
Lack of International Cooperation Threatens Chaos in AI Management
The hard truth is that there are currently no serious projects to establish internationally binding rules – Francis Gurry Divergent national approaches to regulating artificial intelligence (AI) have created a complex environment for global intellectual property (IP) rights management that cries out for the kind of international cooperation whose attainability seems far-fetched today. “The subject has […]

A Matter of Trust
Photo by Liza Summer at Pexels By Murray Gottheil | April 16, 2025 Trust is the glue of life. It’s the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the foundational principle that holds all relationships.~ Stephen Covey A Canadian grocery chain has just announced that it will launch a new brand to sell low-priced groceries in Canada. […]

Living Paycheque to Paycheque on $6,574,000
By Murray Gottheil | April 2, 2025 Photo by Pixabay at Pexels. It’s Not a Principle Until it Costs You Money – Bill Bernbach We have all been reading about the Paul Weiss law firm settling with the Trump Administration to get out from under an executive order, the legality of which is, to say the least, […]

How India’s Lawyers Are Paralysed by Obsolete Advertising Norms
Prachi Shrivastava By Prachi Shrivastava | March 30, 2025 Somewhere between the Supreme Court’s of India’s shutdown of Internet platform JustDial’s and Quikr’s lawyer listing pages, and the Bar Council of India’s (BCI) passive-aggressive circulars on “promotional activities” by law firms, the Indian legal profession entered what can only be described as a cold war […]

Ontario court rules employer’s return-to-workplace request amounts to constructive dismissal
By: Julius Melnitzer | March 24, 2025 Ontario’s small claims court has ruled that recalling an employee from a remote working arrangement to in-person work can amount to a constructive dismissal giving rise to liability for damages. The employee in question, Lesley Byrd, had worked for Welcome Home Children’s Residence Inc. in Ottawa since 2018, but […]