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Oct 7, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Joel Cohen |Marietou Diouf |Courtney Andrews
Over the past year, the Department of Justice ("DOJ") has warned that it will seek stiffer sentences for offenses made significantly more dangerous by the misuse of artificial intelligence ("AI") and has asked the US Sentencing Commission to revise the US Federal Sentencing Guidelines to include an AI-specific sentencing enhancement.
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Mar 15, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Joel Cohen |Marietou Diouf |Courtney Andrews
In February 2024, we published an alert concerning the increase in regulatory attention to "AI washing," or making unfounded claims regarding artificial intelligence ("AI") capabilities.
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Feb 14, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Hope D. Anderson |Courtney Andrews |Rachel Feldman
On January 26, 2024, the DOJ and FTC announced that they were updating the language in their "standard preservation letters and specifications for all second requests, voluntary access letters, and compulsory legal process, including grand jury subpoenas, to address the increased use of collaboration tools and ephemeral messaging platforms."1 This official update is intended to reinforce existing preservation obligations as they relate to modern collaboration tools, including those with...
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Nov 10, 2023 | 
onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Nicole Henderson |Courtney Andrews |Stacey Ingram |Lisa Zubkoff
1 INTRODUCTION In oncology, there is a movement to scale back treatment intensity with the goal of maintaining long-term survival outcomes while improving quality of life.1 This contrasts with traditional intensification trials that add therapy to improve survival outcomes.
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Aug 31, 2023 | 
sudbury.com | Courtney Andrews
“I wanted to be a veterinarian when I was young, but I couldn’t put animals down” and “I don’t know you do it.” I hear this from people all the time amd at almost every euthanasia appointment.
It is a hard part of the job, and absolutely soul-crushing at times, but it is also one of the most, if not the most, important appointment a veterinarian will do.
As pet owners, we are entrusted with the well-being of our pets, including their passing unfortunately.
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Aug 3, 2023 | 
sudbury.com | Courtney Andrews
When your pet is sick or injured, it can be very stressful.
Perhaps your dog has a cut on the leg after running through the woods, or your cat isn’t able to urinate, or your dog decided that bowl of sloppy joes was just too good — he had to eat the bowl as well.
If that last one seems oddly specific, Einstein and I had that adventure a few years ago.
What do you do when your pet has an emergency? Do you wait for your regular veterinarian to open or call the after hours service?
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Jul 6, 2023 | 
sudbury.com | Courtney Andrews
We have heard a lot about vaccines in the last few years. There are many opinions out there, but the fact is that vaccines prevent severe illness and save lives. This is not just true for humans, but also in animal populations both wild and domestic.
We are fortunate that incidences of many viral diseases are low in Ontario, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t there.
The last outbreak of rabies virus was detected in raccoons around Hamilton in 2015.
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Jun 8, 2023 | 
sudbury.com | Courtney Andrews
As the weather warms, we have traded out snowblowers and boots for lawnmowers and sandals. Some of us are dusting off the camping gear while others are stockpiling antihistamines.
For our pets, there are a few injuries that are seen more commonly in the summer. Rising temperatures increase the frequency of hot spots. Heat stress, porcupines and skunks are more prevalent, and soft tissue injuries from fishing hooks, fences, sticks or animal bite wounds become more frequent.
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May 11, 2023 | 
sudbury.com | Courtney Andrews
Diabetes is a scary disease. We know from human medicine that diabetes affects more than just your blood sugar and can have long-term health effects. The same is true for our pets.
We are seeing more and more cats and dogs being diagnosed with diabetes. As a result, we’re also seeing pet owners becoming overwhelmed with all the information, treatment and long-term care. required for a diabetic pet
Diabetes mellitus, the most common form of diabetes, has two types.
