140Law: Top 10 Legal Headlines for the Week of May 13, 2019

140Law: Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of May 13, 2019.

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of May 13, 2019

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of May 13, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• House Judiciary Committee to Vote Wednesday to Hold Barr in Contempt

• Trump would have been charged with obstruction were he not president, hundreds of former federal prosecutors assert - The Washington Post

• Home where murder victims Honey and Barry Sherman were found is demolished

• Lawyers and doctors join forces to battle legal aid cuts for refugees, immigrants

• Texas AG sides with lawyers challenging mandatory bar membership

• Georgia's governor signs a controversial “fetal heartbeat” anti-abortion bill into law

• White House instructs McGahn to not comply with subpoena

• McConnell declares Mueller report a “closed case”

• Muslim women 'fundamentalists' if hijab not removed at work, Quebec lawmakers told at hearings on “secularism” bill

• Trump Asserts Executive Privilege Over Full Mueller Report

• Trump uses executive privilege to keep Mueller materials, redactions from Congress

• The House Judiciary Committee votes to hold Attorney General Barr in contempt in the fight over the unredacted Mueller report

• Quebec lawmakers told that secularism bill will 'institutionalize discrimination'

• Denver is 1st US city to decriminalize 'magic mushrooms'

• Another Threat to Student Legal Clinics – This Time From the government of Ontario

• ‘Anna Delvey,’ Fake Heiress Who Swindled N.Y.’s Elite, Is Sentenced to 4 to 12 Years in Prison

• Amid Chaos, Alabama Lawmakers Delay Vote on Far-Reaching Abortion Ban

• Lynn Beyak suspended from Canadian Senate after refusing to take down letters condemned as racist

• A day after being reported missing, SCC Justice Gascon 'in good health,' family says

• Florida Judge rules 3-year-old must receive chemotherapy against parents' wishes

• Supreme Court of Canada says migrants can bring detention challenge to provincial judge

• 'Heartbeat' law sets up possible challenge to Roe v. Wade

• Guns N' Roses taking Colorado brewery to court over its Guns 'N' Rosé ale

• TTC suspends transit officers’ collecting of personal data when issuing warnings

• Ontario pilot project will raise some speed limits to 110 km/h

• Retired US Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens: Trump using 'powers that do not really belong to him'

• Man dressed as the Joker seen stealing tip jar: ‘There’s some strange people in Kensington’

• Conan O’Brien Settles Lawsuit Alleging Joke Theft - The New York Times

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Top 10 Legal Headlines for the Week of May 6, 2019

140Law: Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of May 6, 2019.

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of May 6, 2019

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of May 6, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Legal Aid Ontario to cut jobs, impose hiring freeze after provincial budget cutbacks

• Whitey Bulger's former prison warden says the mob boss 'wanted to die' - CNN

• Trump team sues Deutsche Bank and Capital One to keep them from turning over financial records to Congress

• Are we getting Canadian Regulations for Crypto Trading?

• Toronto Star: “My brother’s in an Ontario jail. Why does talking to him require hundreds of dollars a month and 1990s technology?”

• America’s Favorite Door-Locking App Has a Data Privacy Problem

• France hands down 447 fines in 8 months under a new law punishing harassment of women

• Lithium-Ion Batteries From Amazon Are Exploding - The Atlantic

• WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange sentenced to 50 weeks in prison for jumping U.K. bail

• Senate's ethics committee recommends Lynn Beyak be suspended without pay

• Mueller Objected to Barr’s Description of Russia Investigation’s Findings on Trump

• Province restores OMB rules for development disputes

• Lawyers opposed to diversity initiative dominate Law Society of Ontario board elections

• Ford government tables legislation to take over new Toronto transit projects

• A divorced father wants his kids to be vaccinated. Their mom doesn’t. Toronto Arbitrator sided with mom. Now Dad is taking the fight to court

• Ohio congressional map is ruled unconstitutional. Court orders it redrawn for 2020

• White House complained to Barr about Mueller findings

• Trump says decision on McGahn testimony coming

• Mississippi Lawsuit: Black student passed over for honor because school feared 'white flight'

• Nadler threatens to hold Barr in contempt

• The new DOJ Obama-Biden investigation has a wide scope

• Toronto considering legal action after scathing audit into tree maintenance contracts

• MANDEL: Law Society of Ontario taken over by 'right-wing, fundamentalist religious zealots?'

