Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of December 14, 2020

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of December 14, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Pandemic shutdown of small businesses unfair, Ontario Justice Fred Myers says | The Kingston Whig-Standard
  

• Jeffrey Epstein Victim Fund Gets More Claims Than Expected
  

• Hundreds of lawyers call for ethics probes of attorneys for election fraud claims; are bar charges likely?
  

• Alberta orders businesses to close, makes masks mandatory amid COVID-19 surge
  

• Analysis: SCOTUS was never going to hand election to Trump
  

• U.S. Supreme Court rejects Republican challenge to Biden's Pennsylvania win
  

• Judge allows lawsuit against Cardi B over ‘humiliating’ use of tattoo on album cover
  

• READ: Judge Emmet Sullivan's opinion in Michael Flynn case
  

• Judge formally dismisses Michael Flynn case after Trump pardon
  

• It’s official: Takeout booze from Ontario’s restaurants and bars is here to stay
  

• Trump asks Supreme Court to invalidate millions of votes in battleground states - CNNPolitics
  

• Facebook Accused of Breaking Antitrust Laws - The New York Times
  

• Constitutional lawyer Joseph Arvay remembered as tireless defender of the underdog
  

• Lebanon Prime Minister Charged With Negligence in Beirut Blast
  

• Ontario Extends COVID-19 Orders
  

• Why the F.T.C. and States Want to Break Up Facebook
  

• After two years, China says Michael Kovrig, Michael Spavor have been indicted, tried
  

• Visa and Mastercard Block Use on Pornhub
  

• Will Canada’s rules be loosened for medically assisted deaths? That might depend on where you live
  

• Fact checking Trump's falsehood-filled SCOTUS brief
  

• US Supreme Court rules for Muslim men seeking damages for alleged no-fly-list retaliation
  

• Supreme Court rejects Trump's bid to overturn election - CNNPolitics
  

• COVID-19 outbreak at Toronto South Detention Centre spikes to 25 active cases
  

• Michigan to appeal judge’s ruling that companies don't have to serve gay customers
  

• Should Companies Require Employees to Get Vaccinated?
  

• Federal Judge in Wisconsin Deals Trump Another Court Defeat
  

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of August 24, 2020

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of August 24, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Cyberattack shuts down Canadian government accounts
  

• Judge apologizes for calling woman ‘little blond honey ... too dumb to leave’ alleged abuser
  

• $16.5M settlement in class-action lawsuit over mass arrests at 2010 G20 summit
  

• Two Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee urge a criminal inquiry into the postmaster general.
  

• N.B. doctor accused in COVID-19 outbreak to face charge under Emergency Measures Act
  

• Nearly 20 times as likely to be shot dead. Six times more likely to be taken down by a police dog. Inside a landmark report on the ‘disproportionate’ use of force on Black Torontonians
  

• Smollett Case: Special Prosecutor Finds ‘Abuses of Discretion’
  

• Ontario court cases are now searchable online — finally
  

• Judge Blocks Trump Officials’ Attempt to End Transgender Health Protections
  

• Judge says Idaho cannot ban transgender athletes from women's sports teams
  

• Mail-in voters sue Trump and DeJoy to block cuts at the Postal Service ahead of the election.
  

• Britney Spears Seeking Substantial Changes to Conservatorship
  

• New video footage appears to show security guard inciting post-Finals altercation with Masai Ujiri
  

• Senate Report Details Manafort’s Ties During 2016 Trump Campaign to a Russian Agent
  

• NY ‘Lottery Lawyer’ Is Accused of Fleecing Winners in $107 Million Fraud - The New York Times
  

• Raptors president Masai Ujiri says ‘frivolous’ lawsuit against him is ‘motivated by greed,’ files counterclaim against sheriff’s deputy
  

• Canada’s federal prosecutors told to avoid drug possession charges when possible in new directive
  

• Judge rules against Trump in tax records subpoena fight
  

• Steve Bannon is indicted on fraud charges related to fund-raising effort for border wall.
  

• Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon charged with wire fraud in border wall fundraising scheme
  

• Unbundle the Courts
  

• Here's the list of licence plates Ontario doesn't want on the road | CBC News
  

• Liberal government commits to extending CERB, boosting EI
  

• CERB is transitioning to EI. What does that mean?
  

• Can you be removed from a jury pool for supporting Black Lives Matter?
  

• TikTok to challenge Trump administration's efforts to ban app
  

• President’s Sister Describes Trump as Liar With ‘No Principles’ in Recordings
  

• Who wants to be a juror in a pandemic? Inside the push to resume jury trials in Ontario
  

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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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 January 27, 2020

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

• Lev Parnas asks Attorney General William Barr to recuse himself from investigation

• Trump Legal Team Asks Senate for Speedy Acquittal in Impeachment Trial

• Divorced father of three finds that splitting up can lead to going broke

• Glenn Greenwald Charged With Cybercrimes in Brazil

• Blocking off illegal pot stores with concrete slabs cost more than $350,000, Toronto says

• Grandparental Access and Custody Rights of Extended Family Members

• Ontario’s human rights watchdog made a shortlist for new commissioners. Doug Ford picked two of his own instead

• Should Ontario developers be allowed to hire and pay their own building inspectors?

• The strange tale of the paid protesters supporting Meng Wanzhou at her extradition hearing

• This year, at least six states are trying to restrict transgender kids from getting gender reassignment treatments

• Harvey Weinstein's sex assault trial is set to begin today, as he faces the possibility of life behind bars

• Rebuke: Chief Justice Roberts admonishes legal teams after feisty exchange

• Utah bans conversion therapy for LGBTQ children

• Aerosmith drummer suing his band

• ‘Lol he owes me a drink’: York Region prosecutor found guilty of fixing traffic tickets for cop boyfriend

• Brexit bill becomes law, paving the way for Britain to leave the EU next week

• A Bank Wouldn’t Take His Bias Settlement Money. So He’s Suing. - The New York Times

• Black legal clinic fears the integrity of the human rights commission has been compromised by the Ford government

• Courts scramble after appeal ruling puts dozens of Ontario cases, including murder convictions, at risk

• Tennessee governor signs bill allowing adoption agencies to reject LGBTQ applicants

• Emotional Schiff Speech Goes Viral, Delighting the Left and Enraging the Right

• Ryerson ‘has lost confidence’ in student union, drops RSU as official student government

• Neil Young is a US citizen after he says his love of weed delayed application

• Ford defends ‘phenomenal’ appointment of Toronto police officer to Human Rights Commission

• Dozens of Ontario criminal convictions may be headed for costly and lengthy new trials following appeal court ruling

• ‘No body, no parole’: How the killing of an elderly couple led to the push for a new Canadian law

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of November 18, 2019

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of November 18, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter:

• Media asks judge to make today's Mulvaney hearing public

• Sportsnet cuts ties with Don Cherry over 'divisive remarks'

• Trump can't sue New York State to stop release of tax returns, judge says

• Broadcast council says it can’t take any more Don Cherry complaints after system overwhelmed

• Does adding ‘.com’ to generic name create protectable trademark? US Supreme Court to decide

• Don Cherry, a Hockey Institution in Canada, Is Fired After Divisive Comments

• Defamation accusations fly in feud between Alan Dershowitz and David Boies

• McDonald’s Lawsuit Targets ‘Pervasive’ Culture of Sexual Harassment

• Split U.S. Supreme Court appears ready to allow Trump administration to end DACA

• Banning E-Cigarettes Could Do More Harm Than Good

• N.J. Country club seeks to hold waiter liable for allegedly spilling red wine on $30K handbag

• Blueprints for 3-D Printed Guns Cannot Be Posted Online, Judge Says

• U.S. court rules against warrantless searches of phones, laptops

• FBI busts $6 million fake iPhone and iPad ring

• Prosecutors urge jury to convict Roger Stone for lying to protect Trump

• Appeals court hands Trump another loss, saying Congress can seek his tax returns

• He Invited Donald Trump Jr. to Campus. Now He’s Facing Impeachment.

