140 Law - Legal Headlines for Friday, November 28, 2014

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, November 28, 2014:

• Criminal Defense Attorneys: The Michael Brown Grand Jury Was a Lie—via
• Is this a new lawyer television show or Jian Ghomeshi’s defence team?
• Thousands of requests for pardons in limbo after Conservative rule change
• Maximize quality referrals to your law firm
• Ohio Could Pass the America's Most Extreme "Secret Executions" Bill Mother Jones
• Harper Tories want integrity czar’s probe of RCMP tossed out
• Civil contempt charges dropped against B.C. pipeline protesters
• Jian Ghomeshi's other case: the union grievance
• Sun News host Ezra Levant ordered to pay $80K in libel suit
• New Supreme Court of Canada appointee Suzanne Côté has national profile, know for taking on big cases
• 'Secret' TDSB payment actually an out-of-court settlement for unpaid catering invoices
• Bell says positive employee-planted reviews will stop, but critics unsure
• Bell,Telus face rounding up class actions
• New group forms to oppose Toronto legal clinic mergers
• Lawyers and Pricing – Part 6
• Harper names Quebec lawyer Suzanne Côté to Supreme Court

- Elysia Cherry, Legal Assistant 

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Thursday, November 27, 2014

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, November 27, 2014:

• Retired judge taking over G20 disciplinary hearing has history of overturned decisions | The Toronto Star
• BC Civil Liberties Association challenges publication ban in Legislature bomb plot case
• Chemerinsky: What is a ‘true threat’ on Facebook? SCOTUS to decide 
• Police investigate after Halifax newspaper breaks publication ban in high-profile child pornography case
• Magnotta doesn’t testify as defence rests
• Canada Revenue Agency privacy breach leaks prominent Canadians' tax details 
• Home Depot facing at least 44 lawsuits in Canada and the U.S. over massive debit and credit card breach
• Russian whistleblower faces ‘justice’ beyond the grave
• Federal judges strike down marriage equality bans in Arkansas and Mississippi 
• Ontario colleges agree to create sexual assault policy
• From law clerk to paralegal – path takes challenging turns - The Globe and Mail 
• New Brunswick to lift restrictive barriers to abortion by Jan. 1, premier announces
• Ohio lawyer suspended for hypnotizing clients into believing he’s ‘the world’s greatest lover’
• Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is hospitalized after exercise, undergoes heart catheterization
• Ferguson prosecutor under fire over ‘problematic’ grand jury strategy 
• ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ Should Apply Worldwide, E.U. Panel Says
• 14 lawyers in top 100 list of Canada's most powerful women
• Survey finds 75 per cent of courthouse employees find their safety at risk - Canada NewsWire
•  Jian Ghomeshi out on $100K bail; must live with mother
• Who Is Marie Henein, Jian Ghomeshi's Lawyer?
• Jian Ghomeshi: Evidence could be weakened by time since alleged attacks
• IN PHOTOS: Jian Ghomeshi met by mob of reporters at court appearance

-Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Wednesday, November 26, 2014

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

• NDP MP says she gave no 'explicit' consent to Liberal's alleged advances 
• Megaupload’s Kim Dotcom says extradition fight has cost him $10 million
• Ontario orders review of TDSB after ‘inappropriate behaviour’
• Brown family lawyer denounces ‘unfair’ Ferguson process that resulted in no indictment
• Jian Ghomeshi’s $55M lawsuit against CBC being withdrawn
• Ottawa hackers drop affiliation with Anonymous; warn of more attacks

