140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of November 25, 2019

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of November 25, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Sudbury woman fights for job after being fired on maternity leave | CBC News

• It’s been more than a year since a Toronto barbershop was ordered to pay her $5,000 in missing wages. She’s still waiting

• Fearing a Mass Shooting, Police Took His Guns. A Judge Gave Them Back.

• US Chief justice temporarily blocks Trump tax return subpoena; Ginsburg’s back at work

• Pompeo announces reversal of longstanding US policy on Israeli settlements

• Landlords lose appeal over Toronto’s new rules to limit Airbnb, other short-term rentals

• New California bar study finds racial disparities in lawyer discipline

• Israel’s West Bank Settlements Do Not Violate International Law, U.S. Says

• Impeachment Investigators Exploring Whether Trump Lied to Mueller

• Guards on Duty During Epstein Suicide May Face Charges

• Judge denies Trump's request to dismiss Summer Zervos defamation case

• Jeffrey Epstein Suicide: Two Jail Workers Charged

• Sweden Drops Julian Assange Rape Inquiry

• Sweden drops Assange rape investigation after nearly 10 years

• Epstein jail guards charged with falsifying records

• Vegan Man Sues Burger King, Claiming It Cooks Impossible Whopper Next to Meat

• Court filing argues Jim Karygiannis got booted from council in ‘misguided attempt’ to avoid scrutiny

• Lawyers launch $500M class action lawsuit against Roundup makers

• A volunteer worker who aided migrants in Arizona was acquitted of harboring charges

• US Judge Blocks Scheduled Executions of Federal Death Row Inmates

• Netanyahu Indicted on Corruption Charges, Throwing His Future Into Doubt

• Judge dismisses Subway's $210M lawsuit against CBC over chicken sandwich exposé

• Is Toronto’s Airbnb battle over? Here’s what we do and don’t know about the city and landlords’ next steps

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of November 18, 2019

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of November 18, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter:

• Media asks judge to make today's Mulvaney hearing public

• Sportsnet cuts ties with Don Cherry over 'divisive remarks'

• Trump can't sue New York State to stop release of tax returns, judge says

• Broadcast council says it can’t take any more Don Cherry complaints after system overwhelmed

• Does adding ‘.com’ to generic name create protectable trademark? US Supreme Court to decide

• Don Cherry, a Hockey Institution in Canada, Is Fired After Divisive Comments

• Defamation accusations fly in feud between Alan Dershowitz and David Boies

• McDonald’s Lawsuit Targets ‘Pervasive’ Culture of Sexual Harassment

• Split U.S. Supreme Court appears ready to allow Trump administration to end DACA

• Banning E-Cigarettes Could Do More Harm Than Good

• N.J. Country club seeks to hold waiter liable for allegedly spilling red wine on $30K handbag

• Blueprints for 3-D Printed Guns Cannot Be Posted Online, Judge Says

• U.S. court rules against warrantless searches of phones, laptops

• FBI busts $6 million fake iPhone and iPad ring

• Prosecutors urge jury to convict Roger Stone for lying to protect Trump

• Appeals court hands Trump another loss, saying Congress can seek his tax returns

• He Invited Donald Trump Jr. to Campus. Now He’s Facing Impeachment.

• Wrongfully convicted man is freed after 11 years in prison

• Man executed after Georgia courts deny appeal for DNA test

• SCC sides with Quebec naturopath in manslaughter, negligence case

• Why are experienced women lawyers leaving BigLaw? Survey looks for answers and finds big disparities

• American-Born Woman Who Joined ISIS Is Not a Citizen, Judge Rules

• Trump Asks Supreme Court to Bar Release of His Tax Returns

• Uber Fined $649 Million for Saying Drivers Aren’t Employees

• Auston Matthews' disorderly conduct charge dismissed

• Sweeping new B.C. regulations on vape products include higher taxes, health warnings on packaging

• Read Marie Yovanovitch’s Prepared Opening Statement From the Impeachment Hearing

• Roger Stone guilty of witness tampering, lying to Congress

• ‘Chair girl’ Marcella Zoia pleads guilty to mischief endangering life

• Barr says avalanche of subpoenas is meant to 'incapacitate the executive branch'

• Toronto asks Supreme Court of Canada to overturn Doug Ford government’s council cut

• Prison worker at the time of Epstein's death was offered a plea deal, sources say

• B.C. man wins months-long dog custody battle after sharing agreement with ex breaks down

• When the Judge Became the Defendant

• Planned Parenthood Awarded $2 Million in Lawsuit Over Secret Videos

• Tweets can be used in court. Here's why that matters

• NYT: Trump backs off flavor ban for e-cigarettes

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Top 10 Legal Headlines for the Week of November 11, 2019

140Law: Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of November 11, 2019.

