In the article âAIâs Next Frontierâ, author Bernard Marr discusses the future of Brain-Computer Interfaces. Over the years, surgical methods have evolved to the point where people can now experiment with implanting sensors into the human brain and collect data.
Marr writes âToday, one of the best-known pioneers is Neuralink, founded by Elon Muskâ¦It aims to enable people suffering from paralysis to use machines and prosthetic limbs to recover their mobilityâ¦[Another company, named NextMind] has developed a device that translates signals from the visual cortex into digital commands. As well as creating tools that allow computers to . . . [more]
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Versatility Matters:
Much like a cyclist aiming for victory in a grand tour, lawyers should strive to be versatile in their practice. Legal professionals will encounter a diverse range of cases . . . [more]
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The AA case and other good character hearings stemming from sexual misconduct involving minors have generated considerable discussion both inside and outside the legal profession about how law societies should assess . . . [more]
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If you canat find the user manual you need there, you can also search for user manuals at http://www.manualsonline.com/search.html and https://www.manualslib.com/.A
a Susannah Tredwell . . . [more]
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Ontarioas high-volume tribunals a especially the Landlord & Tenant Board, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, and the Automobile Accident Benefits Service a have been afflicted by dire access to justice problems in recent years. The root cause . . . [more]
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AI â the discussion points keep coming!
I just spent about 15 minutes of my day stripping my face off the internet!
That includes asking Google and Edge to remove cached images of my face.
Why the heck would I do that?
Hereâs why:
Taryn Plumb, âFace Off: Attackers are Stealing Biometrics to Access Victimsâ Bank Accountsâ (February 21, 2024).
ââ¦cybersecurity company Group-IB has discovered the first banking trojan that steals peopleas faces. Unsuspecting users are tricked into giving up personal IDs and phone numbers and are prompted to perform face scans. These images are then swapped out with AI-generated . . . [more]
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This week the randomly selected blogs are 1. David Whelan 2. SOQUIJ | Le Blogue 3.A Employment & Human Rights Law in Canada 4.A PierreRoy & AssociA(c)s 5. BC Injury Law Blog
David Whelan
The Referenced Librarian
Itas always a great joy to give someone a job reference. It doesnat happen often but itas always . . . [more]
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CONSTITUTIONNEL (DROIT) : Le tribunal rejette une demande de sursis de lâapplication de lâarticle 10 de laA Loi modifiant la Loi concernant les soins de fin de vie et dâautres dispositions lA(c)gislatives, lequel a pour effet dâempAacher les maisons de soins palliatifs dâexclure lâaide mA(c)dicale A mourir de leur . . . [more]
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Afflicted with a aculture of complacency[1],a the Ontario Superior Court has long struggled to timely advance cases to trial. Variously described by its leading jurists as abroken[2]a and aantiquated[3],a it has fallen further into disrepute as gun cases[4], a sexual assault case[5] (and another[6] and another[7]) and human trafficking[8] cases have been thrown out due to aexcessive delay.a This continues the sordid state of affairs that existed prior to the pandemic, where hundreds of criminal cases were being dismissed annually for delay[9]. . . . [more]
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Written by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD, Content Editor, First Reference Inc.
In December 2023, the Vice-Chairperson of the New Brunswick Labour and Employment Board (Board) confirmed that the employer discriminated against an employee when the employer terminated his employment following an injury. The Board also concluded that the employer bullied, harassed and belittled the employee. Consequently, the Board awarded $10,000 as general damages, which included damages for injury to the employeeâs dignity, feelings, self-respect and self-worth. Further, the employer was required to participate in a one-day human rights training course on the duty to accommodate.
What happened?
The . . . [more]
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In Taillefer v. Canada (Attorney General), 2024 FC 259, the Federal Court considered the adue carea provisions of the Patent Act for the first since they are implemented in 2019. These provisions allow an applicant to reinstate a patent or patent application . . . [more]
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Last semester, with increasing agitation in the media about AIâs potential impact on the legal profession, I decided to wade in and show my students a little AI in my law school classroom. The course is Advanced Legal Research.
The Experiment
I gathered up a list of interesting readings on the topic of AI and the legal profession. Many of them pointed to horror stories or emerging policies and guidelines in the area. Later I decided to record my findings in my AI Regulation LibGuide.
I made all of this available in an optional readings folder.
AI Panel Weighs . . . [more]
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This is the reality of the workplace; good associates and staff members move on. Why do people leave? Most often, it is to make a career move that better aligns with their goals. Sometimes, it is also about money. Or it can be because . . . [more]
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This week the randomly selected blogs are 1. FACL BC Podcast 2. First Reference 3. The Court 4. Family LLB 5. Double Aspect
FACL BC Podcast
Episode 33: Taking a Break and Throwing Your Own Party with James Hsu
In this episode, James Hsu unveils his unique career journey â transitioning from a litigator to . . . [more]
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CONSTITUTIONNEL (DROIT) : LaA Loi sur la laA-citA(c) de lâAtatA est valide au regard du partage constitutionnel des compA(c)tences dA(c)terminA(c) par laA Loi constitutionnelle de 1867; elle ne contrevient ni aux principes non A(c)crits de la Constitution canadienne, ni A lâarchitecture de celle-ci, ni A quelque loi ou principe . . . [more]
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On January 18th, 2024 The Law Library of Congress In Custodia Legis blog posted a blog post by Jennifer Davis on the Anniversary of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.
aaFelix Cohen noted that, a[f]rom the earliest years of the Republic the Indian tribes have been recognized as adistinct, independent political communitiesaa (Cohen 1941, 122). Despite the earlyA nation-to-nationA relations between tribal nations and theA United States,A self-determinationA was not codified. AfterA termination policiesA of the 1950s . . . [more]
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Written by Daniel Standing, LL.B., Content Editor, First Reference Inc.
