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The last quarter of the year is when performance pay and total compensation are finalized for counsel in Canadian law departments. -
The position of managing partner in a Canadian law firm is a tough balancing act that is usually under-appreciated and under-compensated. -
Deregulation of the electricity sector in Alberta is creating fierce competition among industry participants. One of the chief players is ENMAX Corporation, the 90-year old wholly-owned City of Calgary utility. Its challenge: to transform itself from a distribution and transmission monopoly into a nimble, competitive and profitable energy company with a diverse product base. -
Last October, Tory Tory DesLauriers & Binnington broke new ground with the announcement of its cross-border merger with 75-lawyer Manhattan firm Haythe & Curley. Moments later lawyers in major firms across Canada were logging on to the Internet to find out who Haythe & Curley was-all the while asking 'Why not Cravath or Sullivan & Cromwell?' By the end of November, "Haythe" had become a household name thanks to the Thomas Haythe affair. -
Speak to lawyers about their earnings and you strike a nerve. -
There is a story that Calgary folk like to tell about a local corporate lawyer acting for an oil and gas client on a financing out of Toronto. -
There is a big pink elephant sitting in the corner of many law firm boardrooms. He has been there for so long that he is practically taken for granted. He has, however, become much harder to ignore. Clients and young lawyers are starting to ask awkward questions about his purpose and contribution. -
It should be the first piece of advice every articling student gets, printed in huge capital letters on the first page of the recruitment or orientation brochure: AT ALL COST AVOID CONTACT WITH PARTNERS DURING "THE SPLIT. -
Recently adopted SEC rules will now require mutual funds to disclose the policies and procedures they use to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities. -
On June 30, 2003, the SEC approved newly adopted NYSE and NASDAQ listing standards that expand shareholder approval requirements for equity compensation plans, including stock option plans.