Artificial Intelligence (AI)

With the introduction of generative artificial intelligence, AI is reshaping business operations across every workplace, creating opportunities while introducing new challenges in regulatory compliance. As Canada's AI governance landscape evolves, organizations need legal counsel who understand how AI intersects with employment policies, commercial contracts, sector-specific regulations, data and protection requirements, and more — everywhere from healthcare and financial services to manufacturing, energy, and beyond.

Your business challenges don't exist in silos, and neither should your legal counsel. At BLG, we place you at the center of a coordinated strategy, led by AI law practitioners who work seamlessly with colleagues across the firm. This approach provides comprehensive solutions by drawing upon deep experience in other areas such as corporate M&A, intellectual property, financial services, litigation, privacy, and cybersecurity to address your complete business context.

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Conduct privacy impact assessments and compliance exercises to mitigate risks related to evolving Canadian privacy and AI laws.
Draft notices about the use of AI systems for decision-making.
Assist with the development of ethical data governance and de-identification programs that maximize data value while complying with regulations and contracts.
Respond to privacy-related inquiries and investigations.
Manage security breaches.
Protect and defend your AI-related intellectual property, including the IP created by the technology itself.
Determine user rights to data, including the potential applicability of the fair use and research exceptions to legal copyright in Canada.
Conduct appropriate due diligence on AI-related companies during a merger or acquisition.
Start a new AI company, including formation, branding and trademarks, stock options, warrant grants, corporate governance, unanimous shareholder agreements and employment agreements.
Obtain financing, whether through venture capital, private financing or commercial partnerships.
Draft, negotiate and defend contracts related to AI-powered products.
Respond to litigation on everything from intellectual property to product liability related to AI technology.

These are exciting and uncertain times. Whether you’re wondering about the ethical implications of using AI-powered software for recruiting employees or concerned about who owns the rights to data generated by the autonomous vehicles used in your mining operations, we’d be happy to answer your questions and give you peace of mind, based on our expertise in both AI and your particular industry.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Qvantel, a global leader in digital BSS, in its strategic acquisition of Optiva (TSX:OPT), a leader in cloud-native charging and agentic AI BSS capabilities.
Remsoft Inc., a global leader in AI-powered forest intelligence solutions, acquired LOGR, an Australian forestry technology company.
Itron, Inc. on the Canadian aspects of its US$325 million acquisition of Urbint Inc., and AI-driven risk management company.
Capillary Technologies, an AI-powered loyalty management company, in its acquisition of Kognitiv, experts in offering intelligent, omnichannel loyalty solutions.
Marlin Equity Partners in the Canadian aspects of the sale of its portfolio company, Talkwalker, a Luxembourg-based, artificial intelligence-powered social listening solution to Hootsuite, a global leader in social media management.

Qvantel, a global leader in digital BSS, in its strategic acquisition of Optiva (TSX:OPT), a leader in cloud-native charging and agentic AI BSS capabilities.
Remsoft Inc., a global leader in AI-powered forest intelligence solutions, acquired LOGR, an Australian forestry technology company.
Itron, Inc. on the Canadian aspects of its US$325 million acquisition of Urbint Inc., and AI-driven risk management company.
Capillary Technologies, an AI-powered loyalty management company, in its acquisition of Kognitiv, experts in offering intelligent, omnichannel loyalty solutions.
Marlin Equity Partners in the Canadian aspects of the sale of its portfolio company, Talkwalker, a Luxembourg-based, artificial intelligence-powered social listening solution to Hootsuite, a global leader in social media management.

Private Equity & Venture Capital

Wisedocs in its $12.7 million Series A financing round and $4.5 million Series A venture debt facility with CIBC Innovation Banking.
Accelia Capital Inc. in its lead investment in Eli Science Inc.'s $17 million Series A funding round to launch its at-home hormone monitoring technology.
Bell Canada in its acquisition of leading technical services companies Stratejm and CloudKettle Inc., adding Professional and Managed Services expertise in cybersecurity and Salesforce to its existing capabilities.
Porsche Automobil Holding SE and Incharge Capital in their respective investments in generative AI company Waabi’s US$200 million financing round.
Juniper Networks, Inc., a leader in secure AI-Native Networking in its convertible note investment in Quantum Bridge Technologies.

