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Fasken

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP (doing business as Fasken) is an international business law firm with approximately 925 lawyers and offices in Vancouver, Surrey, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City, London and Johannesburg. The firm traces its origins to a predecessor firm that was originally founded in 1863. On 29 November 2017, the firm announced that it was changing its brand name from Fasken Martineau to Fasken.

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Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP (doing business as Fasken) is an international business law firm with approximately 925 lawyers and offices in Vancouver, Surrey, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City, London and Johannesburg. The firm traces its origins to a predecessor firm that was originally founded in 1863. On 29 November 2017, the firm announced that it was changing its brand name from Fasken Martineau to Fasken.

Key claims

  1. date of foundation: 1863 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "1863". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1375609124

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.