Tuesday November 12 was held the first meeting of the new advisory committee on cyberjustice of the Government of Quebec. Nicolas Vermeys — deputy director of the cyberjustice Laboratory — has been nomined by the Minister Responsible of Government Digital Transformation to be part of this new advisory council and to address the various […] Read more
ICANN is the company that governs the assignment of generic top-level extensions of the Internet. From November 2nd to 7th, the 66th edition of ICANN in Montreal, co-organized by the Cyberjustice Laboratory and in partnership with Rendez-vousMontréal66, was held at the Palais des Congrès. This forum brings together various local and international speakers to […] Read more
From October 29 to 30, was held the 2019 ODR International Forum hosted by the National Center for Technology and Conflict Resolution in Williamsburg, Virginia. This forum brings together several researchers, each year, who work on issues related to online dispute resolution. For this occasion, a team of researchers from the Cyberjustice Laboratory and the […] Read more
On Monday, October 28, 2019, the Cyberjustice Laboratory had the honor of hosting the Steering Committee on Efficiency and Access to Justice, composed of six Deputy Ministers of Federal and Provincial Justice, three Council representatives Canadian Judicial Council, three representatives of the Canadian Council of Chief Judges, a representative of the Canadian Bar Association, a […] Read more
Cyberjustice Laboratory’s director, Karim Benyekhlef, is now the holder of the Alexandre Koyré Chair of Excellence for the year 2019 – 2020, a multidisciplinary chair, located at the University Côte d'Azur, in the field of artificial intelligence and law. Starting November 18th, Professor Benyekhlef will deliver an inaugural lecture entitled "A Short History of […] Read more
By Hannes Westermann In September, I had the pleasure of attending two conferences in Boston and New York, namely the 2019 Harvard Legal Tech Symposium and the 2019 Legal Hackers International Summit. I met both old and new friends from the legal tech community and learnt a lot during the presentations and workshops. […] Read more
The entry into force, on May 25, 2018 throughout the European Union of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) established a new legal framework for the protection of personal data and led the experts of the College Law and Justice in charge of terminology with the French Language Enrichment Commission to define new concepts […] Read more
Please find out about the 2018-2019 Annual Report of the Winkler Institute, one of our ACT partner. https://winklerinstitute.ca/projects/annual-report-2018-2019/ Read more
My trilogy is coming to an end. Indeed, this is the last part of my detailed analysis of the Resource Bulletin “ODR for Courts”, published by the JTC (Joint Technology Committee) on December 12, 2016 (and updated on November 29, 2017). After having clarified why ODR (Online Dispute Resolution) appears to be a real opportunity, […] Read more
Nicolas Vermeys, the Cyberjustice Laboratory's Assistant Director, was in London with Jean-François Roberge as part of the "Insolvency Policy colloquium on the Insolvency Regime of England & Wales" organised last week by the Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation Global Practice division of the World Bank for the exceptional presentation "ADR and ODR fundamentals. Challenges and opportunities in […] Read more
