Heenan Blaikie Post-Mortem

The sudden collapse of the Canadian law firm Heenan Blaikie shocked many observers and has attracted a lot of attention, commentary and musing about the future.

The Canadian Bar Association's National Magazine has gathered together some of that commentary in two posts on its blog:

• Heenan Blaikie post mortem (February 11, 2014): "The dust is still settling, and by now you’ve no doubt heard Roy Heenan’ s view that internal rivalries caused his firm to dissolve. Still, here’s a quick round-up of reports and commentary attempting to explain what went wrong."
• Heenan Blaikie post mortem, Ctd (February 12, 2014): "Following up on yesterday's roundup, Ian Holloway, the dean of law at the University of Calgary and a member of the CBA’s Futures Initiative steering committee, cautions that the partner flight from Heenan has revealed 'the Achilles heel of the Canadian legal profession' "