140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of August 26, 2019

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of August 26, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• New York policeman fired for actions in death of Eric Garner

• What happens when an Indiana State Police car is struck by a dirty diaper?

• California raises standard required for use of deadly police force

• Epstein will was dated August 8, 2019, according to The New York Post, which obtained the document. Court papers indicate Epstein's brother, Mark, is the only heir.

• Federal Court of Canada approves Indian day schools class-action settlement

• Planned Parenthood drops federal funding over abortion-referral restriction

• U.S. Prisons Chief Is Reassigned After Jeffrey Epstein’s Suicide in Jail

• White Texas Officers Who Led Black Man on Rope Won’t Face Criminal Charges

• Opinion: Epstein's death reveals the outrageous state of US federal prisons

• Texas parents sue school officials they say used Sharpie to cover son's new haircut

• Mexican court rules to allow recreational cocaine use

• Parkland Shooting Survivors Release Ambitious Gun Control Plan

• Australian vegan parents whose diet left baby 'severely malnourished' avoid jail

• Dispute Resolution Under the Canada Labour Code Transferred to Canada Industrial Relations Board

• US Feds indict 80 people in massive web of scams tied to Nigerians

• Epstein Suicide Inquiry Grows: Roughly 15 Jail Workers Are Subpoenaed

• Quebec sperm donor's name to be stripped from birth certificate following appeals court ruling

• 'We are being told that we're 2nd-class citizens': Sikh teacher says Quebec secularism law forced move to B.C.

• In a rare legal case, Toronto teen gets green light to sue children’s aid for negligence

• Province orders children’s aid societies to review credentials of experts used in child welfare cases

• Former students allege NYC Yeshiva school ignored 'vicious and sadistic' abuse

• Harvey Weinstein to appear in court Monday on indictment not yet made public

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of August 19, 2019

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of August 19, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Unhappy home renovation customer asked to sign legal agreement not to write a bad review

• US Justice Department takes step to decertify union for immigration judges

• Report on separating AG, justice roles won't be released until ethics probe is done: PM

• William Barr condemns prison for failing to "adequately secure" Jeffrey Epstein

• The Completely Predictable Death of Jeffrey Epstein | The New Republic

• Trudeau Violated Ethics Law in SNC-Lavalin Case, Watchdog Finds

• Jeffrey Epstein Estate and Ghislaine Maxwell sued over alleged sex trafficking ring

• Leafs' Ceci being sued by burn victim of accident at party

• Family of murdered Toronto woman being forced to prove she's dead

• How 4 ex-Supreme Court justices got caught up in SNC-Lavalin affair‘A good self-help remedy:’ Human rights lawyer wins peace bond against white supremacist | Ottawa Citizen

• Employee Entitled to Rescind Retirement Notice

• US Appeals court says soap, toothbrushes can be required for detained children, despite Trump objection

• Basic facts about Epstein's suicide elude investigators 5 days later

• Medical examiner rules Epstein's prison death a suicide by hanging

• Wilson-Raybould now says was contacted by RCMP over SNC-Lavalin affair

• Two women sue Epstein's estate for $100 million

• Saudi judge denies mom custody for being too Western

• Canada has flipped the burden of proof for bail in cases of repeated intimate partner violence

• Federal Court Temporarily Blocks Arkansas 18-Week Abortion Ban

• Facebook failed to warn users of known risks before 2018 data breach: court filing - Reuters

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Top 10 Legal Headlines for the Week of August 12, 2019

140Law: Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of August 12, 2019.

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of August 12, 2019

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of August 12, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• A Relentless Jailhouse Lawyer Propels a Case to the US Supreme Court

• El Paso shooting suspect has been charged with capital murder

• Ontario woman searching for missing mare after couple charged for allegedly selling her horses

• Violent weekend in Toronto draws attention to missed opportunities to make city safer

• Texas police chief apologizes after mounted officers lead Black man by rope

• 2nd Circuit reinstates Sarah Palin’s defamation suit against the New York Times

• Canadian class action lawsuit filed over massive Capital One data breach

• Officials: Mintaba boy was body-slammed for not removing hat during National Anthem

• Imprisoned Saudi lawyer receives this year’s ABA International Human Rights Award

• Confirmation of Stringent British Columbia Test for Family Status Duty to Accommodate

• Neo-Nazi website founder ordered to pay $14M for troll storm

• Tennessee lawyer who threatened to pursue citizen’s arrest of judge is suspended for 30 days

• Toronto courts a ‘confusing mess’ as legal aid cuts leave some accused without representation, lawyers say

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Top 10 Legal Headlines for the Week of August 6, 2019

140Law: Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of August 6, 2019.

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of August 6, 2019

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of August 6, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Louisiana lawyer held in contempt for recording defendant’s mouth being taped shut on judge’s orders

• Lead Ontario children’s aid agency in chaos as top managers pushed out

• Stun belts are intended to keep control in courtroom, but some judges use them to inflict punishment

• Capital One hack snags data on 106 million people — including 6 million in Canada

• New indictments issued for man at center of North Carolina Republican election fraud probe - CNNPolitics

• California governor signs bill requiring presidential candidates to submit tax returns

• Expert who gave more than 100 assessments in Ontario child protection cases lied about credentials for years, judge finds

• How was a nurse able to kill 8 seniors over a decade? Answers could come today

• Katy Perry’s Copyright Case May Sound Familiar to These Stars - The New York Times

• Judge stands by decision to appoint special prosecutor in Jussie Smollett case

• ‘Your pain and grief are not in vain’: Wettlaufer inquiry calls for sweeping changes to Ontario nursing homes

• Lawyers for Oklahoma Republican candidate release damning video of him shooting a process server

• New Saudi Arabian laws allow women to travel without male consent

• NYPD judge says officer accused of killing Eric Garner should be fired, source says

• Trump's asylum ban is illegal, DC federal judge rules

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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