On March 11th, 2016, the West Coast Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (“West Coast LEAF”) held its annual Equality Breakfast for the 29th time in its history. This is one of Vancouver’s largest legal gatherings, drawing more than 700 attendees to the Hotel Vancouver ballroom for breakfast and a keynote address honouring International Women’s Day. As West Coast LEAF’s largest single fundraiser (raising around $90,000 in recent years), the proceeds are critical to the org

While we are a society that values our freedom of expression, employees should be aware that the misuse of social media can lead to discipline or even termination for cause by the employer. In Kim v. International Triathlon Union, 2014 BCSC 2151, the British Columba Supreme Court had the opportunity to weigh in on the issue of employee discipline for social media misconduct. Paula Kim, a manager at the International Triathlon Union (ITU), was terminated after posting negative

On February 14, 2016, a driverless vehicle owned by Google was involved in the first noted at-fault crash on a public road in Mountain View, California. The accident occurred when one of Google's self-driving vehicles (a modified Lexus SUV) rear-ended a bus. The incident was low-speed and was widely reported as being “minor" in nature; no injuries resulted. Autonomous vehicles (also called driverless, self-driving, or robotic cars) are quickly becoming a reality and have the