Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of February 15, 2021

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of February 15, 2021 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Georgia Officials Review Trump Phone Call as Scrutiny Intensifies
  

• Trump impeachment trial 2.0: The main players
  

• Fox Files Motion to Dismiss Smartmatic’s $2.7 Billion Defamation Suit
  

• ‘We will take appropriate enforcement action,’ Toronto officials say about businesses that plan to reopen despite lockdown rules
  

• The 3 defenses of Donald Trump
  

• Lawyer tells judge 'I'm not a cat' after a Zoom filter mishap
  

• Canada further locks down international borders
  

• Quebec launches investigation into wrongful arrest by Montreal police
  

• Government cancels CERB clawbacks for self-employed recipients
  

• Britney Spears Conservatorship Case Heads Back to Court
  

• The Tragically Hip is suing Mill Street Brewery over ‘100th Meridian’ beer
  

• Sheriff’s deputy involved in altercation with Raptors president Masai Ujiri drops lawsuit
  

• Bruce Springsteen Is Charged With D.W.I. on Sandy Hook
  

• Retirement home manager suspended amid accusations his wife got vaccine instead of front-line worker
  

• Is Divorce Rate Increasing or Dropping during Pandemic?
  

• Larry Flynt, controversial porn publisher who pushed limits of free speech, dead at 78
  

• Man charged after allegedly displaying fake COVID-19 test at Toronto's Pearson airport

• Control of Britney Spears’s Estate Debated at Court Hearing
  

• B.C. man ordered to pay $7 million for brutal beating of teenager
  

• Springsteen ‘Visibly Swaying’ Before Drunken-Driving Arrest, Police Say - The New York Times.
  

• Advanced US border searches of electronic devices don’t require probable cause, 1st Circuit rules
  

• Supreme Court dismisses Mike Duffy's appeal — ending his Senate lawsuit
  

• Lawyers Enabled Trump’s Worst Abuses
  

• US Supreme Court rules Alabama may not execute inmate without his pastor present
  

• TDSB human rights report says anti-Black racism involved in ‘overwhelming’ majority of hate incidents
  

• Judge says Danforth mass shooting victims have right to sue gunmaker Smith & Wesson
  

• This is Trump's heaping list of legal problems post-impeachment
  

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Top 10 LawTweets for the week of February 8, 2021

Here are our Top 10 #LawTweets for the week of February 8, 2021.

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Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of February 8, 2021

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of February 8, 2021 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Court sides with mentally disabled man after immigration hearing questions legitimacy of his marriage
  

• Internet harassment: Caplan v Atlas
  

• Prof. Doorey’s Updated Beginners’ Guide to the Charter and Work Law
  

• Meet the new lawyers taking over Trump’s impeachment defense; 5 others are out
  

• ‘Don’t Kill Me’: Others Tell of Abuse by Officer Who Knelt on George Floyd
  

• Toronto has registered 2,800 Airbnbs, but some wonder what happened to thousands of others?
  

• Prince Harry receives 'significant damages' in settlement of legal dispute with UK newspaper
  

• Trump 'summoned a mob,' Democrats say in formal impeachment brief
  

• Female and minority lawyer representation in firms reaches historic highs, but gains are small, new report says
  

• Moscow court orders Kremlin foe Navalny to prison
  

• Georgia secretary of state investigating whether pro-Trump attorney voted illegally
  

• New additions coming to Canada terrorist list, say sources
  

• Michigan Governor seeks Sidney Powell’s disbarment
  

• More than 100 bills that would restrict voting are moving through state legislatures
  

• Shutout by allies, Canada will produce its own vaccines
  

• Tackle systemic discrimination in Canadian courts, Justin Trudeau tells justice minister
  

• Two Proud Boys indicted for conspiring to block Congress' certification of electoral votes on January 6
  

• A GameStop Ringleader’s Videos Draw a Regulator’s Attention
  

• Caplan v Atas and the New Tort of Harassment
  

• All Toronto COVID-19 workplace outbreaks will now be made public. First up: The Well, where 68 workers tested positive
  

• Canada will list the Proud Boys movement as a terrorist group
  

• Ontario’s court transcriptionists are struggling with ‘horrible’ audio quality at Zoom hearings
  