In a succinct interim decision, 2024 HRTO 225 (CanLII), the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (Tribunal) explained when it might grant an application to expand the list of respondents to a human rights complaint. Itâs not as simple as one might think. In this case, the complainant sought to add a former employer as a respondent in his individual, personal capacity, to her sex discrimination complaint. The targeted individual was a majority shareholder and director of the employer.
Unsurprisingly, the Tribunal explained the result fundamentally turns on the issue . . . [more]
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For a seven-month period during 2023 and 2024, a permanent resident of Canada, Maria Kartasheva, found herself in fear of lengthy imprisonment in Russia. A Russian court tried and sentenced her in absentia for her peaceful online advocacy exposing Russiaas war crimes in . . . [more]
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The Law of Affidavits. By John Douglas Shields. Toronto: LexisNexis Canada, 2023. 255 p. Includes bibliographic references, table of cases, and index. ISBN 9780433525004 (softcover) $140.00.
Reviewed by Laura Lemmens
Retired Librarian
Edmonton, Alberta
The Law of Affidavits is the first and only text dedicated to evidence and the drafting . . . [more]
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Our lives are increasingly dominated by technology. We communicate by various channels: emails, social media, text messages, WhatsApp, Snapchat, FaceTime, and so forth. But what happens when a litigant obtains evidence by hacking into an account or secretly filming an event? Can this surreptitiously obtained evidence be used?
Although discouraged, sometimes these recordings can be admitted into evidence. It is up to the trial judge to decide whether to exclude the evidence by weighing its prejudicial value against its probative value. (See Fiorito v. Wiggins, 2015 ONCA 729, at para. 22).
In the recent case Chen v. Huang . . . [more]
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On November 24, 2023,a second . . . [more]
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Customer service is in decline. In my opinion, the problem is worse with large organizations.
I skimmed the surface in my last post âThe Robots are Already in Control (Part One)â.
Companies that are primarily internet-based are the worst. One of my major pet peeves is a corporate website that has no phone numbers. For many, at best the customer service phone line is almost unfindable â buried four clicks into the site. Iâve even gone so far as to phone the âcompanyâ side of the business (the side that deals with shareholders), because there was no . . . [more]
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When a paper is marked retracted, or rather RETRACTED, on page after page, the journalas editors and publishers have determined that it has a problem well beyond acorrectiona or aupdate.a Corrections, for example, will be issued for a number of Claudine Gayas articles, as the former Harvard president adds . . . [more]
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This week the randomly selected blogs are 1. Vancouver Immigration Law Blog 2. BC Injury Law Blog 3. Crossroad Family Law Blog 4. Meurrens on Immigration 5. BC Provincial Court eNews
Vancouver Immigration Law Blog
What is an AI Hype Cycle and How Is it Relevant to Canadian Immigration Law?
Recently I have been reading . . . [more]
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PANAL (DROIT) : La juge de la Cour du QuA(c)bec ne pouvait faire lâA(c)conomie de la question du lieu du procA"s A Kuujjuaq plutA't quâA Quaqtaq ni du droit de lâappelant dâAatre jugA(c) dans sa communautA(c); cela A(c)tant, il nâest pas question ici dâune erreur de compA(c)tence, et le juge . . . [more]
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Whether a project is perceived as a success or a failure, I canat stress enough the value of the debrief. Hindsight really is 20/20. On a project we need a bit of distance to reflect on what . . . [more]
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For this past month, the three most-consulted English-language decisions were:
[64]A It is open to Parliament to affirm, as it has inA s.A 18(1), what it considers to be the constitutional requirements for reconciliation, even if it cannot, by doing so, unilaterally . . . [more]
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âTrial by jury is an institution unique to common law countries. It is more than a mere incident of criminal procedure. It has been described as a pillar of the Constitution and praised as a palladium of liberty. â â Regina v. Bryant, 1984 CanLII 2026 (ON CA),
In the recent decision Penate v. Martoglio, 2024 ONCA 166, Justice Tulloch of the Ontario Court of Appeal addresses the importance of a civil jury trial in the context of a medical malpractice case. In Penate v Martoglio, the plaintiffA Penate suffered a serious brain injury at birth, which . . . [more]
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aThere are few things more important than oneas name. It reflects oneas identity, individuality and human dignity.a Adam Dodek, aMispronouncing names isnat okay, and it has nothing to do with being awokeaa
Thereas a movement underway in the legal community to focus attention on the proper pronunciation of names in legal settings. There is a growing recognition that the proper pronunciation of names shows respect and is more inclusive. The minimal effort involved in promoting the proper pronunciation of names can result in a more welcoming and respectful hearing room.
In 2022, the Law Society of Ontario recommended the use . . . [more]
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Reckoning with Racism: Police, Judges, and the RDS Case. By Constance Backhouse. UBC Press: Vancouver, 2022. 289 p. Includes chronology, bibliographic notes, illustrations, and index. ISBN 9780774868228 (hardcover) $75.00; ISBN 9780774868273 (softcover) $27.95; ISBN 9780774868297 (ePUB) $27.95; ISBN 9780774868280 (PDF) $27.95.
Reviewed by Lori OâConnor
Public Prosecutions
Melfort, SK
Reckoning . . . [more]
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