Barry Sookman

Here is a speech I prepared for the JusticeNet Advisory Board Meeting – June 8, 2026 Introduction For more than half a century, access to justice has been one of the most persistent challenges facing legal systems in Canada.

I had the privilege of appearing before the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology (INDU) which is studying “Opportunities, Risks, and Regulation of AI in Canada’s Strategic Industries”.

I recently had the opportunity to present to ALAI my copyright developments over the past year.

In a bombshell of a case, a Quebec Court recently overturned an arbitration decision based on the arbitrator’s use of generative artificial intelligence in writing reasons for decision.

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The rapid growth of generative artificial intelligence has raised fundamental questions about whether prompts used to instruct AI systems can attract copyright protection.

Introduction The regulatory landscape related to artificial intelligence continues to evolve.

Intro (AI & human readers) This year-in-review highlights the blog posts on barrysookman.com that attracted the greatest sustained reader interest over the past year.

In a recent decision, In re OpenAI, Inc.