New AI insights, updates to Canada’s Competition Act and more: November Timely Topics
Timely Topics with McCarthy Tétrault curates the latest market trends on a monthly basis to help you stay informed of developments that can affect your business. This content is current as of November 5, but please connect with us if you have any questions on any of the topics below.
Here are this month’s trending topics:
1) AI Law
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Risks and Opportunities: Insights Refresh
AI’s rapid development continues with more and more industries affected by the technology and regulations and laws racing to catch up. We have refreshed our AI Insights Series to cover these developments with new articles on the future of finance, the harmonization of global AI governance, challenges in fairness, bias and robustness and more.
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| Is your organization ready to seize AI’s huge potential? Visit our AI Law webpage to find out how our leading lawyers can help you successfully adopt the technology. |
2) Retail and Consumer Markets
Greenwashing and Drip-Pricing Under Fire: Understanding the Latest Changes to Canada’s Competition Act
As social media and digital innovations grow, regulators are facing new challenges and are frequently updating rules to keep abreast of changes.
Read about the latest trends in this space in the Canada chapter to the Legal 500 Advertising and Marketing Comparative Guide, authored by leading lawyers at McCarthy Tétrault. The chapter covers developments in drip pricing regulation, greenwashing regulations, and increased penalties for deceptive marketing, among other notable changes aimed at protecting consumers.
Learn more and access the guide.
| To find out how these latest developments affect your business, contact one of the chapter’s authors, Martha Harrison, Nikiforos Iatrou, Eugenia Bouras or Vino Wijeyasuriyar. |
3) Business Immigration
How Canada’s New Announcements for Temporary Residence and Temporary Foreign Workers Can Affect You
Canada’s approach to admitting temporary residents and temporary foreign workers is changing to meet the federal government’s stated interests in sustainability and an immigration system that can adapt to shifts in the country’s labour market.
Learn about the latest policy and legal developments and how your business may be affected in this bulletin from our MT❯iplus team.
| MT❯iplus, a division of McCarthy Tétrault, streamlines complex business immigration needs. Contact Stéphane Duval or Amy Dupuis-Sène to find out how we can provide a more effective and personal approach to your business immigration matters. |
4) International Arbitration
Parties Should Take Proactive Steps to Ensure Arbitration Confidentiality
Under what conditions can information disclosed in arbitration be produced in subsequent court proceedings?
Read our analysis of the Federal Court’s ruling in SOS Marine Inc. v. M/V Gentle Seas (Ship), 2024 FC 1042 to understand under what circumstances disclosures in arbitration can be used in court.
| This decision underscores the importance of having carefully crafted arbitration and confidentiality clauses. Talk to a member of our International Arbitration Group to find out how we can help you strengthen your agreements. |
5) Podcast
Appealing Briefs: Peterson v. College of Psychologists of Ontario
What does Dr. Jordan Peterson’s much publicized – and unsuccessful – legal battle against the College of Psychologists of Ontario mean for professional regulation in Canada?
Listen to this episode of Appealing Briefs where host Adam Goldenberg discusses the case with Caroline Zayid, McCarthy Tétrault’s Regional Managing Partner for Ontario and lead counsel to the College in this matter.
Listen now (Available in English only)
| Adam Goldenberg, host of the award-winning Law in the Time of COVID-19 podcast, brings his impeccable interview style to this new series, giving listeners access to the thoughts and musings of some of Canada’s brightest legal minds on the country’s most important appeal. |
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