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 more than 80 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. Michael Geist 2.McElroy Law Blog 3. Double Aspect 4.The Treasurer’s Blog 5. Barry Sookman

Michael Geist
Tackling IP Misuse: Canada Takes the Lead in Combating the Dark Side of Intellectual Property Protection

Navdeep Bains, Canada’s Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister, unveiled the government’s long-awaited intellectual property strategy Thursday by responding to the need to increase IP awareness, develop new IP tools for businesses, and counter IP misuse that harms both consumers and businesses. The plan to introduce new legislative rules to discourage misuse of intellectual property is particularly noteworthy since the rules should help foster a more progressive, balanced, and innovative legal framework. …

McElroy Law Blog
The Perils of Bill C-75 (Or: Why We Should Care About Criminal Justice Policy)

It has been almost a month since the Liberal government tabled its new criminal justice bill on March 29^th. There was a flurry of activity on Twitter over that weekend as defence lawyers, including myself, decried the changes that Bill C-75 proposes. There have been a wide range of reactions to the bill, which seeks to reform a number of different areas of criminal justice. But the reactions are largely from those who work in the criminal justice system, and may not yet have permeated the public consciousness in a meaningful way. …

Double Aspect
Comeau’s Lesson

The Treasurer’s Blog
10th Anniversary Celebration

A decade of regulation, progress and growth will be celebrated on May 1, 2018 at a special event to mark the 10^th anniversary of paralegal regulation in Ontario. Back in 2008, there were just over 2,000 licensed paralegals. Today, that number has more than quadrupled to more than 9,000, to make up a thriving and dynamic profession. …

Barry Sookman
Canadian government response to copyright and digital policy issues

The Internet and other digital technologies are transforming the everyday lives of all Canadians. The pace of change requires our legislative frameworks to be continually reviewed and adapted to these changing needs. The current government is tackling these challenges on numerous fronts including most recently in respect of copyright, anti-spam law (CASL), and privacy. …

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*Randomness here is created by Random.org and its list randomizing function.