Quebec’s judicial AI guidelines tell judges only what not to do: lawyer
Dmitry Shniger Dmitry Shniger says the joint framework catalogues prohibitions without telling judges how to properly use the tech By Julius Melnitzer | September 16, 2026 Quebec’s new guidelines on the judicial use of generative artificial intelligence are written to discourage judges from using the technology at all, says Dmitry Shniger, a Toronto lawyer whose […]
Jewish lawyers’ group decries LSO inaction on antisemitism at TMU
Joseph Neuberger | Faisal Kutty LSO rejected motion seeking withdrawal of TMU’s accreditation, Muslim lawyer supports ‘measured response’ By Julius Melnitzer | September 15, 2026 The Canadian Jewish Law Association (CJLA) has criticized the Law Society of Ontario (LSO) for its response to the Benotto report on antisemitism at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) and called […]
SCC rejects presumptive ceiling for post-verdict sentencing delay
Joseph Neuberger | Daniel Brodsky Unanimous court adopts ‘markedly longer’ test in R. v. R.B.-C.; sentence reduction is the ordinary remedy for delay By Julius Melnitzer | September 14, 2026 The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that the right of individuals to be tried within a reasonable time is not subject to a presumptive […]
FCA: EI rules stripping new mother of job-loss benefits discriminate
Stephen Moreau Six Employment Insurance Act provisions violate Charter equality rights; Parliament has one year to fix them By Julius Melnitzer | September 12, 2026 A veteran Toronto litigator believes a recent Federal Court of Appeal decision could force the federal government to redesign the country’s employment insurance scheme. “Parliament will have to revisit certain […]
Licensees may obtain disclosure in interlocutory suspension proceedings
LSO tribunal accepts LSO reading of disclosure rule but refuses its ‘exceptional circumstances’ test By Julius Melnitzer | September 10, 2026 The Law Society Tribunal has ruled that licensees may be entitled to disclosure in support of their responses to interlocutory suspension proceedings. The Tribunal accepted the Law Society of Ontario’s submission that it had […]
Collapse of the U.K.’s Woodville a cautionary tale for Canadian law firms
By Julius Melnitzer | September 5, 2026 Woodville Consultants Limited, which called itself a litigation funder and has been widely and wrongfully described as such in the media, has collapsed and is in administration in the United Kingdom. Still, its demise raises serious questions for Canadian law firms who have or are seeking loans. The High Court […]
Ontario court rules executive entitled to stock options that vested following notice period
By Julius Melnitzer | August 27, 2026 An Ontario Superior Court judge has ruled that a senior executive was entitled to compensation for restricted stock unit and share option incentives that wouldn’t have fully vested until after the reasonable notice period. “This is the first time that I am aware of where an employee recovered […]
THE MANNER, NYC — GREAT PLACE, GREAT PEOPLE, IMPERFECT SYSTEMS
By Janet Carr & Julius Melnitzer | August 26, 2026 In 2001, 60 Thompson, a boutique hotel that made its name on design and the downtown nightlife it drew, helped pioneer luxury boutique hotels in New York City’s SoHo neighbourhood. Standard International gutted the building and reopened it in 2024 as The Manner, at 58 […]
Quebec Regulators Can Now Order Deepfake Ads Offline
By Julius Melnitzer | August 19, 2026 The Bill confers a new power to issue orders usually reserved for courts of law, allowing the regulator to intervene at any time before a ruling and order the cessation of a representation falsely linked to an individual, in accordance with the principles of procedural fairness. — Thomas Chagnon […]
IP Rights in VR and AR Gaming
By Julius Melnitzer | August 18, 2026 “A common issue in VR gameplay arises when a headset receives images and media streams from, and transmits user-movement data to, a remote server rather than processing everything locally. That round trip creates latency. An invention that reduces that latency or computing demand may provide a patentable technical […]