News

This is the fourth year for our popular legal health checks, an initiative that grew out of the 2013 Reaching Equal Justice report. This year we’ll be launching nine new cards on Law Day, April 19.

The Canadian Corporate Counsel Association is pleased to announce that 120 individuals across the country have now received their Certified In-House Counsel – Canada designation. Are you ready to join their ranks and jumpstart your career? Read on for details.

Does your Section have a conference in the coming months? Read on to find out.

Don’t miss the premier networking, educational and social event for IP lawyers across Canada, from the networking breakfast to the Federal Courts Town Hall, to the IP Day Panels and concluding with the Federal Court Judges’ Dinner. Read on for details.

The CBA sent a submission to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security regarding Bill C-23.

The CBA has asked the Minister of Health to accelerate plans to implement a monitoring system for medical assistance in dying.

The Canadian Bar Association’s Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Community Forum wrote a letter to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness raising its concerns regarding Gender Identity and Expression Rights in Corrections.

In the recent federal budget, the government announced its proposal to eliminate billed-basis accounting for income-tax purposes. Billed-basis accounting means you aren’t taxed on your work-in-progress – you only pay tax on what you bill.

CBA Sections are developing a number of toolkits to be released this spring that are meant for everybody but which may be of particular use to small and solo practitioners. The Child Rights Toolkit and the Collateral Consequences Toolkit are aimed at improving your practice, and the Successfully Parenting Apart Toolkit is something you can use to help clients.

The CBA comments on the parliamentary review of PIPEDA.