140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of August 10, 2020

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of August 10, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Wrongfully Accused by an Algorithm

• Manhattan DA probing Trump Organization for 'insurance and bank fraud' and 'pattern of financial misconduct'
  

• Demand for Trump's tax returns justified over reports of 'criminal conduct' at Trump Org, prosecutor says
  

• As courts prepare to restart jury trials, advocates call for fair pay for jurors
  

• Private Christian university in Ancaster, Ontario says no sex outside heterosexual marriage. LGBTQ alumni say that discriminates | CBC News
  

• Pennsylvania man charged with shooting at a cigar shop employee after being asked to wear a mask, police say
  

• Neil Young Posts Lawsuit Against Trump Campaign – Rolling Stone
  

• Identity fraud cases mean CERB benefits on hold for hundreds of Canadians
  

• Star Technologist Who Crossed Google Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison
  

• Neil Young sues Trump campaign
  

• Pence says Chief Justice John Roberts has been a 'disappointment' to conservatives
  

• Employers Are Discriminating Against Mothers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  

• Canadian citizen sentenced to death in China on drug charge
  

• New York attorney general seeks to dissolve NRA in suit accusing gun rights group of wide-ranging fraud and self-dealing - The Washington Post
  

• Louisiana Supreme Court upholds Black man's life sentence for stealing hedge clippers 20 years ago
  

• NRA accused of 'brazen illegality' in lawsuit calling for it to be dissolved
  

• NY Judge nixes Trump bid to delay suit from woman alleging rape
  

• Canada fires back with $3.6 billion in tariffs after Donald Trump revives trade spat
  

• Notice to Profession – Toronto | Superior Court of Justice - Toronto Expansion Protocol for Court Hearings During COVID-19 Pandemic
  

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of August 3, 2020

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of August 3, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Trump Again Tries to Block Subpoena for Taxes, Calling It ‘Wildly Overbroad’
  

• Trump revises lawsuit to block release of tax records after Supreme Court ruling
  

• John Roberts: Inside his surprising streak of liberal wins - CNNPolitics
  

• 'Ellen DeGeneres Show' Workplace Under Investigation - Variety
  

• US DOJ to send additional federal agents to Cleveland, Detroit and Milwaukee
  

• Toronto, Peel Region get green light to move to Stage 3 of Ontario's COVID-19 recovery plan
  

• Brett Kavanaugh tried to sidestep abortion and Trump financial docs cases - CNNPolitics
  

• Egypt Sentences Women to 2 Years in Prison for “Violating Family Standards” in TikTok Videos
  

• New York Uber and Lyft drivers win key battle over unpaid unemployment benefits
  

• Florida man spent PPP funds on hotels, jewelry and $318,497 Lamborghini, authorities say
  

• Pelosi mandates masks in House chamber after Gohmert tests positive for Covid-19
  

• Native American tribe regains ownership of Big Sur ancestral lands
  

• DA reviews hundreds of cases involving LAPD officers charged with falsifying evidence
  

• Quebec Judge who told woman to remove hijab offering to apologize in settlement proposal
  

• Trump floats idea of delaying Nov. 3 vote, but Congress controls election date

• Exclusive: Inside the US Supreme Court's internal deliberations over Trump's taxes
  

• Opinion | John Lewis: Together, You Can Redeem the Soul of Our Nation - The New York Times
  

• American Accused of Blasphemy Is Killed in Pakistan Courtroom
  

• Ontario Implementing Additional Measures at Bars and Restaurants to Help Limit the Spread of COVID-19
  

• US national shot dead in Pakistan courtroom during blasphemy trial
  

• Police: Connecticut Landlord decapitated over rent
  

• Boston Marathon bomber's death sentence overturned by appeals court
  

• EI-like benefit for gig, contract workers will be available after CERB ends, Trudeau says
  

• Canadian-American couple devastated after Canada won't recognize their FaceTime wedding
  

• Arrests Over Illicit Party Boat With 170 Guests Cruising Around N.Y.C.
  

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of May 23, 2017

*Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of May 23, 2017 from Wise Law on Twitter:

