- Second charge against Toronto cop in Sammy Yatim shooting - Toronto Star
- Rob Ford campaign video may have violated rules
- PM's former counsel won't face BC Law Society probe over role in Mike Duffy payment
- Biglaw Firm Ordered To Make A Video Apologizing For Discovery Abuses
- House Votes to Sue Obama for Overstepping Powers
- 1 Seattle cop has issued 80% of city's marijuana tickets this year
- Supreme Court to rule on confessions from Mr. Big police stings - Macleans.ca
- Marc Emery, B.C. 'prince of pot,' gives 1st interview since release from U.S. prison - CBC News
- Supreme Court registrar won't seek repayment of Marc Nadon salary - CBC.ca
Thursday, July 31, 2014
140 Law - Leading Legal Headlines for Thursday, July 31, 2014
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014
140 Law - Leading Legal Headlines for Wednesday, July 30, 2014
- Exonerated Innocent Man Describes 21 Year Connecticut Prison Nightmare
- Footage shows Iowa sheriff’s deputies Tasing man at least 15 times before he died
- Explicit Language Needed For Fixed-Term Employment Contracts
- Toronto-born lawyer killed in Florida working on kidnap conspiracy case: report - CityNews
- Clearer 'revenge porn' laws urged
- Finding their niche: Young lawyers bite into the dental market
- Ontario Court Agrees to Backdate Claim That Was Issued Outside Limitation Period
- SlawTips Tuesday
- Florida law office manager accused of stealing over $100K in client payments
- Rob Ford Conflict of Interest Allegations: What Are the Rules of the Game?
- WATCH: Ohio boy clings to roof of mother’s car as a family argument gets out of hand
- Law prof claims computer model predicts SCOTUS decisions with 70% accuracy
- Prosecutor’s behaviour ‘reprehensible’ but not abuse of court process: judge
- Thunder Bay woman can claim $17,500 tax deduction for winter in Thailand, court rules
- Doctors who play God can be pastors, not physicians: Cohn
- Distracted-driving blitz starts today in Toronto and York
- The Fine Print on the NCAA's Cheap Concussion Settlement
- Jesse Ventura Wins Defamation Case
- Federal Court Blocks Closing of Sole Mississippi Abortion Clinic
- Ontario attorney general asked to probe ‘extreme’ custody case
- At Judge’s Behest, U.S. Shortens Man's 57-Year Mandatory Sentence
- Colorado Clerk Told to Stop Issuing Gay Marriage Licenses
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014
140 Law - Leading Legal Headlines for Tuesday, July 29, 2014
- Kansas City lawyer’s blog posts could be an issue in judicial confirmation bid
- Ontario Superior Court Master Richard Peterson mourned
- Online offer of beer to egg Rob Ford results in criminal charge
- Toward a Modernised and More Accessible Justice: Technological Courtroom Management
- Tweeting from courtroom impresses Nova Scotia top judge
- News of DNA exoneration stuns ex-inmate who didn’t request test
- Global law group accuses Harper of encroaching on judicial independence
- Court rules against atheist group: September 11 museum can display Ground Zero cross
- Antonin Scalia gets trolled again as appeals court strikes Virginia’s same-sex marriage ban
- Interesting cost decision from the Ontario Court of Appeal
- Integrity commissioner should complete investigation into alleged Ford misconduct, Deputy Mayor says
- Virginia’s Ban on Gay Marriage Is Unconstitutional, Court Rules
- JP has change of heart, admits misconduct in tossing 68 charges
- Man gets 21 years for courtroom attack on Kansas district attorney
- Elliot Lake mall: Engineer loses bid to keep parts of collapse report secret
- Quebec wants province’s top court to clarify Mainville judicial appointment
- Artist sues after TV show films Montreal building that he had tagged with graffiti - National Post
