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Regional Wrap
A look at what's happening
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Real Estate
Avoiding real estate
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By Marg. Bruineman
Cross Examined
Kurt Dahl is a lawyer by day
and rock star by night
By Aidan Macnab
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Features
The Charter under assault
Does the current political climate signal the
death knell for Charter rights?
By Shannon Kari
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Top boutiques
The Top 10 Insurance Defence, Tax and
Wills, Trusts & Estates Boutiques
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
Protecting cannabis IP
With a new cannabis market in Canada, patent
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L I T I G A T I O N
Blockchain justice
Crypto-currency and blockchain
will increasingly be the subjects
of litigation in Canada
By Luis Millán
Opinions
Banking on Corporate
Green eggs
and securities ham
By Neill May
Follow the Money
Taking on Big Law
By Jim Middlemiss
Legal Innovation Now
Building knowledge management
By Kate Simpson
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Why the Kavanaugh hearings
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