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UPFRONT
01 Editor's desk
No going back to how things were
04 News analysis
Expediting the COVID response
06 West update
Sexual assault complainant can
sue negligent Calgary police
08 Ontario update
Judge comments on difficulty of
lawyering while parenting amid
the pandemic
10 Quebec update
Appellate court strikes down
consecutive life sentences
FEATURES
38 Leadership qualities
Five things you must have
to lead a team
OPINION
16 Banking on corporate
COVID-era M&A disputes
40 Back page
Defer to sexual violence experts
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COVER STORY
REMOTE ARBITRATIONS
Although virtual arbitral hearings were far less common
pre-pandemic, arbitrators predict they are here to stay,
especially in a hybrid form
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SPECIAL REPORT
TOP BOUTIQUES
Spotlight on Canada's top tax,
wills, trusts and estates and
insurance defence boutiques
PROFILE
CROSS
EXAMINED
Vanessa Grant on
health, tech and
changing the
world in the
time of COVID
LEGAL REPORT
PERSONAL INJURY
The pandemic has had varying effects
on personal injury disputes across the
country
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