Natural Resources
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September 13, 2024
2 associates join Aird & Berlis Vancouver
A recent news release from Aird & Berlis LLP announced that Rikki Logan and Lauren Mar joined the firm’s Indigenous practice group in Vancouver.
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September 12, 2024
Minimizing bias in GenAI interactions | Connie L. Braun
During our lifetimes, every one of us has developed propensities and biases toward life, people, institutions and organizations — pretty much everything. These biases shape how we interact with technology and can be particularly apparent in our interactions with generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). Since the humans who make AI are biased, it may be natural to conclude that AI also is likely to be biased.
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September 11, 2024
Judicial review of federal support for B.C. coastal protections is premature, rules Federal Court
The Federal Court has rejected an application by British Columbia’s third-largest Indigenous community for judicial review of the federal government’s decision to endorse a plan to protect sensitive marine habitat along the province’s northwest coast.
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September 10, 2024
Nova Scotia omnibus bill aimed at promoting renewable energy and aquaculture sectors
The Nova Scotia government has introduced a number of proposed legislative changes it says will help promote the province’s renewable energy industry and strengthen regulations for key industries, including the aquaculture sector.
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September 10, 2024
Federal government announces public consultation as it eyes surtaxes on more Chinese goods
Amid rising trade tensions with China, Canada has launched another public consultation as a potential precursor to imposing additional surtaxes on Chinese goods.
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September 10, 2024
Federal lawyers’ union contends Ottawa’s return-to-office order is ‘arbitrary, counterproductive’
Arguing that the federal government’s return-to-office directive to public servants is “costly, inefficient, arbitrary, and counterproductive,” the union for more than 3,500 federal lawyers has challenged the federal Treasury Board direction that lawyers and most other federal workers must be physically present in their workplaces at least three days a week.
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September 10, 2024
Disclosure, arbitrator bias in international commercial arbitrations: Spotlight on Canada
The previous article in this four-part series discussed the importance of the IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration.
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September 09, 2024
Canada launches legal fight against increased U.S. duties on Canadian softwood lumber
Ottawa is launching two legal challenges under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) in a bid to overturn a recent decision by the U.S. to increase anti-dumping duties and countervailing duties on Canadian softwood lumber.
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September 09, 2024
B.C. Court of Appeal rules sublessee's defiance of wildfire evacuation order did not breach sublease
The B.C. Court of Appeal has held that a sublessee’s refusal to immediately evacuate in compliance with a mandatory wildfire evacuation order did not constitute a fundamental breach of the lease.
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September 06, 2024
Disclosure, arbitrator bias in international commercial arbitrations: The IBA Guidelines
The previous English case mentioned in Part one of the series and others around the world, including cases in our Canadian courts, relied on the reasoning of the UK Supreme Court’s decision in Halliburton Company v. Chubb Bermuda Insurance Ltd., [2020] UKSC 48 when it comes to the test for apprehension of bias, particularly in arbitrations.