Legal Tweet of the Day: March 31, 2023

#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ontario minimum wage to increase to $16.55 per hour on Oct. 1 #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://bit.ly/3zmRGkY

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from May 6, 2006

This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from May 6, 2006 via Wise Law Blog: Supreme Court of Canada: Social Hosts Not Liable for Drunk Driving Guests

http://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2006/05/supreme-court-of-canada-social-hosts.html

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal Tweet of the Day: March 30, 2023

#LegalTweetoftheDay: Vatican rejects Discovery Doctrine in response to Indigenous demands #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3nx4cvH

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: When should you make a Will?

The best time to time to prepare your Last Will is “right now.” 

The end product is only half the benefit. You also benefit from taking stock of all your assets and responsibilities and from planning how you’d like to take care of your loved ones. 

When you talk with a lawyer about your Will, you will get advice and clarity about these concerns and the steps you need to take to keep your affairs in order. There is no more important way to provide for your family and your future.  

- Paul Adam, Toronto

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Legal Tweet of the Day: March 29, 2023

#LegalTweetoftheDay: Pence Must Testify to Jan. 6 Grand Jury, Judge Rules #law #legal #lawtwitter via @nytimes https://nyti.ms/3nx0sKN

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Estate Tax

There are 3 basic ways in which most simple Estates may be required to pay taxes.

1.      If all or part of your state is being submitted to Probate, you'll need to pay what's called an Estate Administration Tax on that portion.

2.      If you have to sell property or shares in a corporation, your state may need to pay Capital Gains Tax on the proceeds from the sale of that property.

3.      Lastly your Estate will need to file a tax return for the year in which you die until your Estate is wrapped up and all of the money is paid out.

- Paul Adam, Toronto

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Legal Tweet of the Day: March 28, 2023

#LegalTweetofthDay: Meet the DA who’s set to go to war with Donald Trump #law #legal #lawtwitter via @TorontoStar https://bit.ly/3nm6m0V

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal Tweet of the Day: March 27, 2023

#LegalTweetoftheDay: Florida teen sentenced to life in prison for fatally stabbing 13-year-old classmate #law #legal #LawTwitter via @CNN https://cnn.it/3lIOzk7

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of March 27, 2023

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Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of March 27, 2023

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of March 27, 2023 from Wise Law on Twitter:

• How Donald Trump Would Be Arrested
  

• Nordstrom Canada gets court permission to launch sales at its closing stores
  

• Trump’s Georgia Lawyers Seek to Quash Special Grand Jury Report
  

• Cloud computing services not subject to PST says BC court: Hootsuite Inc. v British Columbia (Finance)
  

• Ontario woman faces over 30 charges in rental fraud investigation on Facebook Marketplace, Kijiji
  

• Six Oath Keepers convicted in connection with January 6 US Capitol riot
  

• Wrongful death suit accuses 3 women of helping man’s then-wife obtain abortion pills
  

• Via Rail apologizes after Muslim man told not to pray at Ottawa train station
  

• Jack Daniel's says a dog toy company is ripping off its brand. What will SCOTUS say?
  

• Sources: Special counsel claims Trump deliberately misled his attorneys about classified documents, judge wrote
  

• When your mortgage lender wants out: GTA sees a surge in forced sale listings
  

• Mystery swirls around sudden disappearance of Toronto-area lawyer
  

• TikTok and its CEO are fighting to save the app in the US
  

• Canada is raising the federal minimum wage to $16.65 next month. Here’s what that means for Ontario
  

• Trump motion seeks to block evidence from Georgia special purpose grand jury, disqualify district attorney
  

• Suit by Fox News producer alleges BigLaw lawyers and others pressured her to give evasive testimony
  

• Georgia lawyer who bragged of shutting down ‘stolen election shenanigans’ is found guilty in Jan. 6 case
  

• Appeals court rules Trump attorney must testify to federal grand jury in classified documents probe
  

• Police arrest two after seizing over $1M in counterfeit clothing from Etobicoke discount store
  

• Judge temporarily halts Wyoming abortion ban amid legal challenge
  

• Lindsay Lohan, Jake Paul and other celebrities charged $400,000 for violating Securities and Exchange Commission disclosure rules
  

• Israel passes law shielding Netanyahu from being removed amid protests over judicial changes
  

• Home shoppers are just saying no, as GTA new single-family home sales hit record low
  

• California bill aims to ban sale of popular candies containing ingredients that may cause health issues
  

• Israel’s Attorney General Says Netanyahu Broke Law With Judicial Intervention Pledge
  

• Ottawa firefighter fired, captain suspended after investigation into alleged hate crime
  

• Trump, Turning Up Heat, Raises Specter of Violence if He Is Charged
  

• Florida teen sentenced to life in prison for fatally stabbing 13-year-old classmate
  

• Student-led LGBT+ organization sues West Texas A&M president after he canceled student charity drag show
  

• Netanyahu fires minister who'd called for halt to controversial Israeli judicial overhaul

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal Tweet of the Day: March 24, 2023

#LegalTweetoftheDay: Home shoppers are just saying no, as GTA new single-family home sales hit record low #law #legal #lawtwitter via @TorontoStar https://bit.ly/3FOauNR

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from January 22, 2015

This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from January 22, 2015 via Wise Law Blog: Should the Public Continue to Fund Courts to Resolve Personal, Civil Disputes? http://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2015/01/should-public-continue-to-fund-courts.html

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal Tweet of the Day: March 23, 2023

#LegalTweetoftheDay: Canada is raising the federal minimum wage to $16.65 next month. Here’s what that means for Ontario #law #legal #lawtwitter via @TorontoStar https://bit.ly/3TCyTLO

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Do children inherit parent's debt?

