Top judge backs Jordan juggernaut, warns bar against filing fake AI-generated precedents in court
Chief Justice of Canada Richard Wagner told reporters at his annual news conference June 9 that law societies are responsible for regulating lawyers’ use of artificial intelligence in court filings, but ‘the first responsibility belongs to lawyers’ to ensure that they don’t file fake AI-generated precedents.
Wednesday, June 10, 2026 @ 5:32 PM
The Supreme Court’s controversial Jordan decision, which has sparked the dismissal of thousands of cases due to unconstitutional trial delay, is still good law, but stays of proceedings are not a cure for undue systemic trial delay, Canada’s top judge says. “One stay of proceedings is too many,” Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Richard Wagner stressed at his annual press conference in Ottawa June 9. ... [read more]
xAI violated privacy law by enabling sexualized deepfakes through Grok: privacy commissioner
Thursday, June 11, 2026 @ 4:28 PM
Elon Musk’s xAI and social media platform X violated federal privacy law by launching Grok’s image-generation tool without adequate safeguards, which allowed users to create and share non-consensual sexualized deepfakes, Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne said on June 11. ... [read more]
Court allows judicial review of inmate’s guilty finding for contraband possession
Thursday, June 11, 2026 @ 4:16 PM
The Federal Court has set aside a decision of an independent chairperson at Stony Mountain Institution in Manitoba that found an inmate guilty of a disciplinary offence. ... [read more]
Ombudsperson opens examination into delays in CRA processing of complex T1 adjustment requests
Thursday, June 11, 2026 @ 3:25 PM
The Taxpayers’ Ombudsperson has announced a systemic examination into “delays taxpayers are experiencing when the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) determines that a T1 adjustment is complex.” ... [read more]
Court approves $1.95M settlement with cy-près payment to charity, not class members
Wednesday, June 10, 2026 @ 3:58 PM
The Ontario Superior Court has approved a $1.95-million settlement of a proposed class action alleging BMO overwithheld taxes on withdrawals from registered retirement income fund (RRIF) accounts, finding that a cy-près payment to charity was justified because direct compensation to class members was impractical. ... [read more]