Heuristica Leads eDiscovery Workshop at Canadian Corporate Counsel Association National Conference

Heuristica is pleased to sponsor an eDiscovery workshop at the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association (CCCA) National Conference and In-House Counsel Worldwide (ICW) Summit.

The Conference theme this year is Beyond Borders: Business and Law in the Global Village.

Crystal O’Donnell, Heuristica’s CEO and Senior Counsel, will lead a workshop entitled “Successfully Managing E-Discovery – A Primer for In-House Counsel“.

The workshop will cover important questions in-house counsel should be asking themselves including:

What happens when your organization is called on to produce electronically stored information (ESI)?
Do you have a discovery plan and production protocol in place?

Pel and O’Donnell Admitted to Alberta Bar

We are pleased to announce that Crystal O’Donnell, CEO and Senior Counsel, and Brian Pel, COO and Senior Counsel, both were admitted to the bar of the Law Society of Alberta today in a ceremony by Justice Willie deWit at the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta in Calgary.

Crystal and Brian were presented to the Court by Matt Lindsay, Partner of Rose LLP

Photo (L to R): Brian Pel, Matt Lindsay, Crystal O’Donnell.

O’Donnell Speaks at Forensic Investigators Conference

Crystal O’Donnell, Heuristica’s CEO and Senior Counsel, will speak at the Association of Certified Forensic Investigators of Canada (ACFI) 20th Annual Fraud Conference and Workshop.

ACFI is a Canadian non-profit accrediting organization responsible for administering the Certified Forensic Investigators’ programme in Canada. It provides services such as seminars, conferences, specialized training, networking, e-newsletters, as well as a web site with articles and educational tools to assist members and others with understanding and dealing with fraud and its related issues. Essentially the Association provides a meeting place where CFI practitioners, who are engaged in law enforcement, forensic and investigative accounting, law, auditing and other related fields, can meet with each other as well as others to discuss fraud related issues.… Read More

Heuristica Sponsors ILCO 50th Anniversary Celebration

Heuristica is pleased to sponsor The Institute of Law Clerks of Ontario (ILCO) 50th Anniversary Celebration.

The members-only event will be held in Toronto at the King Edward Hotel on April 26th, 2018.

ILCO supports the highest professional standards by providing opportunities to innovate, share ideas and knowledge of best practices. It’s mandate is to provide and promote general and legal education to its members for the purpose of increasing their knowledge, efficiency and professional ability.

Heuristica is pleased to have been associated with ILCO for many years by teaching it’s eDiscovery Advanced Theory & Practices for Litigation Support Fellowship Course and sponsoring it’s Annual Conference and other events.… Read More

Insights & Ideas Blog Selected for Inclusion in LawBlogs.ca

We are pleased that our Insights & Ideas blog has been selected for inclusion in LawBlogs.ca.

Lawblogs.ca is the home of the Canadian Law Blogs list which is an open directory of Canadian blogging lawyers, law librarians, marketers, IT professionals and paralegals.

Blogs included in the Canadian Law Blogs list are reviewed and must meet the criteria below before they are included in the directory.

The blog should have posts for the past 3 consecutive months
Ideally, there should be at least one or two posts per month
Blog authors should be Canadian and should be readily identifiable as a lawyer or other member of the legal community, and include contact information
Blogs should be blogs, not just law firm newsletters
Blogs must offer value, and be of interest, to the legal community

The site can be browsed by practice area, by province, by industry topic, or the latest blog additions. … Read More