140 Law - Legal Headlines for Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, March 26, 2014:

• Egyptian lawyers boycott new mass trial of almost 700 suspected Islamists - Toronto Star
• Ontario Superior Court action: BlackBerry sues exec to stay for six months after being poached by Apple
• Ruling: Kansas can strip Planned Parenthood funds
• Colorado Supreme Court ethics ruling allows attorneys to advise marijuana businesses
• Lev Tahor family in Guatemala no longer needs to check in with embassy
• Federal appeals court extends stay on ruling against Michigan’s marriage equality ban
• Stephen Harper says he ‘respects’ Supreme Court rejection of Marc Nadon | Toronto Star
• Calgarian joins bitcoin lawsuit - Calgary Herald
• IRS answers bitcoin tax questions, says virtual currency is property, not money
• EU Trademark Office says black and white are no longer colours
• Garth Drabinsky fights disbarment in Ontario
• Family surprised to learn Toronto cops broke into house, removed computers. Happens all the time in community housing
• ABS not a panacea, just another way of organizing and operating. Will have strengths and weaknesses and winners and losers #cbafutureschat
• It's pretty clear sky won't fall with ABS - and whether we like it or not, change is upon us #cbafutureschat
• Bill to keep employer from skimming tips awaits passage - Toronto Star

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Friday, July 12, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, July 12, 2013:

• Zimmerman lawyer flips out after prosecution requests ‘child abuse’ charge
• Zimmerman Trial: Court Publishes Final Jury Instructions
• Lawyer: Apple Should Protect Me From My Porn Addiction
• Transforming Bar associations
• U.S. law firms merging at record rate
• Revealed: how Microsoft handed the NSA access to encrypted messages (Guardian)
• Discovery can reveal cause for dismissal - Regina Leader-Post
• North Carolina GOP adds ‘sneak attack’ anti-abortion measures to motorcycle bill
• N.C. woman sentenced to write an essay on ‘how a lady should behave in public’
• End-of-life battles expose the culture clash in Canada’s intensive care units
• Women happier than men after divorce, study finds
• Woman fired from Wal-Mart after trying to help dog gets lawyer - Ottawa - CBC News
• Texas teenager released on $500000 bail over 'terroristic' Facebook post - The Guardian
• Alta. appeal court confirms gay man as legal father of girl even though his former partner is her biological parent
• Judge Halts Groin Searches at Guantánamo, Calling Them Abhorrent to Muslims - NYTimes
• Report Indicates More Extensive Cooperation by Microsoft on Surveillance
• Supreme Court of Canada to review Competition Bureau’s power to undo mergers | Financial Post
• Russia's conviction of dead lawyer draws international scorn - Toronto Star
• Would-be Canadian citizens set to fight oath to Queen as discriminatory | CityNews
• Zimmerman case likely to go to jury later today
• Zimmerman Jury Will Be Allowed to Consider Lesser Manslaughter Charge
• Lawsuit Claims Target’s Sensitivity Training Is Just As Racist As Target’s Regular Behavior
• Lawyer said to urge client to clean up Facebook page paid $544K legal bill, now faces ethics case
• Triage – a Vital Tool to Increase Access to Justice
• Should Wal-Mart have fired worker who saw dog in hot truck?
• Scarborough neighbours suffer bylaw-wielding wrath of 'vexatious’ complainer
• Did Saudi princess hold US worker captive, or is this a wage dispute? Judge sets $5M bail
• Same-sex couple makes US history after green card petition approved - Toronto Star
• Newfoundland lawyer remorseful at law society hearing over fraudulent real estate transactions
• Supreme Court to hear case about whether police can access unprotected cellphones
• Judge considers lesser charges for Zimmerman (George Zimmerman/USA Today)

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, January 23, 2013:

• ABA committee recommends keeping LSAT requirement
• Vulture culture - Law21 
• RIM ready for battle in smartphone war, analyst says - Business - CBC New
• Turkish court charges nine lawyers under anti-terrorism law 
• Canadian Employment Law Today - Poor performance, not reprisal, at root of sales associate’s dismissal 
• Ontario to repeal controversial teachers legislation, Bill 115
• Harshly Criticizing Judges (or Others) for Their Past Conduct = Crime?
• Khadr returns to high profile lawyer; current ones step down - Toronto - CBC News
• Doug Ford blasts $50M sole-sourced contract to control all TTC newsstands | Posted Toronto | National Post 
• New York Hasidic leader gets 103 years for abuse
• Law schools: “a remorseless, above-the-law attitude that enables it all”
• 40 years after Roe, states seek to limit abortions
• Canadian court to Iran: Pay hostages' legal bill - National Post 
• Thai activist jailed for 11 years for ‘royal slurs’
• Nice raisin crop you’ve grown there. Now hand over 47% of it to the state.
• Supreme Court of Canada to examine boundaries of ‘conflict of interest’
• LAWPRO Magazine archives: Meet the New Family Law Lawyer 

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Friday, October 26, 2012

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, October 26, 2012:

• Conrad Black loses Order of Canada hearing bid
• Criminal lawyers intervene in Ontario paralegal's challenge to court protocol practices
• Pope’s butler jailed over leaked documents
• Fifth Circuit Upholds Ban on Gun Sales to People Under 21
• Allowing criminals to legally possess firearms drives ‘unprecedented’ U.S gun violence: report 
• 9 voices on the Supreme Court of Canada's election ruling
• Canada's anti-spam law expected to come into force in 2013
• Bedford lawyer welcomes Supreme Court decision to hear bawdy house appeal |Toronto Sun
• Supreme Court of Canada to determine legal rules around prostitution
• When employers police your private life - Technology - Macleans.ca
• Assisted suicide too risky, federal government argues in appeal against B.C. decision 
• Supreme Court rules in favour of Tory Opitz in contested Etobicoke Centre riding
• Law Society defers decision on ‘articling crisis’ proposal 
• New @slaw_dot_ca : Random Thoughts on Articling
• Live Discussion: Full transcript of the War Room dialogue @#Articling debate and webcast | LSUC Gazette
• Articling debate attracts unprecedented online attention | LSUC Gazette

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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