The new issue of Precedent includes fresh instalments of some of our best-liked features. Our correspondents rock on at AIDSbeat, examine the implications of transporting wine across provincial borders and offer counsel to an associate concerned about competing with the firm’s rising star.
The new content we’ve posted today:
The Circuit: On Oct. 14, Precedent partied down at AIDSbeat, the annual benefit concert for CANFAR. This year’s event had a Vegas theme, so Yvonne Bambrick thought it appropriate to ask attendees about the greatest gamble they’ve ever made. You won’t believe some of the tales they share. Read more >>
Short Cellar: “I could go to jail,” writes our wine columnist-turned-accidental bootlegger Matthew Sullivan, who discovered that transporting even a single bottle of wine across a provincial boundary violates the Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act and repeat offences carry a minimum six-month prison sentence. Read more >>
Bar Code: Some young lawyers seem blessed by the gods when it comes to career success, says our resident etiquette expert Sandra Rosier. But the meteoric rise of a peer can cause serious concern for other ambitious associates in the firm. No need to lose hope — Rosier outlines the best ways you too can win over colleagues. Read more >>