• The Tipping Point: Regulation of Toronto’s Airbnb Market
• A third of Cosby’s jury pool has an opinion on his guilt or innocence
• Jury Selection to Begin Monday for Bill Cosby Trial 
• Field Notes: 11 Questions to Ask Before Getting a Divorce
• Legal Aid Ontario to suspend some refugee services July 1 over funding shortfall 
• Government of Canada announces judicial appointments in the province of Ontario
• “Cellino Sues Barnes. Who Gets the Jingle?”
• Almost 40 per cent of Canadians eat lunch at their desks, new research shows 
• ‘Day of victory’ for Julian Assange, says lawyer after Sweden drops rape investigation
• Anthony Weiner to Plead Guilty to Resolve Sexting Inquiry
• Harassed RCMP sergeant offered to settle years ago; wants $1 million in costs
• Trump Sends Nafta Renegotiation Notice to Congress
• Man sues date for texting during movie
• Judicial council fears ‘special interest groups’ shaping sexual assault training
• Whistleblower Chelsea Manning freed after 7 years in U.S. military prison
• Robert Mueller, Former F.B.I. Director, Is Named Special Counsel for Russia Investigation
• Sex assault law training now mandated for new Ontario judges 
• What is a special counsel and how much power do they have?
• Judge’s comments prompt Ontario’s top court to order new murder trial in rare move
• Debate heats up on paralegals in family law 
• Ontario businesses warn against major labour law changes | CTV News
• Canada immigration detention is unconstitutional, lawyers argue in Federal Court | Toronto Star
• 3 Judges Weigh Trump’s Revised Travel Ban, but Keep Their Poker Faces
• Bill Cosby Says He Will Not Testify at His Criminal Trial
• Ottawa to move on protections for air travellers
• Liberals to support Ambrose bill on sex-assault law training for would-be judges 
• Mounties are incapable of policing themselves, RCMP watchdog report says
• Supreme Court lets stand opinion striking down voter North Carolina ID law as discriminatory

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the Week of June 13, 2016

Here are the leading headlines from Wise Law on Twitter

• Can You be Fired for Being Too Attractive?

• Assisted dying bill unconstitutional: constitution expert Peter Hogg

• Lawyer responds to Judge's sharp, unjust criticism

• New laws to combat genetic discrimination on horizon: report

• What was really behind the pot shop raids in Toronto?

• 'Genius' sperm donor allegedly revealed as convicted felon

• Canadian law firm endorsed KPMG Isle of Man tax dodge

• Court awards Iran's non-diplomatic assets in Canada to terror victims in $13-million case

• Ontario Attorney General Madeleine Meilleur resigning from politics

• Former Conservative staffer's sentence in robocalls case upheld in appeal court

• Trump's Contempt for Judges Isn't a Defect. It's a Feature of Republican Politics. - Remember Terri

• Gawker files for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection, plans asset sale after $140.1 million Hulk Hogan award

• On Trump: So is every white judge now on notice that they can't fairly judge minority defendants?

• Toronto police board wants Supreme Court to stop G20 class-action lawsuits

• Bestiality requires penetration: SCC

• Ontario casinos may be liable after gambling addict loses millions

• Trial drags on four years after Radiohead stage collapse

• Gordie Howe lawsuit upheld by U.S. court before his death

• Appeal filed after Georgia judge rejects name change for transgender man as ‘fraud’

• Stayed suspension is recommended for ex-judge who filed $54M suit against dry cleaner for lost pants

• Inmates protest against more lockdowns at Toronto South Detention Centre.

• Oscar Pistorius faces return to jail, sentencing for murder begins tomorrow

• Ruling could reveal how police cracked mobsters' BlackBerry messages

• Judge awards B.C. man $8M for 27 years of wrongful imprisonment

• 'This could never, never happen again': Transgender man sent to women's jail settles with Toronto police

• DNA from skin cells could implicate the innocent, studies suggest

• Donald Trump Seizes on Orlando Shooting and Repeats Call for Temporary Ban on Muslim Migration

• After Orlando Nightclub Massacre, Obama Expresses Outrage and a Familiar Call for Gun Control

• How Canada's richest were told by KPMG accounting firm to hide their money from their ex-spouses

• Ontario children’s aid societies agree to collect race data

• Drug trafficking allegations against FedEx head to trial

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140 Law - Leading Legal Headlines for the Week of September 8, 2015

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:

