Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of March 27, 2023

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of March 27, 2023 from Wise Law on Twitter:

• How Donald Trump Would Be Arrested
  

• Nordstrom Canada gets court permission to launch sales at its closing stores
  

• Trump’s Georgia Lawyers Seek to Quash Special Grand Jury Report
  

• Cloud computing services not subject to PST says BC court: Hootsuite Inc. v British Columbia (Finance)
  

• Ontario woman faces over 30 charges in rental fraud investigation on Facebook Marketplace, Kijiji
  

• Six Oath Keepers convicted in connection with January 6 US Capitol riot
  

• Wrongful death suit accuses 3 women of helping man’s then-wife obtain abortion pills
  

• Via Rail apologizes after Muslim man told not to pray at Ottawa train station
  

• Jack Daniel's says a dog toy company is ripping off its brand. What will SCOTUS say?
  

• Sources: Special counsel claims Trump deliberately misled his attorneys about classified documents, judge wrote
  

• When your mortgage lender wants out: GTA sees a surge in forced sale listings
  

• Mystery swirls around sudden disappearance of Toronto-area lawyer
  

• TikTok and its CEO are fighting to save the app in the US
  

• Canada is raising the federal minimum wage to $16.65 next month. Here’s what that means for Ontario
  

• Trump motion seeks to block evidence from Georgia special purpose grand jury, disqualify district attorney
  

• Suit by Fox News producer alleges BigLaw lawyers and others pressured her to give evasive testimony
  

• Georgia lawyer who bragged of shutting down ‘stolen election shenanigans’ is found guilty in Jan. 6 case
  

• Appeals court rules Trump attorney must testify to federal grand jury in classified documents probe
  

• Police arrest two after seizing over $1M in counterfeit clothing from Etobicoke discount store
  

• Judge temporarily halts Wyoming abortion ban amid legal challenge
  

• Lindsay Lohan, Jake Paul and other celebrities charged $400,000 for violating Securities and Exchange Commission disclosure rules
  

• Israel passes law shielding Netanyahu from being removed amid protests over judicial changes
  

• Home shoppers are just saying no, as GTA new single-family home sales hit record low
  

• California bill aims to ban sale of popular candies containing ingredients that may cause health issues
  

• Israel’s Attorney General Says Netanyahu Broke Law With Judicial Intervention Pledge
  

• Ottawa firefighter fired, captain suspended after investigation into alleged hate crime
  

• Trump, Turning Up Heat, Raises Specter of Violence if He Is Charged
  

• Florida teen sentenced to life in prison for fatally stabbing 13-year-old classmate
  

• Student-led LGBT+ organization sues West Texas A&M president after he canceled student charity drag show
  

• Netanyahu fires minister who'd called for halt to controversial Israeli judicial overhaul

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal Tweet of the Day: March 24, 2023

#LegalTweetoftheDay: Home shoppers are just saying no, as GTA new single-family home sales hit record low #law #legal #lawtwitter via @TorontoStar https://bit.ly/3FOauNR

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from January 22, 2015

This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from January 22, 2015 via Wise Law Blog: Should the Public Continue to Fund Courts to Resolve Personal, Civil Disputes? http://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2015/01/should-public-continue-to-fund-courts.html

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal Tweet of the Day: March 23, 2023

#LegalTweetoftheDay: Canada is raising the federal minimum wage to $16.65 next month. Here’s what that means for Ontario #law #legal #lawtwitter via @TorontoStar https://bit.ly/3TCyTLO

- 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. 

- Paul Adam, Toronto

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Legal Tweet of the Day: March 22, 2023

#LegalTweetoftheDay: Via Rail apologizes after Muslim man told not to pray at Ottawa train station #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://bit.ly/40iTRSa

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: What is Probate?

When you name a person in your last will to be the Executor of your Estate, that person sometimes needs to also apply to the Court to be appointed formally as the legal representative of your Estate in order to deal with certain property that you own, potentially like a house or a bank account that solely in your name. The process of applying to Court to be appointed as the representative of your Estate is what we call Probate.