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Tuesday, November 25, 2014

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

•  F. Lee Bailey loses his quest to practice law again after past misdeeds
• Toobin: Ferguson prosecutor's icy tone fanned flames (Opinion)
• As Fords exit mayor's office, conflict probes intensify
• The straight-talking judge behind the aboriginal medicine ruling
• Hacker claiming ties to Anonymous forces Toronto police website offline for hours
• LSUC: Establishing a Paralegal-Client Relationship  
• LSUC: Establishing a Lawyer-Client Relationship
• Common Employer Doctrine is Alive and Well 
• Ontario Liberals move to ban e-cigarettes in restaurants and public buildings — and outlaw vapour lounges
• Judicial panel accepts retirement deal from judge in Manitoba nude photos case
• Proposed settlement to end Manitoba naked judge case as Lori Douglas plans to retire 
• Three employment law lessons to be drawn from the Jian Ghomeshi affair (by @jacksiegel)
• What Keeps Family Lawyers Up at Night? Providing Effective Service While Managing Expectations
• Lawyer in Thomas Jefferson costume disbarred for ‘inexplicable incompetence’ after advising jury to execute client
• Blue Cross won’t pay ‘million dollar baby’ medical bill
• Kathleen Wynne agrees to form sexual harassment committee 
• Conservatives hire lawyer, bring in anti-harassment policy for MPs, staff - The Globe and Mail 
• LSBC Clears Up Cloud of Confusion
• Ottawa should name more judges for Ontario courts: Editorial | The Toronto Star 
• Supreme Court of Canada Hearings Calendar for December 2014
• N.S. man serving life sentence may have been wrongfully convicted of murdering ex-girlfriend 16 years ago
• Durham Region legal clinic offers unpaid articling job, raising eyebrows
• Ferguson grand jury declines to indict police officer who fatally shot unarmed black teen Michael Brown
• ‘No date set’ for replacing retiring Supreme Court Justice Lebel, who leaves bench next week
• Just Another Reason We Need the Ontario Human Rights Code

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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Just Another Reason We Need the Ontario Human Rights Code

What do you consider before waking up and going to work?

Is it whether you have an 'acceptable' Body Mass Index? Whether your wedding ring and engagement rings are on separate fingers or, whether you are wearing 3 eye shadow colours on each eyelid?

If  you work for Malaysian Airlines, a recent Business Insider report identified that these are definite concerns.

Thanks to the Ontario Human Rights Code and basic human decency, we are not obliged to worry about these things before going to work. Let us all rejoice.

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Monday, November 24, 2014

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

• ‘Nude judge’ misconduct case to start anew with sex photos off-limits for now
• Ottawa police, Supreme Court websites shut down after possible hack - CBC.ca 
• Judge: Missouri police can't stop media recordings
• Anatomy of a custody dispute that got messier and mess | The Toronto Star
• Ferguson Grand Jury to Reconvene Monday, Group Says
• Peterborough couple learns wedding officiator unauthorized after ‘mortifying’ marriage ceremony
• RCMP drops some Internet-related probes following Supreme Court ruling
• Cleared of murder, Ohio man released from prison after 39 years
• Nude photos won't be shown at judge's disciplinary hearing - for now, court rules 
• L.A. schools' abuse settlement a record
• Supreme Court appointments shrouded in secrecy: experts - Ottawa Citizen
• ’Nude’ judge wins temporary ban of sex photos at disciplinary hearing 
• Judicial vacancies delaying cases in Ontario
• Expert concedes limits to Motherisk’s hair test for drugs
• Two charged after illegal poker tournament raided in Oshawa 
• Retired judge quits G20 disciplinary hearing due to medical issue

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Friday, November 21, 2014

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, November 21, 2014:

• Crowdsourcing Comes to the Booming World of 'Litigation Finance'
• Sick Kids breaks silence about cocaine hair tests 
• Calif. prosecutors try using obscure law to send musician to prison for life over rap album
• Supreme Court will hear high-stakes case on off-reserve aboriginals
• SCC defers to jury verdict on circumstantial evidence
• Supreme Court refuses to block same-sex marriage in South Carolina 
• Court won't revoke Assange warrant
• Egypt’s first female genital mutilation trial ends in not guilty verdict
• Hearing does not need to see explicit sex photos to decide on ‘nude judge’, lawyer argues
• Federal judge strikes down Montana same-sex marriage ban 
• Paikin tells G20 hearing he’d never seen cops ‘kettle’ peaceful protesters
• Lawyer taken off 14 cases after furor over trial claim that teen consented to sex with teacher  
• Rogers plays web card in hockey app dispute
• TVO journalist Steve Paikin testifies at G20 disciplinary hearing for Toronto police officer 
• Toronto streetcar sex involved 3 people, police say - Toronto - CBC News
• Barack Obama orders far-reaching changes to U.S. immigration system
• Quebec judge, accused of buying cocaine as a lawyer attempts to halt Judicial Council disciplinary procedure 
• Slava Voynov, Kings defenceman, charged with felony domestic violence
• Marineland takes news publications to court over alleged defamation

