140 Law - Legal Headlines for Thursday, August 1, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, August 1, 2013:

• Ontario woman, 85, charged with stunt driving in fatal crash
• U.S. government fights to keep domestic spy powers
• A Home for Our Legal Technology Relics
• 20-Week Abortion Bans and the Pathway to the US Supreme Court
• Davis Polk Takes The Gloves Off In Fight With Legal Recruiter over seven-figure fee
• In Alabama first, judge grants lesbian mom full visitation rights
• Greenwald vs. Toobin on leaks
• Why are female lawyers leaving BigLaw? ‘Maternal wall bias,’ lack of transparency cited
• British-Asian Law Firm Merger Creates Global Giant - Law Blog - WSJ
• Should Lawyers Get a LinkedIn Premium Account?
• Lawyers review app advice and password help
• Garth Drabinsky's bid for full parole delayed - Globe and Mail
• 7 unanswered questions about the Toronto streetcar shooting
• Edward Snowden’s father: ‘Absolutely no faith’ son would get fair trial in U.S.
• Jury awards woman $18.6M over Equifax credit report errors
• Former prosecutor and TV commentator faced suspension before suicide
• Federal Judge Says DOMA Ruling Changes Private Companies' Retirement Plans (BuzzFeed)
• English Court Sanctions Jurors Who Used Internet
• Lawyer accused of killing ex-wife on Italian cruise can be tried in California, judge rules
• Ralph Nader plans tort law museum
• George Zimmerman armed with gun during traffic stop in Texas
• O.J. Simpson granted partial parole but still faces years in prison
• Canada's Senate can be reformed without prying open the Constitution, federal government argues
• XKeyscore: NSA tool collects 'nearly everything a user does on the internet' - The Guardian
• Family sues medical center, says kidney removed from sibling trashed before planned transplant
• Twitter report: U.S. leads the world in demands for user information
• Ariel Castro will present 'other side'
• Canada's Competition Tribunal dismisses RPM case against Visa and MasterCard - no "resale"
• A judge's guide to settlement approval and contingency fee arrangements in P.E.I.
• Can employment contracts be airtight? — avoiding common pitfalls
• Electronic wills: the way of the future after Ohio ruling validating will signed on tablet?
• US Court: Phone data isn't your own
• New Yorker: 'Another Citizens United, But Worse'
• U.S. surveillance data release fuels concerns over counterterrorism program
• Campaign aims to boost Canadians’ trust in lawyers, but is that even possible? | National Post
• Unionized employees can't sue employer, even in absence of collective agreement - Lexology
• Ontario woman, 85, charged with stunt driving in fatal crash

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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