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CANADIANLAWYERMAG.COM/INHOUSE JULY/AUGUST 2019
www.canadianlawyermag.com/inhouse
VOLUME 14/ISSUE 3
6 NEWS ROUNDUP
A roundup of interesting trends and news
for legal departments
33 INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT
Is blockchain worth the hype?
By Luis Millán
36 LAW DEPARTMENT MANAGEMENT
Managing IP portfolio takes co-operation
By Carolyn Gruske
40 PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
For the love of law, business and tech
By Alexia Kapralos
42 IN CLOSING
Better together: investing in solutions
to create affordable housing
By Tiffany Murray
Cover Story GC Roundtable
In our 14th annual General Counsel
Roundtable, in-house legal leaders
address the business advisory
role of in-house counsel.
By Gail J. Cohen
CEO Column
Lawyer CEOs — the undervalued assets.
By David Felicissimo
Workplace
Employers need to pay attention
to incidents and allegations of
sexual assault or harassment.
By Shannon Kari
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ROUNDTABLE
GENERAL COUNSEL
9 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Increasing use of IP
for blockchain inventions
By Reshika Dhir
11 LITIGATION AND ARBITRATION
No mulligans: The SCC highlights
the 'difficult strategic choice' faced
by Quebec defendants sued abroad
By Elisabeth Neelin, Daniel Baum
and Laurence Angers-Routhier
13 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
When it comes to AI regulation,
Canada can do better
By Christopher Alam
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