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17 Apr 2012, 7:36 am
Malcolm Mercer - McCarthy Partner/General Counsel and LSUC bencher - walked us through the recent modifications to the Federation Model Code, rate of adoption by the different Law Societies, and the anticipated impact on conflicts. [read post]
9 Dec 2013, 6:59 pm
[Hat tip: Malcolm Mercer via the Canadian Legal Ethics email list] [read post]
24 Apr 2014, 1:42 pm
There is no evidence the school’s graduates will exhibit discriminatory attitudes, he said, adding if they reject TWU’s bid, benchers would be validating the “vitriolic” comments that have been directed at the university, including comparisons to apartheid, racism, and Muslim extremism.For Bencher Malcolm Mercer, those analogies are in fact relevant since the issue at the heart of the accreditation debate is the exclusion of people for who they are. [read post]
22 Nov 2013, 9:25 am
Currently, different panels may arrive at different decisions as to whether someone has been effectively rehabilitated, he said.Sandler suggested looking into how other professions deal with this issue, such as the possibility of fixing a time period for rehabilitation after a potential licensee has shown behaviour that is against the values of the law society and public interest.Bencher Malcolm Mercer agreed the issue is something “for us and the federation to… [read post]
6 Oct 2011, 9:17 am
During his law society hearing, Gray told the panel he had all the money in cash on the evening of Dec. 12, 2009, in a secret compartment in the trunk of his car.Then, disaster struck.Panel chairman Malcolm Mercer summarized what happened next in his Sept. 20 decision. [read post]
22 Mar 2012, 7:01 am
For those attending our upcoming Toronto Roundtable, we're pleased to welcome Malcolm Mercer, general counsel at McCarthy Tétrault LLP, as a guest speaker. [read post]
2 May 2011, 8:50 am
Fifteen new faces will be joining Convocation following Law Society of Upper Canada bencher elections that wrapped up on Friday.In Toronto, the newcomers are Wendy Matheson, Janet Leiper, Barbara Murchie, William McDowell, John Callaghan, Malcolm Mercer, and Howard Goldblatt. [read post]
9 Feb 2015, 6:25 am
Deb Mell Hit with Complaint over Free Rent Provided by Dad Dick Mell” by Ted Cox for DNAinfo.com Montana: “Bullock, Ankney Outline Campaign Finance Reform Bill” by Charles Johnson for Montana Standard Utah: “Politicians May Be Giving Contributions to Charity in the Future” by Amy McDonald for Provo Daily Herald Ethics Arkansas: “Lawmakers Favor Expanded Ethics Panel” by Michael Wickline for ArkansasOnline.com Hawaii: “Hawaii Ethics Commission Fines… [read post]
2 May 2011, 8:50 am
Fifteen new faces will be joining Convocation following Law Society of Upper Canada bencher elections that wrapped up on Friday.In Toronto, the newcomers are Wendy Matheson, Janet Leiper, Barbara Murchie, William McDowell, John Callaghan, Malcolm Mercer, and Howard Goldblatt. [read post]
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]
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]
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]
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]
2 Feb 2017, 9:26 am
Shannon Togawa Mercer reported that the “Brexecution” can begin now that the British Parliament has voted to give Prime Minister Theresa May power to invoke Article 50. [read post]
3 Jan 2013, 8:13 am
With contributions from Adam Dodek (University of Ottawa), Malcolm Mercer (McCarthy Tétrault LLP), Richard Devlin (Dalhousie University), and other members of the Canadian Legal Ethics Listserv, here is my articulation of the top 10 Canadian legal ethics stories for 2012:1. [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]
