140 Law - Legal Headlines for Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, September 30, 2014:

• Toronto police officer rebuked by judge for fabricating evidence
• Madoff son under scrutiny until day he died 
• Lawyer admits records a ‘disaster,’ apologizes for bilking LAO
• Luka Magnotta admits to killing Jun Lin but pleads not guilty
• When Waiving a Search Comes Back to Haunt You 
• Ontario farmers win tax credit for food bank donations 
• OSC alleges Mitchell Finkelstein and Paul Azeff’s insider trading damaged reputation of markets
• US Supreme Court justices meet to consider taking gay marriage cases in next session
• Is BC Law Society's TWU referendum democracy or shirking of responsibility? 
• Two US Courts Permit Defendants To Be Served on Facebook
• Bring your gun, get a discount: Louisiana restaurant’s promotion sparks criticism
• Know the LSUC Rules of Professional Conduct: changes are coming
• CRTC to Netflix: Since you won't co-operate, we'll ignore you
• Sun Media apologizes to Justin Trudeau 
• California enacts strict student privacy law
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg: If Roe v. Wade repealed, only the rich will have access to abortions
• Justin Bieber court date today in Stratford, Ont., involves ATV-minivan crash
• Family of Canadian imprisoned 15 years in Cuba disputes corruption charges 
• Judge says Atlanta lawyer appeared unsteady and disheveled in court, orders drug test and jailing

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Monday, September 29, 2014

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, September 29, 2014:

• California adopts 'yes means yes' bill aimed at reducing sexual assault
• Murder trial of Luka Rocco Magnotta set to begin in Montreal on Monday 
• “Strengthening” Citizenship May Weaken Economy
• France announces world’s toughest anti-smoking laws
• Royal succession law stands as Ontario appeal court dismisses Catholic challenge
• Retirement plans may impact notice entitlements 
• Four Years Later, the Scars of the G20 Persist | Torontoist
• McGill law students insulted by controversial Canadian Lawyer magazine cover
• Insider trading case against former top lawyer Mitchell Finkelstein takes aim at ‘heart of Bay Street’
• CAMH loses a shining light: Diana Capponi ‘helped me be brave' 
• Vancouver restuaranteur being sued by Bellagio of Las Vegas
• B.C. law society to vote on faith-based law school again
• LSUC wants input on ABS options

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Friday, September 26, 2014

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, September 26, 2014:

• California bans prisons from sterilizing inmates without their consent
• Calvin Wank arrested for public indecency 
• Eight hours of digging in the dirt: American man describes life as a prisoner in North Korea  
• Amendments to Rule 48 bring major changes to administrative dismissals 
• The Hill: Long summer of government discord with legal profession
• Supreme Court of Canada Justice Cromwell outlines six ways to increase access to justice 
• CRTC vs. Netflix: Has Canada’s broadcast regulator started a fight it can’t win?
• ISIS militants publicly execute human-rights lawyer near her home in Mosul 
• Dismissal Without Hearing of Human Rights Complaint Upheld by Ontario Court | Global Workplace Insider
• Temporary layoffs: The courts giveth, and the courts taketh away | Canadian HR Reporter
• Windsor man charged with hiding 51 turtles on body in bizarre smuggling case 
• Two Ontario doctors found not guilty of sexual assault - Toronto | Globalnews.ca
• R v Caron: Province of Alberta has no constitutional obligation to publish its legislation in French.   
• US Attorney General Eric Holder is resigning
•  Colin Lachance @ColinLachance  ·  18h RT @ArshyMann: Here’s Premier Wynne’s mandate letter to Attorney General @m_meilleur.  #canlaw

• Phil Brown @psuba98  ·  18h
  FBI blasts Apple, Google for locking police out of phones via @washingtonpost #security #tech #privacy

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Thursday, September 25, 2014

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, September 25, 2014:

• My post today @SlawTips: Civility, Forgiveness and the Book of Life 
• Toronto lawyer's challenge casts doubt on Robert Mainville Supreme Court appointment
• Prison Transfers Must Be Fair, Supreme Court of Canada Rules: Mission Institution v Khela
• Restrictive covenants constantly under the judicial microscope
• Everybody is suing everybody: A guide to who is threatening whom with lawsuit in Toronto political scene
• Nortel's $7.3-billion asset horde ignites a 'tsunami' of legal arguments - Vancouver Sun
• Langley, B.C.Teacher suspended for slapping 'I'm gay' sticker on back of student 
• Murder charge withdrawn in NS case of missing woman in wake of 'Mr. Big' ruling - CTV News
• Compost or face a fine in Seattle 
• Judge Denies BP’s Request to Recoup Overpayments to Oil Spill Victims
• Judge: Tsarnaev trial in Boston
• Former GTA stripper acquitted of concealing dead baby’s body
• Ottawa tax cheat snitch line fields more than 1,000 calls
• 33 Must-Read Books To Celebrate Banned Books Week 
• Brampton Mayor Fennell's legal threat stalls council debate on spending audit

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, September 24, 2014:

• Justice Kagan performs same-sex wedding, following in the footsteps of Ginsburg and O’Connor
• Now available: Quick reference tool for new LSUC conduct rules
• Mike Duffy trial set for April 7-June 19 — just in time for the federal election
• Solving legal problems will take multidisciplinary help, says Richard Susskind
• Alabama man kills former UPS supervisors and himself a day after being fired
• Retired judge critical of treatment of aboriginals - Regina Leader-Post
• Innocent man arrested at baby shower and jailed sues Toronto police
• Most sex workers satisfied with their jobs and don’t see themselves as victims, survey finds
• Alberta’s criminal lawyer groups call for justice minister to step down over legal aid underfunding
• Sun sets on Trudeau's relationship with a certain broadcaster
• Trial of Mountie hears BC detachment like locker-room
• Arab Bank is held liable in first civil trial victory under anti-terrorism law
• Bin Laden son-in-law sentenced to life in US prison on terrorism charges

- Elysia Cherry, Legal Assistant

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, September 23, 2014:

• Tim Hortons, Burger King merger fallout: U.S. cracks down on corporate inversions
• Unpaid academic internships 'taking advantage' of students, critics say
• Lawsuit targets ‘unbelievable’ violence at London jail
• Montreal driver fined $162 after stopping police for illegal left turn
• A Rare Job Posting for a Labour & Employment Law Professor in Canada
• Nortel bankruptcy trial starts to wrap up in Toronto and Delaware
• Bar shocked at ‘unprecedented’ recusal 
• Louisiana judge strikes down state ban on marriage equality
• Netflix refuses CRTC demand for confidential data, denies CRTC authority to regulate web-based streaming
• Lawyer who blames government for moose crashes in Newfoundland will appeal dismissal of class action suit
• Eliminate Public Prayer in Canada, Secularists Will Argue Before Supreme Court
• At Supreme Court, Kicking the Tires on a Same-Sex Marriage Case Fit for History 
• Moore v British Columbia (Ministry of Education) and the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal 
• Manitoba Appeal Court hears case of man who died waiting for ER care
• Why anti-‘revenge porn’ pioneer doesn’t like Canada’s cyberbullying law

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Legal Healdines for Monday, September 22, 2014

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, September 22, 2014:

• Thanks Twitterland for helping us reach 2000 followers. 
• Stinging message from self-represented litigants to Canada’s judges 
• Fight to stop huge Ontario wind farm in court 
• IL Judge: OK For SWAT Team To Raid Home Of Parody Twitter Account 
• CBC warns Canadians against American forfeiture
• Canadian government begins invalidating passports of citizens who have left to join extremist groups
• Judge: Yes, You Can Serve Legal Papers Over Facebook - Gizmodo
• RCMP using new measures to stop ‘high-risk travellers’ 
• Adobe's General Counsel on the need for law schools to provide more practical training 
• Backup dancers accuse Cher of racial, age discrimination after firings 
• R v Taylor: A SCC Case about Complete Denial of Access to Counsel 
• Police will investigate Mississauga doctor for seal abuse of patients only if College complains
• Convicted Montana rapist used Skype to urge teen victim to kill herself while he watched
• Past 40 years marked by a changing mix of lawyers
• Details on the Toronto police investigation of Rob Ford could emerge next week
• Government Striking Out In Barry Bonds Case
• Luka Magnotta murder trial set to begin after marathon jury selection fills final spot
• New lawyers welcomed to Ontario Bar  
• Law Society CEO appointed to Aboriginal Justice Advisory Group
• Ontario admits it blew $4.5-million on failed court modernization project
• Judge asks police investigating Rob Ford for search warrant list - Toronto Star
• Canada's top court finds Quebec consumer protection law can apply to banks - Winnipeg Free Press