- Paul Adam, Toronto

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Legal Tweet of the Day: March 21, 2023

#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ontario woman faces over 30 charges in rental fraud investigation on Facebook Marketplace, Kijiji #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://bit.ly/3LE5mPW

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal Tweet of the Day: March 20, 2023

#LegalTweetoftheDay: How Donald Trump Would Be Arrested #law #legal #lawtwitter via @nytimes https://nyti.ms/3yPATqm

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of March 20, 2023

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of March 20, 2023

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of March 20, 2023 from Wise Law on Twitter:

• Canadian regulator seizes assets of Toronto branch of Silicon Valley Bank
  

• More than 22,000 arrested in Iran's protests pardoned, judiciary chief says
  

• DoNotPay doesn’t live up to its billing as a ‘robot lawyer,’ offers ‘substandard’ legal docs, suit claims
  

• ‘Gruyere’ is generic description of cheese that isn’t eligible for certification mark, appeals court says
  

• Ontario proposes new rules for companies laying off mass remote employees
  

• Judge says court handling medication abortion case has received 'barrage' of death threats
  

• Intelligence watchdog investigating CRA following Islamophobia claims
  

• Turf war between elderly Toronto man and city over fake grass rages on
  

• Hundreds of hosts booted from Airbnb after Toronto city audit, some for minor clerical errors
  

• Matthew Kacsmaryk: The Trump-appointed judge overseeing the blockbuster medication abortion lawsuit
  

• Access to the drug used for medication abortions could be cut off nationwide, depending on this hearing today
  

• There's a new chief judge in DC who could help determine the fate of Donald Trump
  

• Behind the scenes, Trudeau’s MPs say a public inquiry into Chinese election interference is the only real option at this point
  

• Major General Dany Fortin, military officer acquitted of sexual assault, sues government, PM for $6M
  

• Secret Recording Admitted in Alberta Dismissal Case
  

• North Dakota Supreme Court Blocks Abortion Ban; Says Constitution Protects Procedure
  

• Eleventh Circuit Affirms Decision to Preliminarily Block Unlawful Florida "Stop W.O.K.E." Censorship Law
  

• ‘The worst type of political opportunism’: How the Gardiner has become a key mayoral race issue
  

• Family of Tim Hortons customer who says she was scalded by hot tea sues for $500K
  

• Mar-a-Lago staff subpoenaed in classified documents probe
  

• Ottawa says Human Rights Commission discriminated against its Black employees
  

• ICC judges issue arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin over alleged war crimes | Vladimir Putin | The Guardian
  

• Trump attorney ordered to testify before grand jury investigating former president
  

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal Tweet of the Day: March 17, 2023

#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ottawa says Human Rights Commission discriminated against its Black employees #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3mYxm6A

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from July 24, 2012

This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from July 24, 2012 via Wise Law Blog: Developments in Access to Legal Information Online

https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2012/07/developments-in-access-to-legal.html

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal Tweet of the Day: March 16, 2023

#LegalTweetoftheDay: Major General Dany Fortin, military officer acquitted of sexual assault, sues government, PM for $6M #law #legal #lawtwitter via @TorontoStar https://bit.ly/3JIbAwK

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Is a foreign Will valid in Ontario?

This can depend on the Will itself. Some factors to consider are: 

1. Does the Will intend to apply to property in Ontario? 

2. Can the words of the Will be interpreted conclusively? 

3. Does the Will deal with the property in a way that is legal in Ontario? 

If the Court is satisfied with the answers to all of these questions, and an executor has already been appointed outside Ontario, it may grant that executor the right to administer the deceased’s property in Ontario, too.

- Paul Adam, Toronto

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Legal Tweet of the Day: March 15, 2023

#LegalTweetoftheDay: Access to the drug used for medication abortions could be cut off nationwide, depending on this hearing today #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CNN https://cnn.it/3FsWF7k

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Providing for Guardianship of your Children in your Last Will

You can definitely name somebody in your last will to have custody and guardianship of your minor children in the event both of the parents pass away.

Now, the appointment you make in you last will is temporary. That person will eventually need to apply to the court to be appointed as a permanent guardian. But, when they make that application, the court will look very closely on who you named in your last will, and factor that in the decision about who should be the permanent guardian of your children.

