140 Law - Legal Headlines for Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Here are the leading legal headlines for Tuesday, December 13, 2011 from Wise Law on Twitter:

• Blago Sentenced: He Joins the Justice Department's Smoke-and-Mirrors Show - Forbes - http://goo.gl/LV9sW
• Law Firms and Social Media: A Match Not Yet Made in Heaven - http://on.wsj.com/uS3TjY 
• Criminal Prosecutions For Canadian Workplace Accidents: The Year in Review http://bit.ly/vXfWeC 
• Canada quits Kyoto climate pact http://bit.ly/vhJygj 
• iPad tip: transcripts in trial http://bit.ly/sqrNTE
• Air Canada to face class action suit from obese travellers - CBC News - http://goo.gl/pZy4Z
• Yoga poses can’t be copyrighted, U.S. regulator says - http://natpo.st/rVa3Wr 
• Ontario Court of Appeal's Summary Judgment Ruling: Rule 20 guidance sparks debate - Law Times http://bit.ly/d62xgF 
• Man publishes fake obituary for his mom to get time off work - http://bit.ly/rvJ1HL 
• 2011: Supreme Court of Canada - controversy over nominees - http://bit.ly/PKct9
• Merger mania and courtroom civility http://bit.ly/c9aeVD
• Want to Outsource Legal Work? Ohio Can Be as Cheap as India, Report Says http://bit.ly/vs9MIH
• CRA taxes retirement: "not likely that entire...settlement...could be attributed to a human rights violation." http://natpo.st/toSnqh
• Online legal forms: Booming Internet biz threatens small firms - Lawyers Weekly http://bit.ly/d62xgF
• KInsella on LSUC communications and pending CPD deadline: "The Law Society of Upper Canada is a joke" (updated) http://bit.ly/w1y3fY
• Judicial Mediation Policy Day http://bit.ly/syRqsP 
• Philippine Chief Justice Is Impeached http://nyti.ms/sKib05 
• Campbell: Leafs sale is one step closer to second NHL team in Toronto (http://TheHockeyNews.com) http://yhoo.it/rqS71s
• Noriega Returned to Panema, Still Jailed http://bit.ly/sr2Bgj

I wanted to add an article that I came across this morning with regard to Ontario backing out on its promise to protect a forest with 300 year old trees near Temagami. 

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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