Gail Cohen

Toronto

Writer and Editor at Freelance

Communicating, authoring and editing legal things, lover of food, traveller, lawn bowler, chili grower, devotee of women's pro sports🌶🏳‍🌈⚽

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Articles

Former McCarthy Tétrault Chair Tapped as Chief of Staff to Canada’s PM

4 days ago | law.com | Gail Cohen

A former chair and CEO of Canadian law firm McCarthy Tétrault is the new chief of staff to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. Carney announced Sunday that Marc-André Blanchard will begin his new role on July 1, replacing interim chief of staff Marco Mendocino, a former cabinet minister who had been doing the job on an interim basis.
In-House Adoption of AI ‘Surprisingly’ High, New Canadian Report Shows

5 days ago | law.com | Gail Cohen

More than 97% of in-house lawyers who use artificial intelligence find it either somewhat or very useful, said Scott Stevenson, CEO of Spellbook, which co-sponsored a report released Monday on the use of AI in legal departments. “Seeing AI hit that level of usefulness so quickly was surprising to me. I knew we were moving pretty quickly because we've seen a lot of demand from in-house, but I didn't expect that number to be 97%,” Stevenson said.
Norton Rose, Gowling, Goodmans, and Stikeman Elliott Helm CA$4B InterRent Deal

1 week ago | law.com | Gail Cohen

Norton Rose Fulbright, Gowling WLG, Goodmans, and Stikeman Elliott are the top advisors on the CA$2 billion take-private sale of InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust. The purchasers are a newly created entity called Carriage Hill Properties Acquisition Corp, which is owned by CLV Group, including executive chair Mike McGahan, and Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC. They will pay unit holders $13.55 in cash, a 35% premium on InterRent’s closing price on the TSX on March 7.
Toronto Lawyer Avoids Contempt Charges for AI-Generated Fake Citations

2 weeks ago | law.com | Gail Cohen

A Toronto lawyer has avoided contempt of court charges for submitting a factum that included hallucinated cases after promising the judge she will take courses on legal ethics and artificial intelligence and not bill her client for work related to the defective factum.
Former Quebec Court of Appeal Judge Rejoins Gowling WLG in Montreal

2 weeks ago | law.com | Gail Cohen

Not content with the isolated and reactive nature of the judiciary, former judge Robert Mainville has rejoined his old firm, Gowling WLG, as a partner in Montreal. “I'm more of a proactive kind of person, and I was missing the proactivity of a law firm and practice, so I decided that it was time for me to come back,” said Mainville, who has served on the Federal Court, Federal Court of Appeal and, most recently, on the Quebec Court of Appeal.
Toronto Lawyer Avoids Contempt Charges for AI-Generated Fake Case Citations

2 weeks ago | law.com | Gail Cohen

A Toronto lawyer has avoided contempt of court charges for submitting a factum that included hallucinated cases after promising the judge she will take courses on legal ethics and artificial intelligence and not bill her client for work related to the defective factum.
National - A necessary balance

3 weeks ago | nationalmagazine.ca | Gail Cohen

Law Hot topics New ‘elbows up’ rules under the Canada Investment Act must weigh national and economic security concerns with ensuring attractiveness to foreign investment Finding a balance between national security and continuing to attract foreign investment will be key for the new Liberal government, particularly in the middle of a trade fight. That was the word from panellists at the Canadian Bar Association’s recent competition law conference.
Cozen O’Connor’s Canadian Life Science and Tech Group Leader Leaves to Launch New Firm

1 month ago | law.com | Gail Cohen

Another member of Cozen O’Connor’s Canadian leadership team has left to start her own practice in Vancouver. Atoussa Mahmoudpour joined Cozen from Norton Rose Fulbright in July 2023 to chair the firm’s newly launched life sciences and technology practice in Canada. Barely 18 months later, she quietly left Cozen to start planning the launch of her own firm, AMR Law, which she announced May 1.
Court Appoints Firm Experienced in Retail Insolvencies to Represent Hudson’s Bay Workers, Retirees

1 month ago | law.com | Gail Cohen

A battle between law firms over which will represent employees and retirees in the creditor protection proceedings of storied Canadian retailer Hudson’s Bay Company has ended with a judge appointing a firm with extensive retail insolvency experience. Ontario Superior Court Justice Peter Osborne on Monday appointed Toronto labour law firm Ursel Phillips Fellows Hopkinson as representative counsel to the 355-year-old retail chains’ 9,000-plus non-unionized employees and 3,000 retirees.
Head of Cozen O’Connor’s Canadian Life Science and Tech Group Leaves to Launch New Firm

1 month ago | law.com | Gail Cohen

Another member of Cozen O’Connor’s Canadian leadership team has left to start her own practice in Vancouver. Atoussa Mahmoudpour joined Cozen from Norton Rose Fulbright in July 2023 to chair the firm’s newly launched life sciences and technology practice in Canada. Barely 18 months later, she quietly left Cozen to start planning the launch of her own firm, AMR Law, which she announced May 1.