140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of July 27, 2020

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of July 27, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Coronavirus Live Updates: Teachers Unions Sue DeSantis Over His Order Pushing Florida Schools to Fully Reopen

• Ontario Moving More Regions into Stage 3

• UK Suspends Extradition Treaty With Hong Kong Over Security Law

• Trump’s Occupation of American Cities Has Begun

• Gun-wielding St. Louis couple charged with felony over unlawful weapons - ABC New

• 'Chair Girl' fined $2,000, given 2 years probation, community service

• Brides denied service from videographer who doesn't film 'homosexual weddings'

• Canada’s House passes bill to extend and reform wage subsidy, introduce disability benefits

• Man in P.E.I. jailed for allegedly failing to self-isolate after COVID-19 diagnosis | CBC News

• Canada's asylum agreement with the U.S. infringes on Charter, says federal court

• A Kangaroo Got Loose in Florida. Now Its Owner May Face Charges

• B.C. announces new rules for bars and nightclubs as COVID-19 cases continue to climb

• President Trump was maskless in the lobby of his D.C. hotel. The city plans to investigate. - SFGate

• Portland's mayor tear gassed by US federal agents

• Report Out Today On ‘Zoom Courts’ Raises Privacy and Due Process Concerns

• Former Nazi camp guard convicted in Germany

• Judge Orders Michael Cohen Released, Citing ‘Retaliation’ Over Tell-All Book

• Watchdog to review conduct of U.S. federal agents in Portland, Washington protests

• Judge rules to unseal documents in 2015 case against Ghislaine Maxwell

• Cohen gets home confinement after judge rules his return to prison was retaliatory

• B.C. doctor heads to court to demand mandatory mask rules | CBC News

• 'Illegal assault' on First Nations brothers by police caught on video was racist, lawsuit alleges

• Moose Jaw police allege fired cop has decades-long history of misconduct including assaults, deception

• Meng Wanzhou lawyers claim Trump has 'poisoned' extradition proceedings

• Manager Asks Subordinate to Buy Dope for Her = Just Cause

• Philly lawyer collects millions evicting people for city courts. She’s married to an eviction judge

• US Supreme Court decides against Nevada church fighting to overturn attendance limit

• Canadian law barring conditional sentences for some offences is unconstitutional, Ontario appeals court rules

• Yelp says 60% of restaurant Covid-19 closures are permanent

• Bus driver with one eye wins discrimination case; judge nixes Ontario licence rule | CBC News

• Expenses of Canada’s federally appointed judges to be made public for first time

• Chief Best reacts after federal judge blocks Seattle ban on police crowd control measures

• Judge denies attempt to stop order requiring release of children US in immigration custody

• Portland Federal Agents Accused of War Crimes for Destroying Protesters’ Medical Supplies

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of July 13, 2020

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of July 13, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Bob Rae named Canadian ambassador to the United Nations

• NHL, players' union reach tentative agreement for return to play, CBA extension

• Amy Cooper Faces Charges After Calling Police on Black Bird Watcher

• Phoenix Police Kill Man in Parked Car, Igniting New Protests

• Ontario to end academic streaming for Grade 9, suspensions for junior kindergarten to Grade 3

• Trump administration withdraws US from WHO

• Deutsche Bank slammed by NY regulators with $150 million fine over ties to Jeffrey Epstein

• Ignore COVID-19 guidelines at your disciplinary peril, Georgia judges told

• Florida lawyer attends court in a HAZMAT SUIT as the state's COVID-19 cases continue to soar

• US Supreme Court Lets Employers Opt Out of Providing Free Birth Control

• SCC: Uber Arbitration Unconscionable. Uber Is a Company Known for Pushing Limits, Did They Push Too Far This Time?

