Legal News Post of the Day: March 31, 2025

#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Ontario Judge rejects Hudson's Bay restructuring proposal intended to save remaining stores #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/DdphR8OeBV

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Top 10 Legal News Post for the Week of March 31, 2025

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of March 31, 2025

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of  March 31, 2025 from Wise Law on Twitter:

• Court to hear Charter challenge of Ontario's supervised consumption site law
  

• Judge Orders U.S. to Stop Attempts to Deport Columbia Undergraduate
  

• PSA: Delete Your DNA From 23andMe Right Now
  

• City council unanimously backs restricting U.S. companies from bidding on Toronto contracts
  

• Trump Announces 25% Tariffs on Imported Cars and Car Parts
  

• Ford calls for retaliatory tariffs to 'maximize the pain for Americans'
  

• Bar organizations’ statement in support of the rule of law
  

• Trump Threatens Europe and Canada if They Band Together Against U.S.
  

• New York Court Blocks Texas From Filing Summons Against Doctor Over Abortion Pills
  

• Toronto’s El Mocambo to keep lights on for now under court-appointed monitor
  

• Judge Moves to Prevent Hegseth, Waltz and Others From Deleting Houthi Texts
  

• Law Firm Skadden Arps Seeks Deal to Avert Trump Executive Order
  

• Supervised drug consumption sites win injunction, can stay open for now amid Charter challenge
  

• Law Firms Jenner & Block and WilmerHale Sue Trump Administration to Block Executive Orders
  

• Trump Suffers Day of Losses in His Retribution Campaign Against Law Firms
  

• Lawyer organization, Advocates' Society, draws ire for cancelling humanitarian advocate's Toronto speech over his stance on Gaza
  

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal News Post of the Day: March 28, 2025

#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Trump Threatens Europe and Canada if They Band Together Against U.S. #law #legal #legalnews via @nytimes https://t.co/8NM00otoh5

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from February 24, 2011

This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from February 24, 2011 via Wise Law Blog: Ontario Employment Law: Wrongful Dismissal Claims and Limitation Periods https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2011/02/ontario-employment-law-wrongful.html

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal News Post of the Day: March 27, 2025

#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: City council unanimously backs restricting U.S. companies from bidding on Toronto contracts #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/BWEZxunW4f

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Ontario Wills and Estates #LawFact of the Day: How much are Ontario Probate Fees?

Ontario’s probate fees are $250 for the first $50,000 of an estate’s value and $15 for each additional $1,000.

These fees are properly referred to as Estate Administration Taxes. 

These taxes typically must be paid at the Court when an Application is filed for the appointment of an Estate Trustee to administer an Estate. 

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal News Post of the Day: March 26, 2025

#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Judge Orders U.S. to Stop Attempts to Deport Columbia Undergraduate #law #legal #legalnews via @nytimes https://t.co/P13lkZyBuw

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal News Post of the Day: March 25, 2025

#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Court to hear Charter challenge of Ontario's supervised consumption site law #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/d6O3CgUKh8

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Employment #LawFact of the Day: Accommodating Pregnancy in the Workplace

Can an employer fire an employee whose pregnancy is causing medical complications that affect her ability to perform her usual workplace duties?

Employers have a duty to accommodate in those circumstances unless it would cause undue hardship.

This accommodation may include changing job duties temporarily or providing time off work. 

It is unlawful and discriminatory if an employer improperly fires, demotes, or lays off an employee due to a pregnancy.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal News Post of the Day: March 24, 2025

#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Trump Revokes Security Clearances for Biden, Harris, Clinton and More #law #legal #legalnews via @nytimes https://t.co/8BngwYkQ65

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Top 10 Legal News Post for the Week of March 24, 2025

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Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of March 24, 2025

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of  March 24, 2025 from Wise Law on Twitter:

• Man faces rare charge of advocating genocide against Jewish community, Toronto police say
  

• Trump Lawyer Refuses to Answer Judge’s Questions in Deportation Flight Hearing
  

• Hudson's Bay's demise marks the death of the traditional department store in Canada
  

• Cross-border trips to the U.S. reach COVID lows with nearly 500,000 fewer travellers in February
  

• Anti-Abortion Lawyer Pushed Out of US F.D.A. After Republican Senator’s Pressure Campaign
  

• Jury Awards $50 Million to California Man Burned by Starbucks Tea
  

• B.C. nurse committed unprofessional conduct for transgender comments, committee finds
  

• Ottawa lawyer guilty of harassment, extortion, death threats
  

• U.S. Supreme Court's chief justice speaks out after Trump calls for judge to be impeached
  

• N.S. woman who spent 16 days in extreme solitary confinement sues Canadian government
  

• 'Rising problem' of ghost immigration consultancies hits man who lost $12K trying to get Canadian visa for wife
  

• Judge Bars Social Security Officials From Giving DOGE Unredacted Data
  

• Social Security numbers of living people included in unredacted JFK assassination documents
  

• Tesla Vandalism Surges in Canada as Trump and Musk Face Backlash
  

• What to Know About Paul Weiss, the Law Firm Bowing to Trump’s Demands
  

• Trump Revokes Security Clearances for Biden, Harris, Clinton and More
  

• How a Major Democratic Law Firm Ended Up Bowing to Trump
  

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal News Post of the Day: March 21, 2025

#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: 'Rising problem' of ghost immigration consultancies hits man who lost $12K trying to get Canadian visa for wife #law #legal #LegalNews via @CBCNews https://t.co/1glIiyALew

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from May 21, 2006

This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from May 21, 2006 via Wise Law Blog: Great-Grandma's New Tattoo and Powers of Attorney for Care https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2006/05/great-grandmas-new-tattoo-and-powers.html

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Ontario Wills and Estates #LawFact of the Day: How Does Marriage Affect Your Existing Will?

