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. David Whelan 2. Barry Sookman 3. Flex Legal Blog 4. Library Boy 5. The Court

David Whelan
How to Prepare a Book

I’ve signed a contract to write a book. I’m excited but also a bit daunted. It will be my third book and it is one I have wanted to write for most of my career. As I wrote recently, I started working in law firms when I was 15 and was quickly engulfed with law practice management. I have wanted for a long time to distill some of that experience, gained over the last couple of decades, into a book that helps law students and new lawyers to understand the current and potential role for law practice technology. Now I have to figure out how to start. …

Barry Sookman
AI copyright and human authorship: Thaler v Perlmutter

Content generated entirely using artificial intelligence and with no human control over the expression generated cannot be protected by copyright. In short, an author must be a human being. This unsurprising conclusion was confirmed again by a U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Thaler v Permultter No. 23-5233 (D.C. Cir. March 18, 2025). In reaching its conclusion, the court acknowledged that content created using AI systems may be protected by copyright, but did not address where the line should be drawn as to what level of human authorship must exist for a work to be protected or the scope of protection to be given to a work created with the aid of an AI system. These questions did not arise because Thaler’s copyright registration application listed the Creativity Machine as the work’s sole author, even though the Creativity Machine is not a human being. …

Flex Legal Blog
Networking Events for Lawyers: May 2025

There’s no time like the present time to reassess your networking goals and prepare for the exciting opportunities ahead. There are plenty of networking events for lawyers coming up in May to connect and expand your professional network. Take a look at our curated list of networking events for lawyers this May, and set yourself up for valuable connections in the months to come!

Library Boy
Canadian Association of Law Libraries Webinar on Copyright and Controlled Digital Lending

The Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) is hosting a webinar on Copyright and Controlled Digital Lending on April 4, 2025 at 1PM EST: “The dream of shared library collections – whether print or digital – has long been seen as a solution to many of the issues that bedevil libraries of all stripes, including managing costs, limited space, conservation and preservation of print collections. …

The Court
Saskatchewan v Métis Nation: SCC on Multiple Proceedings, Duty to Consult, and Abuse of Process

The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) has dismissed the appeal in Saskatchewan (Environment) v Métis Nation, 2025 SCC 4 [Métis Nation]. A unanimous court found that proceedings for judicial review which raise similar issues to ongoing or past litigation do not inherently amount to an abuse of process. In doing so, the SCC has clarified the extent to which a multiplicity of proceedings may engage the doctrine of abuse of process. …

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