• Woman Says She Was Fired Because Her Children Disrupted Her Work Calls

• Appeal court sides with B.C. man who wants 'free range' kids to ride bus alone

• Alberta Tables Significant Proposed Employment Law Changes

• US Supreme Court Rules Nearly Half of Oklahoma is Indian Reservation

• Supreme Court hands win to N.Y. prosecutors on Trump financial records, but not yet Congress | CBC News

• Ontario Extends Emergency Orders to July 22

• The US Supreme Court prepares for the Biden presidency

• Alberta’s Bill 32 Is a Seismic Break in Labour and Employment Law

• Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyers request bail, arguing she 'is not Jeffrey Epstein'

• Judge temporarily blocks Kentucky governor's Covid-19 executive orders -- the same day he requires masks - CNNPolitics

• Dozens of Mississippi lawmakers have Covid-19 after refusing to wear masks

• Canada makes it easier for same-sex couples to obtain citizenship for children born abroad

• Robert Mueller defends Russia probe, says Roger Stone 'remains a convicted felon' in op-ed

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of July 6, 2020

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of July 6, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Supreme Court Strikes Down Louisiana Abortion Restrictions

• Judge temporarily blocks publication of tell-all book by President Trump's niece

• Putin allies accuse Canada of interfering with Russia's gay marriage vote

• Mississippi Governor Signs Law to Remove Flag With Confederate Emblem

• Los Angeles City Council moves forward with plan to replace police officers with community-based responders for nonviolent calls

• Ontario psychiatric hospital committed assault and battery with bizarre, painful ‘therapy,’ court rules – Hanover Post

• Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's longtime associate, has been arrested

• Supreme Court of Canada dismisses First Nations' challenge against Trans Mountain pipeline

• Facebook ad boycott: Why big brands 'hit pause on hate'

• A Massachusetts city will recognize polyamorous relationships

• Mary Trump Fights Effort to Bar Publication of Her Book

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of June 29, 2020

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of June 29, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Ontario Moving Toronto and Peel Region into Stage 2

• Ex-Stone prosecutor says Stone treated differently 'because of his relationship to the President'

• Bill Cosby is granted the right to appeal his sexual assault convictions - CNN

• Women With Cancer Awarded Billions in Baby Powder Suit

• N.Y.’s Legal Limbo: Pandemic Creates Backlog of 39,200 Criminal Cases

• Canada's largest mental health hospital calls for removal of police from front lines for people in crisis

• Appeals Court Panel Orders End to Michael Flynn Case - The New York Times

• Bayer to pay up to $10.9B US to settle Roundup lawsuits | CBC News

• Wrongfully Accused by an Algorithm

• Ontario Extends Declaration of Emergency to July 15

• Grand jury indicts 3 men on murder charges in Ahmaud Arbery killing

• Judge dismisses Twitter from Devin Nunes’ lawsuit | The Fresno Bee

• Notice to the Profession, Litigants, Accused, Media and Members of the Public (June 25, 2020) | Ontario Superior Court of Justice

• Three men arrested in Iran for allegedly selling babies on Instagram

• CEO resigns after allegations of discrimination, racism, sexual harassment at Canadian Museum for Human Rights

• Wrongly arrested Black man sues a Georgia city and police officers for excessive force and injury

• Wendy Mesley disciplined for use of 'offensive language' on 2 occasions

• Lametti says he still won't intervene in Meng case before court process ends

• Post-pandemic law firm marketing (19 legal influencers chime in)

• US Federal Judge rules migrant children in government family detention centers must be released due to coronavirus

• Justin Bieber files $20M defamation lawsuit over sexual misconduct claims

• Ontario Extends Emergency Orders to July 10

• LSO: Call for comment on proposed Family Legal Services Provider Licence

• Black Montreal police officers call on their union to stop denying systemic racism

• 1 person charged in connection with racist slurs, anti-Black graffiti reported in Toronto subway train

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of June 22, 2020

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of June 22, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• U.S. Supreme Court says gay, transgender workers are covered by landmark civil rights law

• US Supreme Court again declines to take up Second Amendment cases - CNNPolitics

• SCOTUS won't hear challenge to California immigrant sanctuary law

• Trump administration sues Bolton over book dispute

• Parents not liable for teenagers' fatal crash after house party, top B.C. judge rules

