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Announcements, media coverage, and updates on our latest reports
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Canadian Lawyer: ‘The train is coming:’ Report urges proactive regulation in use of AI by public institutions
The Law Commission of Ontario’s Executive Director, Nye Thomas, discusses new Regulating AI report in the Canadian Lawyer magazine. Click…
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Law Times: The LCO Issue Paper on AI and Algorithms in Criminal Proceedings
The LCO Issue Paper on AI and Algorithms in Criminal Proceedings is in the news. See the Law Times article…
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LCO Board Chair Raj Anand responds to Globe & Mail opinion piece on the 2020 anti-racism movement
Raj Anand, Chair of the LCO Board of Governors, sent a letter to the Globe & Mail in response to the July…
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Law Times: Raj Anand named chair of Law Commission of Ontario
Read the latest article in the Law Times on the appointment of Raj Anand as Chair to the LCO Board…
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Read the latest review by Gowling WLG on the Defamation Law in the Internet Age final report
Read the latest review by Gowling WLG on the Defamation Law in the Internet Age final report here.
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Globe and Mail: Proposed changes to Ontario’s class-action laws would make it harder to sue corporations and government, experts say
An article regarding the proposed class actions reforms in Bill 161 was recently published in the Globe and Mail, and…
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Slaw: Automated Decision-Making and the Civil and Administrative Justice System
The impact of Automated Decision-Making in the Civil and Administrative Justice System requires deliberate and considerate policy and legal guidance.…
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Supreme Court of Canada Decision Cites LCO Defamation Project
The LCO’s defamation project was recently cited in the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision Haaretz.com v. Goldhar. The decision is…
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Provincial Government Acknowledges LCO in Proposed Changes to Ontario’s Employment and Labour Laws
On May 30, 2017, the provincial government announced its intention to introduce legislation, The Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act¸ 2017,…