TECHNOLOGY

Venture for Canada establishes AI Advisory Council with Sam Ramadori, Zabeen Hirji, Rosario Cartagen
Nine-strong council also includes Salim Teja, Stephanie Enders, Abdi Aidid, and Jaxson Khan
Canadian Digital Regulators Forum workshop will feature regulatory perspectives on AI
Participants will be from competition, privacy, copyright law, telecom, other fields
Privacy commissioner’s report finds over 42,000 individual breaches at Canada Revenue Agency
The report indicated that the CRA failed to implement multi-factor authentication in a timely manner
Agentic artificial intelligence is a major priority for Canadian business leaders: KPMG report
A significant percentage of leaders is transitioning to a human-AI workforce

BIG DEALS

Cassels advising GNQ Insilico; Dentons representing IB Acquisition Corp
Davies advising Haveli; Goodmans representing General Atlantic
Bennett Jones, McCarthy Tetrault, Blakes, Fasken among legal counsel
Stikeman Elliott, Wildeboer Dellelce acting as legal counsel

2025 LEADING LAWYERS IN TECHNOLOGY

Kwan T. Loh
Year called to bar: 2007
Vancouver, British Columbia
David S. Frost
Year called to bar: 2001
Vancouver, British Columbia
George R. Wray
Year called to bar: 2006
Toronto, Ontario
Michael P. Whitcombe
Year called to bar: 1987
Toronto, Ontario
Jeremy Sculnick
Year called to bar: 2012
Montréal, Québec
Isi E. Caulder
Year called to bar: 1997
Toronto, Ontario