Malicki and Malicki - Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries Public

Altman Weil just released its Altman Weil 2012 Law Firms in Transition Survey. This is the fourth time they have released this survey. While a tad big US law focused, it does clearly show that the bigger firms are waking up to and addressing the profound changes and challenges that are occurring in the practice of big law. A good read for those with a bit of extra time this long (at least here in Ontario!) weekend.… [more]

They are, respectively, dropping and falling, these metaphors being used to describe the AUCC/ Access Copyright (AC) deal struck in in mid April. It being a month since that model deal was announced, it seems that mid May was given as a deadline for the schools that previously opted out to express their intent to sign the model deal. The long and strange journey of the AC copyright tariff for universities has been documented here at Slaw and at other locations fairly extensively; if you are interested in this issue you are no doubt aware of the developments. If … [more]

The CBC is reporting that Justice Lederer today declared the 2011 federal election results in the riding of Etobicoke Centre to be null and void. The Conservatives won that seat by 26 votes, but, at the instance of Liberal candidate Borys Wrzesnewskyj that result will not stand. A variety of voting irregularities were noted by the court.

The judgment is available on the CBC website, included along with the report (a development I've long wanted; congratulations CBC).

The CBC notes that if the judgment is appealed, the matter goes straight to the Supreme Court.… [more]

Because two new Supreme Court judges were recently appointed, the Court has released an updated brochure [PDF] containing information about, and photographs of, the building and the judges. Little if any of what's in here will be news to most lawyers, but you might find it useful to pass on to anyone you'd like to educate about the top court, its jurisdiction and its history.

Some of the historical photographs are interesting, but all of the images could be improved: the PDF renditions are not sharp, and they lack captions. I particularly like the skeletal view of the building as … [more]

New, in reference to time, could be one day, one week, or a couple of years. In law librarian terms, I still feel new to my job because it is contantly changing. If like me, you are a librarian who didn't go to law school, the Canadian Association of Law Libraries can help you cope with the burden of 'new'.

We have written before about CALL/ACBD's New Law Librarians' Institute. The institute is an intensive, week-long program aimed at developing librarians' skills in the key competencies of law librarianship. The program is an excellent mix of substantive legal topices … [more]