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LAWYERS SHOULD NOT USE ChatGPT. Just sayin’.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/27/nyregion/avianca-airline-lawsuit-chatgpt.html?unlocked_article_code=xfavHLKtL5uNmF19CqjkRfWJwskg88D8sG_tVZW4HruKsnKmn9mckPnwvUzYP-WyBiyiVPGjD0i2cqdNLvD90QYkXjQ_9QSsr-Wjr9dX3zdPGX-rZK0BDJM52uDpFi3BbRxdSxXf9r95PM92h5H8smMjQvg1sT97ULvQPFC-VARPRHTMip8yXkehECEK5nmIzm1w5GwQHR9t49WwIjwxmxVDGTutRQJkdQBCcXaFYClNECDVImRFeWhqnN24xAHl-Y1OygTBS2nUuuwkZBZ9Tz8dsC35Q7bWS9oM_iouIbLFjFiPk5zzDf9dfGFEcx2g5iqbaBW7xqg6U7OKnHQT1h7RBB3sddPUryY&smid=nytcore-android-share

HOW IS THE DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION MOVEMENT GOING? – Are we just sending the politically-correct-sounding greetings, showing faces of visible minorities, painting logos with colours, or adding rituals to event programmes?

From “a History of Exclusion” to “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion”: What May Have Gone Wrong in the Pursuit of the New Notion of Professionalism

HARD CASES make bad law … and performance politics.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canada-proposes-new-bail-bill-despite-lack-supporting-data-minister-says-2023-05-18/

NOW THAT BAIL CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN TIGHTENED WE CAN EXPECT A REDUCTION IN VIOLENT CRIME, RIGHT?

https://o.canada.com/news/politics/bail-reform-pierre-poilievre

IF THE GOVERNMENT WAS TRULY CONCERNED ABOUT CRIMINAL JUSTICE DELAY, PERHAPS THEY COULD APPOINT A FULL COMPLEMENT OF JUDGES.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/supreme-court-wagner-trudeau-judicial-vacancies-1.6836145

Two lawyers hired a private investigator to surveil a judge who was hearing a case involving COVID-19 public health orders. ?? – “John Carpay, president of the Calgary-based Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, and Randal Jay Cameron face charges from the independent regulator. The Law Society (of Manitoba) has charged them with undermining the public respect for the administration of justice, failure to treat court with candour, fairness, courtesy and respect, and breach of integrity.”

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/law-society-manitoba-charges-surveilling-judge-covid-19-1.6830952

CHANGES ARE COMING TO THE NATIONAL SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY – But … “Despite its long existence, there is little or no concrete evidence of the extent to which it assists police in the prevention and investigation of sex offences.”

Sharing intimate images without consent may soon land you on sex offender list

IS THERE REALLY A RISE IN CRIME? – Or is it the old worn-out Conservative anti-woke fear-mongering political tactic again? (See: “Harper”)

https://www.canadianlawyermag.com/news/opinion/pierre-poilievre-is-exploiting-public-safety-fears-to-troll-for-law-and-order-votes/375350

THE ‘WE WIN OR IT’S FREE” SCAM – In real life, there are rarely any guarantees, and when something seems too good to be true, it’s usually not legitimate.

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2023/04/20/we-win-or-its-free-toronto-paralegal-guilty-in-traffic-ticket-fixing-scheme.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=GTA&utm_content=exparalegal_o&fbclid=IwAR0Yb4YfrE_M2lWtXwEdRrk7vOWmxc2rQHxX8JHF9sKmWXYNFC6gkx7WYQY

REASONABLE AND PROBABLE GROUNDS TO BELIEVE – A concerned citizen reports that a woman who was picking up her 7-year-old child appeared to be under the influence of alcohol. Police and a Children’s Aid Society worker attend at her residence, enter the house without consent and without a warrant, arrest the parents, and seize the child. Wait. What?

https://www.lawtimesnews.com/practice-areas/family/child-protection-workers-warrantless-entry-into-home-unlawful-ontario-court-of-appeal/375028?utm_source=GA&e=ZGpyZWV2ZUBiZWxsbmV0LmNh&utm_medium=20230411&utm_campaign=LTW-Newsletter-20230411&utm_content=60340243-7A36-40AE-831C-5923AFD1310D&tu=60340243-7A36-40AE-831C-5923AFD1310D