140 Law - Legal Headlines for Thursday, April 17, 2014

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, April 17, 2014:

•  A Star Quarterback Accused, and a Flawed Rape Investigation
• Calling All Innovative Lawyers, Law Firms and Other Legal Service Providers! 
• Lisi drops appeal in death threat conviction - The Globe and Mail 
• N.D. law banning most abortions tossed 
• Clear offer of employment needed to argue mitigation 
• Deloitte appeals Livent compensation ruling - The Globe and Mail
• RCMP decision on Mike Duffy charges expected within weeks
• When ‘Liking’ a Brand Online Voids the Right to Sue
• Court Says That Tweeting Someone Is 'F**king Crazy' Is Not Libelous
• London, Ontario teen charged in Heartbleed case | The London Free Press 
• ‘Law Tigers’ lawyer is reprimanded because referral website didn’t comply with testimonial ban
• Historic day in Manitoba court: Cameras allowed inside for murder case verdict 
• Spam now so you can Spam later 
• Seven prominent US law firms have cut an estimated 213 jobs since January 
• Trinity Western’s covenant is discriminatory 
• A Small Irish Whiskey Brand Takes on Bacardi Over Trademark - Businessweek 
• Pennsylvania teen criminally convicted for recording his classmates bullying him in school
• Canadian real estate and housing boom may be ending, Scotiabank warns
• Clerical error kept man out of prison for 13 years; incarceration is cruel and unusual, he argues
• First Amendment doesn’t protect racist bankers who called Indians ‘chimps’: judge 
• When do dress codes at schools go too far? 
• Megaupload’s Kim Dotcom launches the Internet Party as he fights extradition to the U.S.
• North Korea asks U.K. to take ‘necessary action’ against barber’s ‘Bad Hair Day’ poster
• Access Copyright Urges Copyright Board to Ignore Supreme Court Ruling on Fair Dealing

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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