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Regional Wrap
A look at what's happening
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Law Office
Management
The right leaders
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Cross Examined
Mark Sakamoto on forgiving
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By Tim Wilbur
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Features
Canada's privacy deficit
Privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien is
hamstrung by weak enforcement powers
By Elizabeth Thompson
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Top boutiques
The Top Corporate and Immigration
boutiques from across Canada
By Aidan Macnab
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I N T E L L E C T U A L P R O P E R T Y
Trademark update
IP lawyers are optimistic that Ottawa's new
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C O N T E N T S
September 2018 • Volume 42, Issue 8
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L I T I G A T I O N
The (social media)
evidence is clear
Litigators need a sophisticated
understanding of social media to use it
effectively in court
By Elizabeth Raymer
Opinions
Banking on Corporate
Narration about representations
By Neill May
Legal Ethics
Should lawyers always follow orders?
By Philip Slayton
Legal Innovation Now
Let the accountants regulate
By Gary Goodwin
Back Page
The trauma of proving my good
character
By Naomi Sayers
15
16
18
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Legal Reports
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Privacy commissioner
Daniel Therrien
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