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7 Regional Wrap-Up
26 Hoodwinked!
Not doing the proper background
checks can lead to hiring unsavoury
private eyes who may fabricate
evidence for unsuspecting lawyers,
especially in family law matters.
By Bruce Livesey
A look at what's happening
from coast to coast
19 Tech Support
Legal farm teams
By Danielle olofsson
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22 Law Office
Management
33 Top 10 Atlantic
regional firms
The 'insidious fog'
By Luis Millán
A surge in the east. Canadian Lawyer's
top 10 firms in Atlantic Canada are
benefitting from projects in the
energy, mining, and shipbuilding
industries.
By Charlotte Santry
eye on the prize
By Mark Cardwell
Living in a material world
By Neill May
16 Legal Ethics
Intellectual Property
43 Uses and abuses of
Is anybody listening?
By Philip Slayton
trademarks online
50 Back Page
resource boom changes
legal landscape
By Jim Middlemiss
IP lawyers are struggling with decisions that cast
uncertainty about what constitutes use of trademarks.
By Shane Schick
Disgruntled beneficiaries are increasingly prepared to
contest wills, often leaving executors struggling to carry
out the deceased's instructions.
By Marg. Bruineman
Opinions
15 Banking on Corporate
Legal reports
Wills & Estates
47 the executor's challenge
24 Cross Examined
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