In Bellatrix Exploration Ltd. v Penn West Petroleum Ltd., 2013 ABCA 10, the Alberta Court of Appeal explains the key principles of settlement privilege and confirms the important protection this ...

Doctors and lawyers, priests and spouses _ our secrets are safe with them. When it comes to telling all to a court or jury, certain relationships have special legal protections or privileges that ...

In recent years, I strive to listen for intent and not impact. This has allowed me to suppress my immediate gut reaction or visceral response to an incorrectly used word or turn of phrase, and instead ...

On January 19, in Trump v. Thompson, the Supreme Court rejected a request by former president Donald Trump to prevent the National Archives from releasing White House records that the House January 6 ...

Executive privilege: George Washington invoked it, Dwight Eisenhower named it and Richard Nixon abused it. Now it looms as the nuclear option in George W. Bush’s battle with Congress over its ...

Part of racial justice is understanding who has privilege and who doesn't. We follow one Indian American, inspired by Black Lives Matter, and his journey to check his own privilege. Yesterday, we told ...

My last post on shaming privilege received considerable news media attention (like this Salon article, for example), and the ensuing discussions raised some timely and important questions about the ...