When a person is married in Ontario, the marriage automatically revokes a prior Last Will made by that person.

The sole exception to this rule is a Last Will that is specifically made in anticipation of an upcoming marriage to a specific person.

If you are marrying, seek legal advice as to any changes that are required to update your existing will and to ensure your will is valid.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal News Post of the Day: March 19, 2025

#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Hudson's Bay's demise marks the death of the traditional department store in Canada #law #legal #LegalNews via @CBCNews https://t.co/BBtj4prpEa

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Family #LawFact of the Day: How do Child Support Payments Work in Ontario

The amount of support payable by separated parents in Ontario is strictly governed by the Child Support Guidelines.

The Guidelines tables establish basic child support obligations and are based solely on the payor’s income, number of children, and Province of residence.

Additional amounts may also be payable to cover special and extraordinary expenses incurred for a child’s daycare, medical care, education and extra-curricular activities.

These additional expenses are shared by the parents in proportion to their respective incomes.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal News Post of the Day: March 18, 2025

#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Man faces rare charge of advocating genocide against Jewish community, Toronto police say #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/tCgm1XWYnH

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Employment #LawFact of the Day: Returning to Work from Maternity or Parental Leave

Can an employer significantly change your job duties while you are on parental leave?

Pursuant to the Employment Standards Act, in most cases, an employee who takes pregnancy/parental leave is entitled to return to the same role or a comparable role the employee had before the leave began, or a comparable role if the employee’s former position no longer exists.

If an employee experiences significant changes to the terms of their employment, then they may be entitled to bring a claim for constructive dismissal. 

Has your role been improperly changed following a parental leave?

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal News Post of the Day: March 17, 2025

#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Judge Orders Musk and His Team to Turn Over Records and Answer Questions #law #legal #legalnews via @nytimes https://t.co/2jo6vQftVH

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Top 10 Legal News Post for the Week of March 17, 2025

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Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of March 17, 2025

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of  March 17, 2025 from Wise Law on Twitter:

• US Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Law Banning Conversion Therapy
  

• Court injunction sought against Alberta government's new transgender youth health care legislation
  

• Trump responds to Ontario's electricity surcharge in late-night social media post
  

• Ontario bike lane removal work could start this month. Cyclists seek injunction to block it
  

• Trump says he's doubling 25% tariffs against Canadian steel and aluminum
  

• U.S. Supreme Court to hear challenge to Colorado ban on conversion therapy for minors
  

• Snowbirds must soon submit fingerprints for U.S. travel under new Homeland Security rules
  

• Ontario developer accused of extracting $18M from home buyers
  

• Judges Are Pushing Back on Trump’s Actions. Here’s a Look at Key Rulings
  

• Shopping in the U.S.? What you need to know before coming back to Canada
  

• Mark Carney to be sworn in as prime minister Friday
  

• Trump’s Revenge on Law Firms Seen as Undermining Justice System
  

• Mahmoud Khalil Sues Columbia and Lawmakers to Keep Activists’ Names Secret
  

• Judge Orders Musk and His Team to Turn Over Records and Answer Questions

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal News Post of the Day: March 14, 2025

#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Mark Carney to be sworn in as prime minister Friday #law #legal #legalnews https://t.co/tvSp7jBFrc

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from August 12, 2010

This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from August 12, 2010 via Wise Law Blog: B.C. Court: Loss of "Promising" Law Career Assessed at $5.1 Million https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2010/08/bccourt-loss-of-promising-law-career.html

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal News Post of the Day: March 13, 2025

#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Snowbirds must soon submit fingerprints for U.S. travel under new Homeland Security rules #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/mPLMv8ynbu

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Ontario Wills and Estates #LawFact of the Day: Public Policy and Your Last Will

A last will cannot have provisions that run contrary to public policy.

For instance, a will cannot discriminate against a family member because of their…

Religion

marital status, or

sexual orientation

It cannot encourage people to do illegal acts.

A court can refuse to uphold any provision in a last will that is contrary to public policy.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal News Post of the Day: March 12, 2025

#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Trump says he's doubling 25% tariffs against Canadian steel and aluminum #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/tFlj9Xlax2

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Family #LawFact of the Day: Net Family Property in Ontario

Ontario’s Family Law Act (FLA) governs the equalization and division of property between spouses upon marital separation.

It applies only to spouses who are legally married.

A spouse may be entitled to an equalization payment where their net family property is less than the net family property of their spouse.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal News Post of the Day: March 11, 2025

#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Ontario bike lane removal work could start this month. Cyclists seek injunction to block it #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/dMTut5U9Rl

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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