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Friday, September 19, 2014

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, September 19, 2014:

• Somebody in the Harper government needs to go back to law school - iPolitics.ca
• Kentucky longshot Senate candidate’s ‘With Jews We Lose’ slogan not going over well
• New duty counsel not public defenders: LAO - Law Times
•  Texas court throws out ‘paternalistic’ ban on ‘upskirt’ photos
•  Dana Milbank On St. Louis Grand Jury: How You Can Tell The Fix Is In 
•  Lawyer’s photoshopped celebrity pictures lead to suspension recommendation
•  Harper government racked up tens of thousands in late cell phone charges – including $69,000 in one month
•  Led Zeppelin Wants 'Stairway' Suit Tossed or Moved to California
•  Small estates need better access to probate: law commission
•  Jury selection for Luka Magnotta trial just past halfway point, with 7 spots left to fill before Monday 
•  When Cannabis Is No Longer A Crime
•  Why was Mike Tyson allowed to enter Canada?
•  BC jail-sex trial hears RCMP detachment dysfunctional 
•  Brampton mayor Susan Fennell serves the Toronto Star with libel notice
•  Facebook Messenger app privacy: Facebook app loaded with spyware code | BGR
•  Death row inmates contest Tenn. electric chair law - Times Union
•  Fears of ISIS ‘demonstration killing’ led to police raids: Australian PM
• Taxes didn’t drive Burger King-Tim Hortons deal: Buffett
• British pound rises after Scotland voters reject independence

- Elysia Cherry, Legal Assistant 

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Thursday, September 18, 2014

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, September 18, 2014:

• Legal observers worry future judicial appointments will be done in secret
• Lawyers and Pricing Part 3 
• Woman’s virginity worth $5,000, Chinese court rules 
• Lawyer Dresses Up As Thomas Jefferson At His Own Disciplinary Hearing 
• Bedford lawyer Alan Young to brief senators on prostitution bill rewrite
• Scotland referendum: Simple question, but no simple answer
• Visa, MasterCard Canada on lookout for fraud after Home Depot breach
• New Apple devices will allow users to lock and wipe them in case of theft
• Can a comment on a blog post be defamatory? | Lerners LLP - JDSupra
• Supreme Court process, abused by Harper - The Globe and Mail
• Lawyers in N.S. orphanage abuse settlement must justify legal fees
• Texas executes woman for 2004 torture, starvation death of 9-year-old
• How to unlock beer and booze sales in Ontario: Cohn
• Bipartisan lawmakers’ group calls for resignation of US federal judge accused of beating wife
• Officer testifies to grand jury in Ferguson shooting case
• Robert Latimer wins fight to lift travel limits 21 years after killing disabled daughter 

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Wednesday, September 17, 2014

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

•  Harper suspended Commons committee reviews of Gascon’s Supreme Court appointment in June: House documents 
•  Experiential Legal Writing: The New Approach to Practicing Like a Lawyer
•  Saskatoon woman deported to native Pakistan where she fears stoning to death
•  New DNA test can distinguish identical twins, prosecutors say; is it ‘ready for prime time’?
•  Federal judge declares mistrial in Patti LaBelle case because there are no black jurors
•  Canada Revenue Agency sets up snitch line for own staff
•  Online ammo sellers sued over Colorado theatre shooting
•  Peter MacKay’s department says it’s ok for Chief Justices to comment on Supreme Court appointments
•  FBI launches a face recognition system 
•  Finding acceptable jurors in case of Luka Rocco Magnotta a trial in itself as 5 selected, many rejected
•  Federal appeals court tosses $368 million FaceTime patent case verdict against Apple
•  Harper sidestepped MPs on Supreme Court pick due to Nadon ‘leaks’
•  Bad tenant arrested while at court for separate matter | The Toronto Star
•  Tips Tuesday
•  Short Updates: A Thank-You to Eugene Meehan
•  Duffy lawyer won’t rule out calling PM as witness
•  Canada’s Colin Lachance is blazing a ‘new frontier for free legal information’ 
•  Mike Duffy's lawyer presses for early trial on fraud charges - Toronto Star

