140Law - Legal Headlines for July 18, 2011

I am pinch-hitting for Rachel, who is away this week, and what a busy weekend of legal news it was. Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:

• Rupert Murdoch apologizes - http://goo.gl/xa2yY; British Police Arrest Rebekah Brooks in Phone Hacking (New York Times) - http://goo.gl/Ja05c; Scotland Yard Chief Resigns - http://goo.gl/YzGVG
• Canada Privacy Commissioner releases final report on online tracking, profiling and targeting of consumers - http://goo.gl/Fs69m
• Divorces to be easier in Ontario - Toronto Sun - http://goo.gl/v8sqn
• CP corrects erroneous report that Ontario to immediately implement mandatory mediation before divorce; only mandatory information sessions required http://goo.gl/6MwP2
• Ottawa man will sue again if he's not served in French - CTV.ca -http://goo.gl/Qifjk
• Judge expected in NY for NFL labour talks - http://goo.gl/PHN7a
• Ont. coroner examines spate of First Nation youth suicides - http://goo.gl/SrfkR
• Federal judge dismisses BP oil spill fraud lawsuit - http://goo.gl/YPvG8
• Berlusconi faces trial hearings for bribery and sex crimes - http://goo.gl/Bqfgi
• British Police Arrest Rebekah Brooks in Phone Hacking (New York Times) - http://goo.gl/Ja05c
• Roger Clemens: Transcript Shows Government Intentionally Played Prohibited Clip - http://goo.gl/RdqFh
• Bonds, Clemens cases 'huge waste,' BALCO's Conte says - http://goo.gl/On71m
• Toplessness in the courts - Toronto Sun - http://goo.gl/k0vjK
• US Court rejects harsh federal sentencing guideline for Ecstasy - http://goo.gl/f46zV
• Rupert Murdoch went too far (Larry Flynt/Washington Post) - http://goo.gl/YIyh7
• Body Scanners Improperly Added by TSA: Court. Permission to continue using them granted nonetheless (Bloomberg) - http://goo.gl/YXvld
• Federal appeals court rejects challenge to TSA body scans - http://goo.gl/sxFG4
• Court grants Obama Justice Dep't request: 'don't ask, don't tell' will stay in place - http://goo.gl/jHmfw
• Catholic Church to pay $1.75 million to father over son’s abuse - http://goo.gl/qoMRt
• New report backs up September iPhone 5 release date | Technology News Blog - Yahoo! News - http://goo.gl/tQMCt
• Texas attorneys bench-slapped for poorly written brief - http://goo.gl/rS8jj
• Ladies’ Night Still Legal Under Nevada Anti-Discrimination Law - http://goo.gl/cYDoP
• Tweeting for Lawyers 101 - http://goo.gl/omF0D
• Most BigLaw Firms Have Twitter Accounts, But Few Tweet Very Often - http://goo.gl/EDbQz
• Differing Views of Lawyers on Twitter: Savvy Marketing Tool or ‘Nonsense’? - http://goo.gl/k7pSv
• Alabama Lawyer Group Files Suit to Ban LegalZoom - http://goo.gl/PW5EA
• Judge removes self from Casey Anthony civil suit - http://goo.gl/XqGCs; Casey Anthony freed in Florida - http://goo.gl/TYcKg
• Divorce Costs College Money - http://goo.gl/ob9S4
• California Supremes Uphold Plastic Bag Ban in Manhattan Beach - http://goo.gl/50xhj
• Australian sentenced over Facebook mouse beheading - AFP - http://goo.gl/yfsaH

That's all for now. Follow us on Twitter for legal headlines as they happen. Have a great day.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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