NATIONWIDE – CANADA: An introduction to eDiscovery

NATIONWIDE – CANADA: An introduction to eDiscovery

Kelly Friedman Chief Legal Data Intelligence Office and Senior Counsel   This overview was recently prepared by Heuristica for inclusion in Chambers & Partners’ 2025 Litigation Support Guide released in June 2025.     Canadian Perspectives on Global eDiscovery Trends and Emerging Best Practices In 2025, legal teams worldwide are navigating increasingly complex eDiscovery demands fueled by rapid technological advances, diverse data sources, and changing regulatory requirements. This article examines international developments through the prism of Canada’s legal, regulatory, and technological landscape, and outlines future trends that will define the next phase of electronic disclosure in Canada.   Canadian eDiscovery Law

Document Dumps in Litigation: How Acciona Fell Short and Gowing Got It Right on Discovery Legal Standards

Document Dumps in Litigation: How Acciona Fell Short and Gowing Got It Right on Discovery Legal Standards

Kelly Friedman Chief Legal Data Intelligence Office and Senior Counsel July 23, 2025   In the evolving landscape of electronic discovery, courts are increasingly asked to adjudicate disputes over document production volumes and the boundaries of relevance. Two recent decisions, Acciona Wastewater Solutions LP v. Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District [GVS&DD], 2025 BCSC 1256 (Acciona) and Gowing Contractors Ltd. v. Walsh Construction Company Canada, 2023 ONSC 4407 (Gowing), offer contrasting judicial approaches to these challenges.   Acciona misses a critical opportunity to clarify the legal obligations of document production under Rule 7-1 of the British Columbia Supreme Court Civil

We’re Honoured to be Nominated Again – Please vote!

We’re Honoured to be Nominated Again – Please vote!

Heuristica is honoured to be nominated this year for three Canadian Lawyer Readers’ Choice Awards.   We have been nominated as the best in:   E-Discovery Software/Solution(s) Litigation Support and E-Discovery Consultant(s) Legal Process Outsourcing/Document Review Services This is the 11th year Canadian Lawyer has run their Readers’ Choice Awards.  The program is designed to give a voice to their readers to identify which vendors and suppliers are the best at what they do.   Voting is anonymous but as a token of appreciation Canadian Lawyer will enter participants who complete the survey and provide their contact information into a

Consequences for Misuse of Generative AI

Consequences for Misuse of Generative AI

Candice Chan-Glasgow Director, Review Services and Counsel June 19, 2025   Notwithstanding the well-known potential for generative artificial intelligence (“GenAI”) to hallucinate and related guidance issued by Canadian law societies and courts, there continue to be new cases where counsel have relied on GenAI without independently verifying legal citations and content.   Consequences for Misuse of Generative AI.    

Heuristica Achieves Chambers & Partners’ Ranking

Heuristica Achieves Chambers & Partners’ Ranking

We are pleased to advise that Heuristica has been ranked in Chambers and Partners’ Litigation Support Guide 2025 in the eDiscovery category.   A law firm with offices in Toronto and Calgary and a global reach, Heuristica provides only electronic evidence-related consulting and legal services, including the provision of RelativityOne, a leading SaaS-based document review platform.   Heuristica was born of the recognition that technology has drastically changed in recent years and that the way we use and analyze data must evolve with it. Highly trained in data intelligence and law, our teams are demonstrably more efficient and provide greater

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