A new B.C. law that removes the right of lawyers and other legal personnel to regulate their own profession is being ...
Following the province’s proposal to reduce the number of elected lawyers serving on the Law Society of British Columbia, lawyers are debating the bill’s potential impact on the independence of the ...
The Law Society of BC has announced it will initiate a constitutional challenge to a new law aimed at reforming the regulator. Bill 21, the Legal Professions Act, reforms the society into a single ...
The Federation of Law Societies of Canada has raised significant concerns about the potential erosion of independent regulation within British Columbia's legal professions following the introduction ...
Nicholas Smith of Legacy Tax and Trust Lawyers allegedly moved millions of dollars through his trust account for clients under investigation or criminally charged for stock fraud, according to a ...
Boston College Law School Associate Clinical Professor Sharon L. Beckman, faculty director of the Boston College Innocence Program, is among Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s 17 “Lawyers of the Year,” an ...
The bulwark of our election system is the election workforce. From Secretaries of State, to local election commissioners and managers, to people who work the polls (who in some states are ...
RCMP commissioner Mike Duheme says he wants the government to look at drafting a new law that would make it easier for police to pursue charges against people who threaten elected officials.
May 31, 2024 • After a trial that lasted 21 days and a deliberation that took less than ten hours, a Manhattan jury found former President Donald Trump guilty on all 34 criminal felony counts of ...
The European Parliament has recently adopted the revised Anti-Money Laundering Regulation, despite significant opposition from the public and humanitarian groups. The Building True Change ...