140Law - Recent Legal Headlines

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:

• Employee tracking apps raise worker privacy questions
• Editorial: Law Society failing vulnerable refugee claimants | The Toronto Star
• Ontario Passes Protecting Child Performers Act | Entertainment & Media Law Signal
• Presiding at Same-Sex Wedding, Ruth Bader Ginsburg Emphasizes the Word ‘Constitution’
• Bid to force articling positions shot down at LSUC
• 192 Arrested in Waco Biker Killings
• Ontario court asked to find cops posing as journalists a charter breach
• Starbucks not liable for burns sustained by police officer, jury finds
• Court rejects WikiLeaks founder's appeal
• 'Enough is enough,' says suspended N.B. student after halter dress deemed a 'sexual distraction'
• Engineer's dismissal for 'FHRITP' video the latest in off-duty conduct firings trend
• Judge Awards $27,000 To Man Beaten In Toronto Police Carding Incident
• Victim surcharges 'entrench cyle of poverty': lawyer
• Video: Sonia Sotomayor On Vicious Infighting At The High Court
• Quebec school officials no longer allowed to strip search students
• CSIS can’t keep up with ‘daily’ state-sponsored cyber attacks
• SCC: Filing Suit Amid Suspension Isn’t Wilful Resignation
• Labour law experts weigh in on firing of heckler
• Ontario First: Inter Jurisdictional Spousal Support - Family and Matrimonial - Canada
• Ontario seeks input on reform of key labour and employment legislation - Lexology
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• The internet is almost out of IP addresses. Expect delays
• Stop plucking scalp and pubic hair from sexual assault victims: N.S. advocates demand updated rape kit
• Law Society suspension adds to Brampton ex-MPP’s troubles | Toronto Star
• Ontario allowing employers to fire workers without cause
• Critics want to see changes to 'rent-a-cop' programs in Canadian cities - Toronto - CBC News
• Widow and ex-soldier injured in Afghanistan move for final judgment on $134M suit against Omar Khadr
• Refugee board members' rulings varied widely in 2014, data suggests
• Supreme Court ruling makes it easier for judges to deny bail - The Globe and Mail
• Tom Brady suspension appeal to be heard by NFL commissioner
• Mistrial declared after lawyer wouldn’t let client testify
• Supreme Court Justice Marshall Rothstein bids an impromptu public farewell - Toronto Star
• RCMP illegally destroyed long-gun registry records, information watchdog says
• Do courts award increases to base salary during notice period? - Lexology
• Surreptitious collection of DNA from water bottle lands N.C. lawyer for exonerated inmate in hot water
• UVA dean files defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone
• Charge dropped against alleged B.C. terrorists
• SCC rejects argument Omar Khadr was adult offender - CTV News
• Looking at your cell phone while driving not breaking Sask. law: judge
• Why elder abuse remains a ‘hidden epidemic’: Goar
• Barring evangelical law school’s graduates ‘not reasonable,’ argues federal government
• Shooting victim Kofi Patrong wins right to sue Toronto police
• The New York Times–Facebook Deal Is Here
• Man wins lawsuit against Toronto police board after 'carding' incident
• Steve Montador's family plans to sue NHL: reports
• Toronto lawyer suspended for five months for misconduct involving Roma refugees - CBC.ca
• Judge says Facebook has right to sue DLA Piper, other law firms for representing now-fugitive Ceglia
• Bankruptcy court rulings divide up Nortel billions - The Globe and Mail
• Two of seven sexual assault charges withdrawn in Jian Ghomeshi case - The Globe and Mail
• U.K. Supreme Court to offer on-demand video service of past cases
• California woman sues employer after being fired for deleting location-tracking app
• Legal innovation summit attendees are long on ideas but short in data
• Three Ontario boards ask for high school strikes to be declared ‘unlawful’

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