amy Salyzyn
The August 2024 prisoner exchange involving Russia, the United States, and several other countries has been lauded as a triumph of international diplomacy. Foreign hostages were not the only people released by Russia. Rights advocates were joyfully surprised and relieved that several Russian human rights defenders and political prisoners were released as part of the deal.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
slaw.ca | Amelia Landenberger |Susannah Tredwell |Amy Salyzyn |Alan Macek
Keep a record of research questions you have answered and the next time you have a demonstration of a new product, use one or more of these questions (amended as appropriate). You get a much better idea of how a resource performs when you can compare its results to what you have retrieved using other resources than you do from a vendor’s prepared searches.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
slaw.ca | Amelia Landenberger |Susannah Tredwell |Amy Salyzyn |Alan Macek
Unless you are one of those legendary litigators who focuses on court and leaves all of their writing to someone else, lawyers spend a lot of time writing. It would be wonderful if legal and professional writing escaped the demons of creative writing, but in my experience, the demons of procrastination and self-doubt and the lure of online shopping can only be overcome by the looming dread of a deadline or the personal guilt of a missed deadline.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
slaw.ca | Catherine Morris |Allison Wolf |Amelia Landenberger
Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canada’s award-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from more than 80 recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their work, with their permission, to as wide an audience as possible. This week the randomly selected blogs are 1. Precedent: The New Rules of Law and Style 2. First Reference 3. The Court 4. Lash Condo Law 5.
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Jul 28, 2024 | 
slaw.ca | Catherine Morris |Allison Wolf |Amelia Landenberger
One Sunday each month we bring you a summary from Supreme Advocacy LLP of recent decisions at the Supreme Court of Canada. Supreme Advocacy LLP offers a weekly electronic newsletter, Supreme Advocacy Letter, to which you may subscribe. It’s a summary of all Appeals, Oral Judgments and Leaves to Appeal granted from June 21 – July 25, 2024 inclusive. AppealsAdministrative/Labour Law: Standard of Review; Grievances ArbitrationYork Region District School Board v.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
slaw.ca | Catherine Morris |Allison Wolf |Amelia Landenberger |Kerri Salata Guest
“Jury Duty” is a courtroom spoof-comedy reality show where the only victim is Ronald Gladden, who thinks he’s going to be a juror. Ronald is “picked” as a juror in a civil trial, except he is the only one who isn’t in on the theme of the show. The judge, counsel, fellow jurors, and witnesses are all actors, but Ronald is not.