• Wrongfully convicted man is freed after 11 years in prison

• Man executed after Georgia courts deny appeal for DNA test

• SCC sides with Quebec naturopath in manslaughter, negligence case

• Why are experienced women lawyers leaving BigLaw? Survey looks for answers and finds big disparities

• American-Born Woman Who Joined ISIS Is Not a Citizen, Judge Rules

• Trump Asks Supreme Court to Bar Release of His Tax Returns

• Uber Fined $649 Million for Saying Drivers Aren’t Employees

• Auston Matthews' disorderly conduct charge dismissed

• Sweeping new B.C. regulations on vape products include higher taxes, health warnings on packaging

• Read Marie Yovanovitch’s Prepared Opening Statement From the Impeachment Hearing

• Roger Stone guilty of witness tampering, lying to Congress

• ‘Chair girl’ Marcella Zoia pleads guilty to mischief endangering life

• Barr says avalanche of subpoenas is meant to 'incapacitate the executive branch'

• Toronto asks Supreme Court of Canada to overturn Doug Ford government’s council cut

• Prison worker at the time of Epstein's death was offered a plea deal, sources say

• B.C. man wins months-long dog custody battle after sharing agreement with ex breaks down

• When the Judge Became the Defendant

• Planned Parenthood Awarded $2 Million in Lawsuit Over Secret Videos

• Tweets can be used in court. Here's why that matters

• NYT: Trump backs off flavor ban for e-cigarettes

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of August 26, 2019

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of August 26, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• New York policeman fired for actions in death of Eric Garner

• What happens when an Indiana State Police car is struck by a dirty diaper?

• California raises standard required for use of deadly police force

• Epstein will was dated August 8, 2019, according to The New York Post, which obtained the document. Court papers indicate Epstein's brother, Mark, is the only heir.

• Federal Court of Canada approves Indian day schools class-action settlement

• Planned Parenthood drops federal funding over abortion-referral restriction

• U.S. Prisons Chief Is Reassigned After Jeffrey Epstein’s Suicide in Jail

• White Texas Officers Who Led Black Man on Rope Won’t Face Criminal Charges

• Opinion: Epstein's death reveals the outrageous state of US federal prisons

• Texas parents sue school officials they say used Sharpie to cover son's new haircut

• Mexican court rules to allow recreational cocaine use

• Parkland Shooting Survivors Release Ambitious Gun Control Plan

• Australian vegan parents whose diet left baby 'severely malnourished' avoid jail

• Dispute Resolution Under the Canada Labour Code Transferred to Canada Industrial Relations Board

• US Feds indict 80 people in massive web of scams tied to Nigerians

• Epstein Suicide Inquiry Grows: Roughly 15 Jail Workers Are Subpoenaed

• Quebec sperm donor's name to be stripped from birth certificate following appeals court ruling

• 'We are being told that we're 2nd-class citizens': Sikh teacher says Quebec secularism law forced move to B.C.

• In a rare legal case, Toronto teen gets green light to sue children’s aid for negligence

• Province orders children’s aid societies to review credentials of experts used in child welfare cases

• Former students allege NYC Yeshiva school ignored 'vicious and sadistic' abuse

• Harvey Weinstein to appear in court Monday on indictment not yet made public

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of June 24 2019

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of June 24, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• US Supreme Court refuses to change double jeopardy rule in case with implications for federal pardons

• Quebec Bans Religious Symbols in Some Public Sector Jobs

• Beijing says Canada, US legalization of marijuana is a 'threat to China'

