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Balancing Innovation and Accountability — Internet Lawyer Blog — June 23, 2025

June 28, 2025 rehan.rafique No Comments

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has rapidly transformed from a niche area of computer science into a foundational technology influencing nearly every sector of society. From predictive algorithms in healthcare and finance to autonomous vehicles and generative AI tools like ChatGPT, AI systems are reshaping how we live, work, and interact with technology. Yet with this explosive…

Internet Law

Borrowing and Lending Money from Registered Funds in Canada – Investor Lawyer

June 28, 2025 rehan.rafique No Comments

Do you have a Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) in Canada? Are you unhappy with the financial performance of your RRSP? Are you looking for better investment returns in your RRSP? Or are you looking to borrow money? Perhaps you don’t want to borrow from a bank, credit union, or broker? If you answered yes…

Property Law

What Is Criminal Mischief in Ontario? Understanding the Law

June 28, 2025 rehan.rafique No Comments

Criminal mischief is a term that can sound vague, as it covers a wide range of offences. Examples can include spray-painting a wall, smashing someone’s phone, or cutting off their electricity. In simple terms, it is damaging or interfering with someone’s property. With such a wide range of actions covered under this law, it can…

Canada Law

Fired After Reporting Discrimination in NY? Know Your Legal Rights

June 28, 2025 rehan.rafique No Comments

Filing a discrimination complaint at work takes courage. Many people worry that speaking up will cost them their job or damage their reputation. If you’re concerned about retaliation after reporting discrimination in New York, you’re not alone—and you’re not without protection. What Retaliation Looks Like Retaliation can take many forms, but it often involves a…

New York Law

How can Early Career Researchers Shape the Law of the ECHR? Some Reflections from the Inaugural Workshop on Writing and Publishing in that Field

June 28, 2025 rehan.rafique No Comments

* By Matthias Hermes, Reza Khabook, Frederic Kupsch, Angelika Nußberger and Nikos Vogiatzis In February 2024, the Academy for European Human Rights Protection, University of Cologne and Essex Law School, University of Essex jointly organised and funded a workshop titled “Writing and Publishing in the Law of the ECHR: A Workshop for Early Career Researchers”….

European Law

Preventing Slip and Fall Accidents During the Thaw

June 28, 2025 rehan.rafique No Comments

The arrival of spring brings longer days and warmer temperatures, but it also comes with its own set of hazards. Melting ice, uneven walkways, and lingering debris from winter create perfect conditions for slip-and-fall accidents. For property owners and occupiers, this season comes with legal responsibilities, while individuals must remain vigilant to avoid injuries. But…

Canada Law

The Failures of the NATO Summit and the Future of Peace

June 27, 2025 rehan.rafique No Comments

How European Leaders’ Obsequiousness Threatens Europe’s Security and Undermines International Law Reflecting on the June 24-25 NATO summit in The Hague – one day after the 80th anniversary of the signing of the UN Charter –, it is difficult not to be overwhelmed by a sense of failure and depression. During the NATO Summit, the…

European Law

Landlord Law Newsround #393 » The Landlord Law Blog

June 27, 2025 rehan.rafique No Comments

Another week and our last Newsround for June. Which starts with amendments to the Renters Rights Bill which is annoying both landlords AND tenants. Government U-turn over pet insurance Landlords are furious that the government has backed down on the question of pet insurance, which means that landlords will, by and large, be forced to…

Property Law

Taking Stock of the Grassy Mountain Project: Part 3, June 2025

June 27, 2025 rehan.rafique No Comments

By: Nigel Bankes Cases and Decisions Commented On: (1) Northback Holdings Corporation v Alberta Energy Regulator, 2025 ABCA 186 (CanLII), (2) Northback Holdings Corporation v. Canada (Environment and Climate Change), 2025 FCA 31 (CanLII), and (3) AER Decision, Northback Holdings Corporation Applications for Coal Exploration Program (CEP) A10123772, Deep Drilling Permit (DDP) 1948547, and Temporary…

Canada Law

Editorial of June 2025 – Official Blog of UNIO

June 27, 2025 rehan.rafique No Comments

40 years since Portugal joined the European Union(or about Constante’s refusal to jump, the dog from José Saramago’s “The Stone Raft”) Pedro Madeira Froufe [Editor of this blog and Coordinator of the Group “Studies in European Union Law” (CEDU), of JUSGOV – Research Centre for Justice and Governance, University of Minho)] I Forty years ago,…

European Law