Legal Tweet of the Day: May 20, 2021

#LegalTweetOfTheDay: TopTrump Executive Under Criminal Investigation Over Taxes via The New York Times

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Can I make my own Will using an online form?

Beware. If you use an online form instead of a lawyer:

1. You aren’t getting personalized advice from a lawyer who has assessed your needs and interests. 
2. Nobody is proofreading the document to ensure it is error free, and captures your intentions accurately. 
3. Sadly, many online will forms include mistakes -  some that could adversely affect the interpretation of the Will. 

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Legal Tweet of the Day: May 19, 2021

#LegalTweetOfTheDay: Michigan judge dismisses lawsuit claiming 2020election fraud via CNN

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legally Adulting Online on May 27, 2021

Join Simran Bakshi and Paul Adam on May 27th at 7:00 pm for another #LegallyAdultingOnline via Zoom and Facebook Live.

Send us your questions and sign up at http://wiselaw.net/legallyadulting

or tune in on Facebook live at https://www.facebook.com/events/885967835584234/

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal Tweet of the Day: May 18, 2021

#LegalTweetOfTheDay: US Supreme Court to Hear Abortion Case Challenging Roe v. Wade via The New York Times

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Top 10 LawTweets for the week of May 17, 2021

Here are our Top 10 #LawTweets for the week of May 17, 2021.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of May 17, 2021

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of May 17, 2021 from Wise Law on Twitter:

• FAA Fines Air Passengers Who Clashed Over Mask Rules
  

• Ford government prepares to extend Ontario’s stay-at-home order until June 2
  

• Eight years after ‘David and Goliath’ fight against systemic racism, Peel officer closes the book on his career — but not before a long overdue promotion
  

• B.C. doctors warned they could face discipline for spreading COVID-19 misinformation
  

• Georgia Judge accused of assaulting cursing defendant wishes recording of incident had audio
  

• Judge dismisses NRA's bankruptcy petition, allowing NY AG lawsuit to move forward
  

• A Toronto rapper agreed to stay off Instagram or return to jail. ‘He’s back now,’ his management say
  

• Judge rules layoff due to COVID was actually constructive dismissal — opening the door for a ‘huge number’ of laid-off workers to sue their employers
  

• MPs agree to legal review of Canadian broadcasting bill over free speech concerns
  

• Greyhound Canada ends service on all routes in Ontario and Quebec
  

• Former finance minister breached law in WE Charity scandal but Trudeau cleared, says ethics watchdog
  

• Responding to a report of a disturbance in the potato chip aisle of a Walmart in Ohio, police Tuesday arrested a Cleveland woman for allegedly striking a female victim in the face with a 10-pound log of ground beef.
  

• Ontario is extending its stay-at-home order until June 2, with schools and outdoor recreational facilities to remain closed The Globe and Mail
  

• Delta will require vaccines for new employees
  

• CNE, Taste of the Danforth, other big Toronto festivals cancelled by COVID-19 for a second straight year
  

• Judge orders Church of God, site for 'contemptuous activity' amid pandemic, to lock its Aylmer, Ont., doors
  

• Vancouver police apologize for wrongly arresting retired Black judge | CBC News
  

• Ontario investigating 2 long-term care homes following allegations residents died of neglect during pandemic
  

• Ontario is still owed millions under a law the Supreme Court called unconstitutional. A homeless man is asking a judge to clear his debts
  

• Doug Ford says Ontario summer camps will be allowed to open this year

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal tweet of the Day: May 14, 2021

#LegalTweetOfTheDay: Ontario is extending its stay-at-home orderuntil June 2, with schools and outdoor recreational facilities to remain closed via The Globe and Mail

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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#FlashbackFriday for May 14, 2021

This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from June 8, 2010 via Wise Law Blog: Long Island Judge Jails Mother for Parental Alienation

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal Tweet of the Day: May 13, 2021

#LegalTweetOfTheDay: MPs agree to legal review of Canadian broadcasting bill over free speech concerns via CBC

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Online Event: Legally Adulting Online on May 27 at 7 pm

Live via Zoom and Facebook, join Wise Law lawyers Simran Bakshi and Paul Adam on Thursday, May 27th at 7:00 pm for a night of interactive discussion of the legal issues that arise at life’s most important milestones.

