Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of November 23, 2020

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of November 23, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• At least 82,000 have filed sex abuse claims against the Boy Scouts, legal team says
  

• Ontario law will protect the right to wear Remembrance Day poppies in workplaces
  

• Hate Crimes in U.S. Rose to Highest Level in More Than a Decade in 2019
  

• Supreme Court puts off action on Trump-related cases; is it waiting for the clock to run out?
  

• New City of Toronto COVID-19 restrictions are not a surprise but are a disaster for retailers
  

• Florida Lawyer Charged With Extorting N.F.L. Player in Robbery Case
  

• Traffic ticket cases have ground to a ‘screeching halt’ in Ontario courts as advocates warn bad drivers may go unpunished
  

• Companies could face hefty fines under new Canadian privacy law
  

• Sherman murder detectives obtain evidence from outside Canada, police say
  

• Trump fires agency head who vouched for 2020 vote security
  

• Republicans temporarily block certification of Detroit's election results
  

• Michigan Republicans Backtrack After Refusing to Certify Election Results
  

• US can kill its own citizens without review when state secrets are involved, DOJ lawyer argues
  

• BBC names retired judge to lead investigation into 1995 Princess Diana interview
  

• ‘This is demeaning to everyone’: Why Alek Minassian’s defence is provoking anger in Canada’s autism community
  

• Elite Australian troops unlawfully killed 39 Afghan civilians amid a culture of 'bloodlust,' report alleges
  

• Why Charges Against Protesters Are Being Dismissed by the Thousands
  

• Supreme Court of Canada to rule if sex offender registry unfair to mentally ill
  

• Resignation of Pennsylvania judge who called juror ‘Aunt Jemima’ is ‘binding and irrevocable,’ judicial court says
  

• Nevada judge denies request to halt state certification of election results - CNNPolitics
  

• CBA National | A new Canadian privacy bill for our age
  

• U.S. federal judge throws out Trump bid to stop Pennsylvania vote certification
  

• Canada's largest city goes into 28-day lockdown
  

• Law grad who flunked bar exam gets prison time for creating law firms and practicing law
  

• Jonathan Pollard, Convicted Spy, Completes Parole and May Move to Israel
  

• The Raptors will call Tampa home after federal government pitch strikes out
  

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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