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FA M I LY L AW
39 Grappling with social
media
Modern family law matters are becoming even
more complicated by online communication.
By Patricia Chisholm
L I T I G AT I O N
43 Blabbermouths of the
world: Watch out
Tort of non-commercial breach of confi dence for pub-
licly disclosing private facts or images recognized.
By Yamri Taddese
7 R E G I O N A L W R A P - U P
A look at what's happening
from coast to coast
20 L AW O F F I C E M A N A G E M E N T
Environmental change
By Marg. Bruineman
22 C R O S S E X A M I N E D
Dustin Milligan: Teaching the
Charter early
By Elizabeth Thompson
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D E PA RT M E N T S
15 B A N K I N G O N C O R P O R AT E
I coulda been a litigator
By Neill May
16 T O P C O U RT TA L E S
Who will be the next chief
justice?
By Philip Slayton
18 T E C H S U P P O RT
Remaking the law fi rm
ecosystem
By Jason Moyse and Aron Solomon
46 B A C K PA G E
When judges go rogue on bills
By Jim Middlemiss
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24 Provincial
court snakes &
ladders
Judges at the country's busiest courts
are meeting chronic challenges head
on, and sometimes winning.
By Shannon Kari
30 It's not all
about money
Canadian Lawyer's annual Compen-
sation Survey shows salaries fairly
static, but fi rms defi nitely providing
more non-monetary benefi ts.
By Michael McKiernan
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35 Eye on P.E.I.
The small but collegial bar in Prince Edward Island
makes for a different kind of law practice.
By donalee Moulton
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