Recently Tweeted - September 4, 2009 Edition

As the sun begins a slow descent on our end-of-summer Manitoulin Island getaway, we bring in the holiday weekend from the beautiful Ontario northland with this super-sized sampling of the stories we've followed on Twitter over the last two weeks:

• Legal Counsel for Michael Bryant Appointed - Canada NewsWire (press release) http://bit.ly/b5g3X
• Liberals will move to topple Harper government http://bit.ly/MHaqr
• Saudi lawyers demand Mohammed cartoon apology (again) http://bit.ly/1O5xc
• Prominent DUI lawyer challenges laws against driving stoned - http://tiny.cc/WiseLaw620
• Canada's hate-speech law rejected in Charter of Rights ruling http://bit.ly/XBa9F; CJC On Lemire Case: Wrong In Law http://bit.ly/SxxBY
• Ontario Human Rights Commission Annual Report http://bit.ly/Im5n
• Ontario crash victim gets record $18M in damages - Toronto Star http://bit.ly/18z4Dn
• Credit Card Co. Amends Policy After Telling Vision-Impaired Woman to Fill Out Form http://bit.ly/MkcL5
• Balsillie lawyers say Leafs veto behind rejection http://bit.ly/cGAOs; Balsillie's bid for Coyotes hinges on hearing http://bit.ly/RYXQp

But wait, there's more...

• Madoff Inquiry Was Fumbled by S.E.C., Report Says http://bit.ly/146Q7D
• Twitter Now More Popular Than MySpace In UK - http://tiny.cc/WiseLaw783
• CHENEY - PALIN 2012 http://bit.ly/XgKR4
• Call to Jury Duty Strikes New Fear: Financial Ruin http://bit.ly/XiBw
• Cellphone companies get new code of conduct http://bit.ly/nZET7
• EXCLUSIVE: Gonzales defends Holder's decision on CIA (Joseph Weber/Washington Times) http://bit.ly/Q9fDv
• Montana Court to Weigh In on Assisted Suicide Case http://bit.ly/yIbDY
• ‘Ex-gays’ a protected minority group, DC court rules http://bit.ly/3o9fAa
• Judges to be put on trial to test their courtroom skills http://bit.ly/13BWAL
• Pie toss at Alberta premier leads to jail term http://bit.ly/Dvoyv
• Laid-Off Lawyers Struggle in Establishing Their Own Firms http://bit.ly/1a7Nlc
• Half of Blawgs Fail in First Year http://bit.ly/3gZr3f
• Following the Falafel Trail to Terror: FBI Mined Bay Area Middle Eastern Food Sales -http://tiny.cc/WiseLaw933
• Court’s Steroid Ruling Pumps Up Computer Privacy - http://www.wired.com/threat...
• Rehnquist Papers: Bush Beats Kerry, Breyer Pays Thomas http://bit.ly/5UUF1
• Arrest Over Software Illuminates Wall St. Secret http://bit.ly/MVCET
• Case Over Britney Book Tests "Libel-Proof" Defense http://bit.ly/OI0VJ
• Is Your Garage Sale Legal? http://bit.ly/HV6Uo
• Top Ten Wikipedia Entries Include Lawsuits vs God http://bit.ly/uynWh

There you have it.

Enjoy the long weekend, and most of all, stay safe.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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