140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of April 17, 2017

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of April 17, 2017 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• The New Old Age: The Patients Were Saved. That’s Why the Families Are Suing.

• It could be legal to carry up to 30 grams of marijuana under Canada bill to be tabled Thursday

• Seven Years After Bill 168, We Learn It Is Costly Not to Comply With Violence Provisions Under OHSA

• Supreme Court dismisses appeal in Shafia ‘honour killing’ case | Ottawa Citizen

• Trudeau Unveils Bill Legalizing Recreational Marijuana in Canada

• New York raises age of adult criminal prosecution to 18

• Flashy Mississauga lawyer caught in the spotlight over social media posts

• Alabama federal judge rules inmate’s defense team cannot have phone access during execution

• Pot legalization bill provides many answers, but leaves some key issues in limbo

• Ontario chief pathologist slammed by judge for offering ‘incorrect’ opinions in court

• Florida health inspectors cite Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort with 15 violations

• The government also introduced sweeping changes to impaired driving laws

• Pot stocks sell off in wake of release of federal legislation

• Hamilton judge who wore Trump hat in court to face discipline hearing - CHCH

• New motion proposes stronger protections for Ontario temp agency workers

• The Broken US Supreme Court

• Ottawa appoints four new judges as pressure mounts to help clogged courts - The Globe and Mail

• LSUC issues six-month suspension for refugee lawyer who failed to serve Roma clients

• Airbnb fans, detractors meet to discuss potential regulation in Toronto

• Interview with Colin Lachance, CEO of Compass/MLB, ex-CEO of CanLII

• Melania Trump accepts damages and apology from Daily Mail over ‘escort’ allegation

• Oversold, understated and authoritarian: debullsh*tifying the reporting on United's "removal" of Dr David Dao

• CRA can’t compel taxpayers to disclose contingent tax reserves, federal appellate court says

• How to bring about change in law firms

• Student Charged With Hazing in Peanut Butter Allergy Case

• Rolling Stone Settles Lawsuit Over Debunked Campus Rape Article

• NASA ‘sting’ operation against 74-year-old widow of Apollo engineer draws court rebuke - Wash. Post

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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