140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of February 17, 2020

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of February 17, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter:  

• Police arrest anti-pipeline protesters at Vancouver port as they enforce court injunction

• Amazon Wants To Depose Trump Over Order To ‘Screw’ It Out Of $10B | Talking Points Memo

• California police officer suing Masai Ujiri in wake of Raptors championship altercation

• Trump’s Reprisals: Firing Witnesses, Punishing New York

• Ex-Blue Jays reliever sues Houston Astros in sign-stealing scandal

• New US Campus Sexual Misconduct Rules Will Tackle Dating Violence

• Justice Department to backtrack on request to give Roger Stone up to 9 years in prison

• Harvey Weinstein's defense rests without testimony from the movie producer

• Georgia Drops Special Driver’s License Requirements for Puerto Ricans - The New York Times

• Dozens of Canadians included in lawsuit over alleged abuse by NXIVM sex-cult leadership | CBC News

• Prosecutor On Roger Stone Case Withdraws After DOJ Sentencing Reversal | Talking Points Memo

• Jussie Smollett Is Indicted Again on Charges of Staging a Hate Crime

• Alan Dershowitz Accuses David Boies of Extortion in Defamation Suit - WSJ

• Prosecutors seek denial of Michael Flynn's request to change his guilty plea

• Why are Ontarians possibly overpaying billions in auto insurance?

• Supreme Court of Canada to hear cases challenging government's solitary confinement policy

• Toronto police tickets fell to new low in 2019, continuing a decline that has the city out tens of millions in revenue

• Toronto police used Clearview AI, a controversial facial recognition tool

• Barr says Trump's tweets about DOJ cases make it 'impossible to do my job' - CNNPolitics

• After Trump’s Attacks on Justice Dept., Barr Says He Will Not ‘Be Bullied’ - The New York Times

• Nearly 66,000 marijuana convictions in Los Angeles County will be dismissed, DA says

• Ontario Human Rights Commission will remain independent, attorney general says

• Trump Claims ‘Legal Right’ to Interfere in Justice Dept. Cases

• Michael Avenatti found guilty in Nike extortion case

• Watch Andrew McCabe's reaction to DOJ dropping probe

• In response to abortion restrictions, Alabama lawmaker's bill would require vasectomies

• Fearful of Trump’s Attacks, Justice Dept. Lawyers Worry Barr Will Leave Them Exposed

• More than 1,000 former DOJ officials call on U.S. Attorney General Barr to resign

• His family was banned from a Toronto roller skating club for being Black. He fought back (and won) in court

• The court said it wasn’t urgent. How a bitter custody battle ended with the death of a GTA kindergartener and her father

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of February 10, 2020

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of February 10, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Philadelphia Flyers' mascot Gritty cleared in alleged assault, police say

• Lawmaker quotes 'Harry Potter' to make impeachment argument

• A Berkely school played 'The Lion King' at a fundraising event. Now it has to pay a third of what it raised

• Proposed bill on sexual assault awareness training for judges 'above politics,' Ambrose says

• Walgreens will pay $7.5 million to settle after employing unlicensed pharmacist

• Police made a traffic stop and found a bag full of drugs labeled 'Bag Full Of Drugs'

• SCC Dismisses BC Government’s Appeal and Secures Legal Win for Trans Mountain

• Fertility clinic that lost 4,000 eggs and embryos hit with 2 more lawsuits

• Brazil Judge Dismisses Charges Against the Journalist Glenn Greenwald

• Canada privacy commissioner asks federal court to open hearings into Facebook's violation of privacy

• Arizona Judge overturns convictions of volunteers who left food for migrants in the desert

• This Is the Toughest Question Facing Harvey Weinstein’s Jury

• Appeals court tosses Democrats' emoluments suit against Trump

• SCC Grants Leave to Appeal for Sealing Order in Sherman Estate

• ‘I know this was a very immature and selfish mistake’: #Chairgirl Marcella Zoia apologizes in court as sentencing postponed to March

• Toronto city councillor says he ignores bylaw infractions if ‘they vote for us, they’re volunteers and they donate money’

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of February 3, 2020

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of February 3, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• An Arizona woman can't use her frozen embryos after divorce, state Supreme Court rules

• Prince Andrew has not cooperated with attempts to interview him about Jeffrey Epstein, US Attorney says

• Doctors Could Face Criminal Charges in Several States for Treating Transgender Teens

• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicted in corruption cases

• Chipotle cited with 13,253 child labor law violations in Massachusetts

• Trump's lawyers tell SCOTUS that President's financial documents shouldn't be subpoenaed

• The Wienermobile got pulled over in Wisconsin. The driver got a warning

• Former Leafs goaltender Ed Belfour arrested on charges of criminal mischief and public intoxication

• John Roberts will not be silent Wednesday. But the questions he asks will not be his.

• Tennessee man arrested for smoking marijuana while in court

• Appeal ruling may force new trials in 35 already completed Ontario criminal cases, courts say 

• City of Santa Cruz, California decriminalizes magic mushrooms and other natural psychedelics

• E. Jean Carroll, Who Accused Trump of Rape, Seeks His DNA in Lawsuit, Claims she Still has Dress

• Manitoba to end birth alerts system that sometimes leads to babies being taken from their mothers

• Ransomware Attacks Hit Three US Law Firms in Last 24 Hours

• Toronto bylaw on short-term rentals in effect but city taking go-slow approach

• Opinion: Canada’s failed sex work laws cost Marylène Lévesque her life - The Globe and Mail

• RBC surveillance camera shows someone else took cash, but bank says customer is to blame

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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