• Mohamed Morsy, ousted Egyptian president, faints and dies in court

• Federal committee urges changes to curb HIV-related criminal prosecutions

• Ottawa ‘reviewing’ Quebec law that bans the wearing of religious symbols

• Vaccine Injury Claims Are Few and Far Between

• Marijuana Legalization Isn’t Dead Yet in New York

• Far-right teen who branded Prince Harry 'race traitor' jailed

• 3 men accused in shootings at Raptors celebration ID'd by police

• Alex Jones hit with sanctions by judge in Sandy Hook lawsuit

• Gordon Stuckless's sentence extended to 10 years in Maple Leaf Gardens sex abuse case

• Australia's top court rules sperm donor is a legal parent

• Toronto van attack suspect Alek Minassian will be tried before a judge alone

• Khashoggi Killing Inquiry Should Look Into Saudi Prince’s Role, U.N. Expert Says

• Judge in census case: New evidence alleging political motivation behind citizenship question 'raises a substantial issue'

• US Justice Dept. tells court migrant children in federal concentration camps don’t need soap or toothbrushes

• Supreme Court chief justice says legal aid 'essential' to fair justice system

• Regulations Amending the Canada Labour Standards Regulations 

• Shooting at Raptors parade was a targeted incident, Toronto police believe

• Massachusetts federal judge blocks ICE from making arrests inside courthouses

• Pakistan to open more than 1,000 new courts to fight violence against women

• A ‘Sorceress’ in Brazil, a ‘Wink’ in India: Walmart Pleads Guilty to a Decade of Bribes

• Excluding Black Jurors in Curtis Flowers Case Violated Constitution, Supreme Court Rules

• Michigan Lottery winner ordered to give his ex-wife $15 million of his $38 million jackpot

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of June 17, 2019

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of June 17, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Trudeau government plans to ban ‘harmful’ single-use plastics in Canada by 2021

• Federal judge dismisses charges against 3 white supremacists

• US Supreme Court rejects Guantanamo Bay detention challenge

• Ontario, Toronto back in court today over Ford government's mid-election council cuts

• ‘I Can’t Breathe’ Case: 7 Takeaways From Disciplinary Hearing on Eric Garner’s Death

• Justice Dept. Agrees to Turn Over Key Mueller Evidence to House

• House Democrats appeal judge's ruling against their border wall lawsuit

• Infowars Agrees to Part Ways With Pepe the Frog

• US submits formal Assange extradition request

• Alabama governor signs chemical castration bill into law

• Traveller photos and license plates exposed in cyberattack, U.S. Customs and Border Protection says

• Tribe and Dershowitz Debate Impeachment on Twitter | Law & Crime

• Ford's cuts to legal aid will end up costing Ontario way more than they save

• Ontario's top court hears arguments for 2nd day over Toronto council cut

• Kim Dotcom's Final Extradition Hearing Underway

• Citing ‘unconscionable’ conditions at Toronto South jail, judge imposes 7-year sentence but says man should face no further prison time

• It’s now up to Court of Appeal to decide if Ford government’s Toronto council cut will stand

• Sweeping cuts to legal aid disproportionately hit Toronto clinics, Parkdale site to lose $1 million

• Nevada bans employers from refusing to hire those who fail marijuana tests

• CRA raids 15 locations in Ontario and Quebec in alleged $8.3M tax-evasion case

• Jurors deadlock in case of Arizona teacher who helped immigrants

• Atheist nurse's fight against mandatory AA will go before B.C. Human Rights Tribunal

• Cuts to legal aid will impact society’s most vulnerable, lawyers say

• Federal watchdog urges 'unprecedented' ouster of Kellyanne Conway for violating Hatch Act

• Flint Water Crisis: Prosecutors Drop All Criminal Charges

• New York Is Poised to Bar Religious Exemptions for Vaccinations

• Do All Arbitration Clauses in Employment Agreements Violate the ESA?