• New NAFTA takes effect next month. U.S. is already threatening legal challenges | CBC News\

• Airline: Passenger deplaned after refusing to wear a mask

• Atlanta officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks charged with murder

• Justice Dept. Escalates Legal Fight With Bolton Over Book

• Quebec's COVID-19 triage protocol is discriminatory, disability advocates say

• Some lawyers say Chief Justice Wagner crossed a line by suggesting Criminal Code changes

• Ontario courts to resume in-person trials starting July 6 | The Star

• U.S. Supreme Court rejects bid by Trump administration to end DACA immigrant program | CBC News

• Newsroom : Ontario Takes Steps to Resolve Land Disputes Faster

• New Brunswick’s mandatory vaccination bill voted down

• Roberts to Trump: Don’t Take the Supreme Court for Granted

• 'Perry Mason' review: Matthew Rhys isn't your grandma's Perry Mason in HBO's new series

• Judge hears arguments over publication of Bolton's book

• California makes masks mandatory outside

• Mueller Report Redactions on Roger Stone Are Revealed

• Mueller raised possibility Trump lied to him, rereleased report says

• Who is Geoffrey Berman, the powerful US attorney refusing to step down? - CNNPolitics

• Judge Rejects Trump Request for Order Blocking Bolton’s Memoir

• Parent of toddler in 'manipulated' Trump video forces Facebook and Twitter to remove it

• Supreme Court's chief justice calls for more diversity in Canada's legal system

• READ: AG Barr's letter telling US attorney he's been fired by Trump

• Trump Fires Berman After Tensions Rose Over Inquiries

• READ: US attorney Geoffrey Berman says he's leaving his post

• Professor Who Asked Student to ‘Anglicize’ Her Name Is Put on Leave - The New York Times

• He Founded ‘Students for Trump.’ Now He Could Face Jail Time for Impersonating a Lawyer.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of June 15, 2020

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of June 15, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• US demands Britain hand over Prince Andrew to be questioned over Epstein link

• Uber Eats Facing Criminal Charges in Italy. Here’s the Story

• Exploitation, abuse, health hazards rise for migrant workers during COVID-19, group says

• Ontario Suspension of Limitation Periods and Procedural Deadlines Extended to September 11, 2020

• Ku Klux Klan leader allegedly ran over protesters in Virginia, state officials say - CNN

• Tear gas is banned in warzones, but US police can use it on crowds. Here's why

• Prince Andrew and U.S. Prosecutor in Nasty Dispute Over Epstein Case

• Senior family court judge fears self-represented litigants being left behind by COVID-19 - The Lawyer's Daily

• Former U.S. federal judge calls government move to dismiss Flynn case an 'abuse of power' | CBC News

• Canada-U.S. border closure to be extended beyond June 21, sources say

• Israel Court Rejects Law Legalizing Thousands of Settlement Homes

• Small businesses welcome Ontario's eviction ban, but some landlords say it's government overreach

• Richmond judge blocks the state's removal of Robert E Lee statue - CNNPolitics

• Supreme Court of Canada chief justice says he's 'optimistic' about launch of virtual hearings

• Attorney for ex-officer involved in George Floyd's death says client is 'not a violent person'

• Threatening jail time for CERB fraud could scare off legitimate claims, experts say — and it’s unlikely that anyone will end up in prison

• Face masks will soon be mandatory on the TTC, source confirms

• Supreme Court of Canada to rule on French language education rights

• He’s a spy — but he didn’t spy on Canada. So his asylum bid should go ahead, court says

• RCMP dashcam video shows officer tackling, punching Chief Allan Adam during arrest

• Who’s responsible if I catch COVID-19 at a restaurant or other private business? A lawyer answers

• New Melania Trump book says she renegotiated her prenuptial agreement - CNNPolitics

• Washington state calls out the National Guard to help with unemployment claims

• Supreme Court chief justice suggests Criminal Code changes to cut into court backlogs