Wisedocs in its $12.7 million Series A financing round and $4.5 million Series A venture debt facility with CIBC Innovation Banking.
Accelia Capital Inc. in its lead investment in Eli Science Inc.'s $17 million Series A funding round to launch its at-home hormone monitoring technology.
Bell Canada in its acquisition of leading technical services companies Stratejm and CloudKettle Inc., adding Professional and Managed Services expertise in cybersecurity and Salesforce to its existing capabilities.
Porsche Automobil Holding SE and Incharge Capital in their respective investments in generative AI company Waabi’s US$200 million financing round.
Juniper Networks, Inc., a leader in secure AI-Native Networking in its convertible note investment in Quantum Bridge Technologies.

Privacy & Cybersecurity

American multinational technology company focusing on e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence in the conduct and drafting of privacy impact assessments and privacy policies and procedures for projects involving AI-enabled surveillance devices and biometric systems.
A FinTech company in the development of a generative AI-powered financial assistant (chatbot) involving cutting-edge technology including on privacy and intellectual property risks, as well as the potential impact of the emerging AI regulatory landscape in Canada.
Developed a framework for SOQUIJ to manage privacy risks when developing new solutions and products relying on Artificial Intelligence (referenced in the recent 2018 Québec AI Committee report).
Exo Imaging Inc. in the privacy requirements in its acquisition of Medo DX Pte Ltd.
A leading Canadian chartered bank on guidance of the new federal privacy law reform including AI legislation.
A multinational health information technology company in the drafting of a position paper on a new Québec health privacy bill, advising on the impact of the Québec regulator’s consent guidelines on their business, and drafting representations on the Québec draft anonymization regulation.

American multinational technology company focusing on e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence in the conduct and drafting of privacy impact assessments and privacy policies and procedures for projects involving AI-enabled surveillance devices and biometric systems.
A FinTech company in the development of a generative AI-powered financial assistant (chatbot) involving cutting-edge technology including on privacy and intellectual property risks, as well as the potential impact of the emerging AI regulatory landscape in Canada.
Developed a framework for SOQUIJ to manage privacy risks when developing new solutions and products relying on Artificial Intelligence (referenced in the recent 2018 Québec AI Committee report).
Exo Imaging Inc. in the privacy requirements in its acquisition of Medo DX Pte Ltd.
A leading Canadian chartered bank on guidance of the new federal privacy law reform including AI legislation.
A multinational health information technology company in the drafting of a position paper on a new Québec health privacy bill, advising on the impact of the Québec regulator’s consent guidelines on their business, and drafting representations on the Québec draft anonymization regulation.

Intellectual Property

BluWave-ai, a Canadian provider of artificial intelligence software for renewable energy and transport electrification, in the growth its patent portfolio to 11 granted patents and 43 applications filed in various countries.
LÉOQ on the establishment of all legal and corporate documentation in respect of the development of “Agneau-Info”, a software platform being developed by LÉOQ using artificial intelligence that will be the first information and prediction platform for the supply and demand, including volume and price of Canadian sheep production using AI and data integration.

BluWave-ai, a Canadian provider of artificial intelligence software for renewable energy and transport electrification, in the growth its patent portfolio to 11 granted patents and 43 applications filed in various countries.
LÉOQ on the establishment of all legal and corporate documentation in respect of the development of “Agneau-Info”, a software platform being developed by LÉOQ using artificial intelligence that will be the first information and prediction platform for the supply and demand, including volume and price of Canadian sheep production using AI and data integration.

Litigation

Rhapsody Property Management Services in defending a proposed class action lawsuit filed in Ontario and alleging price-fixing of residential property rents through the use of RealPage Inc.'s YieldStar software (now AI Revenue Management).

Rhapsody Property Management Services in defending a proposed class action lawsuit filed in Ontario and alleging price-fixing of residential property rents through the use of RealPage Inc.'s YieldStar software (now AI Revenue Management).

Financial Services

The Bank of Nova Scotia as administrative agent for a syndicate of lenders in connection with the financing of HEALWELL's acquisition of Orion Health, a healthcare artificial intelligence corporation based out of New Zealand.

The Bank of Nova Scotia as administrative agent for a syndicate of lenders in connection with the financing of HEALWELL's acquisition of Orion Health, a healthcare artificial intelligence corporation based out of New Zealand.

Labour & Employment

A company specializing in enterprise data management, backup, and protection in securing the return of highly sensitive and proprietary information following misappropriation.

A company specializing in enterprise data management, backup, and protection in securing the return of highly sensitive and proprietary information following misappropriation.

Governance & Oversight

One of Canada’s pre-eminent artificial intelligence organizations on its key license agreements and assisted several artificial intelligence suppliers with standard terms and conditions and customer agreements.

One of Canada’s pre-eminent artificial intelligence organizations on its key license agreements and assisted several artificial intelligence suppliers with standard terms and conditions and customer agreements.