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Autonomous Vehicles – Canada’s Current Legal Framework: Liability in Motor Vehicle Accidents (Part 3)

By Suzie Suliman (CA) and Imran Ahmad (CA) on December 16, 2022 Posted in Cybersecurity, Data Protection

As autonomous vehicle (AV) technology continues to grow in functionality and sophistication, it is only a matter of time before AVs become commercially available across Canada. The arrival of autonomous vehicles in Canada will raise a number of liability-related questions that touch on the areas of owner liability, product liability, and auto insurance. In this … Continue reading

OSFI’s Technology and Cyber Risk Management Guideline: Part 2

By Imran Ahmad (CA), Shreya Gupta and Suzie Suliman (CA) on October 17, 2022 Posted in Cybersecurity, Privacy law

In July of this year, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) released the final version of its Guideline B-13 (the Guideline), setting out technology and cyber risk management expectations for all federally regulated financial institutions (FRFIs), such as banks, insurance and trust companies. FRFIs will need to ensure that they have taken steps to … Continue reading

OSFI’s Technology and Cyber Risk Management Guideline: Part 1

By Suzie Suliman (CA), Shreya Gupta and Imran Ahmad (CA) on August 29, 2022 Posted in Compliance and risk management, Cybersecurity

On July 13, 2022, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) released its final Guideline B-13 (the Guideline), setting out technology and cyber risk management expectations for all federally regulated financial institutions (FRFIs), such as banks, insurance and trust companies. FRFIs will need ensure that they have taken steps to comply with the requirements … Continue reading

Where data meets IP – Derivative data in M&A transactions

By Imran Ahmad (CA), Nikita Stepin, Patrick Chou (CA) and Suzie Suliman (CA) on January 19, 2022 Posted in Data Transfer, General, Intellectual Property

With the growth of the high-tech industry worldwide, it is no surprise that more and more transactions involve the transfer of rights to access or control data and derivative data. In our previous update we discussed protecting business data in a commercial context. In the M&A context, this valuable information is either the driving force of … Continue reading

Where data meets IP – protecting business data in a commercial context

By Imran Ahmad (CA), Nikita Stepin, Patrick Chou (CA) and Suzie Suliman (CA) on October 18, 2021 Posted in Data Transfer, General, Intellectual Property

In our previous publication, we discussed how a business’ data can be protected by characterizing it as intellectual property and protecting it as such. One of the most common ways to protect business data in a commercial context is through license agreements that impose contractual controls on the scope of protection of such data, as … Continue reading

Where Data Meets IP

By Imran Ahmad (CA), Nikita Stepin, Patrick Chou (CA) and Suzie Suliman (CA) on September 27, 2021 Posted in Data Transfer, General, Intellectual Property

How do you balance sharing and protecting your business’ data? Unlike tangible assets, which can be protected primarily through physical means, intangible assets such as data require additional considerations. One key strategy to protect your business’ data is to characterize, and protect, that data as intellectual property. Data as IP Copyright Original compilations of data … Continue reading