• Where there's smoke there's ire: Condo board smoking case hits the courts
• Meet 7 of the 1.4 million Canadian expats who just lost their right to vote
• Longo’s Toronto court battle renews the issue over shopping on holidays
• Relationship with courts among key election issues for lawyers
• Disabled man told subsidized housing is for Muslims only | The Toronto Star
• Kim Davis appeals contempt ruling
• Egyptian court releases details of ruling against Mohamed Fahmy
• RCMP to charge Syrian colonel in Maher Arar torture
• Former wrestler Jimmy ‘Superfly’ Snuka charged with murder in girlfriend’s 1983 death
• 'Divorce selfie' reaction surprises Calgary couple
• Judge approves $415 million settlement in suit alleging Apple, Google colluded against workers
• Judge Who Jailed Kentucky Clerk Is No Stranger to Controversy
• Tenn. judge refuses to grant straight couple a divorce because … gay marriage - The Washington Post
• Music upstart accuses major record labels of not playing fair: Geist
• Marshall Rothstein muses on nine years in Canada's Supreme Court - Toronto Star
• Paid police suspensions cost Ontario taxpayers more than $13000 per day ... - National Post
• Assisted-death panel defends independence as group travels to Europe | CTV News
• Wrongfully convicted BC man seeks compensation after 27 years behind bars - CTV News
• The New Jersey Psychic With a Box of Swiss Gold and a Retail Slip and Fall Racket - The New York Times
• Judge blocks Aretha Franklin documentary from screening at Telluride film fest. Still to show at TIFF?
• What Employers Need To Know About Opinions From Non-Doctor Health And Medical Professionals
• New York's Craziest Custody Case: Four Parents, One Child
• Daughter in court over dad's 'racist' will
• Suit claims Los Angeles restaurants illegally agreed to add Obamacare surcharge to customer bills
• No copyright or trademark protection for metatags
• Supreme Court of Canada rules Ecuador villagers can go ahead with US$9.5-billion case against Chevron
• Peel board won't exempt kids from learning about gay families, gender issues
• New Mrs. Universe says Tory government treats First Nations people 'like terrorists'
• Barrie woman files $11M lawsuit against bar, drunk driver | CTV News
• Judge overturns Tom Brady’s suspension in ‘deflategate’ scandal
• Kentucky clerk who won’t issue same-sex marriage licenses is ordered to go to jail
• Former Crown/NDP candidate asking for judicial review of firing
• Ontario Judge's "hockey sense" gets trial verdict overturned - NHL
• Quebec MDs to get euthanasia guide to prepare for legalized assisted death - CTV News
• Clinton likely won't be charged in email scandal, experts say
• Law firms in Florida can send text-message ads to prospective clients, state bar says

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Leading Legal Headlines for the Week of July 20, 2015

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:

• Windows 10 Signifies Microsoft’s Shift in Strategy
• SCC to Rule on Dismissal Without Cause Regime Under the Canada Labour Code.
• 72 charges filed against Toronto UberX drivers as city moves towards regulation
• Women underrepresented in lead trial lawyer positions, ABA study reports
• Christie Blatchford: Ruling in Twitter harassment trial could have enormous fallout for free speech
• Ezra Levant’s ‘crazy town’ newspaper column leads to law society hearing
• Court rejects CRA's ‘astonishing’ attempt to tax uncollectable Ponzi scheme debt
• Dismissal without Cause under the Canada Labour Code heads to the SCC
• ABA addresses ‘destabilizing loss of public confidence’ in criminal justice in joint statement
• Toronto support worker arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting 95-year-old with Alzheimer’s
• Ontario cabinet minister sends Globe and Mail a notice of libel
• What Marriage Equality Means for Transgender Rights - The New York Times
• Options for Implementing Carter: One Lawyer’s Unique Perspective on the Landmark SCC Decision
• Ontario mom in messy custody case wins in court but still faces battle
• Kelowna lawyer involved in Ponzi scheme disbarred
• Winnipeg law office explosion victim home, posts picture and message - Winnipeg | Globalnews.ca
• Ontario including sexual harassment in OHSA - Canadian Occupational Safety
• Harper government to launch long-promised consultation on assisted dying
• ‘These are young people who made mistakes': Obama first sitting U.S. president to visit federal prison
• Federal victim surcharge bound for Supreme Court, defence lawyers say - CTV News
• Colorado shooter James Holmes found guilty in 2012 theatre massacre that left 12 dead
• Ezra Levant cited by Law Society of Alta over ‘inappropriate’ column criticizing human rights commission

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140Law - Legal Headlines for the Week of June 29, 2015

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:

• Missouri jail moves to video-only visits; fee will be charged to visitors
• Next Fight for Gay Rights: Bias in Jobs and Housing
• Ken Paxton, Texas official, says state clerks can deny gay marriage licenses - World - CBC News
• Ontario Judge signals it’s time to offer relief from ‘backbreaking’ fines
• ‘Deadbeat’ N.S. developer who owes $1.7 million in child support flees to the Middle East
• LSUC webcasts to continue despite few viewers
• It's Saskatchewan's turn to send a judge to Supreme Court - The Globe and Mail
• EU Court Rules That Website Is Liable For Anonymous Comments
• Gay marriage is a constitutional right, Supreme Court rules
• Toronto lawyer suing Peel Police for $1.5 million
• Opponents slam same-sex marriage ruling as ‘judicial tyranny’ while others rejoice
• Same-sex marriage legal anywhere in the United States, Supreme Court rules
• Trump hotel profits overstated to woo buyers, court told
• Judge rules for openness in custody case involving conflict over son’s gender identity
• Facebook ordered by Dutch court to identify revenge porn publisher
• Laura Liscio, criminal lawyer arrested in court, has all charges withdrawn

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for the week of June 15, 2015

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:

• Via @bsookman: The year in review: developments in computer, internet and e-commerce Law (2014-2015)
• Brazil's top court strikes down restrictive biography law -Times Union
• Law student challenges the constitutionality of 'carding' by police - The Globe and Mail
• First U.K. law firm IPO raises $50 million
• Lockdowns, staff shortages plague Toronto South superjail
• Reporter’s defamation case against John Furlong to begin in B.C. court
• Hamilton, Ont prosecutor who compared accused murderer to an ‘animal’ in opening address blamed for causing mistrial
• All the Ways Your Legal Skills Can Be Used via Omar Ha-Redeye
• Dominique Strauss-Kahn Acquitted in France
• Why it’s so hard to keep bad forensics out of the courtroom
• Let child discover his own gender, Ontario judge tells parents in custody order
• Chicago Court Gives Woman Frozen Embryos Despite Ex-Boyfriend’s Objections
• Broken Boys, Thieves, Killers, and Now Escapees
• Loblaw vows to ‘act quickly’ if supplier lied about organic poultry
• Omar Khadr war crime convictions questioned after U.S. court decision
• Senate lawyer arguing against admitting secret audit in Duffy trial
• Michigan Governor Signs Adoption Ban For Same Sex Couples
• Sun-Owning Lady Sues eBay Because They Wouldn’t Let Her Sell ‘Plots’ Of ‘Land’ On ‘Her’ Sun
• Supreme Court of Canada Decision on Cannabis Extracts
• Five things to know about the Supreme Court of Canada's medical marijuana ruling
• Ontario Superior Court upholds Canada Post’s “legal authority” to install community mailboxes
• Gordon Stuckless doesn't need psych assessment, his lawyer says - Toronto Sun
• Glendale council votes to kill Coyotes arena deal
• Georgia woman charged with murder after taking abortion pill
• Contractor loses appeal after fraudulent reno of elderly woman’s home
• The U.S. Supreme Court’s Jerusalem Passport Case

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Week of June 1, 2015

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:

• Sorry Bell, accessing U.S. Netflix is not theft: Geist
• Toronto Mayor John Tory vows to end controversial carding tactic ‘once and for all’
• Manitoba family law changes bringing needed ‘clarity’
• LegalZoom files $10.5M antitrust suit against North Carolina bar, cites SCOTUS dental case
• Reconciling the Truth About Law Schools
• Kim Dotcom Wins Another Round in NZ Court
• ABA asks SCOTUS to overturn Florida law allowing divided juries to recommend death penalty
• Quebec bill calls animals ‘sentient beings’ and includes jail time for cruelty
• Omar Khadr should have served youth sentence, Supreme Court rules
• Legal Aid Lawyers Commence Action over Collective Bargaining
• Ontario cracking down on inappropriate use of police information
• Is the orgy planned for Trinity Bellwoods Park for real?
• Lien masters subordinate to judges, court finds
• Duffy trial lawyers squabble over confidential report - Toronto Sun
• Canada’s residential schools cultural genocide, Truth and Reconciliation commission says
• Communications breakdowns: When a lawyer has no sense of time
• LSUC ignored ‘binding precedent,’ argues TWU lawyer
• 2015 Law Society Award recipients share remarks
• Garth Drabinsky’s OSC hearing set for January
• You’d rather go after the Godfather: Judges admonishes Toronto for targeting Uber instead of its drivers
• Life without parole bill not likely to pass before election, MacKay says
• Tobacco firms ordered to pay Quebec smokers $15B in damages
• Warring parties in Robin Williams estate case make progress, with mediator’s help
• US Supreme Court says intent matters in Facebook threat case
• SCOTUS rules for hijab-wearing teen who sued Abercrombie for refusing to hire her
• Legal clinics plan to expand efforts to get justice for Ontario’s most vulnerable workers
• Lawyers fight ‘archaic’ ban on no-win no-fee arrangements in family court | The Toronto Star

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140Law - Legal Headlines for the Week of May 18th

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:

• Ex-Israeli Premier Olmert Sentenced to 8 Months in Prison
• Change in overtime rules could lead to more suits over worker emails sent outside work
• Risk management strategies to reduce your risk of a claim under the new Ontario Rule 48.14
• Sony Terms With Spotify Uncovered in Contract
• Ontario employers get slap on wrist for mistreating employees
• National Post Interview With Chief Justice of Canada Beverley McLachlin
• “I’m not totally satisfied”: Dalhousie professor on dentistry report
• Ontario judge finds police tone deaf about right to counsel
• Why aren’t violent bikers in Texas labelled ‘thugs,’ when looters in Baltimore are?
• Petition to Re-Instate the Ontario E-Laws Detailed Legislative History Tables
• Nebraska lawmakers vote to end death penalty
• RCMP makes preventative terror-related arrests in Montreal area
• Bank robber’s jail term slashed by Ontario court so he would avoid deportation to Syria

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk & Office Manager

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