- Toronto-born lawyer in Florida was killed in his car, found by neighbour: 911 call - CityNews
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Monday, July 28, 2014
140 Law - Legal Headlines for Monday, July 28, 2014
- Lawyers Should Be Aware of iPhone Vulnerabilities
- Ontario Justices of the Peace should have a law degree: Editorial - Toronto Star
- Florida police seek vehicle in shooting death of Toronto-born lawyer
- Man charged for alleged security threat on Sunwing flight released on $1,000 bail after Brampton hearing
- Judge Overturns D.C. Ban on Guns in Public
- Federal judge throws out DC ban on handguns as unconstitutional
- Class action lawsuits reduce risk, but cases can drag on | Toronto Star
- Bid to reseal document inspired metaphors, judge says: ‘Bells have rung, dogs barked, horses bolted’
- Judges, lawyers squabbled as condemned inmate lay gasping in botched execution | Toronto Star
- Top German court rejects bid to unseal all Eichmann files
- Student’s arrest for photographing Philly cops violated civil rights, police policies: ACLU suit
- Settlement reached in Scotiabank overtime case - Canadian Employment Law Today
- Nortel’s Bond Interest Rate Fight Sends U.S., Canadian Judges to Separate Corners - Bankruptcy Beat - WSJ
- Beverley McLaughlin, chief justice, deserves apology from PM, international jurists say
- Court system essential part of democracy: Canadian Bar Association
- Federal court upholds Fla.'s docs vs. glocks law - Times-Standard Online
- Innovative recommendations for Toronto police dealing with the mentally ill - Toronto Star
- State judge strikes down Florida’s gay marriage ban, stays ruling
Friday, July 25, 2014
140 Law - Legal Headlines for Friday, July 25, 2014
- New U.K.-Canada tax treaty lets authorities do audits in other country
- Alabama man claims penis mistakenly amputated at circumcision procedure
- Avoiding the pitfalls of white-collar overtime - Ottawa Business Journal
- European Court of Human Rights Factsheets
- Wondering whether your law practice structure could expose you to liability for other lawyers’ work?
- Manitoba community discovers it never had an official booze ban despite being ‘dry’ for all living memory
- Canada Revenue Agency says ‘preventing poverty’ not allowed as Oxfam goal for charity
- Poland violated human rights by allowing CIA torture, court rules
- Use-of-force report recommends body-worn cameras for Toronto police
- Twitter harassment trial: Second complainant says accused wouldn’t leave her alone.
- Judge deeply affected by meeting shooting victims’ families — and cops who pulled the trigger
- Justices of the peace play vital role in courts — often without a law education | Toronto Star
- Highway407 Wants To Sue You For That Thing You Did 15 Years Ago
- A Prolonged Execution in Arizona Leads to a Temporary Halt
- Iacobucci use of force report recommends Taser study
- Florida police not revealing details about death of Toronto-born law professor - CTV News
- Doctor behind Ottawa hepatitis, HIV scare agrees not to practise medicine again
Thursday, July 24, 2014
140 Law - Legal Headlines for Thursday, July 24, 2014
- European Court Rules Against Poland Over Secret CIA Jail
- Provincial jails clogged with legally innocent Canadians - Canada - CBC News
- Why legally innocent Canadians are clogging up provincial jails
- UN chastises Canada over immigration detention, including un-deportable man jailed 8 years
- Duran Duran sues fan club over revenues
- Montana’s top court suspends judge who blamed 14-year-old girl for being raped
- Canada’s crime rate falls, as homicides hit lowest level since 1960s
- Are Employers Able To Deduct STD And LTD Benefits From Employee Common Law Notice Entitlements?
