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Deal-maker or deal-breaker: the legal ins and outs of using AI in M&A

Photo of Imran Ahmad (CA)Photo of Roxanne Caron (CA)Photo of Suzie Suliman (CA)By Imran Ahmad (CA), Roxanne Caron (CA) and Suzie Suliman (CA) on Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Data Protection, Intellectual Property, M&A Transactions
Deals involving AI bring about specific and unique issues for consideration during the due diligence process. Understanding the specific challenges created by AI is important for companies to ensure that the AI technology holds genuine value and would not raise red flags during the course of a transaction. Some important advice for companies looking to … Continue reading

The AI Act – A step closer to the first law on Artificial Intelligence

Photo of Lara White (UK)Photo of Marcus Evans (UK)By Lara White (UK) and Marcus Evans (UK) on Posted in General
On 11 May 2023, members of the European Parliament passed their compromise text of the AI Act (the AI Act) at the committee stage, taking this law a step closer to being finalised. The compromise text (the Parliament Draft), which amends the Commission’s original proposal, includes quite a large number of amendments, some of which … Continue reading

UK AI White Paper

Photo of Marcus Evans (UK)Photo of Lara White (UK)By Marcus Evans (UK) and Lara White (UK) on Posted in Data Protection, General
At last, UK Government publishes its White Paper on AI – “A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation” – an opportune start, but as expected, a framework with detail to follow… The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, has finally published its AI regulation white paper (the ‘White Paper’). Here are the key elements: What AI … Continue reading

Autonomous Vehicles – Canada’s Current Legal Framework: A Primer (Part 1)

Photo of Imran Ahmad (CA)By Imran Ahmad (CA) and Admin on Posted in Cybersecurity, Privacy law
In recent years, autonomous vehicle (AV) technology has undergone rapid development and it is predicted that AVs may soon be in a state to displace human driving altogether. In Ontario, the Automated Vehicle Pilot Program is currently in place to permit the testing of certain AVs by vehicle manufacturers. As AV technology continues to develop, however, … Continue reading

Canada’s artificial intelligence legislation is here

Photo of Maya MedeirosPhoto of Jesse BeatsonBy Maya Medeiros and Jesse Beatson on Posted in General
On 16 June 2022 the Canadian federal government introduced Bill C-27, also known as the Digital Charter Implementation Act 2022. If passed, this package of laws will: Implement Canada’s first artificial intelligence (AI) legislation, the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA). Reform Canadian privacy law, replacing the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act with … Continue reading

The UK National AI Strategy: Regulation, Data Protection and IPR in the Mix

Photo of Marcus Evans (UK)Photo of Michael Sinclair (UK)Photo of Peter McBurneyBy Marcus Evans (UK), Michael Sinclair (UK) and Peter McBurney on Posted in General
The UK Government has published its National AI Strategy. Click here to read more about what the National AI Strategy says about AI regulation, and its implications for data protection in the UK. In this detailed blog we examine three discrete issues addressed in it (AI regulation, data protection and intellectual property rights) and we … Continue reading

UK Information Commissioner Updates Paper on Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Protection

Photo of Marcus Evans (UK)By Marcus Evans (UK) on Posted in Compliance and risk management, Regulatory response
Data Protection Report - Norton Rose FulbrightOn 1 March 2017, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published a paper on big data, artificial intelligence, machine learning and data protection (replacing its early paper published in 2014). Although the paper is described as a “discussion paper”, it makes a number of recommendations that those involved in big data projects would be well … Continue reading
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