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About John Gregory

John D. Gregory is an Ontario lawyer called in 1977, with a special interest in what happens to the law when you take the paper away. He retired in mid-2016 from his position in civil justice law reform at the Ministry of the Attorney General, but his Slawian opinions are not and never were necessarily those of the Ministry.

Posts by John Gregory

Devices Gone Wild

When Does a Technical Standard Become a Legal Standard of Care?

Is the Blockchain Too Expensive?

Videos With Fake Faces – What Legal Remedy?

Student Access to the Exams They Have Written

Electronic Wills Down Under and Closer to Home

Are Social Media Posts by Politicians Official Documents?

Reliable Electronic Transferable Records

“Internet Separation” – the Wave of the (Secure) Future?

Prohibiting Access to Social Media: Reasonable Limits?

Crossing Borders With Digital Devices

Proprietary Algorithms for Public Purposes

UNCITRAL Adopts Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records

Texting at the Wheel: Should Police Be Able to Examine Your Phone?

Further Legal Snapshots From the Internet of Things

May Lawyers Accept Payment in Bitcoin?

Is a Docusign E-Signature an Original for the Purpose of a Court Rule?

What if Your Personal Digital Assistant Defames Somebody?

“Verifiable” E-Signatures

Data From Pacemaker Used in Prosecution

Ending the Signature Fetish?

May a Plaintiff Compel a Defendant’s Lawyer to Identify His/her Client?

Police Access to Recordings of in-Home Computer “assistants”

A Card Cannot Be Electronic: R v Albert 2016 NBQB 154

Internet of Things Security by Contract?

Trade Agreements to Promote Electronic Commerce

Measuring “Serious Harm” in a Data Breach

Electronic Chattel Paper – Changing the Medium

Smart Contracts?

Access to Private Standards Incorporated Into Law