These include starting a new job, marriage and children, buying a home, launching a business, estate planning – and standing up to the occasional rogues we may unfortunately encounter along the way. And of course, there’s COVID-19 too.

If you have any legal questions you would like Paul and Simran to address, please submit them via the form below or by email to legallyadulting@wiselaw.net. The identities of all persons submitting legal questions to Legally Adulting will be maintained in the strictest confidence.

It will be a relaxed evening of dialogue, insight and virtual networking.

Register at Legally Adulting Online to join us via Zoom or tune in on our Facebook Live at: Wise Law Toronto

We look forward to seeing you there!

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: When should you make a Will?

The best time to time to prepare your Last Will is “right now.”

The end product is only half the benefit. You also benefit from taking stock of all your assets and responsibilities and from planning how you’d like to take care of your loved ones.

When you talk with a lawyer about your Will, you will get advice and clarity about these concerns and the steps you need to take to keep your affairs in order. There is no more important way to provide for your family and your future.  

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Legal Tweet of the Day: May 12, 2021

#LegalTweetOfTheDay: Judge dismisses NRA's bankruptcy petition, allowing NY AG lawsuit to move forward via CNN

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Simran Bakshi on Employment Law: What are my rights if I’m being discriminated against in my work place?

Employees are protected from workplace discrimination base on:

• Age
• Disability
• Race
• Ethnicity
• Religion
• Sex
• Gender Identity
• Sexual Orientation

Employers must maintain safe workplaces that are free from discrimination.

Compensation for discrimination may be obtained at:

• Ontario Human Rights Tribunal
• Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
• Ontario's Courts

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal Tweet of the Day: May 11, 2021

#LegalTweetOfTheDay: Eight years after ‘David and Goliath’ fighta gainst systemic racism, Peel officer closes the book on his career — but notbefore a long overdue promotion via The Toronto Star

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Simran Bakshi on Family Law: Simran Bakshi on Family Law: Spouses reminded that there are no free lunches when it comes to Property acquired during a Common Law Relationship

The Court of Appeal in Walters v Nusseiri, 2020 ONCA 615 affirmed that a common law spouse who does not contribute towards a property, may not have an entitlement to it, irrespective of how legal title may be held. This decision is a reminder that though common law spouses may not have statutory entitlements to the equalization of property, equitable trust principles remain in place for their protection. 

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Legal Tweet of Day: May 10, 2021

#LegalTweetOfTheDay: FAA Fines Air Passengers Who Clashed Over Mask Rules via The New York Times

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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

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

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of May 10, 2021

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of May 10, 2021 from Wise Law on Twitter:

• CN withholding pension from gay widower over outdated definition of spouse
  

• Texas judge mulls whether to dismiss NRA's bankruptcy petition
  

• A South Carolina restaurant manager who forced a Black man to work without pay owes him more than $500,000 in restitution, court rules
  

• Federal Judge Bans Tear Gas on Nonviolent Protesters in Columbus
  

• Group of Ontario police officers launches charter challenge of pandemic restrictions
  

• Will Trump be allowed back on Facebook? This is who decides
  

• After ransomware attack on Illinois attorney general’s office, hackers begin posting documents
  

• Ontario’s summer camps lost millions last year — if they can’t open this summer, some say they will close for good
  

• Judge Says Barr Misled on How His Justice Dept. Viewed Trump’s Actions
  

• The Justice Department attempted to keep secret a departmental opinion to not charge former President Trump with obstruction at the end of the Mueller probe
  

• Derek Chauvin's attorney files motion for a new trial
  

• Facebook's oversight board upholds Donald Trump suspension
  

• Trump Ban From Facebook Upheld by Oversight Board
  

• Children’s aid societies recommend parents designate an emergency caregiver in case they are hospitalized with COVID-19
  

• This Halifax Black man was stopped by police for ‘jaywalking’. A Human Rights Commission has called it racist — and awarded him $15,000
  

• Granted Parole or Awaiting Trial, US Inmates Died of Covid-19 Behind Bars
  

• Texas moves toward permit-free gun carrying, joining five other states this year
  

