For the first time, I’ve edited a part of a comment on this blog because of a concern that it might expose me to potential liability for defamation. I think the odds of a claim are almost astronomically low, but still possible. “Possible” because the would-be plaintiff has a demonstrated history of litigation, and because […]

A welcome to Daniel Lublin, a Toronto lawyer who’s just launched a new Employment Law blog.

Leesa Barnes, who has helped us out with podcasts before, came to our last meetup and did some interviewing while there. Check out the first one, an interview with Parker Mason, now up on the mesh blog (and yes, Leesa is coming to mesh).

One just had to laugh at Sabia’s denial of private equity discussions a few weeks ago after the Globe initially reported the story – the denial was so carefully parsed and over-lawyered that if anything it served to prove the story, not deny it (except perhaps to Eric Reguly, who mysteriously said after the denial that Sabia had “made his message clear”, and to Tavia Grant and Andrew Willis of the Globe, who today called the development “a stunning twist”). The Globe today reported that BCE has confirmed the talks. Finally, the waiting is (nearly) over. This development has been self-evident since BCE announced its now defunct income trust plans – a clear sign at the time, to my mind, that BCE management had surrendered to the future, and was ready to pack up and go home.

Michael has a short essay on net neutrality and traffic shaping on his blog (it’s based on his Toronto Star article here). It’s gratifying to see Michael’s work on these issues getting traction on Techmeme and generating an increasing level of comment interest on his blog.