Media Articles & Op-Eds

“Reflections on a Half Century,” [article/discussion of changes in law and the legal profession over 25 years] Lexpert, February 2016

“Lawyers as Whistleblowers,” [op/ed on proposals for whistleblower awards from the Ontario Securities Commission and on the GM and Volkswagen cases] Lexpert, January 2016 

“Uber for Lawyers,” [commentary on regulation of lawyers and development of “LawScout” technology] Lexpert, November/December 2015 

“Marijuana Headache,” [legal ethics considerations of marijuana lawyering in Canada and the US] Lexpert, October 2015 

“Here Come the Millennials!” [commentary on challenges to major law firms and the legal marketplace from research conclusions on employment patterns and priorities for millennials] Lexpert, September 2015 

“Religious Lawyering,” [op-ed on the potential for reconciling religious or spiritual beliefs with legal ethics considerations and lawyer conduct and reflections on two generations of related research in the US] Lexpert, July/August 2015 

“Hooray for the Magna Carta,” [commentary on the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta and implications for lawyers and the rule of law, with note of the U of A Magna Carta Project] Lexpert, June 2015 

“Exoneration Isn’t Enough,” [commentary on the conclusion of Law Society of Upper Canada prosecutions of lawyers in the Hollinger/Conrad Black scandal] Lexpert, May 2015 

“The Sanctity of the Office,” [commentary on the hazards of importing Silicon Valley office plans and “workbenching” for law firms, changing office configurations and implications for law firms, legal ethics and the workplace] Lexpert, April 2015 

"Extending Privilege," [analysis of UK, Canadian and US jurisprudence on the confidentiality of tax advice] Forensic Accounting & Fraud, Vol. 4, No. 2 2014, pp. 8-11

"How it went off the rails at GM," [analysis of GM corporate counsel actions in the GM ignition switch scandal and the Valukas Report] Lawyers' Weekly In House Counsel Magazine (Vol 7. No 2, Fall 2014) pp. 8-10 

"A Fine Balance," [analysis of recent US appellate decisions and a Canadian report about privilege for ethics counsel in law firms] Lawyers' Weekly In House Counsel Magazine (Vol 7. No 1, Spring 2014) pp. 9-11 

"Day-to-day Discrimination," [comment on LGBT discrimination in professional services firms and the Canadian Law Firm Diversity and Inclusion Network] Lexpert, March 2015 

"Vocational Law School," [comment on proposals for expanded experiential learning opportunities in law faculties] Lexpert, February 2015 

"Ready for Retirement?" [analysis of and commentary on three cases -- U.S., U.K., and Canada -- on mandatory retirement for lawyers] Lexpert, January 2015 

"Are Lawyers Professionals?" [analysis of how notions of professionalism can be reconciled with business imperatives in the legal profession and debates over regulatory structures for law] Lexpert, November/December 2014 

"Lawyers and Mindfulness," [commentary on Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction for lawyers and the University of Miami's Mindfulness in Law Program] Lexpert, October 2014 

"Tagged -- You're Not It," [commentary on law student and lawyer use of social media and review of recent US and Canadian bar discipline rules and cases] Lexpert, September 2014 

"The Value of Nothing," [analysis of $15M settlement award against Patton Boggs for its contingent fee arrangement and engagement in Ecuadorean litigation against Chevron, and the ethics of declining an engagement] Lexpert, July/August 2014 

“The rise of shareholder activism,”6(2) Lawyers’ Weekly In-House Counsel Magazine (Fall 2013) pp.8-10 [commentary on trends in shareholder activist investor activity in the United States and Canada and implications for corporate governance advisors]

“Should Jurors Speak?” Lexpert (November-December 2013) p. 110 [commentary on post-acquittal commentary by jurors in the George Zimmerman trial and contrasting U.S. and Canadian rules on juror activity] 

“Privileges Can Be Taken Away,” Lexpert (October 2013) p. 106 [op-ed on constitutional challenge to application  to lawyers of anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing legislation granted leave by Supreme Court of Canada] 

“New Lawyers and the New Normal,” Lexpert (September 2013) p. 94 [commentary on challenges facing new attorneys in a changing legal marketplace]

“Office at the Cottage,” Lexpert (July-August 2013) p. 70 [commentary on law firm vacation policies and summer court closures] 

“Fear Not the Technology,” Lexpert (June 2013) p. 74 [commentary on professional responsibility rules requiring technological competency] 

“Lawyers and Depression,” Lexpert (May 2013) p. 74 [commentary on mental health issues in the legal profession] 

“Strangers in a Strange Land,” Lexpert (March 2013) p. 74 [commentary on Arizona State University Law School’s North American law degree program] 

“Privilege and Confidentiality FAQs,”6(1) Lawyers’ Weekly In-House Counsel Magazine (Spring2013) [commentary on new CBA guidelines for privilege and confidentiality for in-house lawyers] 