- The View From Up North: Law School Grifting
- Terror charge for Canadian accused of joining Islamist fighters
- Toronto inundated with complaints over Ford Fest
- Beijing businessman accused of hacking in U.S. denied bail in Vancouver
- Judge OKs class action over working conditions for almost 21,000 Apple employees
- Courts, not PMO, will decide if Stephen Harper has to testify, opposition says
- University of Saskatchewan faculty, administration in court to argue tenure veto
- U.S. judge knocks down Colorado’s gay marriage ban, stays ruling
- Highway 407 operator fights to sue drivers for outstanding fees
- Iacobucci report on Toronto police deadly use of force out Thursday
- Arizona Takes Nearly 2 Hours to Execute Inmate
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
140 Law - Legal Headlines for Wednesday, July 23, 2014
- Wednesday: What’s Hot on CanLII
- CBC, Star head to court to seek access to Omar Khadr
- Showdown at the Supreme Court expected as courts deliver conflicting rulings on Obamacare
- Worldwide female genital mutilation ban sought at UN-backed ‘Girl Summit’
- Queen's horse fails drugs test
- Mike Duffy’s murky $65k contract with friend leads to 8 charges
- US law school applications down 37 percent since 2010; first-year class could be smallest in 40 years
- U.S. Judge Approves Search Warrant for Entire Gmail Account
- LexisNexis Canada Announces Acquisition of Canadian Legal Publishing Operation of Wolters Kluwer |
- NHL: Climate change threatens the future of hockey | Press Progress
- Canada’s jails teeming with people awaiting bail or trial, report says
- Six clues that you are about to be fired
- Stephen Harper doesn’t ‘have any information that could be relevant’ to Mike Duffy trial: spokesman
- Court opens way to faster settlements of wrongful dismissal cases - Toronto Star
- Border Patrol agents hold Iowa Boy Scouts at gunpoint for taking a picture of them
- Ontario Justice of the Peace who threw out 68 cases en masse cites medical, personal problems
- Analysis: N.F.L. Concussion Settlement Divides Former Players
- Sammy Yatim family sues chief Bill Blair, Toronto Police board
- Ex-Penn State assistant coaches sue for $1 million -
- US Prosecutors Are Reading Emails From Inmates to Lawyers -
- YouTube reposts video of protest at eviction lawyer’s seminar
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
140 Law - Legal Headlines for Tuesday, July 22, 2014
- Lawyers for Aaron Hernandez say attorney-client court chat was broadcast on Web
- Pathways Update: Articling Reporting Tool Launched
- Obama nixes LGBT discrimination by federal contractors; there is no religious exemption
- Charges dropped against alleged broker of Rob Ford crack video
- Are banks eating estates lawyers’ lunch?
- Mike Duffy billed Senate five times for travel to funerals, RCMP say in new documents
- A Rookie Judge’s Guide to Writing Appellate Briefs
- Florida stay on marriage equality upheld after judge’s ruling
- Johns Hopkins to pay $190M to settle case over gynecologist’s secret photos of patients during exams
- Lawyers for Emma Czornobaj file appeal in stopping-for-ducks trial
- Thornhill Islamic centre vandalized in what police say was hate crime
- Livent Auditor Deloitte & Touche Ordered To Pay Damages and Interest
- Toronto woman who lost fight to wear niqab in court ‘disillusioned’ after Crown drops sex assault case
- Roderick Macdonald: A mentor to generations of lawyers
- ‘Spiceman’ case sent to unique restorative justice program before sentencing
Monday, July 21, 2014
140 Law - Legal Headlines for Monday, July 21, 2014
- First Nations issue eviction notice to City of Vancouver at city park
- Decades-old hedge target of suspected ‘vexatious’ complainer
- Police must allow hospitalized drunk drivers the right to seek counsel, Supreme Court of Canada rules
- Record $23.6 billion judgement against RJ Reynolds unlikely to stand: experts
- Alberta lawyers ‘fed up’, threaten job action over cuts to legal aid
- Mike Duffy and the bribery thing: Why a one-way charge?
