This is part three of our examination of the European Union’s new artificial intelligence law (the “EU AI Act”). In part one, we introduced the scope of the EU AI Act and discussed what types of AI systems are outright banned. In part two, we discussed high-risk AI systems. In this article, we look at the requirements…
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B.C. Supreme Court allows claim against government for damages for improperly cancelled project Most development in B.C. requires approval by government, whether through permitting, rezoning, subdivision approval, or licencing. That process often appears opaque to applicants. Denials, which can effectively terminate a project, can be given with little or no justification. Typically, the main avenue…
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Introduction & Background On 24 January, as part of its Economic Security Package, the European Commission presented five initiatives to strengthen the economic security of the European Union (EU) amid rising geopolitical tensions and technological disruptions. The five initiatives presented by the Commission are the following: Council Recommendation on Research Security; White Paper on options…
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Andrew Lavoott Bluestone has been an attorney for 40 years, with a career that spans criminal prosecution, civil litigation and appellate litigation. Mr. Bluestone became an Assistant District Attorney in Kings County in 1978, entered private practice in 1984 and in 1989 opened his private law office and took his first legal malpractice case. Since…
Where an owner of land is struggling to pay loans secured over the land it is not uncommon for the owner to enter into a lease with a related party in an attempt to avoid losing control of the land should the mortgagee enter possession and attempt to sell the land. The questions which arise…
This month, we have the pleasure of re-posting a contribution by Clémence van Muylder, Senior Associate at Loyens&Loeff, Brussels. Have a pleasant read! In its Grand Chamber judgment of 21 December 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union rendered its very first decision on the functioning of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO). The decision provides…
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On March 21, 2024, in a bold regulatory move, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed the Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security (“ELVIS”) Act (Tenn. Code Ann. §47-25-1101 et seq.) – a law which, as Gov. Lee stated, covers “new, personalized generative AI cloning models and services that enable human impersonation and allow users to make…
Jacques Bellezit, University of Strasbourg (France) Photo credit: mafe de baggis, via Wikimedia Commons If one wants to trace back the history of European construction, it would necessarily have to mention the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC). Inspired by the Schumann Declaration of May 9th 1950, it was the first…
Four years ago, I wrote about the use of discovery evidence in criminal matters (linked: here). Today (June 30, 2022), the Supreme Court of Canada has provided greater guidance on this question, specifically in the context of sexual assault cases. In R v. JJ, 2022 SCC 28, Justice Wagner and Justice Moldaver writing for the…
Kenya Moore of Real Housewives of Atlanta fame is going back to court. Moore, who separated from her husband Marc Daly in 2019 two years after they were married, is now being accused by Daly of refusing to turn over required information, further delaying their divorce case. While Daly is asking Moore to pay authorized…
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