Moving Your Law Firm to the Cloud with Microsoft Azure

In this episode of “In Conversation With...”  Kerry Cassanova, President of Micronova Software Solutions Inc, joins Wise Law’s Garry J. Wise to discuss the ease of migrating your law practice (or small business) to the Cloud, using Microsoft Azure.  Garry and Kerry discuss the Cloud migration process, enhanced data security and speed with Azure, remote desktops, the future of remote workplaces, and their own experiences of working in the Cloud during the COVID-19 era.

- 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: Top 10 Legal Headlines for the Week of May 11, 2020

140Law: Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of May 11, 2020.

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- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of May 11, 2020

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of May 11, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• UPDATED: Everything you need to know about CERB, EI and income support during the pandemic

• California Sues Uber and Lyft, Claiming Workers Are Misclassified

• Law Society implements online delivery of licensing examinations

• Union calls for public inquiry, criminal investigations into COVID-19 deaths at long-term care homes

• U.S. scientist says he was fired for raising red flags over unproven COVID-19 treatment

• 5-Year-Old From Utah Caught Driving to California on Highway

• Dallas Hair Salon Owner Is Jailed for Defying Order to Stay Closed

• Notice to the Profession, Litigants, Accused Persons and the Media Regarding the Continued Suspension of in-court matters to July 6, 2020 | Superior Court of Justice

• DeVos finalizes rules that give more rights to those accused of sexual assault on US college campuses

• Toronto restaurant owner sues insurance company for denying COVID-19 claim, hopes others will follow

• Supreme Court throws out convictions in New Jersey's Bridgegate scandal

• Sidewalk Labs cancels plan to build high-tech neighbourhood in Toronto amid COVID-19

• Arrests made in shooting death of black man in Georgia after outcry

• Ottawa, provinces and territories reach $4B deal to boost essential workers' pay

• Divorcing Parents Have Constitutional Right to Post Their Stories Online, Massachusetts Court Says

• 19-year-old charged after Mercedes clocked driving 308 km/h on Ontario highway

• Sioux tribe refuses to take down checkpoints that South Dakota governor says are illegal

• Skadden Law Firm Said to Have Paid $11 Million to Settle Ukraine Dispute

- 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 27, 2020

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

• Eight staff, 60 inmates test positive for COVID-19 at Brampton jail. Inmates transferred to Toronto South Detention Centre 

• US Supreme Court says unanimous jury verdicts required in state criminal trials for serious offenses

• The US Supreme Court Rules From Home

• Sheriff Told Teen to Take Down Posts About Coronavirus, Family’s Lawsuit Says

• Missouri is suing China over coronavirus impacts saying the country did 'little to stop the spread of the disease'

• Republican-led Wisconsin legislature sues to reopen state from stay-at-home order

• Ford government fixes legal problem that made it impossible to fight tickets during the pandemic

• $500k bet on 'rock, paper, scissors' ruled invalid by Quebec court

• Ottawa to offer rent relief for businesses forced to shut down during pandemic

• Parenting during the pandemic: a N.S.Judge weighs in

• Michael Avenatti released from jail

• Ontario announces $4 an hour pandemic pay increase for front-line workers

• Opinion: Our civil justice system needs to be brought into the 21st century - The Globe and Mail

• UK Judges told to stop using 'beyond reasonable doubt' because jurors don't understand what it means

• 'Huge relief': Small businesses welcome Ottawa's commercial rent relief program, despite concerns

• Proposed Ontario Superior Court class-action suit alleges care homes failed to respond to COVID-19

• 'It was traumatic for everyone': Toronto Jewish Zoom prayer service hijacked by trolls screaming anti-Semitic slurs

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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CoVid19 and Criminal Justice in Ontario

Criminal defence lawyer, Sheldon Wisener, joins Wise Law's Garry Wise in discussion about Covid19 and criminal justice in Ontario.

Topics include court hearings by video conference, the implications of Ontario court closures and the Jordan ruling, the life of a criminal defence lawyer, and real world advice on remaining silent if you ever have a brush with the law.

- 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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