Information Technology
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September 01, 2023
Consultation begins on proposed regs for controversial Online News Act aimed at digital giants
The federal government has proposed regulations to implement the contentious Online News Act that Ottawa says will help news media across Canada “negotiate fair compensation” when their work appears in dominant social media platforms or search engines, such as Facebook and Google.
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September 01, 2023
Manitoba lawyer takes over helm of CBA
The Canadian Bar Association (CBA) on Sept. 1 announced that John Stefaniuk of Winnipeg has begun his year-long tenure as the 95th president of the 127-year-old association of more than 38,000 lawyers, notaries, law professors and law students across Canada.
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August 29, 2023
Ransomware ‘disruptive’ and pervasive in Canada: report
Ransomware from abroad is “one of the most devastating types of cybercrime” Canada is facing, with businesses and professional services being among the hardest hit.
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August 24, 2023
Ottawa ‘saves’ millions by making tardy judicial appointments; average delay 11 months in 2023
The Trudeau government has taken an average of 11 months to fill dozens of empty spots on the bench so far this year, discloses a Law360 Canada examination of 435 judicial vacancies, which reveals as well that Ottawa “saves” the federal treasury tens of millions of dollars annually, on average, by not making timely judicial appointments.
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August 18, 2023
B.C. ruling offers important clarification on what can be considered a privacy breach, lawyer says
B.C.’s top court has ruled that what can be considered a privacy breach goes beyond mere compliance with regulatory frameworks and requires looking at the context of the situation and the degree of privacy to which a person is entitled.
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August 04, 2023
Privacy Commissioner’s Public Health case provides rules for anonymizing data
In the report of its investigation into the Public Health Agency of Canada’s (PHAC) collection and use of mobile location data during the COVID-19 pandemic, released at the end of May, the federal Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) provides important guidance for organizations seeking to generate non-personal data about individuals anonymized so that it can be analyzed without reference to existing privacy laws.
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August 04, 2023
Letter from the Editor: Addition of Law360 Canada Pulse and Access to Justice Newsletter
I am happy to announce some exciting new enhancements to Law360 Canada, all at no additional cost to subscribers. Pulse is a new section for Law360 Canada, focused on the business of law. This section combines all the content from our previous Business of Law, Insider and Legal Innovation sections into one enhanced section. Pulse includes a frequent newsletter, delivered to your inbox multiple times per week, covering industry trends, best practices and exclusive surveys of Canadian legal professionals.
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July 31, 2023
‘There’s never been a more important time for law and legal education,’ says Osgoode’s incoming dean
As the world deals with a rapidly changing climate and the implications of artificial intelligence (AI), Osgoode Hall Law School’s incoming dean believes “there’s never been a more important time for law and legal education.”
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July 31, 2023
Court finds defendants copied confidential source code, orders $800K in damages
The British Columbia Supreme Court has found mixed results in a case where a company developing anti-drone technology alleged that a competing company misused its confidential source code for its own benefit.
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July 27, 2023
Need to tackle relationship between artificial intelligence, civil liability: legal institute
The current revolution in artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the world but raising many questions — among them the question of who is, or should be, liable for choices made by intelligent machines operating autonomously, and what happens when a robot commits a tort. And a British Columbia-based legal think tank is undertaking a project aimed at helping to answer some of those questions.