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Canadian Government Launches Internal Wiki

October 29, 2008 17:35

As reported on the front page of today’s Ottawa Citizen, the federal government has launched its own internal version of Wikipedia to which all federal public servants will be able to contribute: “At the annual Government in Technology (GTEC) conference, taking place at the Westin Hotel...

How Much Excerpting of the News is Acceptable?

March 02, 2009 15:42

Yesterday’s New York Times article Copyright Challenge for Sites that Excerpt by Brian Stelter explores the boundaries as to what is acceptable with regard to excerpting from news stories by other websites, and what is causing news publishers to become uncomfortable. When is it acceptable to...

Seizing Domain Names

October 23, 2008 13:06

A court in Kentucky has (ex parte) made an in rem judgment ordering the seizure of 141 domain names because, the court determined, they are “gambling devices” or “gambling records” under Kentucky legislation. Domain names, said the court, “are virtual keys for entering...

U.S. Embassy in Ottawa does Web 2.0

December 22, 2008 15:31

The U.S. Mission to Canada is pretty hip, serving up content the way you want it: podcast facebook twitter (@usembassyottawa) news feeds (RSS) Ambassador David Wilkins also apparently held “web chats”, the most recent his farewell chat held on December 11th (transcript here). I wonder...

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US Supreme Court Patent Case on Laws of Nature

Simon Fodden
March 22, 2012 13:21

One of the satisfying moments that recurred regularly in Star Trek, the Next Generation, was Captain Jean-Luc Picard's simple executive gesture and the words, "Make it so." A lot of magic thinking was bound up with that. The United States Supreme Court, however, has recently told...

Alumni

March 22, 2012 11:00

What constitutes alumni at a law firm? Does your firm have a program? Is it inclusive or exclusive? Should your firm develop an alumni program? This is one of the few area’s in the practice of law where when asked “what are other firms doing” there is very little consistency. Some firms offer use...

Demanding Social Media Passwords From Job Seekers Is Wrong

David Canton
March 21, 2012 13:14

The issue of corporate or government employers asking for social media login ID's and passwords for job seekers has reared its head again. See this CBC article entitled U.S. job seekers get asked for Facebook passwords. And see this article I wrote a year ago on the subject. This is wrong on...

What’s Hot in E-Discovery?

March 21, 2012 11:00

Machine-Assisted Review Let’s start with a very hot if not very sexy topic. You may have heard of new technology called predictive coding or technology-assisted review. Recently, we’ve seen the phrase “machine-assisted” review a lot. They are all the same thing. A rose is a rose is a rose, but we...

Don't Burn Your Bridges When Leaving an Employer…

March 20, 2012 21:44

Earlier this month, I published an article in the Montreal Gazette regarding my departure from private practice (at Norton Rose Canada) and my move to an in-house counsel position and the legal ramifications involved therewith. This post is an abridged (inproved?) version of the full article, which...

What's Hot on CanLII This Week

Simon Fodden
March 20, 2012 20:48

Here are the three most-consulted English-language cases on CanLII for the week of March 14 – 20. ♨ 1. Romspen Investment Corp. v. 6176666 Canada Ltée. 2012 ONSC 1727 [1] I suppose that on a sunny, unusually warm, mid-March day one should be mellow and accept, without complaint, the...