140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of August 19, 2019

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of August 19, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Unhappy home renovation customer asked to sign legal agreement not to write a bad review

• US Justice Department takes step to decertify union for immigration judges

• Report on separating AG, justice roles won't be released until ethics probe is done: PM

• William Barr condemns prison for failing to "adequately secure" Jeffrey Epstein

• The Completely Predictable Death of Jeffrey Epstein | The New Republic

• Trudeau Violated Ethics Law in SNC-Lavalin Case, Watchdog Finds

• Jeffrey Epstein Estate and Ghislaine Maxwell sued over alleged sex trafficking ring

• Leafs' Ceci being sued by burn victim of accident at party

• Family of murdered Toronto woman being forced to prove she's dead

• How 4 ex-Supreme Court justices got caught up in SNC-Lavalin affair‘A good self-help remedy:’ Human rights lawyer wins peace bond against white supremacist | Ottawa Citizen

• Employee Entitled to Rescind Retirement Notice

• US Appeals court says soap, toothbrushes can be required for detained children, despite Trump objection

• Basic facts about Epstein's suicide elude investigators 5 days later

• Medical examiner rules Epstein's prison death a suicide by hanging

• Wilson-Raybould now says was contacted by RCMP over SNC-Lavalin affair

• Two women sue Epstein's estate for $100 million

• Saudi judge denies mom custody for being too Western

• Canada has flipped the burden of proof for bail in cases of repeated intimate partner violence

• Federal Court Temporarily Blocks Arkansas 18-Week Abortion Ban

• Facebook failed to warn users of known risks before 2018 data breach: court filing - Reuters

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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The Lawyer's Weekly: Social Media Postings Creating a Litigation 'Gold Mine'

BY SIMRAN BAKSHI, ASSOCIATE LAWYER

I was recently interviewed by Lawyer's Weekly correspondent Kim Arnott regarding the impact that social media can have in family law litigation.

Given the nature of issues presented in family law, it is really not all that surprising to see social media increasingly relied upon by the Courts as an important tool to better understand the conduct and lifestyle of the litigants involved.

To learn more about how social media is shaping our litigation system today, I would recommend reading this article; Social media postings creating a litigation 'gold mine'.

- Simran Bakshi, Toronto

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"The 24"

It was a thrill to be included earlier this week in The 24: Canada's Top Legal Social Media Influencers from Lawyers Weekly.

Many thanks to writers Warren Smith and Jordan Furlong for this real honour.

Check out their list and by all means, follow the whole group on Twitter for a wide variety of takes on current issues, events, news, and opinions affecting the legal profession and often, all Canadians. 

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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