• Atlanta police chief resigns after officer shoots, kills Black man

• Breaking With Tradition, Some US Judges Speak Out on Racial Injustices - WSJ

• Doug Ford’s Conservatives are starving the human-rights system, says Del Duca

• Confederate flag flying in Collingwood sparks petition to ban it

• Supreme Court chief justice suggests Criminal Code changes to cut into court backlogs

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of June 8, 2020

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of June 8, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• European Court rules Nestlé can't call its plant-based burgers 'incredible'

• DOJ urges appeals court to force dismissal of Flynn case - POLITICO

• Arrest warrants issued for officers in excessive force case

• Supreme Court goes Zoom: court to start virtual hearings during pandemic closure

• Trump's Use of the Insurrection Act May Be a Final Straw for the Military

• Heavily armed anti-government extremists are showing up at protests

• How COVID-19 helped push Ontario's low-tech justice system into the 21st century #law #legal

• Four US chicken industry execs indicted for alleged price fixing conspiracy

• Stockwell Day exits CBC commentary role, corporate posts after comments about racism in Canada | CBC News

• Rookie cops seek to blame senior cop in George Floyd's death

• Bombardier to lay off 2,500 aviation workers amid COVID-19 struggles | CBC News

• Federal Court of Appeal rules Canada’s anti-spam law is constitutional and releases decision on the making available right

• Murder trial against ex-police officer could hinge on cause of George Floyd's death, legal experts say

• Florida Woman Arrested For Battery with Hamburger As State Begins Returning To Normal | The Smoking Gun

• Appeals Court Blocks White House From Suspending Reporter’s Press Pass - The New York Times

• Cyclist Charged With Assaulting Teenagers Who Posted Fliers Against Police Brutality

• Videos often contradict what police say in reports. Here's why some officers continue to lie

• Ontario extends emergency orders to June 19

• Newsroom : Ontario Extends Emergency Orders to Support Its Reopening Efforts. Province Extends the Suspension of Limitation Periods and Time Periods for Legal Proceedings until September

• 2 Buffalo officers charged with assault after video showed police shoving 75-year-old man

• First Nations chiefs in N.B. seek review of justice system after shooting death of Chantel Moore

• 'More and more claims:' Pandemic lawsuits could tie up courts for years

• Prosecutors allege Michael Avenatti may have violated the terms of his temporary release

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of June 1, 2020

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of June 1, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Going to work sick was a sign of loyalty. Now that it’s ‘reckless,’ companies need to rethink their policies

• Spain’s Courts, Already Strained, Face Crisis as Lockdown Lifts

• Federal extension of Canadian limitation periods

• Martin Regg Cohn: The army found a house of horrors in Ontario’s long-term care. After two years in power, Doug Ford had no excuse not to know

• Hockey players declared ‘essential workers’ by Trump’s Department of Homeland Security: NHL lawyer – Raw Story

• Trump Prepares Social Media Executive Order to Limit Protections

• Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou loses bid to end extradition procedure, hearing will continue

• Trump move could scrap or weaken law that protects social media companies

• C.D.C. Suggests Big Changes to Offices: Temperature Checks and Desk Shields - The New York Times

• Flynn Discussed Sanctions at Length With Russian Diplomat, Transcripts Show

• Toronto ice cream truck owner ticketed for curbside delivery

• Derek Chauvin Charged in Death of George Floyd in Minneapolis

• Supreme Court, in 5-4 Decision, Rejects Church’s Challenge to Shutdown Order

• SpaceX Lifts NASA Astronauts to Orbit, Launching New Era of Spaceflight

• The FBI's top lawyer is resigning

• Mexico’s President Says Most Domestic Violence Calls Are ‘Fake’ - The New York Times

• Abused Woman Who Killed Husband Is Granted the Family’s U.K. Estate

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of May 25, 2020

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of May 25, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Premier Doug Ford extends emergency orders until May 29, forcing bars and restaurants to remain closed

