2023 CAN-TECH Law Fall Conference
Partner Lisa Danay Wallace will attend the 2023 CAN-TECH Law Fall Conference on October 25th and 26th. The conference serves as an opportunity for professionals throughout the legal profession to […]
Privacy and Access Law Symposium – Canadian Bar Association
Associate Vipal Jain will attend the Canadian Bar Association’s Privacy and Access Law Symposium on November 9th & 10th, 2023. Attendees will hear from experts in the field guide on […]
PLEAC Annual Conference 2023
Partner James Kosa will attend the 2023 PLEAC and Preventing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Conference, hosted by the Public Legal Education Association of Canada (PLEAC) on Wednesday, October 25th […]
52 WeirFoulds lawyers recognized in 2024 The Best Lawyers in Canada and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
WeirFoulds congratulates the 42 lawyers who have been recognized in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada, and the 10 lawyers who have been recognized in the Best […]
Three WeirFoulds lawyers recognized in 2023 Lexpert Special Edition: Technology and Health Sciences
Congratulations to our three partners who have been recognized in the 2023 Lexpert Special Edition: Technology and Health Sciences. The special edition features Lexpert-ranked lawyers who advise leading tech companies and […]
Privacy in the AI Era? OPC Launches Consultation on Regulation of AI
American writer Kurt Vonnegut once penned the line, “You asked the impossible of a machine and the machine complied.” Our society has voraciously devoured the possibilities offered by artificial intelligence […]
WeirFoulds Lawyers Recognized in the 2018 Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory
Glenn W. Ackerley, Raj Anand, Sandra Astolfo, Denise Baker, Lisa A. Borsook, Clare E. Burns, Jeff G. Cowan, M. Jill Dougherty, Lori M. Duffy, Robert Eberschlag, Bryan Finlay QC, Jordan Glick, Nikiforos Iatrou, James G. Kosa, Barnet H. Kussner, W. A. Derry Millar, J. Gregory Richards, Max […]
Third Edition of the U.S. Sedona Principles and Ongoing Developments in Electronic Discovery
Last month, the Sedona Conference announced the publication (forthcoming in 2018) of the third edition of The Sedona Principles: Best Practices, Recommendations & Principles for Addressing Electronic Document Production (the “Principles”), and released a “Final/Prepublication Version”. The Principles were developed by the Sedona Conference Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production, and represent a set of core principles and best practice recommendations for production of electronic information in litigation. The Principles and extensive commentary to the Principles have been updated twice since their first publication in January 2004 to reflect the continuing developments in technology, the increasing proliferation of electronic documents, the practical issues encountered in litigation, as well as the developments in the law that are often driven by these very factors.
Canada’s Anti-Spam Law has New Teeth on July 1, 2017
On July 1, 2014, Canada’s Anti-Spam Law (CASL) became law. Since that date the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has been responsible for enforcing CASL regarding e-mails and other electronic messages, and many organizations have struggled to understand CASL and comply with it.