- Former Mountie receives jail sentence for fabricating paternity test
- RJ Reynolds ordered to pay out $23.6B in damages to widow of smoker
- Toronto-raised law professor shot dead in Florida
- Toronto judge upbraided for errors, still on the job | Toronto Star
- Jury Awards $23.6 Billion against tobacco giant R.J. Reynolds in Florida Smoking Case
- Court Finds Oklahoma Cannot Ban Gay Nuptials
- US federal judge approves warrant against Google for user’s emails in criminal trial
- Man wearing T-shirt with judge’s picture and ethics reference is asked to leave courthouse
- Sex-assault case that led to SCC niqab ruling ends abruptly as Crown withdraws charges Toronto Star
- Mayor Rob Ford: “I’m as sober as a judge”; sobriety coach missing in action
- Website makes a case for flat legal fees - The Globe and Mail
- Truth in Sentencing Act declared unconstitutional in N.W.T.
- Omar Khadr to stay in federal prison
- Stephen Harper in the witness box now a possibility: Tim Harper
- Why it might be illegal to install a hidden camera in your home
- Law society revokes Garth Drabinsky’s licence over fraud convictions
- Out of Ontario payroll is included in determining $2.5 million threshold to require ESA severance payment
- Full list of criminal charges laid against Senator Mike Duffy
- Iran to fight Canadian law that allows terror victims to sue for damages - National Post
- London Teen Charged in CRA 'Heartbleed' Computer Hack Due in Ottawa Court - Am980 London News
- Rob Ford: Rage Against The Latrine
- Fired Wisconsin worker sues ex-employer, says he was illegally terminated for having a gun in his vehicle
- Ontario police chiefs call for secrecy around non conviction records - Canadian HR Reporter
Thursday, July 17, 2014
140 Law - Leading Legal Headlines for Thursday, July 17, 2014
- Suit Seeks to Establish Right to Record New York Police Officers
- Conservatives amending bill to outlaw prostitution near daycares, schools and playgrounds
- Court of Appeal endorses use of hybrid trials - Lexology (registration)
- Prostitution bill critics treated as hostile witnesses at committee
- Oshawa restaurant owners charged with voyeurism after hidden camera found in staff washroom
- NY Judge will review undercover video in UPL case against Legal Docs by Me
- Federal appeals court upholds university's consideration of race in admissions
- WikiLeaks founder Assange detention order upheld by Swedish court
- Texas actress sentenced to 18 years for sending ricin-laced letter to Obama
- Rogers, Telus won’t give customer info to police without a warrant after SCC privacy ruling
- Legal Aid shutting down several of its centres in Alberta
- Colorado AG sues 2 foreclosure law firms; one agrees to pay $10M and sell or close down
- California to fine people $500 for wasting water - drought-stricken state struggles to reduce consumption
- Chicago man charged with hate crime for slapping judge and calling her ‘Rosa Parks’
- California's Death Penalty Struck Down
- Integrity commissioner probing Rob Ford racial slurs
- Most Canadians want pot laws relaxed, poll show
- Liberals introduce law to protect vulnerable workers in Ontario - Toronto Star
- Bergdahl’s Lawyer Sees a Rare Case With Myriad Legal Options
- Human rights complaint prompts new gender policy in Vancouver Catholic schools
- RCMP expected to lay charges against Duffy /via
@globeandmail
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014
140 Law - Leading Legal Headlines for Wednesday, July 16, 2014
- The Laws of 2014 FIFA World Cup – Slaw
- Google+ apologizes and rescinds real-name requirement for users
- Judge urged to preserve accounts of residential school survivors - CTV News Barrie
- Convicted Ex-Mayor Ray Nagin Files Appeal
- John Wayne's Heirs Are Suing Duke University for the Right to Make 'Duke' Bourbon
- Aboriginal title’s true meaning: billable hours
- Michael Geist’s defense of Canada’s indefensible anti-spam law CASL
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014
140 Law - Leading Legal Headlines for Tuesday, July 15, 2014
- High-level female Yahoo executive sued by subordinate for sexual harassment and wrongful termination
- Mistaken ‘reply all’ email leads to suspension without pay for Atlanta prosecutor
- Distracted driving No. 1 safety concern on roads, CAA Manitoba says
- First Nations launch 9 constitutional challenges on Northern Gateway pipeline
- Sidebar: Roberts’s Incremental Approach Frustrates Supreme Court Allies
- Lawyer sued by Judge Judy over TV ads says stations urged him to participate
- Who Is To Blame For Declining LSAT Applications?