• Canada-U.S. border to remain closed for another month

• Ontario orders independent commission into long-term care after more than 1,400 COVID-19-linked deaths

• Jane Roe’s Deathbed Confession: Anti-Abortion Conversion ‘All an Act’ Paid for by the Christian Right

• Ontario classes are cancelled for rest of the school year

• Judge allows fraud suit against Trump, family and company to proceed

• Homicide at Toronto massage parlour was an act of incel terrorism, police say

• Supreme Court Blocks Release of Full Mueller Report for Now

• Applications open for government loan program for businesses taking financial hit from COVID-19

• Canadian Judicial Council acted with extreme unfairness in public rebuke of Justice Patrick Smith, judge rules - The Globe and Mail

• Eight women named Ontario court judges | The Star

• First-Ever Legal Blogger Says He Will Cease Publishing May 31

• Emmet Sullivan: Judge in Michael Flynn case hires prominent DC law firm to help with appeal - CNNPolitics

• Netanyahu defiant as he arrives for start of trial

• Dutch Grandmother’s Refusal to Remove Photos From Facebook Tests European Privacy Law - The New York Times

• Federal judge rules Florida felons can't be barred from voting because they owe court fines

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of May 19, 2020

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of May 19, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Air Canada temperature checks raise privacy concerns, experts say

• Top Roger Stone prosecutor slams A.G. Barr for influencing cases against Trump allies

• Very sobering assessment on how COVID actually spreads and the risks of premature re-opening.

• 6 things to watch as the US Supreme Court hears Trump's effort to block subpoenas

• From soliciting bribes to abuse of authority, CBSA officers hit with hundreds of misconduct complaints | CBC News

• US Supreme Court hears cases about Trump's bid to shield financial records

• Supreme Court justices grill attorneys on critical cases involving Trump business records

• 40 meat plant inspectors in Canada have COVID-19, union says

• The Constitutional Clash on a Conference Call

• Judge Hesitates to Accept Justice Dept. Move to Drop Flynn Charge - The New York Times

• Takeaways from Supreme Court arguments over Trump's finance and tax records

• Trailing Women With a Camera Was Legal in Tennessee, Appeals Court Rules

• Bigamy is no longer a felony in Utah

• Los Angeles Times: FBI seizes GOP senator Richard Burr’s phone in investigation of stock trades after coronavirus briefings - CNNPolitics

• Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down state's stay-at-home order - CNNPolitics

• Appeals Court Allows Emoluments Suit Against Trump to Proceed

• Premier Doug Ford set to reopen more of Ontario’s economy

• California church sues Zoom after 'zoombomber' streamed porn in a Bible study class

• April home sales in Canada plunge more than 50 per cent on COVID-19 impact

• Air Canada to lay off 20,000 workers as pandemic collapses travel industry

• Justin Trudeau extends the emergency wage subsidy until the end of August

• Ontario high school teachers ratify three-year deal

• Hacked celebrity law firm says it has not worked with Trump

• N.Y.P.D. Shuts Down Brooklyn Yeshiva for Violating Virus Ban

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of May 4, 2020

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of May 4,2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Premier Doug Ford’s anti-profiteering push sparks almost 20,000 price-gouging complaints

• Detroit Students Have a Constitutional Right to Literacy, Court Rules

• Opinion: The court case that could change the trajectory of the Trump administration

• US Supreme Court rejects argument intended to undermine the ACA

• Many Ontario workers are trying to refuse work due to COVID-19 fears — but the government isn’t letting them | The Star

• US federal courts begin to consider guidelines for reopening amid pandemic

• This 2-year-old boy was adopted over Zoom after coronavirus pandemic canceled court hearings

• Mom Says She Was Fined $880 For 'Standing Too Long' in a Park With Baby

• New rules for US Supreme Court justices as they plan their first-ever phone hearings

• Struggling tenants are going on ‘rent strikes’ — and landlords are getting desperate

• Amazon, Walmart, Target, FedEx and Instacart workers to hold ‘unprecedented strike’ on Friday over virus risk

