Program Chair
Constantine Karbaliotis
nNovation LLP
As AI becomes embedded in legal work, privilege faces new and unsettled risks.
This webinar is essential for legal professionals who need to anticipate and manage AI-related risks to privilege in this fast-evolving landscape.
Generative AI tools have rapidly reshaped how we access and analyze information, and have been widely adopted for professional and personal use. While these tools can deliver practical benefits, they also introduce novel risks that are not clearly understood. Despite increasing recognition of the uncertainty and limitations inherent in AI tools, many users continue to disclose sensitive information to public AI platforms. Against this backdrop, courts in the U.S. and U.K. have recently considered how they should treat claims of privilege over prompts and documents that have been shared with such tools. These decisions raise important questions about the impact of AI on privilege for Canadian lawyers, and highlight the need to implement proactive safeguards in their own work.
What You’ll Learn
In this timely webinar, our panel of experts will examine how claims of privilege may be eroded through the use of AI tools, and offer practical insights and strategies for Canadian practitioners navigating this emerging issue. Topics include:
The latest developments in case law, and how jurisdictional differences in privilege doctrine may affect the analysis in Canada
Factors that may diminish or undermine privilege when public AI platforms are used to access, process and organize information in a legal matter
Practical strategies for protecting privilege through AI governance, retainer language and effective client communications about AI use
Plus! Interactive scenarios exploring whether and how privilege may be waived when lawyers and clients use AI
Who Should Attend
In-house counsel
Private practice lawyers
Government counsel
Paralegals
Law clerks
Articling students
Non-legal professionals working with AI
Faculty
Program Chairs
Constantine Karbaliotis
nNovation LLP
Instructors
Brent Arnold
INQ Law
Jennifer Ellis
Jennifer Ellis, JD, LLC
Lynn Larson
Of Counsel, Medcan Health Management Inc.
The Hon. Justice Peter Lauwers
Court of Appeal for Ontario
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