Strictly Legal - An OsgoodePD Podcast

Jinyan Li, the program director of the Tax Law LLM at OsgoodePD, discusses why she was interested in teaching at Osgoode, how tax law is evolving and why students should still care.

Guests: Jimmy Chan and Ayazhan Zhakhan, co-founders Castodia Inc. A lot of companies focus on building and deploying AI & machine learning systems but fewer worry about whether they perform as intended in a way that is free of bias, prejudice and errors that affect end users. In this episode of Strictly Legal, our guests, Jimmy Chan and Ayazhan Zhakhan, founders of Castodia Inc., talk about ethical AI, Instilling Canadian values in AI, and designing machine learning systems that could be worthy of implicit trust. They draw from their experience in building software that monitors and alerts developers about issues in their machine learning models so that organizations can act accordingly. This podcast highlights Canada's Directive on Automated Decision Making and other Canadian and international initiatives, strategies, voluntary guidelines dedicated to addressing these issues in whole or in part.

Guests: Jimmy Chan and Ayazhan Zhakhan, co-founders Castodia Inc. A lot of companies focus on building and deploying AI & machine learning systems but fewer worry about whether they perform as intended in a way that is free of bias, prejudice and errors that affect end users. In this episode of Strictly Legal, our guests, Jimmy Chan and Ayazhan Zhakhan, founders of Castodia Inc., talk about ethical AI, Instilling Canadian values in AI, and designing machine learning systems that could be worthy of implicit trust. They draw from their experience in building software that monitors and alerts developers about issues in their machine learning models, so that organizations can act accordingly. This podcast highlights Canada's Directive on Automated Decision Making and other Canadian and international initiatives, strategies, voluntary guidelines dedicated to addressing these issues in whole or in part.

While the majority of industries are welcoming and adopting the technological innovations that are revolutionizing the way Canadian businesses operate, legal services providers have been typically reluctant to rely on digital channels to identify and verify client identity. However, all of this is changing with a new service by SecureKey, called Verified.Me. In this podcast, Greg Wolfond, CEO of SecureKey talks about what legal professionals need to be aware of the specific solutions that are available to help them to verify the identity of their clients. He talks about how digital verification through Verified.me allows for the streamlining of processes, allowing clients to securely prove they are who they say they are on a strict timeline and through an efficient workflow. Verified.Me for the Legal Profession: https://verified.me/law/

Eliott shares details of his experience prosecuting war crimes, about how the crimes involving ethnic cleansing in Kosovo in 1999, of mass murder, forced deportation, massive sexual assault all informed his view of justice. He talks about his book “Tell it to the World” and the relationship between the justice we seek and the injustices that we commit.

Eliott Behar, author of Tell it to the World, sits down with us to explain why he thinks legal education is still very valuable. Eliott began a distinguished legal career as a Crown Prosecutor in Toronto and in 2013 moved to Silicon Valley to work for Apple, where he oversaw global investigations into cybercrime and international fraud and theft.

In this podcast, we highlight how lawyers and knowledge management professionals are looking to reduce the friction involved in sharing knowledge within legal organizations. Host Amy ter Haar covers topics such as change management, including - business and practice of law, project management and process optimization as well as legal technologies and data analytics.

In this podcast, Professors Bruce Ryder and Alexandra Flynn discuss the contested legal terrain within the downsizing of the size of the City of Toronto's council by nearly half. We also analyze Superior Court Justice Edward Belobaba's ruling to set aside Bill 5 and the court's finding that the government interfered with the right to freedom of expression.

Regulation & emerging tech and what the challenges are for regulators. There are few current perceived gaps in our existing regulatory framework. Some of the topics we discuss in this podcast: -Demand for guidance from regulators -Understanding the complexity of the regulatory landscape - where does one start? -Technical literacy causes a barrier when people do not understand the technology; judges and regulators need a baseline of tech literacy

A set of sweeping new regulations took effect in late May, which some call it the most important change in data privacy regulation in 20 years. But what does it mean for Canadian businesses? In this episode of Strictly Legal, host Amy ter Haar sits down with entrepreneur and tech expert Avery Swartz to discuss what GDPR is, why we should care, and the battle for privacy. Although GDPR is a regulation in EU law how is it affecting Canadians? What is Canada's approach to all this and how can businesses better prepare? All these questions and more are answered on Strictly Legal! To learn more on privacy visit www.osgoodepd.ca/privacy

There is a lot of misunderstanding and misinformation currently circulating regarding AI and its application in legal frameworks. In this episode of Strictly Legal, host Amy ter Haar tries to make sense of the thorny ethical and legal issues of AI with two powerful forces in the Toronto artificial intelligence community: Kathryn Hume (@HumeKathryn) & Carole Piovesan (@CJPiovesan). What are the distinctions between artificial intelligence, machine learning and cognitive computing? And just how far are we from unsupervised machine learning in law and business?

Over the last few weeks, reports of sexual assault have leapt – and these claims are not just bound to Hollywood’s elite. More and more victims are coming forward and sharing their stories via #MeToo. In this episode Gillian Hnatiw (Partner, Lerners LLP) joins OsgoodePD's Heather Gore Liddell to discuss the Canadian legal landscape in sexual assault and harassment, including emerging trends and cases. This week's guest: - Gillian Hnatiw, Learners LLP (twitter.com/gillianhnatiw)

We are in the middle of Blockchain Mania. In the midst of the craze for Bitcoin and Ethereum, the power of the ‘blockchain’ tech behind these currencies is real. So just how is this revolutionary technology transforming IP law? This week's guest: - Paul Horbal, Bereskin & Parr(https://twitter.com/horbal)

Strictly Legal - Episode 1: Initial Coin Offerings China has banned Intial Coin Offerings (ICOs), meanwhile, Canada’s regulators are giving them a big break while outlining their views on the application of securities law to cryptocurrencies. And since the US Securities and Exchange Commission‘s ruled that ICO tokens may be classified as securities, we’ve seen an escalation of regulatory announcements on ICOs. So, what exactly are ICOs? This week's guests: - Lee Schneider, McDermott Will and Emery (formerly at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP) - Erik Syvertsen, General Counsel, AngelList Articles: - "Why Big Business is Racing to Build Blockchains", Fortune (fortune.com/2017/08/22/bitcoin-…ain-cryptocurrency/) - "Initial Coin Offering means investor caution obligatory", The Economist (www.economist.com/news/business-an…-stands-investor)