• Selling sex is 'a societal blight,' Crown argues in Kitchener, Ontario prostitution charter challenge

• In Alabama — where lawmakers banned abortion for rape victims — rapists’ parental rights are protected - The Washington Post

• Cannabis edibles to be legally for sale in Canada by mid-December

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of March 11, 2019

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of March 11, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter:  

• Jane Philpott resigns from Trudeau cabinet over his handling of SNC-Lavalin affair

• Roger Stone Faces Questions Over Whether He Violated Gag Order

• Michael Jackson’s family sues HBO over documentary

• Fired deputy OPP boss calls his termination a ‘reprisal’ in court action for wrongful dismissal

• Parents obtain order to preserve sperm of West Point cadet killed in skiing incident

• Lawyer who advised client to invest in fund that turned out to be Ponzi scheme responsible for millions in losses: Supreme Court

• READ: Michael Cohen's lawsuit against the Trump Organization

• Cohen Sues Trump Organization, Saying He Was Denied Indemnity for $1.9 Million in Legal Fees After Cooperating With Prosecutors

• Las Vegas lawyer arrested for alleged witness intimidation by emoji; she wrote on Facebook ‘This nasty creature is a known snitch’

• Fish fraud: What's on the menu vs. what's on the plate

• Texas judge disciplined for saying God wanted jury to acquit sex trafficking defendant

• Ex-Trump campaign boss Paul Manafort sentenced to 47 months for tax, bank fraud

• Malaysian man gets 10 years in prison for insulting Islam on Facebook

• Denmark Charges 14 People With Unlawfully Sharing Video of Killing

• ‘Stay in your lane’: Gun group floods physicians’ college with complaints against Toronto surgeon over gun control message

• U.K. Jails Mother for Female Genital Cutting

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of February 25, 2019

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of February 25, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Jury finds Christopher Husbands guilty of two counts of manslaughter in Eaton Centre mass shooting

• Michael Cohen won't have to report to prison until May, judge rules

• CRTC report confirms some Canadian telecom companies use misleading sales tactics

• Speaker condemns 'racial profiling' of black visitors to Parliament Hill

• Justice Clarence Thomas Calls for Reconsideration of Landmark Libel Ruling

• NYT responds to Trump's attack: 'It's not just false, it's dangerous'

• Driver delivering Amazon package convicted of stealing puppy after tracking app revealed his route

• Ban on baring of female breasts is likely unconstitutional, 10th Circuit rules

• The Right to Be Forgotten – Insights From Germany

• The Mueller Report Is Coming. Here’s What to Expect

• Judge rules DOJ violated the law by failing to confer with victims of Jeffrey Epstein

• R. Kelly indicted for aggravated sexual abuse

• Jeffrey Skilling, Former Enron Chief, Released After 12 Years in Prison

• Former head of Sick Kids’ Motherisk lab gives up medical licence amid investigation

• Judge Dismisses Charges in Boy’s Decapitation on 170-Foot-Tall Kansas Water Slide

• Drafting Only Men for the Military Is Unconstitutional, US Judge Rules

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of February 11, 2019

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of February 11, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Sidebar: Attacking a Pay Wall That Hides US Public Court Filings

• Bruce McArthur's three-day sentencing hearing begins, detailed account of serial killings expected

• Divisional Court allows appeal in Milne Estate (Re) decision

• 1,200 misconduct allegations against Canada's border agents likely just 'the tip of the iceberg'

• What we learned from Day 1 of serial killer Bruce McArthur’s sentencing

• Canadian case is another warning about the murky world of cryptocurrency: Don Pittis | CBC News

• San Francisco law requiring warnings in sugary-drink ads struck down

• Crown calls for consecutive life sentences for serial killer Bruce McArthur

• Louisiana lawyer is suspended after conviction for chest bumping a prosecutor

• FamilyTreeDNA Admits to Sharing Genetic Data With F.B.I.

• Judge dismisses Stormy Daniels' defamation case against Michael Cohen

• How does a judge decide between concurrent and consecutive sentences?