• Voting technology company Smartmatic files $2.7 billion suit against Fox News, Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell
  

• Utah's Evermore Park files federal lawsuit against Taylor Swift claiming title of her latest album infringes on the theme park's trademarks
  

• Trump rejects Democrat bid to have him testify under oath at impeachment trial
  

• COVID-19 brought a revolution to Ontario’s courts. Next up, they have to deal with the unprecedented backlog
  

• Family facing deportation from Canada say return to Portugal puts 'our lives at risk'
  

• Murray Sinclair Almost Quit the Law. Instead, He Reset Canada’s Indigenous Dialogue. - The New York Times
  

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Top 10 LawTweets for the week of February 1, 2021

Here are our Top 10 #LawTweets for the week of February 1, 2021.

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Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of February 1, 2021

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of February 1, 2021 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Dominion sues Giuliani for $1.3 billion over 'Big Lie' about election fraud
  

• House to send impeachment article to the Senate today
  

• Ontario Court Overturns Arbitration Preventing Vaccination of Children
  

• Does COVID Justify Longer Periods of Reasonable Notice?
  

• Corey Hurren, accused Rideau Hall intruder, scheduled to enter plea today
  

• U.S. House delivers article of impeachment against Trump to Senate, triggering trial
  

• John Roberts ducks the spotlight by skipping the second Trump impeachment trial
  

• WHO team in Wuhan to begin long-delayed coronavirus investigation after clearing quarantine
  

• Quebec curfew does not apply to homeless people, judge says
  

• Afternoon Briefs: Judge blocks Biden’s deportation moratorium; Biden orders private prison phaseout
  

• Chief federal judge in DC scorches Capitol riot suspects and keeps man who was in Pelosi's office in jail
  

• Canada Revenue Agency probing ex-bureaucrat at centre of alleged $11.6M COVID-19 fraud
  

• Immigration lawyer sues over seizure of his cellphone at airport
  

• Millionaire couple accused of posing as workers to get vaccine
  

• Toronto’s COVID-19 rules should be extended to June, public health chief urges
  

• Russian Court Orders Aleksei Navalny Kept in Jail
  

• The US Supreme Court Upheld Trump’s Muslim Ban. Let’s Not Forget That
  

• Biden signs memorandum reversing Trump abortion access restrictions

• Pakistan's top court frees man accused in death of U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl
  

• Ottawa urged to decriminalize simple drug possession as overdose deaths reach record highs
  

• ‘Humiliation, disrespect, condescension’: Scathing report details Julie Payette’s ‘toxic’ reign at Rideau Hall
  

• Ontario bars universities and colleges from asking sex-assault complainants about sexual history
  

• Toronto begins laying charges for short-term rental non-compliance - CityNews Toronto
  

• Facebook calls on Canadian government to set social media rules
  

• Tory welcomes judge’s ruling halting Foundry demolition by Provincial government
  

• Florida town conducting legal review of Trump's residency at Mar-a-Lago
  

• Five Ontario jails have significant COVID-19 outbreaks. Toronto South Detention Centre outbreak grows to 27 active cases
  

• B.C. ordered to pay $964K to former correctional officer targeted for being Black
  

• Mom says kids are safer from COVID-19 in Newfoundland, judge orders them back to Ontario | CBC News
  

• Canadian snowbirds abroad grapple with tough new travel rules that include a big hotel bill
  

• Trump loses lead impeachment lawyers as trial nears, sources say
  

• Air Canada flight attendant wins fight over COVID-19 workers' compensation
  

Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Top 10 LawTweets for the week of January 25, 2021

Here are our Top 10 #LawTweets for the week of January 25, 2021.

