Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of November 9, 2020

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of November 9, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• U.K. court rules against Johnny Depp in libel action
  

• Highly anticipated challenge to Quebec's secularism law begins in court today
  

• Judge rejects Republican efforts to halt early vote counting in Las Vegas
  

• U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of Black Lives Matter organizer
  

• Federal Judge Rejects G.O.P. Attempt to Toss 127,000 Ballots in Texas
  

• Secrecy, conflicts in Collingwood deals point to holes in Ontario's integrity rules, judge finds
  

• Mueller investigated -- but didn't charge -- Stone, WikiLeaks and Assange, report shows
  

• Bail for Kyle Rittenhouse Set at $2 Million in Kenosha Protest Shooting
  

• Federal judge orders USPS to have postal inspectors sweep processing facilities for ballots

• US Supreme Court Considers How to Decide if Teenagers Should Serve Life Without Parole - The New York Times
  

• ‘This is a huge relief:’ New Ontario 5-stage rating system for COVID-19 restrictions is good news for small businesses
  

• Lawsuits expected over mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania, other crucial Rust Belt swing states
  

• Huawei sues U.S. over 'stonewalling' on Meng Wanzhou documents
  

• Trump campaign files Michigan lawsuit demanding vote count be halted
  

• James 'Whitey' Bulger's family sues prison staff, claiming mobster was 'deliberately sent to his death'
  

• Oregon voters legalize psychedelic mushrooms, decriminalize drugs; 4 other states OK recreational marijuana
  

• Quebec's ban on religious symbols threatens education, health of minorities, trial hears
  

• With His Path to Re-election Narrowing, Trump Turns to the Courts

• Off-duty Toronto cop who assaulted Black teen sentenced to 9 months in jail
  

• With counting winding down, Trump team pushes legal fights
  

• Trump and GOP lawsuits challenging election flail in court
  

• Opposing views of Ginsburg, Barrett reveal deep divisions over perceived role of Supreme Court judges
  

• Trump unhappy with legal team's lack of major impact on election count
  

• Man banned from Yellowstone National Park two years after trying to cook chicken in hot spring
  

• Trump's Election Fraud Claims Make No Headway on Legal Cases
  

• ‘The hearing went on without us’: Legal clinics warn that emailed eviction hearing notices aren’t reaching tenants
  

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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