Most debt doesn’t transfer from a parent’s estate to a child. If the deceased did not have enough assets to pay off the debts, the creditors may require a sale of the assets of the estate to address the debt, but that’s it. 

There are some exceptions- like if a child jointly owned the debt, or acted as a guarantor, or if the deceased parent improperly offloaded assets to the child for less than market value to evade creditors. 

- Paul Adam, Toronto

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Legal Tweet of the Day: March 22, 2023

#LegalTweetoftheDay: Via Rail apologizes after Muslim man told not to pray at Ottawa train station #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://bit.ly/40iTRSa

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: What is Probate?

When you name a person in your last will to be the Executor of your Estate, that person sometimes needs to also apply to the Court to be appointed formally as the legal representative of your Estate in order to deal with certain property that you own, potentially like a house or a bank account that solely in your name. The process of applying to Court to be appointed as the representative of your Estate is what we call Probate.

- Paul Adam, Toronto

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Legal Tweet of the Day: March 21, 2023

#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ontario woman faces over 30 charges in rental fraud investigation on Facebook Marketplace, Kijiji #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://bit.ly/3LE5mPW

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal Tweet of the Day: March 20, 2023

#LegalTweetoftheDay: How Donald Trump Would Be Arrested #law #legal #lawtwitter via @nytimes https://nyti.ms/3yPATqm

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of March 20, 2023

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of March 20, 2023

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of March 20, 2023 from Wise Law on Twitter:

• Canadian regulator seizes assets of Toronto branch of Silicon Valley Bank
  

• More than 22,000 arrested in Iran's protests pardoned, judiciary chief says
  

• DoNotPay doesn’t live up to its billing as a ‘robot lawyer,’ offers ‘substandard’ legal docs, suit claims
  

• ‘Gruyere’ is generic description of cheese that isn’t eligible for certification mark, appeals court says
  

• Ontario proposes new rules for companies laying off mass remote employees
  

• Judge says court handling medication abortion case has received 'barrage' of death threats
  

• Intelligence watchdog investigating CRA following Islamophobia claims
  

• Turf war between elderly Toronto man and city over fake grass rages on
  

• Hundreds of hosts booted from Airbnb after Toronto city audit, some for minor clerical errors
  

• Matthew Kacsmaryk: The Trump-appointed judge overseeing the blockbuster medication abortion lawsuit
  

• Access to the drug used for medication abortions could be cut off nationwide, depending on this hearing today
  

• There's a new chief judge in DC who could help determine the fate of Donald Trump
  

• Behind the scenes, Trudeau’s MPs say a public inquiry into Chinese election interference is the only real option at this point
  

• Major General Dany Fortin, military officer acquitted of sexual assault, sues government, PM for $6M
  

• Secret Recording Admitted in Alberta Dismissal Case
  

• North Dakota Supreme Court Blocks Abortion Ban; Says Constitution Protects Procedure
  

• Eleventh Circuit Affirms Decision to Preliminarily Block Unlawful Florida "Stop W.O.K.E." Censorship Law
  

• ‘The worst type of political opportunism’: How the Gardiner has become a key mayoral race issue
  

• Family of Tim Hortons customer who says she was scalded by hot tea sues for $500K
  

• Mar-a-Lago staff subpoenaed in classified documents probe
  

• Ottawa says Human Rights Commission discriminated against its Black employees
  

• ICC judges issue arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin over alleged war crimes | Vladimir Putin | The Guardian
  

• Trump attorney ordered to testify before grand jury investigating former president
  

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal Tweet of the Day: March 17, 2023

#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ottawa says Human Rights Commission discriminated against its Black employees #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3mYxm6A

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from July 24, 2012

This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from July 24, 2012 via Wise Law Blog: Developments in Access to Legal Information Online

https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2012/07/developments-in-access-to-legal.html

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal Tweet of the Day: March 16, 2023

#LegalTweetoftheDay: Major General Dany Fortin, military officer acquitted of sexual assault, sues government, PM for $6M #law #legal #lawtwitter via @TorontoStar https://bit.ly/3JIbAwK

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Is a foreign Will valid in Ontario?

This can depend on the Will itself. Some factors to consider are: 

1. Does the Will intend to apply to property in Ontario? 

2. Can the words of the Will be interpreted conclusively? 

3. Does the Will deal with the property in a way that is legal in Ontario? 

If the Court is satisfied with the answers to all of these questions, and an executor has already been appointed outside Ontario, it may grant that executor the right to administer the deceased’s property in Ontario, too.

- Paul Adam, Toronto

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Legal Tweet of the Day: March 15, 2023

#LegalTweetoftheDay: Access to the drug used for medication abortions could be cut off nationwide, depending on this hearing today #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CNN https://cnn.it/3FsWF7k

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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