• Shelter-in-Place Orders Are Perfectly Legal

• Mueller investigators said Roger Stone orchestrated hundreds of fake Facebook accounts in political influence scheme

• Drunk driver Marco Muzzo granted day parole five years after killing three children and their grandfather

• SickKids, North York General hospitals declare COVID-19 outbreaks | The Star

• COVID-19 triggers flood of court rulings as estranged parents argue exes putting children at infection risk

• Remote shifts in Ontario courts are for the better and should become permanent, judicial leaders say - The Globe and Mail

• B.C. judge says a fundamentalist Baptist father who believes homosexuals should be executed shouldn't have any say in the religious upbringing of his children

• Ottawa boosts aid package to students, pledges incentives to find work

• ‘Insanely foolish and negligent’: Critics slam Quebec’s plan to lift COVID-19 restrictions as too much too soon

• 87% Of Law Offices Working Remotely, Survey Finds, As They Struggle To Maintain Financial Stability

• We must act before COVID-19 spells the end of an independent criminal bar | Canadian Lawyer

• Ontario's Court System Advances '25 Years In 25 Days' Due To COVID-19

• California cities will pursue legal action after governor orders beaches closed

• What offices might look like in a post-COVID world

• Ontario allowing small list of businesses to reopen with 'strict safety guidelines'

• Trudeau announces ban on 1,500 types of 'assault-style' firearms — effective immediately

• Foodora Canada Saga Highlights the Failure of Canada’s Workplace Protection Regimes

• English school boards can‘t refuse to reopen, Quebec education minister says | The Star

• First wave of virus litigation filed - SFGate

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of April 20, 2020

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of April 20,2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• An ER doctor loses custody of daughter because of coronavirus fears

• How Toronto police used controversial facial recognition technology to solve the senseless murder of an innocent man

• Nearly 6 million people have applied for COVID-19 emergency benefits

• US Supreme Court to hear case on Trump's financial docs via telephone

• Canada watching ‘closely’ after Google ordered to work out repayment to French news organizations, publishers

• Florida: WWE wrestling deemed an essential service, returns to live televised shows

• Toronto long-term care home says 25 residents have died of COVID-19 | CBC News

• Pennsylvania State Bar Issues Ethics Guidance on Working from Home During COVID-19 Pandemic

• ‘Grossly inadequate’: Judge sounds alarm over cleaning at Brampton Courthouse during coronavirus pandemic

• Co-parenting during the pandemic

• Broward judge tells lawyers to get out of bed and wear a shirt for Zoom hearings

• Doug Ford says schools will remain shut as Ontario extends its state of emergency to May 12

• Trudeau set to announce expanded eligibility for emergency benefits | CBC News

• New York to require wearing a mask in public

• INSIGHT: Effective Virtual Mediation During the Coronavirus Crisis

• COVID-19 Guidance for High-Risk and Essential Workplaces

• Small businesses ask for rent relief as pandemic closures continue

• Atlanta Federal judge shuts down remote hearing after interruptions by listening audience

• Why did some Toronto bus drivers refuse to work amid COVID-19? Here’s everything you need to know

• Roger Stone denied new trial

• Former Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Is Among Prisoners to Be Released Because of Virus

• “Trial by Zoom”: What Virtual Hearings Might Mean for Open Courts, Participant Privacy and the Integrity of Court Proceedings

• Texas judge rules all registered voters can vote by mail if they fear catching coronavirus

• As millions of workers apply for help, mothers-to-be say they can't get CERB

• 'Devil is always in the details': Ottawa's commercial rent relief plan and what it needs to succeed

• Pandemic leaves criminal lawyers out of work and without help

• Facebook and Google to be forced to share advertising revenue with Australian media companies | Australian media | The Guardian

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of April 6, 2020

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of April 6,2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• PM warns employers will face ‘serious consequences’ if 75% COVID-19 wage subsidies misused

• Antiquated technology holding Ontario's justice system back during COVID-19 crisis

