Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of March 7, 2022

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of March 7, 2022 from Wise Law on Twitter:

• Ontario set to introduce $15 minimum wage for app-based gig workers | CTV News
  

• 6th Circuit won’t pause CLE sanctions against Sidney Powell, other lawyers who alleged election fraud
  

• Court extends rare order to freeze up to $20M in crypto, cash donations to convoy protests
  

• Judge reverses course and allows press and family member in courtroom for first January 6 trial
  

• As Ontario ends vaccine passports and capacity limits, some GTA businesses will still require proof
  

• Judge accused of helping immigrant avoid courthouse arrest loses 1st Circuit bid to stop prosecution
  

• Law firms drop some Russian clients following sanctions for Ukraine invasion
  

• Judge Says Sarah Palin ‘Failed to Prove Her Case’ Against The Times
  

• PwC Canada hit with $1 million in fines after 1,200 employees caught cheating on training tests
  

• John Eastman, former Chapman law prof who wrote ‘coup memo’ faces ethics probe, state bar confirms
  

• Ontario judge dismisses churches' challenge against COVID-19 rules
  

• Ghislaine Maxwell Juror May Be Made to Testify About His Conduct
  

• Milwaukee assistant city attorney who backed Putin on TV is fired, partly for ‘poor fit’
  

• The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario is about to decide if unionized employees have the right to file claims. Here’s why lawyers and advocates are worried
  

• Oath Keeper pleads guilty to seditious conspiracy, will cooperate with Justice Department
  

• Man wanted by Toronto police after Chinese law firms reportedly targeted in $10M mortgage fraud scam
  

• Judge blocks New York attorney general's attempt to dissolve NRA but allows suit to proceed
  

• Convoy organizer Tamara Lich to remain in jail at least 5 more days
  

• Texas Court Halts Investigation of Parents Over Care for Transgender Youth
  

• Texas judge grants ACLU's request for temporary restraining order on child abuse investigation of trans child and her parents
  

• Human rights complaint filed after Muslim-Indigenous man in B.C. denied bank account using status card
  

• Ontario planning to deregulate traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture
  

• Opinion | The Justice Dept. and the Jan. 6 inquiry make moves to snare Trump
  

• CDC director rebukes DeSantis for scolding high school students over masks
  

• US Supreme Court Restores Death Sentence for Boston Marathon Bomber
  

• ‘I do them every day’: Defence lawyers say Ontario police are abusing the Cannabis Control Act to conduct unlawful searches
  

• Florida legislature passes bill banning abortions after 15 weeks, without exception for rape or incest
  

• Conversion therapy is illegal in Canada. But some U.S. life coaches are offering it to Canadians online
  

• Judge approves changes to NFL concussion settlement that ends use of race norms
  

• Law Society of Ontario cancels upcoming bar exams after content allegedly leaked to some candidates
  

• MasterCard, Visa suspend operations in Russia over invasion of Ukraine
  

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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