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UPFRONT
01 Editor's desk
The great black swan migration
04 West update
Landmark amendments to
B.C. Securities Act
06 Ontario update
Ontario's COVID response
08 Ottawa update
Legislation would ban 'conversion
therapy'
OPINION
13 Banking on corporate
Read this carefully or else
56 Back page
You're already in the cloud
LEGAL REPORTS
30 Tax
SCC confirms intention as central test
36 Personal injury
The fight against no-fault insurance
40 Alternative dispute
resolution
No (third) parties allowed
PEOPLE
34 Firm insight
Protecting workers' privacy
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COVER STORY
THE GREAT MIGRATION
When COVID-19 hit, law firms dispersed to sofas and
makeshift home offices. While new vulnerabilities
accompanied the move, many felt the transition was
long overdue
14
FEATURE
LEGAL FEES
SURVEY
Lawyers report a continued rise in
legal fees
PROFILE
CROSS
EXAMINED
Chad Bayne says Osler's
high-growth-companies
group brings Silicon
Valley into a Bay Street
shop
FEATURE
CANADIAN LAW
AWARDS
The 2020 finalists are announced
LEGAL REPORT
WILLS, TRUSTS
& ESTATES
Medical assistance in dying laws need
to be further loosened, lawyers say
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LAW AWARDS