• Summary judgment issued in CIBC employees’ groundbreaking unpaid overtime class action

• A man allegedly teaching his dog to drive was arrested after leading troopers on a chase

• Courts scramble to modernize to keep the system working in a pandemic

• Federal judge blocks Texas order liming abortion access over coronavirus

• Federal juMaine coronavirus: Armed vigilantes blocked a symptom-free neighbor's driveway with a tree to force him into quarantine - CNN

• Landlords can still threaten tenants with evictions, says the province

• Toronto cancels city-led and permitted events to June 30

• A Toronto dentist who pays $10,000 a year for insurance that includes pandemic coverage can’t collect. And he is not alone.

• Appeals court temporarily re-instates Texas order limiting abortion access over coronavirus

• A second US pastor has been charged with violating public orders against large gatherings

• Disobey and pay: Your visit to a closed Ontario playground could cost you $100,000

• Canada Public Safety Minister Bill Blair asks prison, parole heads to consider releasing some inmates to stop spread of COVID-19

• COVID-19 prompts flood of people to write, change their wills — but quarantine measures are getting in the way

• Mandatory quarantine ordered for Torontonians with COVID-19 or who had close contact with anyone infected

• FDA calls for Zantac products to be pulled from market immediately - CNN

• Children’s Aid Society cancelled face-to-face meetings. These parents worry they won’t see their kids for months

• Ontario hospitals urge Doug Ford to clearly state when medical supplies will be replenished

• New bylaw orders Torontonians to keep at least two metres apart in parks, public squares

• Ontario court to consider whether a will can be witnessed online as many Canadians draft new documents - The Globe and Mail

• Ontario pares down the list of essential services during COVID-19 outbreak

• RCMP rescind Calgary-area teen’s $1,200 fine for not practising physical distancing in vehicle

• Class action launched against insurers that won't pay businesses for coronavirus-related losses

• NRA suing New York for deeming gun stores non-essential businesses during coronavirus pandemic

• ‘They can’t self-isolate in there’: Inmates’ loved ones fear it may be too late to stop COVID-19 in Canadian prisons

• Ontario Premier Doug Ford blasts Trump protectionism: ‘When the cards are down, you see who your friends are’

• Coronavirus is throwing child custody agreements into turmoil

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of March 30, 2020

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of March 30, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Watch: Mayor John Tory to declare state of emergency for Toronto

• Small businesses walloped by COVID-19 rules, says Toronto board of trade

• N.J. man faces terror charges after coughing on grocery store worker, claiming to have Coronavirus.

• Citing Death Penalty, U.K. Court Blocks Giving Evidence on ISIS ‘Beatles’ to U.S.

• Ontario unleashes record spending for COVID-19 pandemic with $17B in emergency measures

• Parliament passes Ottawa's $82 billion COVID-19 aid package

• So, your boss said, ‘I’m crazy about you.’ That’s not sexual harassment, human rights tribunal rules

• Supreme Court of Canada agrees to hear Toronto’s appeal of cut to city council

• COVID-19: First Emergency Child Access Case Decision from the Ontario Superior Court

• Ontario allows restaurants to sell takeout liquor, wine and beer

• Abortion-rights advocates sue Texas officials for limiting abortion access in coronavirus order

• Militarizing a pandemic: Defence experts say idea of sending U.S. troops to border with Canada makes no sense | CBC News

• Toronto man arrested for allegedly selling COVID-19 test kits across North America

• You could get jail time in Singapore for breaking social distancing laws

• Working, learning and buying from home: Can we ever go back in the wake of COVID-19, or is this our new normal?

• McDonald’s employee faked COVID-19 to get out of work, Hamilton police allege

• Former Humboldt Bronco files $13.5M lawsuit against bus driver, provinces

• Ontario doctors told to stop prescribing unproven drug combination touted by Donald Trump

• NRA sues California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other state officials over gun store closures

• Ontario government suspends rules protecting vulnerable, long-term care residents

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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