• Canada Border Services seizes lawyer's phone, laptop for not sharing passwords | CBC News

• Trump Objects to Mueller Testifying Before Congress

• Parents of 5-year-old Winnipeg girl attacked by dogs say fines given to owner 'insulting'

• Michael Cohen, by Turns Lawyer and Witness, Becomes an Inmate

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legally Adulting: The Legal Issues Life Throws Your Way

The first seminar of our series, Legally Adulting, kicked off last Monday April 29th at Mofer Coffee in Toronto.

We had a great time at Legally Adulting (v1.0). We met a very engaged group of articulate, curious, intelligent and genuine people asking their own, interesting legal questions. Simran and @PaulBAdam were awesome! Next up: #LegallyAdulting @CityBrampton on May 23.

— Garry J. Wise (@wiselaw) May 2, 2019

We would like to thank everyone who attended.  We hope you found our seminar enjoyable and informative.

 

 

Please join us on our next Legally Adulting Seminar in Brampton on Thursday, May 23rd at Nirvana Wellness Centre. It will be a fun and interactive night so bring your friends and join us for a night of discussion and coffee (or tea!).

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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LawFact of the Day: Family Law

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday May 1, 2019.

Today we are talking about Family Law.

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LawFact of the Day: Employment Law

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday April 30, 2019.

Today we are talking about Employment Law.

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Top 10 Legal Headlines for the week of April 29, 2019

140Law: Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of April 29, 2019.

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of April 29, 2019

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of April 29, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Trump going to court to try to stop Congress from obtaining his financial records

• Judge blocks parents’ move to quash NYC measles vaccination order

• Some Questions for Attorney General Barr - via Lawfareblog

• House panel issues subpoena to former White House counsel Don McGahn

• Charter challenge of Canada's prostitution laws resumes today | CBC News

• A Houston high school has implemented a dress code -- for parents

• Facebook Expects to Be Fined Up to $5 Billion by F.T.C. Over Privacy Issues

• Parkland Shooting Suspect Is Getting $430,000 From Life Insurance and May Lose His Lawyers

• Facebook breached Canada's privacy laws, watchdogs' report finds

• Barry and Honey Sherman murder case: Police have working theory and ‘an idea of what happened’

• Experts say 'predatory' essay writing firms are thriving, and there's no law to stop them

• B.C. says its money-laundering reforms could push dirty money to Toronto

• Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Rule on Abortion Referrals

• Ex-Nazi death squad member loses fight to restore Canadian citizenship

• Judges Rule Michigan Congressional Districts Are Unconstitutionally Gerrymandered

• 'I just broke down crying': Canadian video game creators face gruelling 'crunch' hours

• ‘Everything I believed was fabricated’: Prominent lawyer pleads guilty to faking a divorce in order to marry his law clerk

• Parental rights of prisoners get a shield of protection in Indiana

• 19-year-old Toronto woman accused of tossing chair from highrise balcony ‘hoping for a discharge,’ lawyer says

• Maria Butina Sentenced to 18 Months for Role in Russian Influence Campaign

• $350 per handgun, $200 per rifle: City and Toronto police announce gun buyback program

• 'I had to crawl': Amputee seeks damages after United Airlines and airport security seize scooter batteries

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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LawFact of the Day: Personal Injury

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday April 25, 2019.

Today we are talking about Personal Injury.

You may bring an action for damages against municipality if you slip and fall on a city sidewalk, but only if the city is grossly negligent.

If you have been injured on municipal property, you or your lawyer must provide written notice to the municipality within ten (10) days to preserve your legal rights.

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LawFact of the Day: Family Law

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday April 24, 2019.

Today we are talking about Family Law.

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LawFact of the Day: Employment Law

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday April 23, 2019.

Today we are talking about Employment Law.

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Top 10 Legal Headlines for the week of April 22, 2019

140Law: Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of April 22, 2019.

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