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Could a new family services license for paralegals help increase access to justice in Ontario? 
Fifteen years after the introduction of licensing for paralegals, Ontario still faces a troubling access to justice problem, and this is especially being felt in family law, where paralegals can’t currently provide services. The Law Society of Ontario is pursuing the implementation of a Family Legal Services Provider License for paralegals to help increase access to justice, but not everyone thinks it’s a good idea. In this article, we take a deeper look at this important issue.
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Regulatory policies are ever-evolving and differ widely from coast to coast and around the world. We keep a pulse on the active world of regulation and licensing.

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  • AI, Climate Change, Digital Government, Regulation, U.K., U.S.
Ascend Radio guests weigh in on tomorrow’s regulator
How can new technology enable the regulator of the future to improve its work in protecting the public interest? What challenges does the future hold for regulatory bodies? Ascend Radio guests share their thoughts.
Week in Brief Podcast
  • Criminal Justice Reform, Florida, Georgia, Health Care, immigration, Licensing Reform, Professional Licensing, Regulation, Wisconsin
The dangers of AI in health care: Week in Brief
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in professional licensing, regulation, and digital government. This week, Sarah and Paul discuss calls from the health care industry for AI regulation, efforts to ease licensing burdens in Florida for applicants with nonviolent convictions, and more.
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  • Australia, Centralization, CLEAR, Colorado, Health Care, Interstate compacts, Martin Fletcher, U.K., U.S.
Regulatory centralization in health care and beyond: What can we learn from the Australian model?
Ahpra offers a rare example of transformational change in the world of regulation. Over a decade after its founding, what has the agency taught us about what centralized health care regulation in practice can look like and how it can be implemented? What does centralization look like elsewhere in the world? We investigate this and more in our latest insight piece.
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  • Athletic Trainers, Banking, California, Cryptocurrency, Cybersecurity, Digital Government, Georgia, Health Care Regulation, Kansas, Licensing Reform, Mental Health, Multi-jurisdictional Licensing, NASCIO, Oregon, Professional Licensing, Psychedelics, Regulation, South Carolina, U.S., Wisconsin
State tech leaders outline cybersecurity workforce planning recommendations: Weekly regulatory news
The Week in Brief is your weekly snapshot of regulatory news and what's happening in the world of professional licensing, government technology, and public policy. This week in regulatory news, Kansas becomes the latest state to recognize the credentials of health professionals traveling from out of state to care for athletes, Georgia passes a new law requiring doctors to clarify their license types, NASCIO outlines strategies for state governments to strengthen their cybersecurity workforces, and much more.
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  • Alaska, Alberta, Cannabis, Chiropractic, Cyberattacks, Dentistry, Education, Finance, Health Care, Indiana, Licensing Reform, Louisiana, Michigan, Nursing, Ohio, Ontario, Saskatchewan
Ontario’s financial regulator makes deal on troubled credit union: Weekly regulatory news 
The Week in Brief is your weekly snapshot of regulatory news and what's happening in the world of professional licensing, government technology, and public policy. Ontario’s financial regulator makes deal to sell core business of troubled credit union, the American Dental Association falls victim to cyberattack, and more in our Week in Brief.
  • California, Hong Kong, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Occupational Regulation, Ontario, Professional Licensing
Ontario eases licensing process for immigrants while Hong Kong eliminates licensing exams
The Week in Brief is your weekly snapshot of regulatory news and what's happening in the world of professional licensing, government technology, and public policy. In this week's news, Hong Kong passes a law removing licensing exams, Ontario makes it easier for immigrants to get and keep licenses, and a California bill expedites relicensing processes.
Week in Brief Podcast
  • Cybersecurity, Earned Wage Access, EMS, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Professional Licensing, Regulation, Texas
Regulating quick pay for workers in Nevada: Week in Brief
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in professional licensing, regulation, and digital government. This week, Sarah and Paul discuss Nevada's creation of the U.S.'s first-ever earned wage access (EWA) state licensing regime, new cybersecurity education opportunities for police officers in Texas, and more.
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  • Abortion, Colorado, Cybersecurity, Digital Government, Education, Hawaii, Health Care, Iowa, Licensing Reform, Maine, Nebraska, North Carolina, Professional Licensing, Tennessee, Texas, Washington
Cyberattacks disrupt major US health provider: Weekly regulatory news
The Week in Brief is your weekly snapshot of regulatory news and what's happening in the world of professional licensing, government technology, and public policy. Cyberattacks cause issues for one of the largest U.S. health systems, North Carolina moves away from exam-only school principal licensure, and more in our weekly look at regulatory news.
  • COVID-19, Cyberattacks, Cybersecurity, Occupational licensing, social engineering
Cybersecurity in licensing: Threats and preventive measures
With the pervasiveness of social engineering attacks and other cyberthreats, occupational licensing bodies must implement preventive measures to make sure sensitive information is kept safe. Here we look at some different cyberthreats as well as basic controls regulators can use to curb them.
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  • Auctioneering, Deregulation, Health Care, Internationally educated, Midwifery, New Brunswick, New York City, Professional Licensing, Regulation, Texas
Daniel Radcliffe holds an auction: Week in Brief
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in professional licensing, regulation, and digital government. This week, Jordan and Paul discuss new licensing rules in New York City that allowed actor Daniel Radcliffe to auction off a signed stage prop, a program in New Brunswick that could help improve pathways to licensure for internationally trained doctors, and more.
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  • Compliance, Construction, Disaster preparedness, Enforcement, Regulation, Turkey
Turkey earthquake reminds us regulation is as effective as compliance and enforcement
As the magnitude of the devastation wrought by the recent earthquake in Turkey becomes clearer, it’s fair to wonder how something like this could have happened. After a similar earthquake 24 years ago, Turkey implemented stringent building standard regulations. So why did the recent earthquake cause such widespread destruction? Paul Leavoy explores.
  • Addictions, Chiropractic, Dentistry, Education, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Midwifery, Nursing, Pennsylvania, Professional Licensing, Virgin Islands
Illinois signs midwife legislation into law
The Week in Brief is your weekly snapshot of regulatory news and what's happening in the world of professional licensing, government technology, and public policy. Illinois sets licensing standards for midwives, Hawaii pushes to change standards for dentists, and more in this week's regulatory news.
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  • Alberta, Argentina, Biometrics, British Columbia, Buenos Aires, Cannabis, Cyberattacks, DACA, Delaware, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Professional Licensing, Regulation, Russia, Tennessee, U.K., U.S.
Massachusetts Senators move forward with driver’s license reform: Weekly regulatory news
The Week in Brief is your weekly snapshot of regulatory news and what's happening in the world of professional licensing, government technology, and public policy. Massachusetts senators garner a veto-overriding majority for licensure reform, Tennessee eases credentialing restrictions for DACA recipients, and more in our latest Week in Brief.
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  • Alberta, California, Kansas, Law, Massage Therapy, Michigan, Physicians, Professional Licensing, Regulation
Regulating massage therapy to fight sex trafficking in Kansas: Week in Brief
The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in professional licensing, regulation, and digital government. This week, Sarah and Jordan discuss efforts to establish a licensing regime for massage therapists in Kansas, moves to cut red tape in public health and education in Michigan, and more.
  • License Portability, Multi-jurisdictional Licensing, Professional Licensing
Multi-jurisdictional licensing: U.S. & Canada vs. U.K. & Australia
Provincial, state, territorial, and national boundaries effectively draw the regulatory map of the world, as licensed professionals most often need recognition in the jurisdictions in which they practice. Enter multi-jurisdictional licensing which, as Jordan Milian explains, provides licensed professionals greater flexibility to practice across different regions.