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Thursday, November 20, 2014

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, November 20, 2014:

• Garry Wise's Post Today @SlawTips; Apple Broke My IPad (But Now They Fixed It, So I’m Not Mad Anymore)
• Ontario looking at e-signatures for real estate deals 
• Ex-Conservative staffer Michael Sona gets 9 months in jail in robocalls scandal 
• New Factor in Campus Sexual Assault Cases: Counsel for the Accused
• Apple iOS 8.1.1 aims to revive older iPads, iPhones - Technology & Science - CBC News 
• Better Justice Together Symposium: A new approach to better justice 
• Hearing begins for Toronto police officer charged in G20 'kettling' 
• N.B. Law Society council re-voting on Trinity Western decision - CBC News
• Obama to stop deportation of 5 million illegal immigrants
• Will Bob Paulson testify at Mountie harassment trial? - Macleans.ca 
• Arizona Sues G.M. for $3 Billion Over Recalls
• Humboldt couple prepared to take legal action for $950K baby bill 
• Court: California Can't Require Sex Offenders to Report all Their Internet User Names 
• Prison staff used inmates to run car wash, auto-repair service
• Rough justice: The human cost of Ontario’s crowded, violent jails
• Ontario bill to regulate unpaid interns to be reintroduced 
• Whose problem is the city solving by banning Uber?: Keenan
• Men dressed in burkas steal $500,000 in jewelry
• New Mother Denied The Right To Breastfeed During Bar Exam
• Supreme Court to decide whether to hear appeal for off-reserve aboriginals
• The NHL filed a motion to dismiss the NHL concussion lawsuit yesterday via Nathaniel Grow

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Wednesday, November 19, 2014

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

•  California: If We Empty The Prisons, We Lose Our Cheap Labor
• New rule of civil procedure tool to deal with vexatious litigants
• Telus complains to CRTC over NHL content use by Rogers - Business - CBC News
• City of Toronto seeks court injunction against Uber taxi services
• Frequently Asked Questions (And Answers) on BC Lawyers’ Use of Cloud Computing
• Updated: BC’s Law Society president clarifies comments on Cloud technology 
• Boehner hires new lawyer to sue Obama 
• Families failed to prove wind turbines harmful, government lawyer argues
• UN calls for investigation of North Korea ‘crimes against humanity’ 
• Father Prevails, Halting the Donation of His Brain-Dead Daughter’s Organs
• Ferguson Analysis: Why grand jury is taking so long (Opinion) 
• Ontario to argue laws around windfarm approval
• Motherisk concerns a ‘wake-up call’ for family lawyers | The Toronto Star
• ‘Let the war begin’: Anonymous knocks hate sites offline as KKK ‘hoods off’ campaign continues 
• Mishandling Rape

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Tuesday, November 18, 2014

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

• Virginia cop sues lawyer for alleged defamation over comments about penis search warrant
• Lawyer is disbarred for ‘inexplicable incompetence’ (see video of his argument in Jefferson garb)
• CASL Spamaflop not constitutional 
• Lawyer Who Allegedly Stabbed Law Firm’s Managing Partner Was Arrested Wearing Only A Diaper
• Solitary confinement is ‘cruel and usual punishment’: Canadian Medical Association 
• Protesters mob courthouse where grand jury weighs Ferguson case: ‘We want an indictment’
• What Keeps Family Law Lawyers Up at Night? High-Conflict Cases
• Wind farm sues US feds to stop release of bird-death data to Associated Press
• Did the LSBC Just Kill Cloud Computing for Lawyers in BC?
• Wind turbines like ‘nightmare neighbours who slowly drive you crazy,’ says lawyer for Ontario families
• Competition Bureau steps up probe into Loblaw’s dealings with suppliers 
• Facebook service aimed at professionals to launch in a few months: source - Reuters 
• Osler and Blakes top Legal Post’s Q3 corporate finance League Tables
• Mass murderer Charles Manson gets marriage license to wed 26-year-old woman 
• Former students suing Toronto French School for defamation
• Of Cloud Computing and Concrete Parachutes
• Ontario looking at electronic signatures for real estate deals

-Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Monday, November 17, 2014

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

• Aggressive police take hundreds of millions of dollars from motorists not charged with crimes 
• Judge explains disturbing reason almost everyone please guilty 
• Missouri Mom Gets 78 Years for Waterboarding Kids
• Courts need to reconsider laws around kinky sex
• The importance of online anonymity: Geist 
• Supreme Court Creates Duty of Honest Performance
• Toronto’s ‘men’s centre’ aware it might ruffle feathers, but says it's not ‘men’s rights association’
• Women Lawyers Get Called Out For Their Sexist Advertisements
• Same-Sex Couples Petition Supreme Court on Right to Marriage
• Justice of the Peace retires rather than face disciplinary hearing
• Ontario hospital cannot force chemo on 11-year-old First Nations girl, court rules - The Globe and Mail
• Interim Child Support and Income Derived Through Dividends
• Bedford urges Wynne, Tory not to enforce new anti-prostitution law
• New Alberta law prevents smoking in vehicles with minors 
• Lawyer Defends Cosby Over Sexual Assault Claims
• Senior Toronto cop set to face G20 ‘kettling,’ mass arrest hearing | The Toronto Star 
• Caught on tape: Mass. police officer with history of abuse complaints attacks suspect
• ‘Fake soldier’ Franck Gervais charged: impersonating a public officer, misleading use of badge or uniform
• Just-deported Hassan Diab charged with 1st-degree murder in Paris synagogue bombing | CTV News
• 3 issues that pit Canadian parents against the state
• Drunk cop flashed badge after crashing truck on QEW 
• Most sex-assault victims lack confidence in justice system: study

-Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Friday, November 14, 2014

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, November 14, 2014:

• LCBO close to deals for grocery store kiosks in Toronto, Mississauga, London
• Privatization of Justice: Balancing Efficiency and Access to Justice 
• Supreme Court of Canada imposes general duty of good faith in contract performance 
• US Supreme Court allows Kansas same-sex marriages to proceed; two justices dissent 
• Coffee fight brews as Keurig pod complaint goes to Competition Bureau
• Florida threatens married gay couple: Change your names back or lose your drivers licenses
• Discrimination a daily reality for visible minority lawyers in Ontario, report ... - Toronto Star 
• NDP proposes Parliament Hill harassment policy
• Today’s Tech: How A Personal Injury Lawyer Uses His Android Tablet 
• SCC establishes duty of honesty between contracting parties
• Women create family-friendly law practice: Goar
• Argentine court summons Justin Bieber over alleged club assault 
• Ex-wife of oil magnate calls $1 billion divorce award too small
• Brooklyn family members charged with defrauding banks of $20 million in alleged "prince or pauper" scam 
• New Jersey Assembly passes ‘death with dignity’ bill, Gov. Christie vows veto
• Bieber threatened with arrest by Argentina court
• #YouKnowHerName highlights anger over handling of high-profile Halifax child porn case
• Ex-Executive Donald Blankenship Is Indicted in Disaster at Coal Mines
• Legal loopholes allow adopted children to be given away online 
• Ex-CEO of West Virginia mine that blew up in 2010, killing 29, indicted on federal mine safety charges 
• Supreme Ct of Canada to hear BC man's Charter case over 27 years in prison after wrongful conviction for sex assaults
• DOJ Sends Dozens of Prosecutors Abroad to Help Prosecute Terrorists 
• Dragon Dictate & Dragon for the Mac
• Pastor backs gay couple’s discrimination complaint against him after church bans same-sex marriages

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Thursday, November 13, 2014

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, November 13, 2014:

• Improper police 'carding' continues in Jane-Finch area, survey finds
• Appeal set for Nfld class-action lawsuit over moose crashes
• Twitter harassment trial: Defence says complainant shared false rumours about the accused
• Doctor in India sterilization deaths arrested 
• Advanced Deposition Techniques: the Podcasts
• New auto insurance bill hurts drivers: OTLA
• Discrimination a daily reality for visible minority lawyers in Ontario, report says 
• Sandro Lisi headed to trial in March, reportedly after turning down plea bargain 
• ‘We crossed the line’, US admits to UN anti-torture body 
• UN agency: Marijuana legalization in the US not ‘compatible’ with international law
• Husband And Wife Attorney Duo Accused Of Stabbing Law Firm’s Managing Partner 
• Judge overturns same-sex marriage ban in South Carolina 
• A Claim of Innocence Is No Longer a Roadblock to Parole in US

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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