140 Law - Leading Legal Headlines for Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, July 2, 2014:

• Canadian businessman, 74, facing prison sentence in Cuba is cautionary tale to foreign investors: MP
• Consumer non-disparagement clauses gone wild: the sequel
• Fewer women named by Conservatives to federal boards
• MConnell/Bush-judge strikes down gay marriage ban in Kentucky 
• Court upholds French burqa ban 
• The Supreme Court is Harper’s real Opposition - The Globe and Mail
• U.S. man’s plea deal includes vasectomy, controversy erupts 
• Getting Started With Legal Knowledge Management (via @conniecrosby)
• Belgian court rules that brothel can not be named after Dominique Strauss Kahn
• Adam Vaughan, Arnold Chan lead Liberals to byelection wins
• No Bombast (for Now) as Toronto Mayor Comes Back (NY Times)
• French Ex-President Sarkozy Said to be Held for Questioning
• Canada's new anti-spam law: Can it really clean up your inbox?
• 75 questions Rob Ford hasn’t answered
• MacKay points finger at others in judicial diversity row
• B.C. tech firm readying pot-sniffing breathalyzer, but no consensus on how much is too much to drive
• How Canadians can be charged with driving under the influence of cannabis without ever smoking a joint 
• Justice Ginsburg Writes Blistering Dissent On Hobby Lobby
• Ranking The Best In US Biglaw: The Am Law A-List (2014) 
• Supreme Court Declines Case Contesting Ban on Gay ‘Conversion Therapy’
• Wisconsin man charged with voting multiple times claims amnesia
• Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg issues blistering dissent in Hobby Lobby ruling
• Judge who hit public defender returns to bench, less than a month later
• How Hobby Lobby Ruling Could Limit Access to Birth Control 
• Ontario fisheries officer on hook for $10K for defaming lawyer
• White House: SCOTUS ruling against contraception coverage jeopardizes women’s health
• Google's Street View Snooping Problems Aren't Going Away
• The Promising Fallout From Hryniak v. Mauldin
• Rob Ford a 'failed mayor' despite apology, say rivals
• Rob Ford says ‘substance abuse’ problem impacted his job, promises to chang
• Judge throws out George Zimmerman’s libel lawsuit against NBC
• Inquiries launched after 2 teens were forgotten in courthouse lockup for a weekend
• Supreme Court: Health law can't make employers cover contraception
• Benghazi suspect pleads not guilty at first appearance in US federal court 
• On the US Legal Front Lines of Same-Sex Marriage
• GM Canada dealers sue company as sales plummet - The Globe and Mail
• Pistorius murder trial resumes
• Stephen Harper's Canada: The Legacy of Tyrants - iPolitics.ca
• ‘A vote for life’: Suicide nets approved for San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge
• Supreme Court decision hands aboriginals pipeline power: Walkom 
• Edmonton woman charged with human trafficking over alleged foreign worker frauds
• New Brunswick Law Society votes to accredit controversial B.C. law school 
• CA nanny who won’t leave couple’s home filed litany of lawsuits against her own family
• A Judicial Milestone for Same-Sex Marriage in Utah Appellate Decision
• 5 key questions about Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's return on Monday 
• Video: First Nations react to Supreme Court of Canada land title claims decision - Vancouver Sun
• CBA calls for changes to Supreme Court appointments - CTV News
• Discrimination continues for seniors in LGBTQ community
• Montreal lawyer takes new approach in bid to overturn Quebec language laws
• Fake body, sheep’s blood: Evidence tossed in ‘Mr. Big’ murder case over police Charter violations
• Husband Beaters
• Wal-Mart violated Quebec’s labour code by closing store after worker unionization attempt, court rules
• Supreme Court sides with Quebec unionized Wal-Mart workers

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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