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REGIONAL WRAP-UP Presented by Upcoming Conferences REDEFINING TRANSACTIONS BOUNDARIES April 7 – 8, 2008 | New York MEDICAL MALPRACTICE April 14 – 15, 2008 | Toronto E-DISCOVERY April 17 – 18, 2008 | Vancouver MINING TAXATION April 18, 2008 | Vancouver ABORIGINAL OIL AND GAS FORUM April 28 – 29, 2008 | Edmonton CARBON TRADING April 28 – 29, 2008 | Toronto SHAREHOLDERS RIGHTS, DISPUTES AND REMEDIES April 29, 2008 | Calgary ASSET BASED-LENDING May 9, 2008 | Toronto COYPRIGHT REFORM May 12 – 13, 2008 | Toronto ABORIGINAL LAW May 13 – 14, 2008 | Vancouver CANADIAN SECURITIES REGULATION COURSE May 21 – 22, 2008 | Calgary LITIGATING CLAIMS MANAGEMENT & LITIGATION May 22 – 23, 2008 | Vancouver ENROLL TODAY! 1 888 777-1707 www.insightinfo.com Media Partner ATLANTIC CANADA equally difficult. As 2007 was coming to a close, the I 12 APRIL 2008 www. C ANADIAN sight_CL_Apr_08.indd 1 mag.com 3/10/08 3:58:54 PM Court of Queen's Bench of New Bruns- wick trial division slapped the provin- cial law society on the wrists — hard — for putting in place standards it felt were designed primarily to restrict competition. That new rule required a lawyer to be there in the flesh when- t has been a tough few months for the legal community in New Bruns- wick. The next few months may be ever homeowners were swearing affi- davits for the sale or mortgage of their home, or transferring their title to the province's new online system, thus re- stricting this work for the most part to lawyers within the province. Now publicly citing concerns about a miscarriage of justice, the federal attor- ney general has referred a 33-year-old murder case to the province's court of appeal. "This is the first recognized mis- carriage of justice in the history of New A pair of Montreal partners at Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP led Quebec's first public-private partnership selected as the P3 North American Deal of the Year by Euromoney in February. Daniel Picotte and Jean Masson head- ed the A-25 project, a $500-million agree- ment for the 7.2-kilometre extension of Highway 25 between Montreal and Laval that includes a six-lane toll bridge over the Rivière des Prairies. The award is widely regarded as the most independent of the global P3 mar- ket and recognizes examples of innova- tion in the financing of large-scale infra- structure projects. — MK A THRICE-IN-A-LIFETIME ACCOMPLISHMENT When retired Montreal lawyer Paul Bisaillon isn't acting as a part-time media- tor in his adoptive Florida, he's busy sinking holes in one. Bisaillon, 76, scored the golf equivalent of a hat trick at the Woodlands Country Club, in Tamarac, over a 35-day period in December and January. The 40-year veteran lawyer and former partner at McCarthy Tétrault LLP sunk aces at the south Florida course near his home on Dec. 8 and 23 and Jan. 11. Local golf publication Tee Time put the odds of duplicating his feat at more than 88 million to one. — MK