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- What’s an Author to Do? Shadow Libraries in the Age of AI. May 8, 2026On March 6th, a prominent group of publishers including the 5 biggest global book publishers (Hachette, Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Macmillan and Simon and Schuster) filed a lawsuit in NY federal court to try and shut down the shadow library “Anna’s Archive”. A decade ago, John Willinsky described scholarly publishing as having its “Napster moment” […]
- Wednesday: What’s Hot on CanLII? – April 2026 May 6, 2026Each month, we tell you which three English-language cases and French-language cases have been the most viewed* on CanLII in the previous month and we give you a small sense of what the cases are about. For this past month, the three most-consulted English-language decisions were: 1. R. v. Singer, 2026 SCC 8 [1] Thirty […]
- The Case for and Against Co-Authoring With AI May 6, 2026In recent posts, I have been skeptical about using AI to generate certain kinds of legal writing. I’ve drawn a distinction between using AI to edit or revise a document and using it to create one from scratch. I take the view that even if you can avoid hallucinations, using AI to create a court […]
- AI and Alternative Dispute Resolution (Are We Ready for AI-DR?) May 5, 2026Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a bold experiment being conducted on our institutions, with very few guardrails. When we do experiments with chemicals and biological materials to develop new drugs, pesticides, or even cleaning products, we set up controlled environments with protections for the humans involved in the testing. AI is mostly being developed without external […]
- Monday’s Mix May 4, 2026Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canada’s award-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from more than 80 recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their work, with their permission, to as wide an audience as possible. This week the randomly selected blogs are 1. Double Aspect […]