China’s ‘Belt-and-Road Initiative’ is a comprehensive infrastructure plan of the Chinese Government, designed to shore up its international trading routes. While developing that plan, China has also constructed the Civil Code of the People’s Republic of China (‘Civil Code’) to
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Schrems Shreds the Shield: EU Court Decision Invalidates Data Transfers to the United States
One of the major questions with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’) was always going to be how it would deal with cross-border data transfers: Transferring personal data from the EU to other countries. A decision last month
Pondering Implications of Ghislaine Maxwell eDiscovery
If you were, or are, an ediscovery practitioner involved with legal issues, you likely ponder about ediscovery implications of particular cases. For example, how about any ediscovery implications involved with United States v. A&L Mayer Associates, Inc. (Cr. 96-232)?
Cybervillainy Paused? Data Breaches Down Significantly First Six Months of Year
Data breaches tend to get plenty of press, such as last year’s hack of Capital One that stole the data of more than 106 million people who had applied for credit with the company, or—more salaciously—the 2015 data breach of
eDiscovery AI: What Does It All Mean?
The potential and capabilities of ediscovery software have been greatly enhanced by ediscovery AI. AI in ediscovery has improved the speed, accuracy, and reach of ediscovery efforts while decreasing the cost associated with complex litigation.
At Now Discovery, our Lumix
Please Don’t Delete ‘Toy Story 5’! A Plea For Data Protection Rules
Have you heard the one about how Toy Story 2 was accidentally deleted before release, and almost lost for good? Only by pure miracle was the film saved. In this blog post, I look at:
-What happened;
-Some of the
Pushback on Police Use of Facial Recognition as First Known Arrest of Innocent Suspect Comes to Light
In the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests against police violence and brutality against people of color, IBM, Amazon, and Microsoft announced last month that they would end or suspend the sale of facial recognition technology to law enforcement.
R. v. Vickerson – Discovery in Criminal Law
Continuing my look at discovery in criminal law, we come to this next, more current, case. In R. v. Vickerson, 2020 ONCA 434, the Ontario Court of Appeal dealt with electronic discovery in the context of criminal law.
Computer Discovery – The “I Don’t Have a Computer” Argument
In R. v. Cheung, 2000 ABPC 86, thirty-four accused were charged with participating in a criminal organization and conspiracy to commit a criminal offense. As previously mentioned, there were other charges as well.
Thirty-one of the defendants were
Electronic Discovery in Criminal Cases, a Problematic Undertaking
Electronic discovery in criminal cases has long been a problematic undertaking for prosecution services and police departments across Canada. My experience in northern Manitoba, Canada suggests that many departments, particularly those in rural or remote regions, struggle to deliver practical