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How the Alberta Court of Appeal approached civility in lawyers’ private email communications.
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#Civility
#Advocacy
Lawyer Civility Applies to Emails: Alberta Court Rejects a “Private Communications” Defence
A professional-conduct decision with practical implications for written advocacy.
#Professional Conduct
California’s SB 574 Sets New Rules for Lawyers Using Generative AI
How California’s statute addresses lawyers’ verification, disclosure and confidentiality obligations.
Lawyer Civility Applies to Emails: Alberta Court Rejects a “Private Communications” Defence
The court’s treatment of professional obligations beyond the courtroom.
#Copyright
Westlaw-ROSS AI Copyright Ruling: Why Competition Mattered to the Third Circuit
What the ruling says about protected editorial material and AI training inputs.
#Competition
Westlaw-ROSS AI Copyright Ruling: Why Competition Mattered to the Third Circuit
Why the relationship between competing legal research products mattered to fair use.
#Legal AI
California’s SB 574 Sets New Rules for Lawyers Using Generative AI
New statutory duties for lawyers and arbitrators using generative AI.
Westlaw-ROSS AI Copyright Ruling: Why Competition Mattered to the Third Circuit
Questions legal technology teams should ask about data provenance and permissions.
#Confidentiality
California’s SB 574 Sets New Rules for Lawyers Using Generative AI
What the enacted law says about confidential, identifying and nonpublic information entered into AI systems.
#Citation Verification
California’s SB 574 Sets New Rules for Lawyers Using Generative AI
Why the responsible attorney must personally verify every citation in a court filing.
#Judicial Appointments
Ontario Court of Appeal Appoints Myers, Harris and Nishikawa
Three appellate elevations and five new Superior Court appointments announced October 1, 2026.
#Ontario Courts
Ontario Court of Appeal Appoints Myers, Harris and Nishikawa
New members of the Court of Appeal for Ontario and the Superior Court of Justice.
#Appellate Practice
Ontario Court of Appeal Appoints Myers, Harris and Nishikawa
Why appellate practitioners should follow official biographies and published reasons without predicting judicial outcomes.
#AI Agents
AI Agents Reportedly Probed a Canadian Government Website: What Is Known
Reported autonomous activity involving Library and Archives Canada’s public collection-search service.
#Cybersecurity
AI Agents Reportedly Probed a Canadian Government Website: What Is Known
What researchers observed, what the Canadian Cyber Centre said and what remains unproven.
#Autonomous AI
AI Agents Reportedly Probed a Canadian Government Website: What Is Known
Questions about instructions, permissions, monitoring and escalation when an AI agent encounters access restrictions.
#Canada
AI Agents Reportedly Probed a Canadian Government Website: What Is Known
A Canadian government response to reported suspicious activity affecting a public website.
#Legal AI
Arceus Launches AI-Supported Law Firm With $17 Million in Total Funding
A law firm model combining licensed attorneys with AI agents and proprietary software.
#Law Firm Innovation
Arceus Launches AI-Supported Law Firm With $17 Million in Total Funding
What a technology-supported service model suggests about scope, turnaround and client experience.
#Alternative Fees
Arceus Launches AI-Supported Law Firm With $17 Million in Total Funding
Flat-fee contract reviews and the commercial value of predictable pricing.
#Practice Management
Arceus Launches AI-Supported Law Firm With $17 Million in Total Funding
Service-design lessons for Canadian law firms considering clearer scope, prices and deadlines.
#Cryptocurrency
Supreme Court of Canada to Hear Cross-Border Bitcoin Restraint Case
A jurisdictional appeal concerning bitcoin allegedly traced to accounts at an overseas exchange.
#Cross-Border Jurisdiction
Supreme Court of Canada to Hear Cross-Border Bitcoin Restraint Case
Which connections permit a Canadian court order to affect people or assets outside Canada?
#Supreme Court of Canada
Supreme Court of Canada to Hear Cross-Border Bitcoin Restraint Case
The Court granted leave in the Nest Exchange jurisdictional dispute on October 1, 2026.