- Paul Adam, Toronto

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Legal Tweet of the Day: March 14, 2023

#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ontario proposes new rules for companies laying off mass remote employees #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://bit.ly/3LjVwCz

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal Tweet of the Day: March 13, 2023

#LegalTweetoftheDay: More than 22,000 arrested in Iran's protests pardoned, judiciary chief says #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3ZMtswi

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of March 13, 2023

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of March 13, 2023

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of March 13, 2023 from Wise Law on Twitter:

• B.C. set to introduce legislation targeting revenge porn
  

• Ontario's top court strikes down third-party election ad spending rules
  

• Liberal government promoting a 'culture of death' with medical assistance in dying law, Conservative MP says
  

• Trump doesn’t have absolute immunity from civil suits stemming from Jan. 6 Capitol riot, DOJ says

• CBC staff discover confidential diversity responses in online HR files | National Post
  

• Family accuses city of 'negligence' after Toronto man breaks ankle after slipping on uncleared snow
  

• Organized financial crime ‘exploded’ in pandemic’s early days, federal report says
  

• First lawyer who advised Jan. 6 witness Cassidy Hutchinson should face ethics probe, group tells regulators
  

• Judicial Council says it's reviewing complaint against Supreme Court Justice Russell Brown
  

• Ontario man pleads guilty to throwing gravel at Justin Trudeau during 2021 election campaign event
  

• Charges stayed in 'largest-ever' international drug bust in Toronto police history
  

• Here’s what Toronto police seized in its largest ever cross-border drug bust, which collapsed this week
  

• Tiger Woods' girlfriend seeks to nullify NDA following 6-year relationship
  

• GOP strategist comes forward publicly in sexual assault case against conservative leader Matt Schlapp | CNN Politics
  

• Ontario cities, police forces ban TikTok on devices while others consider the move
  

• ‘It is not a crime to give someone the finger’: Quebec judge issues candid ruling in neighbour dispute
  

• These women say the Texas abortion ban put their lives at risk. Now they're suing
  

• DoNotPay Slapped With California Class Action for Unlawful Practice of Law
  

• Donald Trump invited to testify before N.Y. grand jury, lawyer says
  

• Judge orders former Trump adviser Peter Navarro to turn over emails from his private account said to be White House records
  

• TDSB wants to ban caste-based discrimination. Here’s why people are divided
  

• B.C. moves to stop requiring sex markers on birth certificates
  

• Doug Ford follows Justin Trudeau’s lead and bans TikTok from government phones
  

• Toronto bans TikTok on city-issued devices
  

• Judge concerned Sam Bankman-Fried is too 'technologically savvy,' could find a way around tech restrictions
  

• Cops likely stole thousands in cash from Toronto man during drug bust, judge finds
  

• Supreme Court of Canada judge calls allegation of drunken behaviour ‘demonstrably false’
  

• Former Liberal MP Raj Grewal found not guilty on breach of trust charges
  

• 2 men charged in armed carjacking of Maple Leafs star Mitch Marner
  

• West Virginia asks Supreme Court to let it enforce state's anti-trans sports ban
  

• 6-Year-Old Who Shot Teacher in Newport News, Va., Will Not Be Charged, Prosecutor Says
  

• Three Texas women are sued for wrongful death after assisting with abortion | The Texas Tribune
  

• Meta to block access to news on Facebook, Instagram if Online News Act adopted as-is
  

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal Tweet of the Day: March 10, 2023

#LegalTweetoftheDay: Doug Ford follows Justin Trudeau’s lead and bans TikTok from government phones #law #legal #lawtwitter via @TorontoStar https://bit.ly/3F9yE51

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from March 25, 2010

This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from March 25, 2010 via Wise Law Blog: On Health Care Reform, Sex Offenders and Viagra https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2010/03/on-health-care-reform-sex-offenders-and.html

 - Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal Tweet of the Day: March 9, 2023

#LegalTweetoftheDay: ‘It is not a crime to give someone the finger’: Quebec judge issues candid ruling in neighbour dispute #law #legal #lawtwitter via @TorontoStar https://bit.ly/3YBCydV

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: If a family member has put money into an investment in your name and you have co-signed on changes to the investment, does the investment belong to you?

The answer will very often depend on what you and your family member intended. Did they put the investments in your name with the expectation that you would hold it for their benefit, as a convenience, or was it done with the intention that the money was to belong to you? 

Where there is a dispute, Ontario’s Courts will look at the documents or agreements you signed, the intentions of everyone involved and the surrounding circumstances to determine ownership interests. 

- Paul Adam, Toronto

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