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Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of January 25, 2021

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of January 25, 2021 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• ‘Enough is enough’: Toronto issues 75 weekend charges for lockdown violations
  

• Toronto anti-lockdown Adamson Barbecue owner asks court to lift bail condition on social media
  

• Trump pardons former top strategist Steve Bannon, says source
  

• ‘This is not justice’: Sotomayor slams final federal executions before Biden’s inauguration
  

• B.C. teenager free to move forward with gender-affirming surgery after mother's lawsuit tossed
  

• Court in Thailand Sentences Woman to 43 Years for Criticizing Monarchy
  

• Donald Trump, wife Melania depart the White House
  

• Celebrating President Biden’s Inauguration: ‘A New Day in America’
  

• Proud Boys leader Joseph Biggs arrested in Florida in connection with the Capitol riot
  

• Michael Ellis: Last-minute Trump appointee at NSA put on administrative leave due to inspector general probe - CNNPolitics
  

• Doctor who caught COVID-19 variant vows to 'vigorously defend' against charge she obstructed contact tracing
  

• Biden Inaugurated as 46th President
  

• Election lawyers say they can’t be sanctioned if they signed documents in typewritten form
  

• Payette stepping down as governor general after blistering report on Rideau Hall work environment | CBC News
  

• Capitol Police investigating after congressman discovered carrying a gun when attempting to go on the House floor

• Google threatens to pull search engine in Australia
  

• Schumer says House will send impeachment article to the Senate on Monday
  

• Three Ontario jails facing serious COVID-19 outbreaks
  

• House Democrats to send article of Trump impeachment to U.S. Senate on Monday
  

• Federal judge blocks Parler's bid to be restored on Amazon Web Services
  

• Prominent Lawyers Want Giuliani’s Law License Suspended Over Trump Work
  

• Judge partially lifts Adamson Barbecue owner’s social-media ban
  

• Officer arrests in tow truck bribery scandal prompt change of command at Toronto-area OPP detachments
  

• Capitol riot dilemma: Which rioters should stay behind bars before trial?

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Top 10 LawTweets for the week of January 18, 2021

Here are our Top 10 #LawTweets for the week of January 18, 2021.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of January 18, 2021

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of January 18, 2021 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• A US federal judge has granted a stay of execution for the only woman on federal death row pending a competence hearing
  

• Former hospital CEO to get more than $1M payout after losing job following Caribbean vacation
  

• Federal judge David E. Spiro faces possible removal over accusations he interfered in U of T hiring for international human rights position
  

• Parler sues Amazon for cutting off its services
  

• Impeachment No. 2: Trump's presidency inches toward ignominious new milestone
  

• Ontario couple faces charges over 1st cases of new COVID-19 strain, detected only by fluke
  

• Ontario returning to many restrictions not seen since the first wave of the pandemic
  

• Government secures another 20M COVID-19 vaccine doses from Pfizer
  

• Canada implements stay-at-home order for Ontario as officials warn of a looming health care system 'collapse'
  

• RCMP union calls for clear guidelines on when body cameras can be turned
  

• US Attorney: Looking at sedition and conspiracy cases
  

• NYT: McConnell has told associates he believes Trump committed impeachable offenses
  

• Pro-Trump lawyer L. Lin Wood is tossed from defamation case for 'mendacity' and 'surprising incompetence'
  

• Amazon slams Parler in court reply and invokes Big Tech's liability shield
  

• YouTube suspends Trump's channel for 7 days
  

• Lawyers must use caution when responding to negative online reviews, new ethics opinion says
  

• See historic moment House reaches enough votes to impeach Trump
  

• US Supreme Court reinstates requirement for women seeking abortion drug to get it in person
  

• House Majority Leader says impeachment article will be sent over to the Senate 'within a very short time'
  

• Italy targets violent 'Ndrangheta clan in biggest mafia trial in decades
  

• Ex-Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder charged with willful neglect of duty related to Flint water crisis
  

• Trump has told staff not to pay Rudy Giuliani over irritation at being impeached again
  

• Trump Impeached for Inciting Insurrection
  

• Supreme Court of Canada rejects Catholic archdiocese appeal over Mount Cashel
  

• Defence lawyer says police should not be using Quebec curfew as excuse to search personal property
  

• CBC wrong to fire reporter who told news site he was forced to delete tweet critical of Don Cherry: arbitrator
  

• N.R.A. Declares Bankruptcy and Seeks to Exit New York
  

• For Meng Wanzhou, Huawei Executive Held in Canada, an Opulent Detention
  

• Group of lawyers, judges, court employees tell province to close courts, move to remote proceedings | Law Times
  

• COVID-19 changed how we work. Will it stick?

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Top 10 LawTweets for the week of January 11, 2021

Here are our Top 10 #LawTweets for the week of January 11, 2021.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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