#Criminal Property Orders
Supreme Court of Canada to Hear Cross-Border Bitcoin Restraint Case
Questions about restraining and managing cryptocurrency allegedly connected to a Canadian fraud.
#Lawyer Training
Judge Declines Sanctions Over AI Errors, Raises Junior Lawyer Training Concerns
Why accurate filing review and the development of junior lawyers’ independent judgment are separate management concerns.
#AI Regulation
Minnesota AI “Nudification” Law Temporarily Halted in xAI Appeal
An interim appellate order pauses a Minnesota law imposing prevention duties on providers of covered AI services.
#Synthetic Intimate Images
Minnesota AI “Nudification” Law Temporarily Halted in xAI Appeal
How Minnesota’s law approaches realistic synthetic intimate images of identifiable people.
#Platform Responsibility
Minnesota AI “Nudification” Law Temporarily Halted in xAI Appeal
Why prevention duties directed at service providers change the legal and product-design questions.
#First Amendment
Minnesota AI “Nudification” Law Temporarily Halted in xAI Appeal
xAI’s constitutional challenge remains unresolved while its appeal proceeds.
#Law Firm Marketing
Stop Selling Law. Start Selling Certainty.
How legal expertise becomes more relevant when marketing explains the client’s situation, options and next step.
#Client Psychology
Stop Selling Law. Start Selling Certainty.
Why anxious prospective clients benefit from clear, manageable information without exaggerated promises.
#Website Copy
Stop Selling Law. Start Selling Certainty.
Practical ways to translate credentials and capabilities into useful, client-focused website language.
#Client Trust
Stop Selling Law. Start Selling Certainty.
How specific commitments about consultations, scope, fees and communication can support trust.
#AI Governance
OpenAI Safety Resignation Raises AI Governance Questions
What Canadian counsel can examine about safety decisions, internal controls and escalation.
#AI Safety
OpenAI Safety Resignation Raises AI Governance Questions
What Canadian counsel can examine about safety decisions, internal controls and escalation.
#Board Oversight
OpenAI Safety Resignation Raises AI Governance Questions
What Canadian counsel can examine about safety decisions, internal controls and escalation.
#Climate Litigation
Suncor Climate Lawsuit Reaches U.S. Supreme Court: Can State Law Address Global Harm?
Can a city use state tort law to make an energy company pay for climate-related harm - or does federal law prevent those claims from proceeding?
#Federal Pre-emption
Suncor Climate Lawsuit Reaches U.S. Supreme Court: Can State Law Address Global Harm?
Can a city use state tort law to make an energy company pay for climate-related harm - or does federal law prevent those claims from proceeding?
#U.S. Supreme Court
Suncor Climate Lawsuit Reaches U.S. Supreme Court: Can State Law Address Global Harm?
Can a city use state tort law to make an energy company pay for climate-related harm - or does federal law prevent those claims from proceeding?
#AI Liability
Sam Altman’s AI Risk Comments Raise a Legal Question: Who Bears the Harm?
AI’s benefits may justify taking risks. But who decides which risks are acceptable - and who pays when they materialize?
#AI Procurement
Sam Altman’s AI Risk Comments Raise a Legal Question: Who Bears the Harm?
AI’s benefits may justify taking risks. But who decides which risks are acceptable - and who pays when they materialize?
#Law Firm Governance
Jackson Walker Faces Disclosure Questions as Judge Considers Broader Investigation
How firms identify connected matters and review earlier disclosures.
#Disclosure
Jackson Walker Faces Disclosure Questions as Judge Considers Broader Investigation
How firms identify connected matters and review earlier disclosures.
#Conflicts of Interest
Jackson Walker Faces Disclosure Questions as Judge Considers Broader Investigation
How firms identify connected matters and review earlier disclosures.
#Synthetic Evidence
AI and the Courts’ Search for Truth: Wagner and Fraser Address Growing Pressures
Questions about provenance, reliability and confidence in court processes.
#Canadian Courts
AI and the Courts’ Search for Truth: Wagner and Fraser Address Growing Pressures
Questions about provenance, reliability and confidence in court processes.