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U.S. regulators discuss finalizing bank capital rules as soon as August: Weekly regulatory news

The Week in Brief is your weekly snapshot of regulatory news and what's happening in the world of professional licensing, government technology, and public policy.
This week in regulatory news: U.S. regulators discuss finalizing bank capital rules as soon as August: Bloomberg News, Shein faces EU regulations over user data, National regulatory reform would promote economic growth for Canadians, and more.

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Trust on trial: Navigating the murky waters of scientific integrity

As fraudulent research papers flood academic journals, the sanctity of scientific discovery is under siege, challenging the very foundation of trust we place in peer-reviewed publications. With AI now both a tool for creating and detecting such deceptions, the urgency for a robust, independent regulatory framework in scientific publishing has never been greater.

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California establishes licensing rules for crypto companies, kiosks: Weekly regulatory news

The Week in Brief is your weekly snapshot of regulatory news and what's happening in the world of professional licensing, government technology, and public policy.
This week in regulatory news, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs legislation that will create licensing rules for cryptocurrency companies and kiosks, the World Health Organization publishes guidelines on regulating AI to improve quality of service in health care, and more.

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Virginia approves universal license recognition: Weekly regulatory news 

The Week in Brief is your weekly snapshot of regulatory news and what's happening in the world of professional licensing, government technology, and public policy.
This week in regulatory news, Virginia approves universal licensure legislation, Alaska makes it easier for licensed professionals who move to the state to get to work faster, France passes stringent licensing rules for crypto firms, and much more.

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