Compelled Thumbprints
- February 26, 2017
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
On February 16, 2017, Magistrate Judge M. David Weisman of the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, in Chicago, rejected an application by the government for a provision in a search warrant compelling people present…
Beyond Garofoli
- February 10, 2017
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
On February 1, 2017, the Ontario Court of Appeal released its opinion in R v Paryniuk, 2017 ONCA 87 affirming the residual discretion of a reviewing judge on an evidence exclusion motion to vitiate a warrant to protect the integrity…
Fingerprints or Passwords
- January 28, 2017
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
On October 30, 2014, MH left her home in Chaska, Minnesota, southwest of Minneapolis, to run errands. Her home was burglarized while she was away and a laptop and items of jewelry were stolen. She found an envelope in her…
Artificial Intelligence
- January 6, 2017
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
The developments in artificial intelligence technology during 2016 continued to raise profound ethical questions and dramatic implications for the legal system and the paradigm for delivery of legal services. In an article titled 5 Ways Artificial Intelligence Freaked Us Out…
Judicial Freelancing
- December 22, 2016
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
Detective Moe Banga of the Edmonton Police Service was investigating complaints from individuals who said they received telephone calls from a scammer identifying himself as an employee of the Canada Revenue Agency, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, or Citizenship and…