Tag: Technology & Intellectual Property

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.

Quiz: Managing Cybersecurity Risk in Contracts

Many companies acquire IT services from third-party service providers where the service providers host or otherwise acquire data and other confidential information of a company. In this context, software services […]

Canada’s Broader Anti-Spam Law: US Communications Are at Risk

WeirFoulds Partner Debbie Tarshis breaks down therecommendations in the recent released report from theMinister’s Task Force on the Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Patients and theRegulated Health Professions Act, 1991 andexplains why they affect all professional regulators.

Quiz: E-Discovery

E-discovery opens a virtual Pandora’s Box of digital information that can be searched, processed and reviewed, but that can also be deleted or altered if we are not judicious in […]

Quiz: Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation

As of July 1st Canada’s new anti-spam law will apply to “commercial electronic messages,” express or implied consent of the recipient will be required, and CEMs will need to comply […]

Personal and Ethical Use of Work Computers

Computers dominate the workplace. And, with increasing use comes increasing computer-related workplace issues. Recent case-law in Canada suggests that employers should be reviewing or instituting a number of policies to […]