140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of July 15 2019

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of July 15, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• 2nd $100M settlement reached in RCMP sexual harassment case

• Emojis are increasingly coming up in court cases. Judges are struggling with how to interpret them

• Legal experts debate best way to challenge Quebec's religious symbols law

• Trump’s blocking of Twitter critics violates First Amendment, 2nd Circuit rules

• Obamacare in Jeopardy as Appeals Court Hears Case Backed by Trump

• Federal Judge Blocks Justice Department’s Effort to Withdraw Lawyers on Census Citizenship Case - The New York Times

• Chinese multimillionaire's wife sues government after $200,000 tax bill on Vancouver home - CNN

• 35 Employees France Telecom Committed Suicide. Will Their Bosses Go to Jail? - The New York Times.

• Publishers: Trump’s China Tariffs Could Lead To A Bible Shortage

• Trudeau nominates Quebec jurist Nicholas Kasirer to the Supreme Court of Canada

• Mass resignation at Brantford children’s aid society to protest underfunding

• 150 workers at Baycrest fired or quit over benefits fraud

• Court overturns jail sentence by Michigan judge who said he wanted to protect fetus from defendant’s drug use

• Charges dropped against Augusta mom who let her 3-year-old son pee in gas station parking lot

• Toronto’s Parkdale legal clinic considering severe staffing cuts due to slashed budget

• Toronto defence lawyer claims she was prosecuted as payback for exposing police corruption

• Suspended Texas judge is convicted of taking bribes from lawyer who cooperated with feds

• Immigration officers conduct random I.D. checks on Toronto streets

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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