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Liberté d’expression, une perspective de droit comparé Canada

vcean November 28, 2019

The report titled “Liberté d’expression, une perspective de droit comparé Canada”, authored by Prof. Pierre-Emmanuel Moyse and researched by the CIPP own François Le Moine and Pierre Luc Racine, was recently published by the European Parliament. This study is part of a broader project that aims to lay the groundwork for a comparison of the legal regimes applicable to freedom of expression in […] Read more

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Nimmer on US Copyright Culminating in its Music Modernization Act

December 11, 2019 • 17h December 11, 2019

Hôtel de l'ITHQ (Auditorium local 1.59) 3535, rue Saint-Denis, Montréal

vcean November 19, 2019

In October 2018, Congress passed a massive amendment to the US Copyright Act, under the caption “Orrin G. Hatch–Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act.” The upheaval caused by that earthquake is still being felt.Prof. Nimmer will place these events in context. Taking a comprehensive look at US copyright law as it progressed through the Twentieth Century, […] Read more

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Conference|Data Governance for Sharing Smart City Data: Lessons from Sidewalk Toronto

September 17, 2019

To attend the conference, please RSVP by following this link. Pour s’inscrire à la conférence, suivre ce lien. Conference Information Data governance for data sharing – particularly where some or all of the data are sourced from human activity – raises issues of ownership, privacy, ethics and even sovereignty. This presentation organized by the Centre […] Read more

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Algorithmic Credit Scoring and the Regulation of Consumer Credit Markets

September 4, 2019 • 12h September 4, 2019 • 13h30

Salon François Chevrette (Faculty of Law - University of Montreal)

August 26, 2019 Ignacio Cofone

Activity in collaboration with LR Wilson Chair Abstract This presentation examines the growing use of alternative data and machine learning by credit providers to assess the creditworthiness of borrowers — a trend described as ‘algorithmic credit scoring’— and the implications of this trend for the functioning and regulation of consumer credit markets. It finds that […] Read more