Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of October 26, 2020

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of October 26, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter:

• ‘Vile, Racist Postings’ by N.Y. Court Officers Included Obama in a Noose
  

• ‘We regret that mistakes were made’: Toronto police acknowledge ‘unacceptable’ mass arrests at 2010 G20 protests
  

• Judge slams Ontario for still detaining man in psychiatric hospital six years after he was deemed fit to leave
  

• Decision on subpoena for Trump tax returns now in hands of Supreme Court
  

• Supreme Court to hear challenges to Trump border wall funding
  

• Queen’s University drops John A. Macdonald’s name from law building
  

• U.S. Justice Department files landmark antitrust case against Google
  

• Breonna Taylor Grand Juror Says Homicide Charges Were Not Presented
  

• Google Up Against Laws That Thwarted Microsoft (and Others Since 1890)
  

• Amidst Mi’kmaq lobster fight, DFO seized traps from second First Nation in Nova Scotia, email shows
  

• GOP fundraiser Broidy pleads guilty to conspiracy charge in foreign lobbying effort
  

• Ontario law would make it harder to sue over COVID-19
  

• Lawyers for Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri slam sheriff’s deputy’s lawsuit claims as ‘a complete fabrication’
  

• Trump Calls on Barr to ‘Act’ Against Biden Before Election
  

• Judge OKs release of Ghislaine Maxwell transcripts
  

• Lawyers say they can't find the parents of 545 migrant children separated by Trump administration
  

• RCMP commissioner to address violence in N.S. fishery dispute
  

• Pope endorses same-sex civil unions in new documentary film
  

• EU removes Canadians from list of approved travellers, because of COVID-19
  

• Plexiglas, masks and the same old crummy compensation: What it’s like to serve on an Ontario jury in a pandemic
  

• ‘Huge relief’ for restaurants, retailers as Ontario moves to protect businesses from COVID-19-related lawsuits
  

• N.S. judge issues injunction to end interference, threats against Sipekne'katik fishery
  

• How Can Linking to an Article be Immoral When the Media Source Itself Does the Posting?
  

• Breaking up in the time of Covid-19 brings new challenges
  

• Senate Judiciary Committee sends Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to full Senate
  

• Deposition of Ghislaine Maxwell, Charged in Epstein Case, Is Revealed - The New York Times
  

• NYC to take legal action against Trump administration's 'anarchy' designation
  

• Uber and Lyft must reclassify drivers as employees, appeals court finds
  

• E.U. Debates Whether a Veggie Burger Is Really a Burger
  

• Matthews v Ocean Nutrition: Departed employee awarded $1M bonus from company’s sale during notice period
  

• Trudeau government pressed to shield secret operational information in court

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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