140Law - Legal Headlines for Friday, October 12, 2012

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, October 12, 2012:

• New BC Limitation Act to Come Into Effect on June 1, 2013
• Lance Armstrong's doctor could face criminal charges
• Fort Hood suspect's beard case at appeals court
• Qur'an-burning Florida pastor Terry Jones denied entry to Canada
• Looking for a Law School to Fit Your Politics?
• Appeals court lifts sales ban on Samsung phones
• Court steps in to save voters from Republican suppression efforts. Again.
• Ont. Court denies employee's challenge to 3 year non-competition agreement relating to sale of business
• Wal-Mart baby abandonment case heard at Supreme Court - CBC.ca
• Twenty Year Evolution of Free Access to Law
• Prisoner self-injury on the rise in Canada 
• Ex-Walmart employee awarded $1.4 million by Windsor, Ontario jury for mistreatment by manager 
• Ontario teachers have strong case in court challenge, legal expert says - Toronto Star
• Ethics Experts Question Bank of America’s New Tactic for Reducing Its Legal Fees

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Thursday, October 11, 2012

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, October 11, 2012:

• HIV ruling was a blow to public health
• Top court decision on HIV disclosure will be major issue in Ottawa attempted murder trial: Lawyer
• Canada's Privacy Commissioner Tables 2011-2012 Annual Report on Privacy Act
• Undermining the rule of law: The case of Omar Khadr
• US Supreme Court hears biggest affirmative action race case in six years 
• Hate Speech Complaint Against Ezra Levant To Be Submitted To Police 
• Germany approves draft law allowing circumcisions
• Judge's ruling paves way for upcoming SD execution
• Thailand court upholds royal insult law
• Dominique Strauss-Kahn: ‘Leave me alone!’
• France sets marriage equality draft law date 
• French first lady threatens to sue over ‘malicious rumors’ in biography
• Canada's legal system leaves middle class out
• Appeals court reinstates Montana’s campaign finance limits
• Doping agency paints Armstrong as ringleader of long-running cheating ring

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, October 10, 2012:

• US Suit Accuses Wells Fargo of ‘Reckless Trifecta’ in FHA-Insured Mortgages
• Judge Tosses Fired Employee’s Computer Hacking Claim over Takeover of Her LinkedIn Account 
• Russia court frees 1 of 3 jailed punk band members
• Russian Court Considering Pussy Riot's Appeal
• Tips for dealing with difficult opposing counsel
• Newly Certified SOCAN Tariff 22.A Expands to Cover "Video-Clips"
• See the Video: Angry Judge Blasts ‘Backseat Driver’ Appellate Counsel in High-Profile Murder Case
• Supreme Court fans flames of HIV epidemic
• B.C. police Taser use down 87% since Dziekanski death 
• Alberta Judge Takes Aim at Abusive Self-Represented Litigants
• Walmart strikes spread to more states
• Wells Fargo sued by U.S. over alleged mortgage fraud
• Arkansas GOPer: Give Unruly Kids the Death Penalty 
• The Origins of the Requirement to Give “Reasonable Notice” to Terminate an Employment Contract
• Sandusky gets no less than 30 years, no more than 60 

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Tuesday, October 9, 2012

We hope that all of our readers had a lovely long weekend! Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, October 9, 2012:

• Colleagues near burnout, warns retiring Ontario Associate Chief Justice Cunningham
• Sri Lanka protests over attack on Judge
• Julian Assange supporters ordered to forfeit £93,500 bail money (Robert Booth/Guardian)
• 2012 Canadian Blog Awards, Round 1!
• Copyright Board values music used in online music services
• Court to decide if convicted NY gang member is also a terrorist under the law
• NY appeal court: Shooting victim may sue gun maker
• Human Rights Tribunal rules that duty to accommodate requires discussion and consideration
• “Let me make a note of that”: take good notes when receiving a workplace human rights complaint
• Jerry Sandusky to be sentenced in child sex abuse case
• Supreme Court nominee Richard Wagner sees Charter as evolving document - Toronto Star
• The Texas Tribune: In Texas, Schools Use ID cards, Scanners to Track Students
• US Judges Rule for US Judges on Pay 
• 'Vatileaks' case: Pope's ex-butler gets 18-month sentence
• New HD CCTV puts human rights at risk - Crime - UK - The Independent
• Bachelor sues club after stripper’s rough pole dance bursts his bladder
• Stanley Cup rioting sentences appealed for not being tough enough
• Canadian Supreme Court Softens HIV Disclosure Requirement
• Man sucker punches South Carolina public defender after getting 15-year sentence (video)
• National Bank of Canada foreclosing Americans’ homes over credit card debt
• Bush Lawyer: Proposed Romney Torture Policy Is 'Indisputably Illegal' (ThinkProgress)

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Friday, October 5, 2012

A happy and safe Canadian Thanksgiving weekend to all!  Here are our leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday October 5, 2012:

• Lawyer Charles Roach dies with citizenship dream unfulfilled
• Former jail manager brings wrongful dismissal suit for $4.4M - Ottawa Citizen
• Supreme Court of Canada - No disclosure of HIV+ status necessary where low viral load and condom use preclude realistic likelihood of transmission - R. v. Mahabir
• Supreme Court of Canada nominee Wagner goes before review committee
• A Supreme Court setback for women in Wagner's nomination - Montreal Gazette
• The First Debate: Mitt Romney's Five Biggest Lies (Rolling Stone)
• Ontario Ministry of Labour ramping-up employment standards enforcement: more officers and inspections
• Canadian online pharmacy ordered to stop marketing to U.S.
• Hamilton MPP wants oversight by Ombudsman of Ontario children's aid societies
• Non-Christian prison chaplains chopped by Ottawa
• Helene Bergman: The Constitutionel State of Sweden is threatened by the Case of Assange
• Google Settles With Publishers Over Digital Books
• NBC sued over Trayvon tape 
• Lawyers for Accused Sept. 11 Mastermind Say Their Gitmo Offices Are a Health Hazard

- Garry J. Wise , Toronto

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Thursday, October 4, 2012

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday  October 4, 2012:

• Three Reasons Romney Lost the Debate
• Assange supporters plea to keep £140,000 in bail money
• VA sued after veteran's penis amputation 
• US federal appeals court extends stay on order blocking indefinite detention law
• Warman vs. Lemire Constitutional Challenge: Warman Wins
• Manhattan corporate lawyer admits stealing $10M from clients
• Acquitted In-House Lawyer Warns of the ‘Criminalization’ of Law Practice
• Look Out, LegalZoom! Jacoby & Meyers Gets into Legal Forms
• Maher Arar offers to talk to Omar Khadr
• BC Appeal Court's defence of snitching spouse is obscene - Vancouver Sun
• Criminal Record Checks – Are We Going Too Far?
• Justin Bieber fansite operator sued over minors' personal info

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday  October 3, 2012:

• Supreme Court of Canada to tackle case that questions definition of “child” before birth
• Pope’s butler takes stand in ‘Vatileaks’ trial
• French Drop Alleged Strauss-Kahn Rape Case
• NY files lawsuit against JP Morgan Chase for securities fraud
• Appeal court reduces penalty Air Canada has to pay for English-only 7Up service 
• Marijuana officially decriminalized in Kalamazoo, Michigan
• US Supreme Court opens 2012 term
• Pennsylvania judge blocks voter ID law for upcoming election
• Nine rules to help family law clients and their lawyers avoid social media dangers
• Federal judge lifts Samsung tablet sales ban
• Former MP John Nunziata fined $5,000 by LSUC for denying assault
• Stephen Harper picks Quebec judge Richard Wagner for high court 
• Supreme Court of Canada Hearings Calendar for October 2012

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, October 2, 2012:

• 5 questions about the future of Omar Khadr
• Ontario Court jails man twice for contempt of same order after refusals to answer questions at Examination 
• Russia court delays appeal hearing for feminist activists,"Pussy Riot"
• Would Romney Bring Back Torture?
• Iconic California burger joint might be forced to close over disabilities act lawsuit
• Has your workplace posted the new Ministry of Labour poster?
• A Map to Help Navigate the Potential Hazards of Serving Clients on a Budget
• The Five Page Legal Brief—All in Cartoons
• Ex-Glaxo VP on ‘The Criminalization of the Practice of Law’
• Bush-Appointed Judge Upholds Obama Administration’s Birth Control Coverage Rules
• BC Court of Appeal upholds ruling that municipalities have no constitutional duty to consult first nations
• Ontario Judge says ex-Look Communications execs can't have legal bills paid - National Post
• NHLPA Loses Injunction in Quebec 
• One-fourth of Americans victims of data breach
• B.C. man charged with counselling woman to commit suicide
• Protesters’ Arrests During 2004 G.O.P. Convention Are Ruled Illegal
• John Furlong defamation case and Canadian libel law - The Vancouver Observer 

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Monday, October 1, 2012

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, October 1, 2012:

• California Bans Therapies to ‘Cure’ Gay Minors
• Romney Campaign Memo Urging Return to Use of Enhanced Interrogation
• Québec Ct of Appeal: no duty to disclose unfounded allegations of dishonest conduct to potential employer
• Khadr eligible for parole next summer, lawyers say
• Supreme Court back on Monday, will hear affirmative action, same-sex marriage and human rights cases
• BC Court rebukes province on handling of judges' pay
• Omar Khadr back in Canada
• World’s smallest state, Vatican holds one-of-a-kind trial of Pope’s former butler
• Ontario Superior Court: Settlement Agreements And "The Objective Observer Test" - Employment and HR
• Police in Mexico identify body by DNA found in maggots
• Switzerland lawmakers reject burqa ban
• Irving Oil charged in gas price-fixing 'cartel' in Quebec 
• Trial of pope's ex-butler over leaked papers begins
• Wrongfully Convicted Inmate Freed From Death Row in Lousiana
• Potus v. Scotus

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Friday, September 28, 2012

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, September 28, 2012:

• Motion on when life begins splits Conservative caucus
• Doctors fight scope of inquest into Ontario prison death of teenager Ashley Smith
• Suit against Travolta dismissed
• Arkansas Supreme Court clears way for medical marijuana ballot initiative
• Toronto waitress upset union wasn't there to serve her | Toronto & GTA | News | Toronto Sun
• Judge orders 'Innocence of Muslims' filmmaker to jail over probation violations
• Google obeys Brazilian order, blocks video
• Proposed legislation will freeze wages for Ontario’s public sector workers
• Flood shuts down Ottawa courthouse
• Part I – Crazy Little Thing Called Sentencing: R v Crazyboy
• Tennessee court rejects voter ID challenge
• Ontario Court of Appeal releases landmark decision on chronic pain
• Top court backs cyber-bullying protection over media rights
• ‘Innocence of Muslims’ Actress Registers for Copyright, Refiles Suit

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Thursday, September 27, 2012

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, September 27, 2012:

• New Zealand admits illegally spying on Kim Dotcom 
• Biographer Doesn’t Pull Punches, Calls Rehnquist’s Judicial Philosophy ‘Nihilistic at its Core’
• Trial Judge Increases Punitive Damages Award To $550,000 - Employment and HR - Canada 
• Motion to study when life begins defeated in Parliament
• Perjury counts against ex-Penn State officials retained
• Wal-Mart Women Get Their Day In Court
• Jailed for faking cancer to pay for breast implants
• Police seek 200 more charges in Stanley Cup riot 
• Rent-to-own computers secretly recorded users having sex: FTC
• Man charged with tweeting Obama threats
• Analysis: Boogaard’s Lawsuit May Shake Up Hockey
• Bay Street’s big legal firms turn to outsourcing
• U.S. court to hear appeal over federal gay marriage law | World | News | Toronto Sun
• Dismissal before major surgery was discrimination based on disability: Tribunal
• Illinois Court Permits Religious Pharmacists To Refuse To Dispense Emergency Contraception 

