Lawsuit against Pills Maker
March 18, 2010
A Canadian law firm has boomed class-action lawsuits against the manufacturer of widely prescribed birth-control pill known as Yaz or Yasmin.
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Woman Seeks $2.2M for Erred Mastectomy
March 08, 2010
A woman whose healthy breast was moved out by a doctor is litigating for the destruction. The victim says the surgery was uncalled for.
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Davis LLP Plans Expansion in Montreal
February 19, 2010
Law firm Davis LLP that has strong presence in Western Canada, has planned a surprise expansion of its small Montreal office this week as part of a strategy to catch more local law business and strengthen its growing national roots by having a bastioned presence in Quebec.
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Law Firm Seeks Lawsuit Action against Toyota
February 08, 2010
The Beasley Allen law firm declared that it was asking a federal court to permit it to present the case of more than 5 million owners of Toyota vehicles in a lawsuit action against the company.
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Ontario Lawyers end Boycott
January 25, 2010
The Association of Ontario criminal lawyers has accorded to end an almost eight-month-long boycott of some legal aid cases, after reaching upon an agreement with the provincial government with increased funding.
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Law Firm among the Best Employers in Canada
January 05, 2010
Law firm Bennett Jones made it into the prestigious list of best employers in Canada. PCL Constructors of Edmonton and Ellis-Don of London top the 2010 list, compiled by Hewitt Associates, of the best places to work.
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Civil Rights Lawyer Percy Sutton Dies
December 29, 2009
Civil Rights lawyer Percy Sutton took his last breath at the age of 89. During his long and happening career, Sutton served as an attorney for Malcolm X, a mentor to the Rev. Jesse Jackson and to New York Governor David Paterson.
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NB Lawyer Criticizes another Legal Aid Study
December 22, 2009
A lawyer is condemning the New Brunswick government for establishing the third report into Legal Aid in three years, while the previous reports have already demanded more financing that has not been delivered.
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Big Law Firms Cut Bonuses
December 21, 2009
Law firms such as Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP cut year-end bonuses for junior level lawyers who are in the first year of their service by as much as seventy one percent. The bonus cut is part of an attempt to keep client cost down and stay afloat in the times of recession that has forced morphologic changes in the industry.
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US, UK Law Firms to Merge
December 17, 2009
The partners at law firms Lovells and Hogan & Hartson have decisively voted in favor of merging, resulting in the creation of a strong 2,500 lawyer-firm which would easily be one of the largest in the world.
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