GailJCohen

Communicating, authoring and editing legal things, lover of food, traveller, lawn bowler, chili grower, devotee of women's pro sports🌶🏳‍🌈⚽

[GailJCohen @GailCohen]

@YahooSports How about adding some women's sports to your feed - WSL, PWHL, NSL, WER, or really anything as there are many. WNBA is all you've got. Do better.

[National Post @nationalpost]

Harley Finkelstein: Canadian Jews are being targeted simply because they are Jewish https://t.co/22ATwU6bNG

[GailJCohen @GailCohen]

@Bell_Support What are you able to do to stop the dozens of spam calls coming into to my mobile phone every single day. Dozens. Every 10 or 15 minutes. Unacceptable. You tech team says just block callers. It would make it my full time job.

[GailJCohen @GailCohen]

Leading by example: For Pride month, I wanted to write something a bit different so I talked to some 2SLGBTQ+ members of the legal profession here in Canada to get their thoughts on how they harnessed their backgrounds, personalities, and opportunities to move the needle forward.

[CBA/ABC National @CBAnatmag]

How 2SLGBTQ+ leaders in the legal profession harnessed their backgrounds, personalities, and opportunities to move the needle forward. @GailCohen has that story. https://t.co/2QnXEW9aHH

[CBA/ABC National @CBAnatmag]

A love of the beautiful game and small-world connections have brought legal advisers and Northern Super League teams together. @GailCohen has that story from the pitch. https://t.co/2KlGT8FMhV

[CBA/ABC National @CBAnatmag]

As a tired, hungry, unhoused refugee claimant in Vancouver, Sam Bhattacharjee vowed never to feel helpless again and saw the law as his path to stability and self-sufficiency. @GailCohen has his story. https://t.co/hX1W5R53mp

[Reuters Legal @ReutersLegal]

The American Bar Association is warning the public about attacks on the rule of law — and suing the Trump administration — following the US president's recent actions to dismantle parts of the federal government https://t.co/2bf0DL4DWe

[Rick Westhead @rwesthead]

The number of penalties called by referees in Hockey Canada-sanctioned games for discrimination-related offences, including slurs related to race, religion, and sexual orientation or gender identity, rose by more than 40% during the 2023-24 season.

[Canadian Soccer Daily @CANSoccerDaily]

Vancouver Whitecaps are for sale 👀

18 months before Vancouver hosts the 2026 WC, the owners say it's time for someone "with the platform, resources and ambition" to help the club realize its significant potential.

Cue the Ryan Reynolds rumours? #VWFC

https://t.co/tDRM3xLRpT

[Reuters Legal @ReutersLegal]

Conservative American lawyer Theodore Olson has died aged 84. Olson spearheaded the lawsuit that challenged California's 2008 ban on gay marriage, also known as Proposition 8. Read more: https://t.co/LQA9rTs6xo

[CBA/ABC National @CBAnatmag]

Spurred back into action by an explosion of antisemitism, ‘retired’ lawyer Mark Sandler has launched an alliance of allies to educate, foster dialogue and change perceptions. @GailCohen has that story. https://t.co/uUQssqz7lo

[Law.com International @lawdotcomINTL]

Via @GailCohen:

Many in the legal profession say it appears that anecdotally, at least, more Canadian practitioners have hung out their own shingles in 2024 than ever before—and a huge percentage of them are women. https://t.co/DuizERNohA

[Dale Smith @journo_dale]

New chief justice appointed for the BCSC.
It only took them five months to do it. #cdnlaw

[GailJCohen @GailCohen]

Too long for an appointment at this level.

[Dale Smith @journo_dale]

New Chief Justice of the Court Martial Appeal Court.
This one was just shy of a year to fill. #cdnlaw

[GailJCohen @GailCohen]

I asked @ADodek What was the most surprising thing someone said about being at Heenan Blaikie?

He said notwithstanding the huge financial loss that individual partners took lawyers who worked at Heenan told him they missed it and the people, and how special a time it was.

[CBA/ABC National @CBAnatmag]

A new book takes a deep dive into the demise of Heenan Blaikie -- one of the worst law firm failures in Canadian history. @GailCohen sat down with @ADodek ahead of today's release. https://t.co/OOocS23Cb5

[GailJCohen @GailCohen]

My latest @lawdotcomINTL on how a ground breaking ruling about transnational justice ended with a secret settlement that leaves everyone "happy" but sheds no light on what may or may not have happened at the mine in Guatemala

[Law.com International @lawdotcomINTL]

Canadian Mining Company Settles Decadelong Lawsuits Over Human Rights Abuses at Former Guatemalan Mine https://t.co/B7OUWyOmTB

[Law.com International @lawdotcomINTL]

Buzzwords, Bad Wine & Broken Social Contract: The Rise of Boring Legal Conferences https://t.co/7B3rparOX1

[GailJCohen @GailCohen]

Canada sending up some guidelines for judges on their use of social media. My latest ($)

[Law.com International @lawdotcomINTL]

Canadian Judicial Council Urges Caution in New Social Media Guidelines For Judges https://t.co/jPT28vTkXo

[Canadian Soccer Daily @CANSoccerDaily]

#CanWNT legend Karina LeBlanc is leaving her role as Portland Thorns GM after 3 years 🇨🇦🌹

She'll join the team's parent company in a wider role across both the Thorns and Portland's newly announced WNBA team. #BAONPDX

https://t.co/iDpJKGCBOx

[CBA/ABC National @CBAnatmag]

As Prof. @robertdiab writes, although AI isn’t perfect, some of its promise is coming true and making areas of legal work much easier.
https://t.co/myPeav9LSo