• Lawyer known as ‘DWI Dude’ gets prison time for swindling Colombian drug traffickers
  

• An Ontario lawyer’s lawsuit was just dismissed as racist, misogynist ‘legal gibberish.’ His response? He’s suing the judge
  

• Lawyer blames 'Foxitis' for his US Capitol riot client's actions, as another defendant derails hearings with profane outbursts
  

• Health Canada authorizes Pfizer vaccine for adolescents as young as 12
  

• ‘There Was a Big Battle in Here’: Lawyers Tour US Capitol as a Crime Scene
  

• Sexual assault training now required for new federally appointed judges
  

• 4 officers face civil rights charges in George Floyd’s death; Chauvin also charged in youth’s knee restraint
  

• ‘Use of force’ required to shut down Mississauga boxing gym allegedly violating COVID-19 rules, city says
  

• Judges aren’t persuaded by Capitol rioters’ claims that Trump asked them to do it
  

• Nearly one in four people sent to Toronto’s detention centres in 2020 were homeless — the worst rate seen in years
  

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal Tweet of the Day: May 7, 2021

#LegalTweetOfTheDay: ‘There Was a Big Battle in Here’: Lawyers Tour Capitol as a Crime Scene via The New York Times

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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#FlashbackFriday: Wise Law Blog: Post #3500 - On Milestones, Law Blogging, the Marketing Classes and Vulgar Talking Yams

This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from December 22, 2016 via Wise Law Blog: Wise Law Blog: Post #3500 - On Milestones, Law Blogging, the Marketing Classes and Vulgar Talking Yams

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal Tweet of the Day: May 6, 2021

#LegalTweetOfTheDay: This Black man was stopped by police for‘jaywalking’. A Human Rights Commission has called it racist — and awarded him$15,000 via The Toronto Star.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Do children inherit parent's debt?

Most debt doesn’t transfer from a parent’s estate to a child. If the deceased did not have enough assets to pay off the debts, the creditors may require a sale of the assets of the estate to address the debt, but that’s it.

There are some exceptions- like if a child jointly owned the debt, or acted as a guarantor, or if the deceased parent improperly offloaded assets to the child for less than market value to evade creditors.  

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Legal Tweet of the Day: May 5, 2021

#LegalTweetOfTheDay: Secret William Barr memo saying not to chargeTrump must be released, judge says via CNN News

 

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Simran Bakshi on Employment Law: Challenging Your Employment Agreement

If your agreement was signed after your employment already started, it may not be enforceable. 

If your job title or duties significantly changed since your agreement was signed, your employment contract may no longer be valid.

Get legal advise if your employment agreement has a temporary provision that limits your entitlements at the end of your employment.

Non-solicitation or non-competition provisions in your employment agreement may be enforceable.

 

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal Tweet of the Day: May 4, 2021

#LegalTweetOfTheDay: Group of Ontario police officers launches charter challenge of pandemicrestrictions via CBC News

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Simran Bakshi on Workplace and Employment Law

Employers Beware – Even the most Remote Possibility of Violating the ESA will render a Termination Provision Invalid

Termination clauses in employment contracts must be drafted very carefully, with due consideration for all employment standards prescribed by law. As the Court in Rutledge v Canaan Construction Inc., 2020 ONSC 4246 (CanLII) stated, if a termination clause can be interpreted as being “even a potential violation of the ESA, no matter how remote, [it] should be unenforceable”

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legally Adulting Online - May 27, 2021

Join Simran Bakshi and Paul Adam on May 27th at 7:00 pm for another #LegallyAdultingOnline via Zoom and Facebook Live.

It will be a night of virtual interactive discussion of the legal issues that arise at life’s most important milestones. These include starting a new job, marriage and children, buying a home, launching a business, estate planning – and standing up to the occasional rogues we may unfortunately encounter along the way. And of course, there’s COVID-19 too.

Sign up today at http://wiselaw.net/legallyadulting or follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/events/885967835584234/

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal Tweet of the Day: May 3, 2021

#LegalTweetOfTheDay: Customer records 3 Bell reps offering same deal, then is told he can't have it via CBC News.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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