Canada’s Proposed Financial Crimes Agency: It’s About Time!
An introduction to Bill C-29, An Act to Establish The Financial Crimes Agency.
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The RECO-iPro Matter: Governance Lessons From a Regulatory Mishap
*First posted on SLAW here: https://www.slaw.ca/2026/06/16/the-reco-ipro-matter-governance-lessons-from-a-regulatory-mishap/ More posts by Kerri » In late 2025, facing public criticism and scrutiny from a scandal involving its Registrar and a registered real estate brokerage, iPro Realty Ltd. (“iPro”), the Government of Ontario exercised its statutory powers to appoint an Administrator over the Real Estate Council of Ontario (“RECO”).
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Why the Grocery Code of Conduct Won’t Lower Prices and What It Shows About Industry Self-Regulation
Canada’s first grocery code of conduct likely won’t lower prices but it offers a useful illustration of the limits of industry self-regulation.
How AI Can (And Can’t) Enhance Practice Efficiency
In my latest piece, I share a personal AI experiment that failed – spectacularly. I tried using AI to tackle an administrative task and create some practice efficiencies. The result? Frustration, wasted time, and a strong sense that this particular experiment missed the mark. Admitting that failure feels uncomfortable, especially when social media is full of success stories about lawyers “vibe coding” and seamlessly integrating AI into their practices. AI won’t work in every context. Sometimes the task is wrong. The real failure isn’t that AI didn’t deliver the efficiency. The real failure would have been not trying at all.
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The Second Voyage: Explore the World’s First Legal Design Journal
Like many specialized academic journals, the Legal Design Journal allows professionals to focus their writing on evolving legal design concepts, methodologies, and illustrating innovative viewpoints or studies that advance these ideas. It is a place where the basics are already understood and readers are looking for more.
In order for legal design to mature and grow as a concept, it needed a home for writing and publication. The Legal Design Journal is that home.
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The Legal Design Summit 2025 & BrainFactory – a “Re-Up”
ou may not be aware that there is a strong global community who believe in the legal design methodology and concepts. We have an academic journal. We have scholars and practitioners. We are in Big Law. And, we’re all believers that traditional practice can benefit from a little ‘kick’.
The Legal Design Summit is our heart, our center, our nucleus. It is a place where legal design minds from across the world come together to share ideas and support our growing community.
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The Sheriff of Notconsideringyouham: Draft Better Policies by Starting With the User
The Sheriff of Nottingham, though a character derived from the 12th century (or 20th century Hollywood), seems to truly understand what it’s like for most employees to read corporate policies.
In my last publication in SLAW, I explore how policy drafters can significantly improve their processes by starting their drafting process by first asking: “who is the user?”
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Celebrating Innovation: Resol-VR Featured in SLAW by Kerri Salata
Resol-VRs summary piece about “From Game Rooms to Courtrooms: How Virtual Reality (VR) Is Changing the Legal Landscape”
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From O-M-G to “Ooh” – a Lawyer’s Guide to Visual Hierarchy
Have you ever looked at a document, any document, and felt overwhelmed by the amount of information coming at you? For example, think about the last time you emptied your mailbox of fliers. Did you toss out those fliers before giving them a second glance? You didn’t hesitate on the flier and you certainly didn’t realize that Swiss cheese was reasonably priced, even though you are out of cheese. You instinctively know bad visual hierarchy.
Visual hierarchy isn’t about aesthetics or creating something that’s pretty to look at. It is about substance and meaning.
Creating a well-organized, thoughtful, clear and concise document that resonates takes effort, time, and makes a bigger impact on the reader.
In my newest article in SLAW, I give lawyers the secret sauce – three tips used by Design professionals that will help lawyers create good visual hierarchy when drafting documents.
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Time for an NDA Redesign: Airbus’s Approach to Startup Partnerships
Both private and in-house counsel will appreciate this blog on AIRBUS’ NDA evolution.
Throughout my career, I’ve reviewed and negotiated several NDAs, particularly for start-ups eager to protect their IP but cautious when negotiating with larger, more experienced business partners.
On the corporate side, I’ve also seen legal and procurement teams use overly complex and restrictive NDAs—sometimes out of habit, sometimes as a legal security blanket, and sometimes simply because that’s the language they’ve “always used”, or it was embedded in their procurement system. However, overly rigid NDAs can deter potential innovation partners.
While an NDA may seem like just another contract, it’s often the foundation of a business relationship and deserves thoughtful drafting.
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