140 Law - Legal Headlines for the Week of December 21, 2015

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

• Kim Dotcom Extradition Decision Due Tuesday
• A CHCH primer: Who, what, why - Hamilton Spectator
• Important Changes To Ontario Employers' Obligations Regarding Violence And Harassment
• 50 Ontario clinics to offer publicly funded IVF treament
• Liberal government commits to repealing 'spanking law'
• Manitoba appoints first transgender judge
• Mom loses custody for alienating dad
• Ontario court authorizes class action against Toronto personal injury lawyer
• A Tip for Employers? New Rules for Tip-Earners in Ontario
• Youth hockey player charged with assault after stick-swinging incident
• Dalton McGuinty's ex-chief of staff, deputy charged in Ontario gas plant scandal
• Ontario delays ban on e-cigarettes and vaping in public
• Montreal teen 1st to be convicted of trying to travel to join terror group
• Trudeau says taxing pot won’t be a government cash cow
• Dot-sucks domain name begins to attract Canadian targets
• Sick Kids defended Motherisk lab — at first
• Quebec Court of Appeal hears arguments on doctor-assisted dying law
• Drug CEO who hiked prices resigns after securities fraud charges laid
• The quotable Mike Duffy: Memorable testimony from his trial
• Another School Sued Over Allegedly Misleading Employment Statistics
• Virginia Becomes 18th State to Adopt Duty of Technology Competence
• UOttawa profs sue school over 'big' admin salary hikes - Ottawa Sun
• Groia challenges LSUC penalty at appeal court
• Vexatious litigant law grad ordered to pay costs
• Canada Revenue Agency seeks back taxes from aboriginal employees
• Physician-assisted death should be based on decision-making capacity, not age: Ontario report
• Bill Cosby counter-sues 7 accusers in defamation case
• Kansas Abortion "Dismemberment" Ban Set For Unusual Court Hearing
• Selling legal pot at liquor stores 'makes a lot of sense,' Ontario premier says
• Slavery in shrimp industry uncovered in major retailers and supermarkets
• Court dismisses appeal of Warman libel judgment against website
• Teachers' unions launch court fight over despised anti-strike bill - Toronto Star

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for the Week of December 14, 2015

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

• When Even Trump Calls Foul on Scalia
• Toronto lawyer battles sanction for 'incivility' at Bre-X trial - The Globe and Mail
• Ottawa clears CBC of labour code violations in Ghomeshi case
• Law Society celebrates 10th year as a GTA Top Employer
• Marshall Rothstein joins Hunter Litigation Chambers in Vancouver
• Justice Department will investigate use of deadly force by Chicago police
• “The biggest obstacle to proper cancer treatment, in Dr. DeVita’s view, is the FDA.”
• Judge decides against Chicago cops who argued for overtime for reading emails after work hours
• With Remarks in Affirmative Action Case, Scalia Steps Into Racial ‘Mismatch’ Debate
• 144 Years of Marriage and Divorce
• New condo rules will help 1.3M Ontarians
• Judge Camp and Judicial Competency: the Duties of Appellate Courts
• A Tip for Employers? New Rules for Tip-Earners in Ontario
• LegalZoom is acquiring a UK law firm
• Appeal of Joe Groia’s ‘incivility’ ruling goes to Ontario Court of Appeal on Dec. 14
• Ryerson eyes new law school
• Was Scalia’s comment racist? He notes argument that blacks may do better at ‘slower-track’ schools
• Lawyer disbarred for Roma ripoff - Toronto Star
• Supreme Court rules to extradite Quebec woman accused of kidnapping own children - CBC.ca
• Judge strikes down cyberbullying law inspired by Rehtaeh Parsons
• Judge overturns B.C. Law Society vote not to recognize Trinity Western grads
• Nazem Kadri on Donald Trump Muslim ban: ‘He’s pretty delusional’
• Duffy tells trial top Tory advised him to file expense claims
• Guergis’ lawsuit against law firm one step closer to trial
• 'There are racists in my police force,' RCMP chief says
• Scalia questions place of some black students in elite colleges
• Supreme Court considers affirmative action in ‘contentious’ and ‘tense’ oral arguments
• CASL is a bad law
• Quebec assisted-dying law to come into effect Thursday
• Race and College Admissions at the Supreme Court
• Thai police probe US envoy over comments about monarchy law
• Oscar Pistorius Granted Bail Pending New Appeal/Sentencing
• Protecting Employees' Tips Act: Ontario Bans Employers From Taking Servers Gratuities Canada
• Former Supreme Court judge Marshall Rothstein says court not anti-business - The Globe and Mail

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Assisted Dying is Officially Legal in Quebec

After a lengthy court battle, Quebec Health Minister, Gaetan Barrette, announced that as of today, it will be legal for terminally ill patients in Quebec to have medical assistance in dying.

Quebec is the first province to pass this controversial law, passed as Bill 52 the "An Act Respecting End-Of-Life Care."

As noted by Dominique Talarico, lawyer for the Coalition of Physicians for Social Justice the guidelines that physicians must adhere to are very specific (as set out in Bill 52):

"The law on end-of-life care sets out a patient's right to "receive the end-of-life care their condition requires" as well as raises the issue of medical aid in dying and a long list of requirements to be met before a doctor can administer it."

Many physicians, such as Dr. Amir Khadir, are relieved that the Quebec courts will now view medically assisted dying as a form of respect for patient dignity:

“Justice is done; patients who need medical aid to die will finally be able to receive it, to end their suffering and live their last moments in serenity.” 

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for the Week of December 7, 2015

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wiselaw on Twitter:

• Judge who called state position a ‘lie from the pit of hell’ faces ethics charges
• Ontario Dad Loses Custody of Boys After Refusing to Stop Trying to Cure Their Autism through Homeopathy
• Online Defamation: Linking and Liking
• Feds ask for 6 more months to craft assisted suicide law
• We Don’t Need Another Morgentaler in Canada on Assisted Suicide
• Tiny Copyright Decision Gives Hard News Lovers Big Hope - TheTyee.ca
• Judicial elections in USA are literally killing people
• NYC is sued over new salt-warning rule
• Oscar Pistorius convicted of murder by appeals court
• LSUC: Portal changes coming December 7
• Corporate litigators get ready for Ontario’s new anti-SLAPP legislation
• Supreme Court asked to extend assisted suicide deadline - CTV News
• B.C. marijuana shop crackdown to continue, RCMP warn
• CJC recommends Justice Déziel remain on the bench
• $2 coffee turns into $300 fine for texting in a Tim Hortons drive-thru
• Ontario Passes Police Record Checks Legislation - Government of Ontario News
• The Clawbies Turn 10
• Western law students disciplined for offensive hockey team name
• Vulgar team name lands Western law school students in hot water
• Politicians who spend their entire political lives immersed in partisan scraps tend to enact really crappy laws

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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