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26 Apr 2019, 4:00 am
— Malcolm Mercer [read post]
8 Feb 2012, 9:35 am
“The reprimand or admonition that may have been seen as an acceptable penalty one or two decades ago is not, in our view, an acceptable regulatory response today, given the proper evolution of societal appreciation of the seriousness of sexual misconduct and the regulatory role of the Law Society in the public interest,” wrote panel chair Malcolm Mercer on behalf of the unanimous panel in reasons dated Jan. 16. [read post]
14 Jul 2010, 6:50 am
Conflicts expert William Freivogel brings us up to date on conflicts risks, and Malcolm Mercer walks through the steps law firms can take to implement risk management strategies. [read post]
9 Jul 2018, 4:00 am
Courts emphasize the law societies’ broad discretion to determine what the public interest requires in governing the profession and, accordingly, defer to the law societies’ exercise of that discretion (See Malcolm Mercer’s analysis of this on slaw.ca). [read post]
30 Apr 2015, 4:00 am
Human beings are always influenced by our own interests; even when we try not to be, our cognitive biases and weaknesses make true abandonment of self-interest impossible (as Malcolm Mercer discussed on SLAW, here). [read post]
22 Mar 2019, 4:00 am
As noted by Malcolm Mercer, It should be clearly understood that the most important variable in the PRISM Report is the projected expansionary demand. [read post]
18 Apr 2019, 4:00 am
Workers in other sectors expect to have similar wage gains, which means that the products they produce become more expensive relative to the products that experienced those gains (Malcolm Mercer has also written about cost disease in Slaw here: “Cost Disease, the Practice of Law and Access to Justice” in November 2017). [read post]
14 Dec 2018, 4:00 am
Giving People Other Ways to Decide Malcolm Mercer has observed that mass-market legal advertising works, in part, because clients lack good information about the respective merits of law firms. [read post]
28 Aug 2014, 6:00 am
Beyond that, the potential for ABSs to improve access to justice is being put forward as a key reason for allowing them, as can be seen in Slaw columns of Malcolm Mercer and in the work of the Law Society of Upper Canada’s Working Group on ABSs that he co-chairs. [read post]
5 Feb 2018, 4:00 am
As I warned my conversant, and as I’ll warn you, I’m a complete amateur when it comes to legal ethics, and I fully expect to be schooled by Alice Woolley or Malcolm Mercer for the elementary errors I’m about to make. [read post]
14 Feb 2013, 7:05 am
Malcolm Mercer, with nearly thirty years in practice, is general counsel and a litigation partner at McCarthy Tétrault. [read post]
19 Oct 2018, 4:00 am
Opening remarks will be provided by Malcolm Mercer, Treasurer of the Law Society of Ontario, followed by an innovation showcase which will demonstrate how community-driven work can increase awareness and accessibility for the public. [read post]
10 Apr 2009, 9:32 am
Mercer, supra note 20. [read post]
29 May 2020, 4:00 am
[v] But, to contrary appearances, on February 27, 2020, the Law Society of Ontario (LSO) released its Priority Planning Committee’s Strategic Plan (LSO’s Treasurer (“President” in other provinces), Malcolm Mercer, being the Chair of the Committee). [read post]
10 Nov 2015, 4:00 am
. ___________________________________ [i] Susan McGrath, Malcolm Mercer, Constance Backhouse, Marion Boyd, Ross Earnshaw, Carol Hartman, Jacqueline Horvat, Brian Lawrie, Jeffrey Lem, Jan Richardson, Alan Silverstein and Peter Wardle [read post]
28 Aug 2014, 6:00 am
Thanks to Malcolm Mercer and Alice Woolley for reading an earlier draft of this commentary and providing helpful comments. [read post]
22 Jan 2016, 4:00 am
In a letter submitted in response to this request, myself, along with fellow legal ethics Slaw columnists, Adam Dodek, Alice Woolley, and Malcolm Mercer, along with Brent Cotter, submitted that the OSC should not include in-house counsel in its proposed whistleblowing policy for reasons including those outlined here. [read post]
30 Nov 2017, 4:00 am
Also in the 1970s: “violent opposition” on the part of the Law Society of Upper Canada to the opening of legal aid clinics in Ontario (see Malcolm Mercer’s discussion of this in Slaw here). [read post]
9 Jun 2011, 5:13 am
Also appearing in the collection of 45 stories are those involving the following additional characters or topics: * novelist Clive Cussler (good faith) * rapper 50 Cent (palimony contract) * child actor from “Malcolm in the Middle” (infancy doctrine) * AIG’s employee bonuses (excuses) * Citigroup’s naming of the N.Y. [read post]
30 Jan 2015, 4:00 am
Both Malcolm Mercer and Mitch Kowalski have weighed in, here on Slaw, on these issues. [read post]
