Complaint against New Brunswick lawyer’s use of AI part of growing trend: experts - New Brunswick | Globalnews.ca

The Law Society of New Brunswick alleged that in April 2025, Denis Sawyer submitted a brief in which 10 out of 12 citations were fictitious.

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Complaint about lawyer's alleged improper AI use a first for N.B., law society says | CBC News

Lawyer Denis Sawyer is accused of improper use of AI and using "fictitious" citations in a submission to provincial court last year, according to a notice from the New Brunswick Law Society.

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Opinion: There is another way to stop ‘awful but lawful’ online harms

Holding social-media platforms to their own commitments offers a way to address harmful but lawful content, while also limiting government intrusion into speech regulation

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No comprehensive picture of how lawyers, paralegals use AI: legal expert - Law360 Canada

As more lawyers and paralegals turn to artificial intelligence, a disciplinary case in Ontario involving non-existent case citations is underscoring the need to verify AI-assisted work and understand ...

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Ottawa to scrap base contribution requirements for U.S. streamers - The Wire Report

In a recent letter to the Federal Court of Appeal, the government outlined its intention to “eliminate the base contribution requirement on streaming services and to provide government funding to repl...

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6-month suspension for Toronto lawyer who cited fake ChatGPT cases, blamed law student, faced contempt of court hearing, went back to ChatGPT for advice

Lawyer ordered to pay $10,000 in costs in what may be the first decision by a legal regulator punishing a lawyer for misusing AI in court.

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La Loi sur la sécurité numérique, décrite comme inconstitutionnelle et inapplicable

Selon les experts juridiques, le projet de loi est « la mauvaise solution à un vrai problème »

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Digital Safety Act seen as unconstitutional, unworkable

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Law Society Tribunal temporarily suspends lawyer’s license after finding she lied about ChatGPT use

The case may represent the first time a lawyer in Canada has been suspended partly due to their AI use

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Canada's Social Media Ban: Age Verification Required for All Adult Users

Canada social media ban Bill C-34 would bar everyone under 16 from platforms — but legal experts say its biggest impact falls on adults. Any system that keeps children out must first verify every user...

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How the federal government’s proposed digital regulator would work - National | Globalnews.ca

The federal government plans to create a powerful new digital regulator overseeing online safety and privacy, drawing praise from some experts and concern from others.

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Un nouveau organisme chapeautera la nouvelle législation sur le numérique

OTTAWA — Le gouvernement fédéral compte créer une nouvelle autorité de régulation numérique aux compétences étendues, qui serait chargée de faire respecter à la fois les règles en matière de sécurité ...

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Sharing voter info to boost turnout worth the privacy risk, says P.E.I. elections watchdog | CBC News

All provinces share data from their voter registries with political parties at election time — but only British Columbia includes those parties under its privacy legislation. P.E.I.'s chief electoral ...

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Opinion: Locked out of Anthropic’s Mythos, Canada must fight for AI access in USMCA talks

Access to frontier AI models will help determine whether our companies can compete and our critical systems can be defended

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Canada waited too long to rein in dangerous Big Tech platforms: Full Comment podcast

With the new Safe Social Media Act, the government just maybe has something workable, says cybersecurity expert

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Is your MP still using X? After an investigation into non-consensual deepfakes, we analyzed the accounts

The Privacy Commissioner of Canada just released the results of its investigation into non-consensual sexualized “deepfake” images on X. For some MPs, this was the red line.

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How Canada, other countries approach protecting youth with social media bans

Recently tabled legislation that would ban youth from social media could make Canada one of the few countries with a law on its books. More.

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Critics caution against 'complex regulator with two heads’ for social media, privacy laws - The Hill Times

Both Bill C-34 and Bill C-36 rely heavily on a regulatory office for enforcement. Officials estimate the Digital Safety and Data Protection Commission could be running 18 to 24 months after the legisl...

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Canadian workers have few protections against workplace surveillance as TD starts monitoring

Canadian employees have few legal protections against workplace monitoring, experts said, after TD Bank told some staff it would use software to ​track their work activity, raising concerns about cons...

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News, cultural groups want clarity on copyright after Ottawa releases AI strategy

OTTAWA — News and cultural industry groups are calling on the government to take a stand on how AI systems use copyrighted content after Ottawa’s long-awaited national AI strategy failed to address th...

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Resisting the Echo Chamber: AI-Assisted Judgment Writing and the Risk of Homogenization - Slaw

Artificial intelligence is making its way into courtrooms around the world, and not always for the better. Judges have been caught embedding AI-generated fictitious case references in judicial decisio...

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