Lexpert InHouse

News for corporate and in-house counsel in Canada from @Lexpert. Key Media.

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Meet the litigation boutiques that continue to win Canada's respect. After 14 years of rankings, a select group of firms continues to stand the test of time https://t.co/7pVftB1orr

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One lawyer. 250 employees. No playbook when he arrived.

Sander Lekas left private practice in 2021 to become the first GC @SkyFireEnergy – and walked into a court submission his first week

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#inhouselawyer #cleanpower

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“Practically unachievable” – Nicole Vaz of Trillium Health Partners on Ontario’s 135-page privacy de-identification guidelines. Five health-sector GCs on AI governance, cybersecurity, and privacy reform:
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#LegalTech #PrivacyLaw

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AI at Canadian law firms: clients are already expecting it.
We pay you for value” – Jonathan Leibtag, @Microsoft
“Something has to give in order to train those juniors” – Andrea Williams, @trustarray
@CanLawMag #CanadianLegalSummit 2026 → https://t.co/jRQ3QFOQzW #legaltech

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Geopolitics isn’t background noise – for in-house counsel at a Chinese SOE, it’s a daily professional baseline.

Bryan Morin of PetroChina Canada on LNG Canada’s Phase 2 FID and what separates useful from merely correct legal advice

https://t.co/qjjySohrcr #Energy

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Fear isn’t a strategy – but blind optimism isn’t either.

@Aarani Stoneham drafted her keynote with AI, then told attendees at the @CanLawMag Canadian Legal Summit: you can’t supervise what you don’t understand.

+600 attendees #CanadianLegalSummit https://t.co/OfMPqdKAw4

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$50M — the annual cost of delay per major energy project in one province.

Three energy GCs gave their verdict on Canada’s regulatory environment: good intentions, not enough.

One fix: mandatory timelines. One project, one review.

https://t.co/wx9vNor3VF #Legal #Energy

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Jamie Greenberg named chief corporate and legal officer @SolinkCorp

Company announces three executive appointments as it expands its international operations https://t.co/wE1PDFZJJJ

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Flexibility and uncertainty define insolvency and restructuring in Canada. RVOs, creditor-led CCAA and trade disruption are reshaping how lawyers work, writes @timbwilbur https://t.co/t3b0dY5fio

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Energy, reconciliation and the in-house role @manitobahydro

Don Bjornson oversees 20 lawyers, a 77-person division, and the legal functions of a growing energy Crown corporation https://t.co/TDJiCTZAN9

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General counsel compensation climbs 23.3 percent over five years. New report finds growing equity awards and changes in GC executive and board representation https://t.co/WBQNAtSRjo

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DLA Piper expands investment funds practice with partner James O’Shea. He has worked with global asset managers, institutional investors, and family offices https://t.co/ULPwtBcujQ

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LexisNexis Canada president: The top mistakes for lawyers using AI. Samuel Puchala will speak on building reliable, repeatable AI workflows at the Canadian Legal Summit #CanadianLegalSummit https://t.co/B5vy358yWw

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Gap between AI adoption and effective governance widening: @ACCinhouse report. In-house legal departments are using AI, but many organizations have not set governance structures https://t.co/BnKL4j03ZR

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Jamie Greenberg @SolinkCorp on building a global company from Canada. The tech general counsel speaks about data sovereignty as a red herring, and expanding his mandate beyond legal https://t.co/teyZtvGS72

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NB inks infrastructure agreement with federal government. Through the agreement, over $461 million will be invested in priority projects in NB https://t.co/9V6p1iCHT1

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Rhonda Goldberg re-elected to CIRO’s board for a two-year term. Marc Provost also joins the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization’s board https://t.co/yKn8z97YuQ

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Federal change to the right to strike splits the labour bar. Union and employer counsel clash over new limits in Bill C-39’s s. 107 rewrite and whether it survives Charter scrutiny https://t.co/UlhvBfMeyv

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Building Canada Strong: lawyers weigh in on ‘coordinated consultation.’ Thomas Isaac @Cassels questions Ottawa's will to decide; Aashish Oberoi at Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP warns a rushed timeline could erode trust https://t.co/qBZjQsRWoj

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John Greiss’s background as a pharmacist-lawyer serves him well at Sentrex. The CLO on building a legal function from scratch, AI governance in healthcare, and the reality of in-house practice https://t.co/fphQzRgdaX