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, September 26, 2012:

• A Kiss Doesn’t Last Forever: Lawsuit Targets Lipstick Claims
• Toronto plastic bag ban violates charter: Store association - Toronto Sun  
• Websites leaking users' information, Canada's privacy watchdog warns 
• Adults may paddle students of opposite sex in Texas district
• Ont. Ct of App: Motions Judge was Right to Stay Wrongful Dismissal Judgment Pending Employer's Counterclaim
• Brazilian Court orders Google exec's arrest over failure to abide election take-down notice
• Facebook agrees to erase facial-recognition data in EU after privacy flap
• Study on when life begins gets Jason Kenney's support
• Four more women arrested over female genital mutilation in NSW
• An Update on the Elizabeth Warren Law License Controversy
• Lawsuit: Man Partially Blinded At OC Medieval Times « CBS Los Angeles 
• Boogaard’s Parents File Lawsuit Against the N.H.L. Players’ Association

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, September 25, 2012:

• Bill Clinton stirs talk of possible Hillary Clinton presidential bid in 2016 race
• 2 U.S. marines to be court-martialled in urinating video case
• 3Taps Files Antitrust Action Against Craigslist
• Citizens United ruling accounts for 78 percent of 2012 election spending
• New Jersey attorneys reprimanded for using wrong font size in client solicitation letter.
• Same-sex marriage case to US high court?
• Lawyers expect NHL stalemate could go on into overtime
• Ex-Israeli PM Olmert fined for breach of trust
• Canadian ‘Globe and Mail’ columnist accused of plagiarism
• Bar told to embrace trials over summary judgment - Law Times News 
• Ontario paralegal aims to raise bar

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Monday, September 24, 2012

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, September 24, 2012:

• Cases put RCMP policy on paying for Mounties' legal bills under scrutiny - Brandon Sun 
• Ontario Labour Ministry investigating Toronto gas-and-dash death
• Apple, Samsung demand changes to $1B verdict
• The Cloud Factories: Data Centers Waste Vast Amounts of Energy, Belying Industry Image
• Canadian cat runs for mayor of Halifax
• US Middle Schools Add a Team Rule for 13 Year-Olds: Get a Drug Test
• Texting blamed for rising teen pedestrian injuries
• No need to publicly name Canada's divorcing spouses, critics say
• Pakistani Minister Offers Bounty Over Anti-Islam Video
• Tom DeLay still waiting to learn legal fate - Topix
• THE SIMPSONS - Homer Votes 2012
• Doorey’s “Beginner’s Guide to the Charter and Work Law”, Version 2.0
• 'Human being' motion excuse to open abortion debate, MPs say
• Pennsylvania couple charged with selling neighbor's dog on Craigslist
• NHL argues for legality of lockout in Alberta
• Batman shooting victims sue movie theater 
• Medical Pot Law Doesn’t Protect Fired Wal-Mart Worker, 6th Circuit Rules 
• US Appeals court affirms $9.5 million Facebook settlement over privacy claims - Reuters Canada'
• Linden MacIntyre: The derailed lives of Kingston Pen 
• Starved Alberta girl dies, taken off life-support after SCC ruling
• Legal focus in starved-toddler case shifts to parents
• Lawyers on the Forbes 400 
• BC Sex-trade workers group wins SCC bid for court challenge

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Friday, September 21, 2012

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, September 21, 2012, the official last day of summer:

• Judge gives lawyers drubbing over peace bond appeal
• Prosecutors give up fight for James Holmes' psychotherapy notebook
• Did Supreme Court justice tip hand on gay marriage?
• Judge Denies Request to Remove Anti-Muslim film Trailer from YouTube
• California judge rejects plea to remove anti-Islam video from YouTube
• Ohio Amish group convicted of hate crimes
• As Facebook slumps, Mark Zuckerberg drops to 36th-richest American
• Lawyer: Man in violent online posts just 'dumb'
• Why it is inconceivable that Brian Burke is content with the current Leafs Roster via @Berger_BYTES

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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