“The End of Mentorship,” Lexpert (February 2013) p. 70 [analysis of mandatory post-graduation training for lawyers in Canada and the US] 

“Mid-Career Weariness,” Lexpert (January 2013) p.78 [analysis of changing trends in the legal profession ten and twenty years after law school graduation] 

“Inquiry or Witch Hunt?” Lexpert (November/December 2012) p. 112 [analysis of Canadian Judicial Council inquiry into conduct of Associate Chief Justice of Manitoba Lori Douglas and resignation of independent inquiry counsel] 

“Hear No Evil,” Lexpert (October 2012) p.80 [“core values” and analysis of ABA Annual Meeting debates on Ethics 20/20 Commission proposals] 

“Today’s team, tomorrow’s trouble,” 5(2) Lawyers’ Weekly In-House Counsel Magazine (Fall 2012) [analysis of “deal team privilege” and solicitor-client privilege cases for in-house counsel] 

“Conflict Conundrum,” Lexpert (September 2012) p. 84 [analysis of upcoming Supreme Court of Canada case on law firm conflicts of interest] 

“Strings Attached,” Lexpert (July/August 2012) p. 64 [commentary on the rise of alternative litigation financing] 

“Non-Lawyers a Non-Starter,” Lexpert, (June 2012) p. 68 [alternative business structures in NY and UK] 

“Working on the High Wire,” 5(1) Lawyers’ Weekly In-House Counsel Magazine (Spring 2012) pp.8-13 [lawyers as corporate secretaries] 

“Legal Luddism,” Lexpert, (January 2012) p. 76 [alternative business services in Canada, US and UK] 

“Blind Eye Oversight,” Lexpert, (December 2011) p. 116 [commentary on anti-trust regulatory oversight of legal services marketplace regulation] 

“Navigating the Investigation Minefield,” 4(2) Lawyer’s Weekly In-House Counsel Magazine (Fall 2011), pp.8-9 [review of internal and regulatory investigations after Lauren Stevens/GlaxoSmithKline acquittal in US District Court, May 2011] 

“The future of privilege”4(1) Lawyer’s Weekly In-House Counsel Magazine (Summer 2011), pp.8-10 [review of European Court of Justice decision in Akzo Nobel on privilege for in-house counsel] 

“Honest Services Fraud: What’s Next for Corporate Crime?”3(2) Lawyer’s Weekly In-House Counsel Magazine, (Fall 2010) pp.8-9 [review of US Supreme Court decision on honest services fraud and Black v. US/Skilling v. US] 

“Principles and Aspirations: Paralegals–The Rules, Regulations and Codes of Conduct” Briefly Speaking (Ontario Bar Association Magazine), August 2010, pp. 24-25 [cover article- -The Paralegal Question] 

“Who’s Your Client?” 3(1) Lawyers’ Weekly In-House Counsel Magazine, Spring 2010,pp.8-9 [review of lawsuit against counsel in the Stanford Financial affair and SEC investigation] [lead article] 

“Ethics: Legal Education’s Greatest Challenge,” Pacific Law, Spring 2010 [cover story] 

“Privilege–Dark Clouds on the US Horizon,” 2(2) Lawyers’ Weekly In-House Counsel Magazine, Fall 2009, pp.8- 11 [review of Textron and Costco and implications for business vs. legal advice protection] 

“In-house counsel under fire,” 2(1) Lawyers’ Weekly In-House Counsel Magazine, Spring 2009, pp.8-9 [commentary on stock option backdating and SEC regulation of lawyer conduct] 

“The company moral compass,”– Lawyers’ Weekly In-House Counsel Magazine, Winter2008, pp.6-8 [commentary on up the ladder reporting and the conviction of in-house counsel in the Hollinger trial] 

“Self-Regulation Takes a Beating Abroad– Is Canada Different?” Dispatch (Magazine of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario) November/December 2008, pp.20-22 

“Self-Regulation Takes a Beating Abroad – Is Canada Different?” Lawyers’ Weekly, August 8, 2008  

“Competition, Self-Regulation and the Challenge of Change,” Briefly Speaking (Ontario Bar Association Magazine), May 2008, p. 15 

“Sex with Clients Debate Comes Back to Haunt Us,” Lawyers’ Weekly, February 1, 2008 

“A moment of triumph, tempered by memories,” Sacramento Bee, California Forum, Sunday May 8, 2011  [front page, Sunday opinion section; op-ed on the death of Osama Bin Laden] 

“Why judges are now defendants in the court of public opinion,” Sacramento Bee, April 4, 2010 

“Sorry seems to be a word that’s too easy,” Sacramento Bee, February 15, 2009  

[front page, Sunday opinion section; op-ed on steroids in baseball] 

“Suddenly, they’re holding corporate counsel to a higher standard,” Globe and Mail, July 19, 2007 [comment on the Hollinger/Conrad Black trial] [featured lead article Canada’s national daily newspaper's website]