Articles

The following articles are published by OBA Sections, including the Student Section. Members are encouraged to submit articles.

Editor: Yoann Emian

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Welcome from the Chair and Vice-Chair

  • September 29, 2020
  • Nicola Simmons and J. Andrew Sprague

A welcome message from the Chair and Vice-Chair of the CCLHR section, providing an overview of the section's anticipated activities for the upcoming year.

Constitutional, Civil Liberties and Human Rights Law, Student Forum

Lawyers as Business People

  • September 29, 2020
  • Daniel Fridmar, Fridmar Professional Corporation

With time, every lawyer arrives at the conclusion that knowing the law alone is not enough to manage a successful law practice. Inherently, law is a business just like any other – there are employees, supply chains, reputational decisions, and much more. Accordingly, here are a few important features and tips for lawyers to internalize in becoming successful business people.

Law Practice Management, Student Forum

A Message from the Chair: 2020/2021

  • September 29, 2020
  • Rachel Sachs, Chair, OBA Women Lawyers Forum

Rachel Sachs, Chair of the 2020/2021 OBA Women Lawyers Forum, welcomes the OBA WLF community.

Women Lawyers Forum, Student Forum

Court of Appeal Summaries (September 21 – September 25, 2020)

  • September 29, 2020
  • John Polyzogopoulos

Please find our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of September 21, 2020. There were only three substantive decisions. One of them involved Blaney McMurtry's very own Ryan Kniznik, who was substantially successful in representing our client in Levin v. Levin, a family law appeal.

Civil Litigation, Student Forum
Meet the 2020/2021 WLF Executive: Richa Sandill, Daniela Pacheco, Barbara De Dios

Meet the 2020/2021 WLF Executive: Richa Sandill, Daniela Pacheco, Barbara De Dios

  • September 25, 2020
  • Barbara De Dios, Corporate Counsel, Canadian Dental Services Corporation

Over the next several months, we’ll introduce you to the members of our 2020/2021 OBA Women Lawyers Forum Section Executive. We look forward to connecting and building relationships with OBA WLF members, and looking forward to introducing ourselves to you. Here are the profiles of our first three WLF executive members.

Women Lawyers Forum, Student Forum
Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Reflections on the Life and Death of RBG

  • September 25, 2020
  • Nandi A. O. Deterville, Vice-Chair, OBA Women Lawyers Forum

Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been dubbed a trailblazer, a feminist icon, a beloved lawyer, justice, and leader, among many other superlatives, as reactions and reflections about her death have been published since the announcement of her death on Friday, September 18, 2020. Our very own OBA Women Lawyers Forum Vice-Chair has shared her reflections following these events, and includes some thoughts from follow executives.

Women Lawyers Forum, Student Forum

Message from the Chair

  • September 24, 2020
  • Jennifer Davidson

A message from the Chair of the OBA's Information Technology and Intellectual Property Law Section for the 2020-2021 term.

Student Forum, Information Technology and Intellectual Property Law

Copyright Holders Intervene to Support Canadian Pirate Site Blocks in Court

  • September 22, 2020
  • Yonida Koukio

Representatives from the music, publishing, and sports industries intervene in TekSavvy's appeal from the decision of the Federal Court of Canada, which ordered certain ISPs in Canada to block access to pirate subscription streaming sites. This was the first decision in which Canadian courts ordered sites to be blocked for copyright infringement.

Student Forum, Information Technology and Intellectual Property Law