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of November 11, 2019

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of November 11, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• E. Jean Carroll, Who Accused Trump of Rape, Sues Him for Defamation

• Trump Taxes: Appeals Court Rules President Must Turn Over 8 Years of Tax Returns

• Ontario government to publish doctors’ billings as part of proposed changes to OHIP oversight

• Ottawa in talks to settle First Nations child welfare class action lawsuit

• Trump Serves Notice to Quit Paris Climate Agreement, as Diplomats Plot to Save It

• California Judge’s concern about lawyers liking him sometimes interfered with ethics compliance, commission says

• Alphabet Board Investigates Sexual Misconduct Accusations

• Judge assails Trump's attacks on judiciary

• Trump ordered to pay $2M for misusing his charitable foundation

• Workplace mental health programs deliver healthier bottom lines

• Facing Investigation, Giuliani Needed a Lawyer, but Firms Stayed Away

• Toronto Councillor Jim Karygiannis removed from office over campaign expense violation

• B.C. drug testing case pits transit safety against right to smoke pot after hours

• Trump tax case poses a potential test for the Supreme Court

• Breakthrough in CDC vaping illness investigation: Vitamin E acetate and THC may be to blame - CNN

• Proposed NY state law would ban medically unnecessary surgeries on intersex children

• Novice driver sentenced to two years less a day after killing best friend in reckless Bloor St. crash

• A convicted murderer who momentarily died says his life sentence has been served

• India's Supreme Court awards disputed religious site to Hindus in landmark ruling

• Woody Allen and Amazon Settle Breach of Contract Lawsuit

• For Quebec, a French Woman May Not Be French Enough

• Neil Young says U.S. dual citizenship process stalled because of marijuana use Social Sharing

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of November 4, 2019

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of November 4, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• US Justice Department appeals order to turn over Mueller grand jury materials

• Charlottesville Lawsuit Puts Rising Intolerance on Trial

• Deaths linked to vaping often involved THC products, not nicotine, CDC says

• A.G. Barr Rejects Complaints That He Is Bolstering Trump’s Personal Agenda

• Texas Father Says 7-Year-Old Isn’t Transgender, Igniting a Politicized Outcry - The New York Times

• Microsoft Says Russians Hacked Antidoping Agency Computers

• US Federal Judge blocks Alabama's near-total abortion ban

• Australia Proposes Face Scans for Watching Online Pornography

• Epstein family pathologist says financier's body shows signs of homicide | TheHill

• Shree Paradkar: Human rights complaint filed against Peel school board by its anti-discrimination head

• Doug Ford's legal aid 'guarantee' caused big headache for his government, documents show

• B.C. to introduce bill for eventual move to permanent daylight time

• The Rules of Impeachment

• Twitter bans all political advertising on its service, diverging from rival Facebook

• Foie Gras, Served in 1,000 Restaurants in New York City, Is Banned

• Panel recommends major changes to Ford government's controversial autism program

• Pennsylvania Judge Strikes Down Gun Laws Enacted in Wake of Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre

• Canada still waiting while U.S. works to get new NAFTA approved by year’s end

• US Whistleblower's lawyers: We've faced death threats

• After Juror Exchanged 7,000 Texts, Murder Verdict Is Overturned

• Judge critical of Trump administration's attempt to control testimony of former official - CNNPolitics

• Courts order election recounts in Quebec, B.C. ridings

• Sherman family’s appeal to keep estate details secret headed to Supreme Court of Canada

• The White House called the House resolution establishing impeachmant procedures 'unconstitutional'

• Toronto Catholic school board will not include protection for discrimination based on gender identity, gender expression

• Connecticut Supreme Court rules against husband in divorce case, says frozen embryos are marital property and can be destroyed - Hartford Courant

• Legally blind man denied what he says he needed to write exam files human rights complaint

• Nearly Half of Solos Have No Website; Two-Thirds of Firms Not on Twitter; 30% Have Blogs

• She left her kids to get groceries. What happened next has her suing Toronto police for racial profiling and assault

• A sexual assault survivor didn't want her attacker to go to jail, she wanted him to listen. A court granted her request

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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