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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