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UPFRONT
01 Editor's desk
With witnessing and other procedures
shifting online, lawyers have had to be
creative
06 Western update
Recent Alberta decisions on 'just cause'
firing leaning toward employees
08 Ontario update
Proposed changes to judicial
appointments process under fire at
provincial standing committee
10 Ottawa update
Supreme Court rules that the federal
Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act is
constitutional in its entirety
FEATURES
30 Trusts and estates
The move to electronic documents and
less paper has been a godsend, but it
poses challenges
34 Leadership teams
Successful leaders keep going even
when it's hard and they don't want to
36 Small business challenges
Business owners need to manage
themselves before managing their staff
38 Organizational leadership
People are no longer satisfied or willing
to put up with below average leadership
OPINION
16 Banking on corporate
The funny thing about the discretion
Olympics is that there truly are no
prizes
40 Back page
Lawyers need to plan for the future
instead of waiting for the next disruptive
moment
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COVER STORY
VIRTUAL REALITIES
Workplace investigations during the pandemic reveal a
growing intolerance for harassment as employees working
from home become more reflective about their experiences
SPECIAL REPORT
TOP ONTARIO
FIRMS
Our winners stayed focused and
thrived despite the challenges of
COVID-19
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LEGAL REPORT
INDIGENOUS
LAW
New mandate wiil increase
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