Federal Government Redaction Blunder Makes Headlines

Candice Chan-Glasgow, Director, Review Services and Counsel

March 15, 2021

A recent CBC news article highlights the Federal Government’s failure to properly redact sensitive information. This follows some high profile redaction failures south of the border, most notably when Paul Manafort’s lawyers failed to properly redact sensitive and damaging information in documents filed with the Federal Court.

Proper redaction tools and workflows should be used to ensure privileged or sensitive information is appropriately redacted. As a gentle reminder, The Federation of Law Societies of Canada amended its Model Code of Professional Conduct in October 2019 to include commentary on technological competence:

[4A] To maintain the required level of competence, a lawyer should develop an understanding of, and ability to use, technology relevant to the nature and area of the lawyer’s practice and responsibilities. … Read More

O’Donnell and Felsky Contribute to eLitigation Course

The firm is excited to contribute to the University of Calgary Law School‘s innovative new eLitigation course.

Crystal O’Donnell, the firm’s founder and CEO, is co-instructing the course and Martin Felsky, Senior Counsel, will contribute as a guest lecturer.

The course, taught by Assistant Professor Gideon Christian, is a specialized civil litigation course that seeks to introduce students to the practice of litigation in the era of social distancing. The intent is to develop the knowledge and practical skills necessary to initiate and conduct litigation using electronic technology, and to foster specialized competence in the commencement and conduct of civil proceedings virtually. … Read More

Starting the New Year in Good Company

We are honoured to be included in the Top 100+ eDiscovery Providers compiled by Complex Discovery.

The list is a compilation of research from analyst firms and industry expert reports in the electronic discovery area. The list is useful in the consideration of eDiscovery providers and is determined primarily from eDiscovery provider mentions in selected key formal industry reports and surveys published between August 2011 and today.

Although the list is not all-inclusive it does provide an aggregate overview of notable vendors that several industry researchers and experts consider leading technology providers in the field of eDiscovery.

Brian Pel, the firm’s COO and Senior Counsel, says “to be recognized by analysts and industry experts and included on this list reflects the success we’ve achieved with our unique, innovative combination of eDiscovery technology and legal analysis”.… Read More

Firm welcomes two Law Practice Program (LPP) students

We are pleased to welcome Shadab Khan and Geevith Rubakumar to the firm for a four month placement as part of the Ryerson Law Practice Program.

Shadab is a graduate of the University of Ottawa and holds a Master of Laws from the University of Leeds. For the past two and a half years, she has worked as a legal advisor and consultant in Norway on commercial, privacy and data protection matters. During this time, she managed the development and launch of a proprietary compliance management system, which was awarded several grants from Innovation Norge. Shadab also led a work placement program for skilled refugees, which won the National Diversity Award 2019.… Read More

Happy Holidays from all of us at Heuristica

As the holidays approach and we settle in for some ‘down time’ at home we wish you, even more this year, peace of mind and goodwill.

The last 10 months or so has certainly shown us not to take things for granted and that the routines of our lives can be changed at a moment’s notice. It has also shown us compassion and resilience.

From the entire team at Heuristica we wish you and yours peace, goodwill and hope for a better 2021.

Please note that over the holidays our offices in Toronto and Calgary will be closed:

Thursday, December 24th
Friday, December 25th and
Friday, January 1st