Monday’s Mix
Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canada’s award-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from seventy recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their work, with their permission, to as wide an audience as possible.
This week the randomly selected blogs are 1. Canadian Appeals Monitor 2. The Court 3. Eloïse Gratton 4. AvoidAClaim 5. Michael Geist
Canadian Appeals Monitor
Policyholders stay tuned: final word on the LEG 2/96 defective workmanship exclusion yet to come
As we reported here, the BC Court of Appeal in Acciona Infrastructure Canada Inc. v. Allianz Global Risks US Insurance Company grappled with the proper interpretation of the LEG 2/96 defective workmanship exclusion common in many builder’s risk insurance policies. Applying general principles of contract interpretation the Court held that the exclusion is restricted to denying only those costs that would have been incurred to prevent the damage from happening. Having been unsuccessful on the appeal, the Insurers filed an application for leave to the Supreme Court of Canada. …
National inquiries have historically been reserved for the gravest matters of public concern. Since 1980, the RCMP has reported 1,181 homicides and long-term disappearances of Indigenous women in Canada. Some advocates believe the number to be as high as 4,000―that is 4,000 women that have been killed, or lost, or both. This past August, the federal government unveiled their plan to address the ongoing tragedy of violence against Indigenous women in Canada. …
Eloïse Gratton
When is Pseudonymous Data Not Personal Information ?
The 2016 Brussels Privacy Symposium which took place last week (November 8th) is the first annual academic program jointly presented by the Brussels Privacy Hub of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF). The all-day workshop is titled: Identifiability: Policy and Practical Solutions for Anonymization and Pseudonymization. Khaled El Emam, Jules Polonetsky, Luk Arbuckle and myself have co-authored and submitted an article entitled The Seven States of Data: When is Pseudonymous Data Not Personal Information? …
AvoidAClaim
The Stresses & Challenges of Being a Lawyer: When Technology Doesn’t Help
In addition to all the pressures lawyers face described in the article The Day to Day Stresses & Challenges of Being a Lawyer, technology has increased the pace of practice. While increasing efficiency, the constant flow of new products and applications can create just as much anxiety. The key is to use technology – don’t let it use you. Here are a few examples of how technology has complicated legal practice, and what you can do to cope. …
Michael Geist
The Billion Dollar Question: How to Pay for Melanie Joly’s Digital Cancon Plans
As Canadian Heritage Minister Melanie Joly’s consultation on Canadian content in a digital world nears its conclusion – comments are due by November 25th – the big issue remains how to pay for an ambitious culture agenda. Joly has emphasized the benefits of expanding exports, which she hopes will bring foreign dollars and more foreign investment in the sector. While a stronger global presence makes sense, many of the established cultural groups have voiced opposition to measures designed to attract greater foreign participation if it risks reducing the guaranteed Canadian role in productions. …
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