- Omar Khadr's war-crimes convictions stand despite legal questions
- Harper MPs not listening to critics of anti-prostitution bill, ‘disheartening, angering’: sex worker
- Khadr stays put as Ottawa sends mixed messages on case
- Library Boy: Most Recent Issue of LawNow on Cases that Changed the Legal Landscape
- Fearful family bids last farewell to father before he's deported to Congo
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Monday, July 14, 2014
140 Law - Leading Legal Headlines for Monday, July 14, 2014
- Girl, 14, raped on Indian village council orders in revenge for brother’s crime, police say
- Mayor Rob Ford snub of World Pride defended
- Google launches advisory council on ‘right to be forgotten’
- Pot is legal and sky hasn't fallen
- Should a pregnant drug addict be charged with assault?
- DealBook: How a Raid in Benghazi Helped Shape Citigroup’s $7 Billion Settlement
- Michael Thompson fights to vote on Chief Bill Blair's future | LEVY | Toronto
- Revisiting Aboriginal Title Part III: SCC Clarification in Tsilhqot’in Nation v British Columbia
- Top 7 most prominent dissents during the Roberts Supreme Court era
- U.S. appeals court sides with same-sex marriage proponents in Utah
- Female Yahoo executive sued for sexual harassment
- Avoid Panic on Planes, BYO Chargers for iOS and Android
- People look to Yelp to find lawyers online, survey says | Fallout over Facebook mood study?
- Justin Bieber Charged With Misdemeanor Vandalism In Egging Case
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Friday, July 11, 2014
140 Law - Leading Legal Headlines for Friday, July 11, 2014
- Toronto man faces charges after police say teen forced into sex trade
- Challenging a Few Myths About Legal Marketing
- Toronto doctor cleared after politically-motivated complaint over Orthodox Jewish circumcision practice
- California lawyer says someone hijacked her bar number for rogue filing in high-profile federal case
- First person to legally purchase pot in WA fired after being seen on local news buying it
- My Post this week
@SlawTips: Your Wireless Dead-Spots Can Actually Get a Life - MPs hear final witnesses as review of prostitution bill set to wrap up
- Florida lawyer who complained of microchip behind her left ear is suspended from practice
- Today’s Tech: How A California Personal Injury Attorney Uses Google Glass
- CBA Futures Chat: Lawyers Learning to Play With Others
- Rob Ford’s rehab ‘buddy’ is a ‘liar,’ Doug Ford says after interview with woman arrested in mayor’s SUV
- Police raid Las Vegas law office, wire client in ‘bizarre’ probe of claimed lawyer effort to aid escape
- Marc Emery says on release from U.S. prison "I'm a bit excited"
- Quebec judge accused of buying cocaine as a lawyer challenges jurisdiction of Canadian Judicial Council
- House GOP’s lawsuit against Obama will focus on Affordable Care Act
- Erase criminal records of all prostitutes, says one Bill C-36 recommendation
- US Legal sector gains 1,200 jobs in June
- Judge Rules G.O.P. Illegally Redrew Florida Districts
- B.C First Nation set to evict CN Rail, logging and fishing companies after SCC Ruling
- Hysteria Over Sexting Reaches Peak Absurdity
- Prostitution Bill Spurs Debate On Whether To Protect Or Punish Sex Workers
- GOP: We'll sue Obama ... for this
- Unifor calls for provincial probe of junior hockey
- Day after being called ‘pig’ by husband in court, Shelly Sterling returns to witness stand
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