- Elysia Cherry, Legal Assistant 

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, September 16, 2014:

• Magnotta jury selection set to begin Tuesday 
• Clients feel duped into hiring lawyers who are now suspended
• When Can An Employment Contract Be Set Aside 
• Law students killed in WWI to be called to bar - Toronto Star
• Six Florida prison officers jailed and fired for setting up inmate beating, lying about it 
• Patrick Brazeau court date set on Senate fraud, breach of trust charges
• Law firm beats debtor’s Freemen legal manoeuvre for $2.8 million
• Claimed Nazi volunteer during World War II, now 93, charged in deaths of 300K at Auschwitz
• OPP to investigate misspending by Brampton Mayor Susan Fennell and council 
• Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin at CBA meeting - Canadian Lawyer Magazine
• Rob Ford had back-up plan for Doug to run for mayor in case he ‘fell off the wagon,’ family lawyer says
• Toronto police investigating City Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti over fundraiser
• Belgian rapist and murderer granted right to die
• Mike Duffy’s lawyer expected to press for trial soon
• Ottawa announces plan to address violence against aboriginal women
• Triple murderer sues prison for ‘unconditional release’ after transfer to medium-security facility
• Report: 25% of CAS reports from anonymous sources,15% from noncustodial parents are "intentionally false"
•  Growing movement to ban smoking in Toronto apartment buildings

- Elysia Cherry

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Monday, September 15, 2014

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, September 15, 2014:

• Elaborate Rules Means Justice System Is Expensive and Inaccessible 
• Mike Duffy trial timing could be pre-election headache for Conservatives 
• Did Sundance Vacations Forge A Court Order To Suppress Online Criticism? | Popehat
• Law Society of New Brunswick members vote against accrediting B.C. Evangelical law school 
• Canadian healthcare challenged in BC Supreme Court
• Law Society of New Brunswick members vote against accrediting BC law school over same-sex covenant 
• Supreme Court to consider appeals from five states that challenge same-sex marriage rights 
• Judge Punished For Going To Court Drunk, Peeing In The Street
• New Chief Justice launches legal season
• Doug Ford can’t take money from his brother’s war chest: municipal lawyer
• Home Depot Didn't Encrypt Credit-Card Data, Former Workers Say - Businessweek 
• Rob Ford withdraws from mayor’s race, Doug files to take his place 

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Friday, September 12, 2014

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, September 12, 2014:

• “Former intern drops lawsuit against David Letterman”
•  Manicure, spa and tattoo health violations disclosed 
• Oscar Pistorius found not guilty of murder but verdict still pending on culpable homicide
• Ottawa man whose car virtually disappeared down a highway sinkhole suing city for half-a-million dollars
• An Employment Law Puzzle: On Condonation, Pay Cuts, Consideration, and Waivers
• Part of Harper government’s tougher sentencing laws ruled unconstitutional
• 6 key points from the judge's remarks at the Oscar Pistorius trial
• Lac-Megantic prelim hearing date for 3 accused set in January
• Craft the right message to stand out from crowd - for law firms
• Crown rules out further charges in Lac-Mégantic disaster
• Sears class-action lawsuit to proceed 
• LinkedIn for Dummies Lawyers Part 2: Building Your LinkedIn Network 
• Government’s Threat of Daily Fine for Yahoo Shows Aggressive Push for Data 
• We should all wish Toronto Mayor Rob Ford a full recovery: Editorial
• Torture in Mexico ‘out of control,’ Amnesty International says
• Winnipeg man who kidnapped his kids and hid them in Mexico sentenced to four years
• Colorado activists push for pot edibles to have packaging standards implemented by 2016 
• Roberta Bondar, former astronaut, to Roberta Bondar, rock band: Stop confusing people
• St. Louis grand jury weighs charges against officer who shot and killed Michael Brown 
• ‘I don’t need to be saved,’ male sex worker tells Senate committee
• California judge fines Hewlett-Packard $59 million for bribing Russian officials
• The Reasonable Expectation of Privacy in the Information Age: R v Spencer

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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