KNOWLEDGE CENTRE

We care about your mental health. Here's a mindfulness app. Now go bill 2,000 hours." Big Law offers yoga while maintaining the exact structure causing burnout. Lawyers show stress at 1,200 billable hours—yet firms demand 1,700-2,000 annually.

According to HR Law Canada, 47% of Canadian professionals report burnout, with legal professionals among the hardest hit. That's up from 33% in 2023. Nearly half who left “Big Law” cited burnout or stress.  The trend is accelerating.

If you’re drafting a shareholder agreement, think carefully about whether a shotgun clause is right for your situation. Because once you pull that trigger, you’d better be prepared for whatever comes next.

Tag-along or drag-along? Most shareholders have no idea what these mean until it's too late. When a majority shareholder wants to sell, minority shareholders can get left behind, stuck with new owners they never chose, or forced to sell at terrible terms.

In my experience, most business relationships show cracks within 12 to 24 months. That's when you realize the other person isn't the right fit. That they're—let's be honest—not a Monet. And yet, most entrepreneurs wait until after that point to think about shareholder agreements.

After years of practicing law, it still surprises me that the number one reason shareholder agreements fail is that most companies simply don't have one.

When I graduated from law school, I did what most new lawyers do. I traipsed around the office, asking everyone with an open door if they...

Last week, I was experimenting with ChatGPT for tax calculations and interpretations. Even with detailed prompts and guidance from...

The legal profession's biggest problem isn't technology, regulation, or competition. It's ego. We've spent centuries building a...

Legal services consistently rank among the least trusted professions. We have a collective branding problem that's destroying individual success. The issue isn't competence—it's communication.

Let me blow your mind: The legal profession is the only industry where competitors literally cannot enter the market (thanks, Law Societies!), yet we consistently undervalue and underprice our core services.

Are lawyers really trusted advisors, or are we just telling ourselves that story?