• Prominent 1970s musicians sue music companies for copyright infringement

• Pelosi Declares House Will Not Be Intimidated From Its Trump Inquiries

• Alabama rapist is suing state to allow imam to be with him when he is executed - CNN

• Canadian diplomats sue their government over mystery illness in Cuba

• Fired Ontario bureaucrat will likely not be protected by whistleblower laws

• SCOTUS Justices Allow Execution of Muslim Inmate Who Sought Imam - The New York Times

• Excerpts From Jeff Bezos’ Blog Post Accusing National Enquirer of Blackmail

• US Supreme Court Blocks Louisiana Abortion Law

• Jody Wilson-Raybould says she's bound by 'solicitor-client privilege,' won't comment on SNC-Lavalin matter

• Bruce McArthur, Toronto Killer of 8, Gets Life in Case That Terrorized Gay Men

• Arizona may call porn a public health crisis

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of January 28, 2019

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of January 28, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Chinese authorities say world's first gene-edited babies were illegal

• New York Passes a Ban on ‘Conversion Therapy’ After Years-Long Efforts

• Google Is Fined $57 Million Under Europe’s Data Privacy Law

• 'How is that not torture?': Beating of N.S. teen reignites debate over torture definition in Criminal Code | CBC News

• At least 29 Ontario long-term care residents killed by fellow residents in 6 years

• US man charged with spying in Russia found with evidence that constitutes state secrets, his lawyer says

• Philippine Law Would Make 9-Year-Olds Criminally Liable

• US Supreme Court Revives Ban on Transgender Military Service

• Michael Cohen’s Prison of Choice: Well-Known to Jewish Offenders

• Doctors’ Refusal to Refer Patients for Treatment They Refuse to Provide on Religious Grounds

• Belinda Stronach countersues father in legal feud

• US Supreme Court agrees to hear first Second Amendment gun rights case since 2010

• 27 B.C. naturopaths under investigation as college cracks down on misleading ads | CBC News

• With 4 generations in the workplace, employers expected to juggle vastly different expectations

• Toronto landlord owes man with disabilities, daughter $60K after 'campaign' of harassment | CBC News

• Julian Assange pushes back against U.S. government, wants to know what's in 'secret' court file

• Toronto doctor stripped of licence after panel hears she had sex with cancer patient in his hospital bed

• Michael Cohen postpones planned testimony to US Congress

• Iowa fetal heartbeat law struck down; other states mull similar bills and look to Supreme Court

• Nurse Charged With Sexual Assault of Woman in Vegetative State Who Gave Birth, Police Say

• Video Surveillance of Employees and Issues of Evidence

• 2 men behind free Toronto-area paper guilty of promoting hate against women, Jews

• Co-Parenting App Helps Divorcing Parents Stop Custody Battles and Save Money

• Two of Harvey Weinstein’s new lawyers once represented one of his accusers in criminal case

• Trump adviser Roger Stone is charged with lying about WikiLeaks and contacts with Trump campaign

• F.B.I. Arrests Roger Stone in Mueller Case

• Trans people must still be sterilized before changing gender in Japan after top court upholds ruling

• Harvey Weinstein’s ‘Dream Team’ of Lawyers Is Approved by Judge, With a Warning about Conflicts of Interest

• Millions of copyright piracy notices coming to Canadians can no longer demand cash

• Elite Law Firm’s All-White Partner Class Stirs Debate on Diversity

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of January 14, 2019

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of January 14, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Unfair stereotypes of domestic assault victims led to conviction for B.C. woman, court rules

• Justice Ginsburg misses oral arguments for first time due to health reasons

• SCOTUS to decide whether ban on 'scandalous' trademarks is constitutional

• What happens after America’s federal courts run out of money to continue operations?

