140Law - Legal Headlines for the Week of May 2, 2016

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

• Lawyers, are you committed to your marketing plan?
• Should #lawyers be on social media? #BLAB on Tuesday @ noon w/ @sandra_bekhor, @LyraComm, and Joy Yusi of @wiselaw
• Ontario Recovers Thousands of Dollars Owed to Interns - Government of Ontario News
• 'After 3 years, I'm thirsty': N.B. man says after court nixes border beer limits
• ‘Auschwitz was a nightmare’ says accused former SS sergeant in German court, admitting death camp role
• 'Dear Jury' letter blasting justice system could haunt David Stephan at sentencing in son's death
• The gavel gamble: Litigation emerges as an asset class
• LSUC Human Rights Monitoring Group Update – April 29, 2016
• Vice Media seeks court appeal for sake of ‘free, independent press’
• ‘Zappa Plays Zappa’ Pits Zappa vs. Zappa
• Oklahoma Court: Oral sex not rape if victim is intoxicated, unconscious
• E-cigarettes 'much safer than smoking,' some experts say
• Parents fight over drug treatment for B.C. transgender child, court intervenes
• Secrecy of Toronto home sales data reduces competition, tribunal rules
• A New Direction for the Enforceability of Termination Clauses?
• Drunk driving conviction stands for sleeping man found in parked truck
• Raising Court Fees and Nudging Litigant Behaviour
• Reasonable notice before terminating an employment contract : it's a two way street.
• U.S. judge asked to recognize Klingon as real language
• S.C. transgender student threatens to sue after suspension for using 'wrong' bathroom
• Harper lawyer: former PM didn't impact RCMP decision to charge Duffy
• Criminal Case Against Bill Cosby Is Allowed to Proceed
• B.C. strikes down two of Stephen Harper’s mandatory minimum drug laws
• Jian Ghomeshi ruling on sex assault charges won't be appealed
• Toronto Chinese restaurant workers underpaid and overworked, new report says
• 2nd Circuit upholds NFL decision, says Tom Brady must serve 4-game ‘Deflategate’ suspension
• Human rights complaint filed against Canada Post and federal government over ‘offensive’ newspaper
• Courting Controversy: Substantive Equality and the New Court Challenges Program
• New York law requiring in-state office for out-of-state lawyers is constitutional, 2nd Circuit says
• Doctor gets green light to sue WSIB, employer - Waterloo Record
• University accused of discrimination for requiring dyslexic student to take course in French
• Abortion Procedure Challenged as "Torture" in Alabama
• As pot legalization looms, calls to end possession prosecutions amplify

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk & Office Manager

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