Monday’s Mix

Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canada’s award­-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from more than 80 recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their work, with their permission, to as wide an audience as possible.

This week the randomly selected blogs are 1. Appointed podcast 2. BC Injury Law Blog 3. Library Boy 4. The Authentic Lawyer 5. Canadian Securities Law

Appointed podcast
A Conversation with Dr. Jiaying Zhao, Associate Professor at UBC

On this episode of Appointed, Kim speaks with Dr. Jiaying Zhao, Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair in Behavioral Sustainability and Sauder Distinguished Scholar at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Zhao speaks about her incredible research into how resource scarcity impacts human cognition and behaviour. Kim and Dr. Zhao discuss Dr. Zhao’s 2023 study which found that one-time, unconditional cash transfers of $7,500 to people living in poverty reduced homelessness in Vancouver. …

BC Injury Law Blog
Court of Appeal Upholds Damages Against ICBC for “Serious Breach” of Customer Privacy

Reasons for judgement were published this week by the BC Court of Appeal upholding a damages assessment against ICBC in a privacy breach class action lawsuit. In the case (Insurance Corporation of British Columbia v. Ari) an ICBC employee “accessed the private information of 78 ICBC policy holders for nefarious purposes. She sold the information of at least 45 policy holders to criminals. Between 2011 and 2012, 13 of these 45 policy holders were targeted in arson and shooting attacks.” …

Library Boy
Supreme Court of Canada Releases 2024 Year in Review

The Supreme Court of Canada has released its annual report 2024 Year in Review. The report covers the Court’s activities over the past year, including information about decisions and statistics. From the message of the Chief Justice of Canada, Richard Wagner: “In our democracy, legitimacy depends on public trust in the judicial system, and confidence is built and maintained when these principles are upheld. …

The Authentic Lawyer
What on earth are large US firms doing when it comes to hiring?

U.S. law firms are in the middle of an incredibly stupid change. And no, I’m not talking about how they’re caving to the U.S. government. And I’m not even talking about how they’re cancelling DEI. I’m talking about another incredibly stupid change: how they hire law students. OCIs were a terrible way to hire law students. They were inequitable, inefficient, and a massive waste of time. Naturally, if you’re stuck with a broken system, it makes perfect sense to … break it even more! ….

Canadian Securities Law
CSA Announce Measures to Support Canadian Markets and Issuers

The Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) recently announced measures to support the competitiveness of Canadian capital markets in response to the current uncertainty in global markets. The measures are being implemented through three coordinated blanket orders that provide: (i) exemptions from certain prospectus and disclosure requirements; (ii) a prospectus exemption for new reporting issuers; and (iii) an exemption from the investment limit under the offering memorandum prospectus exemption to exclude reinvestment amounts. …

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*Randomness here is created by Random.org and its list randomizing function.