New Books – Fall 2024

Here’s a selection of new and noteworthy additions to our print collection acquired over the last few months: 

Artificial intelligence : legal issues, policy, and practical strategies / Cynthia H. Cwik, Christopher A. Suarez, and Lucy L. Thomson, editors.
1st Floor, Stacks; KF 390.5 .C6 A99 2024

This book, published by the American Bar Association, covers a wide range of topics concerning AI and the law, and provides practical advice to attorneys on how to navigate these complex and rapidly evolving issues.

Topics include:

• AI governance and ethics
• AI and law practice management, including the use of digital assistants
• AI use cases for lawyers, and paths to the responsible use of AI by lawyers
• The impact of AI on employment law and the workplace
• Specific types of AI risks, including cybersecurity, privacy, and national security

The law of Indigenous ownership and projects / Thomas Isaac and Jeremy Barretto
2nd Floor, Practice Collection; KF 8210 .E25 I83 2024

The Law of Indigenous Ownership and Projects focuses exclusively on the development of Indigenous-owned projects – a multi-disciplinary field that includes Aboriginal law, land, corporate, tax, regulatory and other legal considerations.

Here are a selection of topics addressed in this book:

• Agreements Between Indigenous Communities and Industry, including the negotiation and content of benefit and equity agreements addressing environmental protections, economic and business development, financial considerations, employment, and equity investment. The authors address industry-specific examples of such agreements relating to mining, hydro power and linear infrastructure.
• Tax and Corporate Considerations, including Indian Act and Income Tax Act exemptions, and common business structures applicable to Indigenous-owned projects
• Regulatory Considerations, including the Crown’s duty to consult, Indigenous review processes, and reviews under the Impact Assessment Act, Framework Agreement on First Nation Land Management Act, and First Nations Commercial and Industrial Development Act

Nathan & Goldfarb’s company meetings for share capital, non-share capital and condominium corporations / Hartley R. Nathan, Clifford S. Goldfarb
2nd Floor, Practice Collection; KF 390.5 .M4 W34 2024

Now in its 13th Edition, the newly retitled Nathan & Goldfarb’s Company Meetings For Share Capital, Non-Share Capital and Condominium Corporations discusses the rules of procedure specific to meetings of directors, shareholders, members and unit owners for share capital and non-share capital corporations and for directors and unit owners of condominium corporations.

What’s new in this edition:

• Commentary on the Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010, which came into effect in 2021, and was subsequently amended in 2023
• Meetings of Shareholders and Members and Condominium chapters have been updated to include virtual and hybrid meetings
• Voting at Shareholders’ and Members’ Meetings chapter has been updated to include electronic voting
• Condominium Board and Unit Owners Meetings chapter has been updated to include new legislation and cases relating to condo corporations
• New and updated forms, precedents, tables of concordance and protocols

A practical guide to the law of defamation / Stephen Thiele, Gavin J. Tighe, James R.G. Cook
2nd Floor, Practice Collection ; KF 1266 T45 2024

A Practical Guide to the Law of Defamation aims to offer practical guidance on current and developing defamation law in Canada. It lays out the most prominent cases, prevalent legal principles, the courts that rely upon them, and gaps in the law. It further explains the tests and elements that must be met in order to make a claim or prepare a defence against defamation.

This publication also includes a useful table of cases and precedents to help prepare a formal notice of libel, statement of claim, SLAPP motion or moving party factum anti-SLAPP motion.

Topics covered include:

• Limitation periods and statutory requirements
• Special defences available in a defamation action
• Pre-trial disposition
• Interlocutory and permanent injunctions
• Damages for professionals and corporations
• Defamation on social media and online

Residential tenancies / Richard A. Feldman
2nd Floor, Practice Collection; KF 590 L34 2024

The twelfth edition of this leading text fully updates the reader with the latest developments surrounding the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006.

Highlights of the twelfth edition include:

• Extensive analysis and commentary on the current challenges being faced in rental housing and in administrative justice
• Reference to hundreds of new court and Landlord and Tenant Board decisions
  Commentary explaining significant amendments made to the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 since the 11th Edition (2018)
• Full text of all relevant statutes, regulations, Landlord and Tenant Board Rules, and Interpretation Guidelines
• A fully updated Quick Reference Guide to assist with the most common types of applications made under the Residential Tenancies Act

*Descriptions taken or summarized from: publisher websites, table of contents and book prefaces.