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EDITORIAL
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FEATURES
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LEADING LITIGATION LAWYERS
Outstanding legal talent across Canada
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DROP IN CLASS ACTIONS
Courts increasingly demanding evidence of harm for certification
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VACCINATE, MANDATE, TERMINATE
Recent decisions establish reasonable workplace COVID-19
vaccination policies
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FROM TEPID TO HOT
Intellectual Property summary trials rising in popularity
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FOREIGN ARBITRAL AWARDS
Legitimacy recognized but jurisdictional differences should
be considered
RISING STARS
Celebrating promising young Canadian lawyers
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MORE ESTEEMED LEXPERT-RANKED
LAWYERS AND LAWYERS TO WATCH
FOLLOW US
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UPFRONT
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE
RESOLUTION
Surge due to pandemic proves
mediation and arbitration are
efficient, flexible options
TOP TEN DECISIONS OF
2021/2022
Precedent-setting cases for
Canadian businesses
SPECIAL EDITION: LITIGATION 2022
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HERE TO STAY?
AS LAWYERS EMBRACE CREATIVITY,
THE EMERGING MASS TORT MODEL
MAY BE MORE THAN A PASSING TREND
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