Michael Litchfield

Jan 17, 2025 | slaw.ca | Michael Litchfield |John Willinsky |Allison Wolf |Frédéric Pelletier

One of the earliest projects that was launched at the University of Victoria’s AI Risk and Regulation Lab was a mapping initiative that tracked both how artificial intelligence (AI) is regulated and litigated. To date, litigation tracking has primarily been focused on cases arising from the United States and internationally as until November 2024, there was virtually no domestic litigation to discuss.

Nov 26, 2024 | slaw.ca | Susannah Tredwell |Catherine Morris |Judith Gaskell |Michael Litchfield

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming nearly every sector of society, and the legal field is no exception. While AI is rapidly reshaping legal practice, legal education risks falling behind. Surveys of university graduates indicate that they feel unprepared for the workforce due to a lack of AI integration into their education. Legal regulators like the Law Society of Ontario, emphasize that lawyers must understand AI’s risks and benefits to meet professional responsibility standards.

Nov 26, 2024 | slaw.ca | Susannah Tredwell |Catherine Morris |Judith Gaskell |Michael Litchfield

If you’re trying to find government information that is generally not made available, it may be helpful to look in databases of information released as part of an FOI request. Note that availability of this information varies by jurisdiction. The Government of Canada provides a database of completed Access to Information (ATI) requests made to the Government of Canada after January 2020.

Nov 25, 2024 | slaw.ca | Catherine Morris |Judith Gaskell |Michael Litchfield |Melanie Neufeld

Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canada’s award-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from more than 80 recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their work, with their permission, to as wide an audience as possible. This week the randomly selected blogs are 1. IP Osgoode 2. Legal Feeds 3. Stewart Sharma Harsanyi Immigration Law Firm Blog 4. Canadian Combat Sports Law Blog 5.

Nov 24, 2024 | slaw.ca | Catherine Morris |Judith Gaskell |Michael Litchfield |Melanie Neufeld

One Sunday each month we bring you a summary from Supreme Advocacy LLP of recent decisions at the Supreme Court of Canada. Supreme Advocacy LLP offers a weekly electronic newsletter, Supreme Advocacy Letter, to which you may subscribe. It’s a summary of all Appeals, Oral Judgments and Leaves to Appeal granted from October 18 – November 22, 2024 inclusive. AppealsAdministrative Law/ Tax: Subordinate Legislation; Standard of ReviewTransAlta Generation Partnership v.