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

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Brown Bag Lunch – February 21, 2023

  • March 04, 2023
  • Rebecca Kennedy, Adair Goldblatt Bieber LLP

The February Brown Bag Lunch meeting saw OBA members gather to discuss interesting topics such as when a joint account should be considered an estate asset, and how to deal with a client whose deceased parent was living a “double life”. Members also received an update on the OBA’s response to recent developments in the LSO’s Access to Innovation Project.

Student Forum, Trusts and Estates Law

Brown Bag Lunch – January 17, 2023

  • March 04, 2023
  • Rebecca Kennedy, Adair Goldblatt Bieber LLP

In January, members of the OBA Trusts and Estates Section met for the monthly Brown Bag Lunch. As always, BBLers had a lively discussion addressing a variety of topics and questions about members’ practices, with practitioners always willing to share their thoughts and experiences.

Student Forum, Trusts and Estates Law

Brown Bag Lunch – December 20, 2022

  • March 04, 2023
  • Rebecca Kennedy, Adair Goldblatt Bieber LLP

At the December Brown Bag Lunch meeting, OBA members gathered to discuss interesting practice questions, including participants’ views on mutual Will agreements, and the Court’s recent treatment of affidavits in support of a request to dispense with a bond.

Student Forum, Trusts and Estates Law

NIST Releases AI Framework: a sign of what’s to come in AI regulation?

  • March 02, 2023
  • Jaime Cardy, Dentons LLP

The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology recently released version 1.0 of its Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework. The goal of the framework is to provide a voluntary, rights-preserving, sector- and use-case agnostic guide for AI actors to implement in order to promote trustworthy and responsible AI systems.

Privacy Law, Student Forum

Reminders on the Use of Expert Reports from Decision No. 1483/21

  • March 02, 2023
  • Alanna Mihalj

This article highlights Decision No. 1483/21 as a reminder to advocates of the documents that must accompany an expert report. Without the appropriate accompanying documents, advocates risk their expert reports being given little or no weight in the weighing of evidence.

Student Forum, Workers' Compensation

Marketing in the Metaverse Facing Regulatory Limbo

  • February 25, 2023
  • Daniel Daniele, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada

The metaverse is an elusive concept, but can be broadly described as a rapidly growing extension of the tendrils of the internet, redefining what constitutes social media. As an ever growing and immersive network of technologies, the metaverse attempts to close the gap between society and the media which serves as its vehicle. As it exists now, the metaverse is a multi-platform virtual ecosystem with an integrated economy that evolves and grows in real time.

Student Forum, Information Technology and Intellectual Property Law