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Court of Appeal Summaries (April 26 - April 30, 2021)

  • 03 mai 2021
  • John Polyzogopoulos

Our Top Appeals of 2020 CLE took place on April 27, 2021. We had over 70 registrants and eleven panelists, and very good feedback from our attendees. Thank you to Justice Zarnett, all of our panelists and our registrants for another successful CLE. The program qualified for 30 minutes of professionalism CPD credit and 2.75 hours of substantive content credit. If anyone would like to register for the program on demand, please visit the OBA’s website.

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Lessons Learned – IP Litigation Virtual Trials

  • 03 mai 2021
  • Jaclyn Tilak

After more than a year of working from home, the Goodmans intellectual property litigation team has had its share of virtual hearings and trials. We have rounded-up our top 5 tips for ensuring your next virtual hearing goes as smoothly as possible.

Student Forum, Technologies de l'information et le droit de la propriété intellectuelle

Privacy and Body Temperature Taking During COVID-19

  • 03 mai 2021
  • Abby Benattar and Wendes Keung

As the pandemic persists, a health practitioner’s office must maintain measures that protect its community’s safety in the most contactless way possible. Biometric kiosks are one way to achieve this objective. However, the use of biometric kiosks carries a host of privacy concerns regarding body temperature as personal health information and the expectation of privacy.

Student Forum, Technologies de l'information et le droit de la propriété intellectuelle

Women in IP

  • 03 mai 2021
  • Amrita V. Singh

This article features a few Ontario-based female intellectual property lawyers, who reflect on their careers in the Intellectual Property Bar and offer their advice to junior women pursuing or considering a career in intellectual property law.

Student Forum, Technologies de l'information et le droit de la propriété intellectuelle

NFTs: Beeple, Bubble or Brave New World

  • 01 mai 2021
  • Jennifer Davidson and Imtiaz Karamat, Deeth Williams Wall LLP

Non-Fungible tokens or NFTs have captured the zeitgeist of the collective world in recent months. Is it a craze, the latest bubble, or is this the groundwork of a new tomorrow? The COVID-19 pandemic has created a brave new world of digital transformation, and NFTs may just be the logical consequence of a new era.

Student Forum, Technologies de l'information et le droit de la propriété intellectuelle
Sina Hariri

Breaking From Work When You Work From Home

  • 01 mai 2021
  • Sina Hariri

In conversations with colleagues, the two challenges they continue to express when working from home are how to “remember to take regular breaks” and “stop working and switch off.” Finding what works best for you can be a matter of trial and error. And with the recent series of lockdowns, you’ll likely have plenty of time for both.

Student Forum, Young Lawyers' Division
Joshua Lerner

A Pandemic Bright Spot: Virtual Health Care

  • 01 mai 2021
  • Joshua Lerner

Notwithstanding the varied responses that remote meetings elicit, there is little doubt that the shift toward virtual health care has been a bright spot during the pandemic. In this article, Joshua shares some examples of virtual health care resources which are convenient ways for all of us, whether a young lawyer or not, to manage our health during such a difficult time. 

Student Forum, Young Lawyers' Division
Emma Romano

The Pitfalls of Publication Bans in Sexual Assault Cases

  • 01 mai 2021
  • Emma Romano, media & defamation lawyer, WeirFoulds LLP

In March 2021, a Waterloo woman was convicted of violating a publication ban issued in a sexual assault case in which she was the victim. Although this is reportedly the first prosecution of its kind in Canada against a victim of sexual assault, what transpired is indicative of pervasive misunderstandings about the application and purpose of publication bans in sexual assault cases.

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In Case You MIssed It: A High Level Overview of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) Iin Canada and What's New in Bill C-7

  • 01 mai 2021
  • Carina Lentsch, principal lawyer, ACL LAW

On March 17, 2021, the federal government passed Bill C-7: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying), which legally expands access to MAID in Canada. This article offers a high-level overview of how we got here and what has changed since Bill C-7 has become the law of the land.

Droit relatif à la santé, Student Forum

Full Names of Parties Now Published in HPARB Complaint Review Decisions

  • 01 mai 2021
  • Lad Kucis, partner, Gardiner Roberts LLP

HPARB has changed its former practice of anonymizing its published decisions and is now publishing the names of parties when releasing its decisions on canlii.org. Lad Kucis, a partner of Gardiner Roberts who practices health law and professional regulation, discusses this recent change and the potential impacts on healthcare professionals and patients.

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