• Ex-inmate's suit claims 20 years of solitary confinement amounted to tortureNew Hampshire
  
• Man Disparaged the Police on Facebook. So They Arrested Him. - The New York Times

• Scrapping sex-ed curriculum doesn't violate Constitution, Ontario government says

• Divorce by Text to Protect Saudi Women

• 1 million US felons get back their right to vote today

• Showdown over Ontario’s sex-ed curriculum lands in court

• NY Lawyer's viral video rant amounted to malpractice, ex-client alleges in lawsuit

• Russian lawyer in Trump Tower meeting is charged with obstructing money laundering probe

• Determining 'appropriate' sentence for semi driver in Humboldt crash is an impossible task for courts

• Revenge porn site owner jailed for 4 years

• Poland charges Huawei manager with spying for China

• Supreme Court of Canada guarantees voting rights for expats

• California Jury Orders Mongols Biker Club to Forfeit Its Logo, the ‘Holy of Holies’

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of December 17, 2018

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of December 17, 2018 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Maria Butina, accused Russian spy, appears to reach plea deal - CNNPolitics

• Chinese court bans the sale of most iPhones

• Former Louisiana prosecutor’s disbarment for anonymous online posts about cases worked on is lesson for other lawyers, court says

• California imposes new regulations on ‘internet of things’ devices

• Blacks ‘grossly overrepresented,’ more likely to be hurt or killed by Toronto police, racial profiling report finds

• CanLII’s Future as a Canadian Primary Law Cooperative

• Ontario Human Rights Commission releases 'unprecedented' report on racial profiling by Toronto police

• Bail hearing for Huawei CFO to resume in Vancouver

• Debt collectors demand that Sears customers continue paying for worthless extended warranties

• Jury recommends life sentence for neo-Nazi who drove his car into crowd, killing a paralegal

• Joe Arpaio Sues the Media for $300 Million | Law & Crime

• Province pulls out of arbitration with Ontario Medical Association

• Stormy Daniels Ordered to Pay Trump $293,000 in Legal Fees

• Huawei Executive Granted Bail by Canadian Court

• Charges Dropped Against Brooklyn Mother Who Had Baby Ripped from Her Arms by Police

• OPP interim commissioner asks ombudsman to review Taverner’s appointment over ‘potential political interference’

• Cosby lawyers detail 11 alleged trial errors as they appeal

• Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen gets 3 years in prison

• Trump sets 'terrible precedent' by crossing red line on Huawei case, officials say

• Canada warns Trump administration against politicizing Chinese executive's arrest

• Ford government now offering voluntary buyouts to public service employees

• Omar Khadr request for bail condition changes to be heard in Edmonton court

• Employment and Labour Law Related Changes in Ontario Bill 66 and More

• Florida Judge issues restraining order against alleged sixth-grade bully accused in beating

• BC Atheist family who complained about holiday celebrations awarded $12K after school barred daughter

• China confirms detention of 2 Canadians

• Maria Butina Pleads Guilty to Being Part of a Russian Effort to Influence US Conservatives

• Toronto council opts in on pot shops just as Ontario limits number to 25 because of supply shortage

• Nearly 70 ex-judges ask ICE to stop courthouse arrests; US attorney defends agency amid controversy

• Court: Trump can't let companies deny birth control coverage

• 'He directed me to make the payments': Cohen says Trump's denials aren't believable | CBC News

• A year later, police still struggling to solve murders of Honey and Barry Sherman

• Supreme Court quashes mandatory victims' surcharge for convicted criminals

• Ontario court dismisses Mike Duffy's $8 million lawsuit against Senate

• Wisconsin’s Scott Walker Signs Bills Stripping Powers From Incoming Governor

• Facebook could face billion-dollar fine for data breaches

• Texas Judge Strikes Down Obama’s Affordable Care Act as Unconstitutional

• New Jersey law says wild animals can't be used in circuses

• Scathing reports call out Thunder Bay police for racism. Is there hope for change? The Indigenous community is not so sure

• What the Lawless Obamacare Ruling Means

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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