Let’s drop the notion of robot lawyer. Sure, it might sound more interesting than, say, an algorithm that enables the interpreting of contracts at a pace no human could ever keep up with, but isn’t the latter actually useful? Well, considering the previous statement, if you’re a contract attorney, perhaps not. IBM’s Brian Kuhn is […] Lire la suite
Ever since we started this regular column back in 2012, we’ve been defending a basic thesis: for consumer online dispute resolution (ODR) to succeed, it needs to be publicly funded and retailers need to be given a clear incentive to take part. This is the thesis we aimed to test when, on October 7th of […] Lire la suite
Montréal, le 4 février 2017 – Après deux journées de hackathon, les gagnants du HackJustice ont été annoncés en direct de Toronto et Montréal. 10 équipes (6 à Montréal et 4 à Toronto) ont passé deux journées à innover et créer des programmes ou applications participant à l’amélioration de l’accès à la justice. Ils avaient […] Lire la suite
Over the course of two days, several participants at the MaRS Discovery District and at the Cyberjustice Laboratory at Université de Montréal gathered for Hackjustice, co-sponsored by the CBA, to code and build tech applications that will improve access to justice. “I was truly excited, impressed and amazed by the technologies that our HackJustice participants […] Lire la suite
La tuerie de Québec qui ciblait des musulmans a amené les corps policiers du Québec à encourager le public à dénoncer les propos haineux, racistes et les menaces proférées sur les réseaux sociaux. Un homme de 46 ans de l’ouest de l’île de Montréal a d’ailleurs été arrêté après un signalement pour des menaces et […] Lire la suite
Je suis un grand adepte de ces listes de trucs et astuces que l’on retrouve sur le Web, comme 100 Life Hacks to Make Life Easier ou 50 Incredibly Useful Life Hacks You Won’t Believe You Didn’t Know. Mais, si vous êtes comme moi, vous n’avez pas encore eu recours à des Doritos pour allumer […] Lire la suite
Même si le monde juridique est encore bien poussiéreux, certains juristes sont vraiment passés en 2.0. Il y a même des avocats qui se battent pour offrir des services aux consommateurs sur le web. En ce moment, Petites-Créances.ca est à couteaux tirés avec Petitescreances.ca. Oui, oui, pas de blague ! Probablement la première chicane d’avocats de […] Lire la suite
According to Statistics Canada data from the annual Civil Court Survey[1] over the most recent five years for which data are available, between 2010-11 and 2014-15, the number of civil cases has fallen. The total number of cases initiated between 2010-11 and 2014-15 declined by 4.7% from 493,785 to 470,622. The total number of active […] Lire la suite
In December, the UK Competition & Markets Authority released its Legal services market study focused on individual consumer and small business experience of purchasing legal services in England and Wales. Not surprisingly, this report (the “CMA Market Study”) found: Overall, we have found that the legal services sector is not working well for individual consumers […] Lire la suite
People in all societies have disputes. In advanced legal systems the dominant approach to resolving them has been to instruct lawyers and appear before courts. But with the internet, advanced hardware and cutting-edge software coming on-stream, the days of fetching up in front of a judge with bulging case-files are beginning to change – though […] Lire la suite
