If you like playing tennis for a good cause, then listen up! Lawyers from Howie, Sacks and Henry and Paliare Roland have gotten together to launch Law Slam 2012. The event is sponsored by Tennis Canada, Wilson Sporting Goods and Merchant of Tennis, with all proceeds going to Pro Bono Law Ontario.

The tennis challenge takes place on Sunday, June 3, starting at 1 pm at Mayfair West. The cost to enter is $500 per doubles team. Fans welcome.

To sign up, contact Howard Blitstein at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

It's Friday! As we head into a long weekend, why not head towards some new career opportunities as well?

To help you get started, here are just a few recent posts from The Precedent A-List. Check out the full slate of listings at a-list.lawandstyle.ca

• WeirFoulds LLP is seeking a Litigation Associate for its Toronto Office  >> Read more
• Cadillac Fairview is seeking a Junior Real Estate/Commercial Leasing Lawyer   >> Read more
• An investment management company is seeking a skilled compliance professional >> Read more
• A top-tier firm is seeking a Litigation Associate >> Read more

• Roger Clemens trial: Brian McNamee admits to initially lying about steroids (National Post)
• Lawyers for terror suspects slam federal move to skip preliminary hearings (The Globe and Mail)
• The ‘silent majority’ is starting to speak up against Quebec tuition protests (National Post)
• Drivers fight 407 ETR’s right to collect toll debts after bankruptcy (Toronto Star)
• New documents, photos shed light on Trayvon Martin killing (The Globe and Mail)
• Ex-Priest Found Guilty of Soliciting Murder (The New York Times)

• G20 report identifies officer responsible for orders that breached civil liberties (Toronto Star)
  
• Canadian immigration rules blur when illness involved (National Post)
  
• Quebec plans emergency legislation to break strike after university stormed (National Post)
  
• Mladic trial delayed indefinitely because of prosecutor’s “errors” (The Globe and Mail)
  
• Prosecutors seek to overturn judge’s “book report” order (The Wall Street Journal — Law Blog)
  

Today's top legal news headlines:

• FMC snags Blakes Vancouver partner (The Globe and Mail — Law Page)
• Byron Sonne walks free, but the G20 forever changed his life (Toronto Star)
• Overtime lawsuits hit a snag (The Globe and Mail — Law Page)
• Drew Hasselback: These AMPs go to 15! (National Post — Legal Post)
• Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic's genocide trial gets under way (The Globe and Mail)
• Sued Over Death and Injury From Trees, City Fights Back (The New York Times)

Numbers continue to come in for Precedent’s 2012 Hireback Watch. There are a few firms that still haven’t announced (like Osler and Faskens), but many articling students in Toronto already know whether they are sticking around at their firms.

Last week, Torys announced a 90% hireback rate with 18 out of 20 students set to return as associates this fall. Meanwhile, BLG is squeaking in at a 48% hireback rate with 10 out of 21 students landing associate positions. Other new reports on the chart are from McMillan (9/19), McCarthys (18/26) and Blakes (19/26). Overall, the numbers are pretty consistent with last year. Still too early to tell whether there has been an overall improvement in the market this year. We will continue to watch and learn.

Check out the chart at lawandstyle.ca/hireback2012.

Today's top legal news headlines:

• Ratko Mladic files new motion to delay start of his war crimes trial, citing late disclosure (Toronto Star)
• Alberta Court of Appeal agrees accused was "f*****" — their word, not ours (National Post — Legal Post)
• Dog custody battle costs man more than $60K (Toronto Star)
• Courts turn to video-conference testimony to cut costs (The Globe and Mail)
• Weight-loss company runs to court over marketing claims (The Wall Street Journal — Law Blog)

Ahhh late spring. Days are longer, brighter and warmer, with summer just around the corner. Maybe you’ve left your coat at home a few days in a row, walking to work or hopping on the subway in your blazer. Maybe you’ve just booked your first weekend trip to a friend’s cottage, or decided where to go for summer vacation.

And if you’re anything like me, readers, you’re making a list of summer clothes to purchase — not that you’re going to have many places to wear them, with all the days you spend in the office!

Sigh. Reality check. When it comes to summer clothes, what’s a young lawyer to do when she spends her days in a sea of conference calls and paper? The answer is simple. Why spend money on clothes that end up being worn twice, when you can save oodles of money just buying summer accessories?

An often-forgotten aspect of style, accessories can change the look of that black dress and make your grey pinstriped suit wearable five days a week without anyone being the wiser. Here are three types of accessories you can dig those manicured hands into, while saving money and indulging that yearning for new things to match this new, summery mood of yours.

After the jump: Accessorizing with watches, necklaces and (gasp) earrings that dangle — you can do this!

Today's top legal news headlines:

• The shocking child-porn evidence the Tori Stafford jury didn’t hear (National Post)
• Dewey & LeBoeuf worker suit says firings to come tomorrow (Bloomberg)
• Tories approve bill proposing 10-year jail term for masked rioters (National Post)
• Canadian woman arrested in London after children found dead (Toronto Star)
• Breivik trial: Man kicked out of courtroom after throwing shoe (Associated Press)
• Mounties ask to be allowed into schools – to teach, not spy (Globe and Mail)
• Obama criticizes Romney as ‘backwards on equality' (Associated Press)
• Sandusky defence wins mixed decision on subpoenas (Associated Press)

Little Anthony’s Italian + Bar
121 Richmond Street W. (at York) | 416-368-2223 | littleanthonysrestaurant.com

Famous for plush velour and a decadent interior, Little Anthony’s on the corner of Richmond and York has undergone a makeover. Gone are the brocade and half-round booths, gone are the linen tablecloths and impeccably turned out waitstaff. Banished along with them is the name — Little Anthony’s Italian Ristorante — in favour of the hipper, cooler Little Anthony’s Italian + Bar (or, hipper still, L.A.).

Yes, it is open concept. Yes, it is tastefully decorated. Yes, it has a new menu. But it’s a bit like that senior partner in the corner office — you know the guy — the one with the comb-over, the fast car, and the Converse All-Stars. Sure, all the trappings are there – except that when he opens his mouth, he talks about “the Google” and refers to his assistant as his “secretary”.

Little Anthony’s  new look, however, is not to be dismissed — the open concept works and the bank of 12-foot high windows on the west side lets in light, something the previous incarnation of Little Anthony’s hadn’t seen in decades. The downside of the floor-to-ceiling windows and open concept is that you are on display — to other diners, to passers-by, even to drivers in their BMWs waiting for the light to change. This is not the place to dine if you are having an affair, retaining criminal counsel, or discussing defection from your firm.

The menu, previously a multi-page affair with significant heft, has been pared down to a single sheet. So too the wine list; while the by-the-bottle choices are okay, the by-the-glass selection is somewhat limited.

After the jump: New chef Aaron Foster's execution is solidly average and never really soars