140Law - Legal Headlines for Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, September 24, 2013:

• Lawyers among those who paid for fake online reviews; probe leads to settlements with companies
• Illinois judge fines Orland Park Patch editor $300 daily for refusal to reveal sources
• Link rot in SCOTUS decisions documented; half don’t go to original material
• Update: Lawyer Does Not Check Fax Machine and Costs Client $100,000 – Upheld by Court of Appeal
• Alberta pensioner’s home declared ‘embassy’ by ‘sovereign citizen’
• Imprisoned Pussy Riot member declares hunger strike
• Omar Khadr: Supporters turn out for court appearance
• BlackBerry to be sold to group led by Fairfax Financial
• ‘Baddest’ Lawyer in Jersey Gets Life in Prison
• Ten Commandments statue outside US Supreme Court toppled by vandals
• Robyn Urback: Here, Ontario — Have some more law school grads
• Asked to Swear an Affidavit to Support a Former Criminal Client’s Appeal? Call Your E&O Insurer
• Ex-Supreme Court of Canada judge to back Quebec values charter - Toronto Star
• New York State Cracks Down on Fake Online Reviews
• TD Bank pays $52.5M fine over US charges tied to Ponzi scam
• Kentucky Court: Spousal privilege doesn’t apply to woman in same-sex partner’s murder trial
• Google launches online archive of world’s constitutions
• September 2013 | The Law Society of Upper Canada
• Closing arguments due in Michael Jackson’s family’s suit against tour promoter
• Ontario Anti-Wind Forces Claim Turbines Cause Health Problems, Refuse To Provide Medical Records
• Illinois lawyer accused of faking illness to avoid court; ethics complaint says he didn’t vomit

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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