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

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

• Non-essential retail stores reopen as Toronto enters the grey zone
  

• Florida lawyer faces ethics complaint over pit bull ads
  

• Judge reinstates murder charge against ex-cop in George Floyd's death
  

• Mississippi governor signs bill banning transgender students from women's sports
  

• More than $3B paid to 38,000 victims of residential school abuse: report
  

• Joe Biden signs sweeping Covid relief bill into law
  

• Costco customer can sue for alleged disclosure of erectile dysfunction medication to ex-wife, top state court says
  

• Failure to pay: $1.3b in fines dating back decades owed to provinces and territories
  

• Complaint over Alberta judge's comments about Nigerian-born medical expert's accent moving ahead
  

• China to begin trial of two Canadians for alleged espionage soon, state media reports
  

• Iowa Journalist Who Was Arrested at Protest Is Found Not Guilty
  

• Senate confirms Garland as attorney general
  

• Man convicted of murder sues Hertz for failing to produce receipt backing his alibi
  

• US Army now reviewing Pentagon investigation into Michael Flynn's dealings with Russia and other foreign entities
  

• Lawsuit pulls back curtain on RCMP’s witness-protection program — alleges force failed to prepare family for new lives
  

• Canadian law prohibiting election misinformation struck down

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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

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

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

• For years, Canada's Divorce Act didn't mention family violence. That changes today
  

• Trump is facing probes from 5 independently elected investigators
  

• A California doctor performed surgery during a Zoom court appearance
  

• Israeli Court Says Converts to Non-Orthodox Judaism Can Claim Citizenship

• Judge dismisses transgender woman’s suit against Miss United States of America pageant
  

• NS hit-and-run driver left scene, went to journalism school — and delivered radio report on deadly incident
  

• Court refuses to say where Ontario judge is located. Defence lawyer says he’s presiding remotely from Barbados
  

• Ontario changing child-welfare system to stop teens from aging out of care unprepared
  

• This conservation officer who refused to kill two baby bears won a long legal battle — but the government still won’t let him go back to work
  

• Texas attorney general sues electric company that sent huge bills during storm
  

• Swalwell Sues Trump for Capitol Riot - The New York Times
  

• Long Island Doctor Who Prescribed Pain Pills Is Charged With 5 Counts of Murder - The New York Times
  

• Can Long-Term Care Employers Require Staff Members to Be Vaccinated?
  

• Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons cautions doctor after complaints about COVID-19 tweets | CBC News
  

• Health Canada approves Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine
  

• From Zoom court to Instagram in moments: Ontario courts struggle to stop illegal sharing of jailhouse images, witness testimony
  

• Victims of fraudulent CERB claims from identity theft left with higher tax bill until CRA can investigate
  

• Dems introduce legislation to create a Ruth Bader Ginsburg monument on Capitol Hill
  

• Connecticut paralegal who refused to notarize affidavit because of its contents can sue over her firing, appeals court says
  

• Supreme Court’s Rosalie Abella prepares to retire as her legacy of defining equality seems built to last
  

• Estate of slain Hells Angels prospect who led double life split between spouses in court battle
  

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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

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

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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

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

• Supreme Court Denies Trump’s Bid to Conceal Taxes, Financial Records
  

• City of Toronto seeking $187K from BBQ owner who defied lockdown
  

• ‘I don’t have the luxury of just being a judge’: Ontario judge testifies over accusations he lied about his role in Black advocacy group
  

• Government agrees mentally ill should have access to assisted dying — in 2 years
  

• Facebook to restore Australian news pages after deal reached to amend proposed law
  

• Process to Select Who Will Replace Justice Rosalie Abella on Supreme Court of Canada
  

• SCOTUS will review rule banning abortion referrals by clinics receiving federal funds
  

• Ontario judge accused of perjury over his role in Black advocacy group set to testify in disciplinary case
  

• Eleven charged after bottles hurled from Toronto condo balcony during large gathering amid COVID-19 restrictions
  

• Charges stayed in one of Ontario's largest Mob busts after alleged illegal conduct by investigators
  

• Chief U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell rips Capitol rioter’s Trump defense - POLITICO
  

• DWI charges dropped against Bruce Springsteen, who pleads guilty to just drinking in the park
  

• German Court Convicts Former Syrian Official of Crimes Against Humanity
  

• Ontario judge denies he committed perjury by failing to disclose meeting with Liberal Cabinet minister
  

• Trump's tax returns and related records turned over to Manhattan district attorney
  

• Georgia counties seek legal fees for 'frivolous' Trump voter-fraud lawsuit
  

• Malaysian man wins landmark challenge against Muslim gay sex ban
  

• Why a Recent Legal Decision May Upend Private Equity

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Top 10 LawTweets for the week of February 22, 2021

Here are our Top 10 #LawTweets for the week of February 22, 2021.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of February 22, 2021

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of February 22, 2021 from Wise Law on Twitter:

• Justice Delayed and Denied in Ontario’s Tribunals 

• Reports of domestic, intimate partner violence continue to rise during pandemic
  

• Trump and Giuliani face first civil suit stemming from Capitol riots; violation of KKK Act is alleged
  

• Trump’s Legal Defense Team Was Defined by Stumbles, Clashes and Egos
  

• CRA locks online accounts amid investigation, leaving users worried
  

• New York Attorney General sues Amazon, alleging 'deficient' Covid-19 response
  

• Canadian Nationalist Party leader charged with wilful promotion of hate
  

• Ontario judge presided over Toronto-area court cases from the Caribbean
  

• Judge denies B.C.'s request for injunction against churches breaking COVID-19 rules
  

• Tennessee lawmakers propose bill to let biological fathers petition to stop abortions
  

• Senate passes amended version of assisted dying bill after days of debate
  

• Air passengers fined for submitting 'false or misleading' COVID tests after Mexico trip
  

• UK Supreme Court rules that Uber drivers are 'workers,' not independent contractors
  

• Federal judge temporarily blocks South Carolina 'heartbeat' abortion ban
  

• Toronto and Peel will remain under stay-at-home orders until at least March 8
  

• Former New York administrative law judge is censured for punching a lawyer outside a party
  

• Russian court rejects Alexei Navalny's appeal against jail term
  

• Parents Who Refused Cancer Treatment For Son Should Lose Custody, Nebraska Supreme Court Rules
  

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Top 10 LawTweets for the week of February 15, 2021

Here are our Top 10 #LawTweets for the week of February 15, 2021.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net

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.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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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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