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The following articles are published by OBA Sections, including the Student Section. Members are encouraged to submit articles.

Editor: Cláudio Antônio Klaus Júnior 

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Find me something like this!

  • March 05, 2019
  • Colin Lachance

The CEO of vLex Canada explains how a new product solves the problem of finding similar information in legal research. The product uses machine learning to give researches an edge.

Law Practice Management, Student Forum

Five Things You May Not Know About Fertility and Tort Law

  • March 05, 2019
  • Daniela M. Pacheco, Member-at-Large

The relationship between fertility, assisted reproduction, and tort law is evolving at a rapid pace in Canada.  As case law forges ahead to deal with new and emerging issues, let’s take a moment and take stock of what we already know.

Women Lawyers Forum, Student Forum

Blaney's Appeals: Ontario Court of Appeal Summaries (February 18 – 22, 2019)

  • March 04, 2019
  • John Polyzogopoulos

This week, the Court of Appeal once again addressed the new anti-SLAPP legislation in United Soils Management Ltd. v. Mohammed and clarified that the anti-SLAPP legislation does not provide for the award of punitive damages against a plaintiff when an action is dismissed under section 137.1. Other topics covered included the duty of care in a tragic personal injury context, damages for wrongful dismissal and legal non-conforming uses under the Planning Act.

Civil Litigation, Student Forum
Searching for Professionals on Google

Searching for Professionals on Google

  • March 04, 2019
  • Natasha Danson, associate, Steinecke, Maciura LeBlanc

This article examines transparency in action, by reference to the search results for 26 Ontario healthcare regulators, looking at different categories of professional conduct information: what was accessible to the public through a Google search, and what was not.

Health Law, Student Forum
Dead or Alive: A discussion of the constitutionality of brain death

Dead or Alive: A discussion of the constitutionality of brain death

  • March 04, 2019
  • Louis Winston, JD, BHSc., lawyer in professional regulation, Ontario

This article discusses the constitutionality of brain death through an examination of two recent Ontario court decisions: McKitty v. Hayani, 2018 ONSC 4015 and Ouanounou v Humber River Hospital et. al, 2018 ONSC 6511.

Health Law, Student Forum