140Law - Legal Headlines for Thursday, May 31, 2012

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, May 31, 2012:

• Lawsuits slam 'natural' claims from OJ to chips
• WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Loses Another Bid to Halt Extradition to Sweden (New York Times)
• Woman suing Peterborough over city council readings of Lord’s Prayer
• Charles Taylor, Ex-Liberian Leader Gets 50 Years for War Crimes
• Judge Defends Sentence Imposed on Ex-Rutgers Student (Kate Zernike/New York Times)
• Termination Clause in Employment Contract Unenforceable if Potential Contravention of Minimum ESA Req'ts
• Tenant who bounces cheques told by judge to pay up 
• Applying the ITAR rules and managing human resources: where do things stand today?
• U.S. FDA denies name change to "corn sugar" for high-fructose corn syrup
• Food law roundup from Overlawyered
• Alberta seeking $10-billion in lawsuit against tobacco companies - Globe and Mail
• $43M settlement proposed over formaldehyde in FEMA trailers
• Former US Supreme Court Justice Stevens criticizes court
• Globe wins costs award against UofT law prof - Canadian Lawyer Magazine

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, May 30, 2012:

• Not even jail stopped ‘unrepentant’ disbarred lawyer from practising
• BC Judge finds Facebook pictures have limited usefulness as evidence in injury lawsuit
• How to get your boss fired 
• Tightening the screws on Ontario’s legal clinics: part one
• Family robbed after teen's Facebook post
• Quebec lawyers take to streets to protest Bill 78
• France court: Google not liable for copyrighted materials on YouTube
• Supreme Court Rejects Appeal by Former Iran Hostages
• Pakistan judges pressured to apply blasphemy law: UN
• British woman jailed for racist YouTube rant
• Dewey Partners in Name Only Led to Breakup, Looming Battles, Likely Clawback Fight, Columnist Says
• Supreme Court of British Columbia Declares Hearing Fees Unconsitutional
• George Zimmerman Case: Timelines and Routes

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, May 29, 2012:

• Supreme Court of British Columbia Declares Hearing Fees Unconstitutional 
• George Zimmerman Case: Timelines and Routes
• Juvenile criminal caseload fell in 2010-2011: StatsCan
• Canada: 2010-11 Adult Criminal Court Statistics from Stats-Can (via@slaw)
• University of Ottawa law professor Adam Dodek received Capital Educators’ Award on May 17 | Law Times
• John Edwards trial: Is the jury deadlocked? - Toronto Star
• Stop sweating the small stuff: a guide to delegating well | Canadian Lawyer Magazine
• RIM’s top lawyer joins parade of Blackberry resignations
• Ontario judge takes swipe at overuse of summary judgment
• US Law Firm Dewey & LeBoeuf Files for Bankruptcy
• Our Imbecilic Constitution: NY Times Op Ed
• Conservative MP stripped of election win in Etobicoke Centre says he will take case to Supreme Court

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Monday, May 28, 2012

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

• Facebook defamation case heard by the Supreme Court of Canada
• Spain: Doctor ordered to pay child support after botching abortion
• Law meant to stifle demonstrations buoys Quebec’s student protesters
• Students challenge Quebec protest law in court
• Judge sends honor student to jail for missing school
• G20 senior commander facing misconduct charges for ordering U of T mass arrest
• Court Awards Employee the Balance of a Five Year Contract and Value of 15% Ownership Stake
• The lie, not the affair, got the manager fired - Vancouver Sun
• Vatican cops arrest pope's butler over leaked papers
• Judge rules text messager not liable in distracted crash
• The Bizarre Legal Case That Could Force 1.2 million Canadians To Be Married, Against Their Will
• John Edwards: Judge Holds Conference on Potential Juror Issue
• Lawyer pleads guilty in trust fund shuffle | London | News | London Free Press

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Friday, May 25, 2012

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

• LSUC Interim Report on Articling
• Toronto man who staged car collisions in an insurance fraud is sent to prison 
• NY Times Op-Ed on Quebec's Repressive Bill 78: Our Not-So-Friendly Northern Neighbor
• TheStar Hundreds arrested as police use kettling in latest Montreal student protest
• Nearly 700 arrested in Quebec student protests
• Jury in John Edwards trial enters fifth day of deliberations
• 2,500 and counting...Quebec arrests
• America's most wanted fugitive arrested in Toronto
• Top Canadian Unions may open membership to everyone

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Thursday, May 24, 2012

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

• The Rush For The Exits Doomed Facebook's Stock - Forbes
• Contracting for a cloud computing deal?
• Retired Justice Stevens Hits ‘Misleading’ Parts of Bush v. Gore, Suggests Extension of Rationale
• Edwards jury still out 
• Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to receive extradition ruling on May 30
• 'Severe' sexual violence alleged at Ala. women's prison
• ‘Untouchable’ U.S. prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald steps down
• Fed. Judge Rules DEA Warrantless GPS Device Invalid
• BCSC Rules Hearing Fees Unconsitutional Barrier to Access
• Morgan Stanley Revisits Facebook Trades; Investors File Suit (Wall Street Journal)
• Medical practice messes up secretary’s termination, but Court's notice period falls short via @hrreporter 
• Spoliation and social media
• NT Times: Law Prof Op Ed - A Way Out of the Same-Sex Marriage Mess
• Man appeals robbery conviction, saying Toronto police 'tortured' him - National Post 
• The provisions of the Legal Profession Amendment Act, 2012 that are now in effect are posted on the Society website
• TheStar - DiManno: There’s blame aplenty in the OIPRD’s G20 report, but no accountability

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, May 23, 2012:

• Best Law Firm Websites of 2012 (Vote for #1)
• Investors Sue Nasdaq Over Facebook IPO Glitches
• California lawmakers decry ‘shameful’ federal assault on medical marijuana
• How much federal work do you have to do to come under federal labour jurisdiction? - Lexology
• LSUC budget among new treasurer's priorities - Law Times
• Anti-Spam Act – still waiting for regs
• Pension Claims In Employee Termination Cases - Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
• The US Catholic contraceptives lawsuits, explained
• Facebook Reaches ‘Settlement in Principle’ in Lawsuit over Ads
• Law stripping voting rights from Canadian ex-pats unconstitutional, legal challenge argues

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, May 22, 2012:

• Conrad Black on freedom....and on the record
• Gloria Allred sued over Travolta accusers
• Microsoft launches a 'social search' network
• DIY Divorce Trend Continues, Record Number of US Litigants Handling Own Divorces during Q1 2012
• Ageism in health care needs to end, doctor says
• John Edwards Jury to Resume Deliberations
• Law Firm Is Booted Off Case After Lawyer Held Dunkin Donuts Depositions, Dissed Opposing Counsel
• $675K verdict firm for student who downloaded music
• Supreme Court agrees to hear warrantless wiretapping case
• US Supreme Court: In vitro twins cannot claim father’s survivor benefits
• Romeo Phillion sues for wrongful murder conviction - CTV.ca
• Former Rutgers Student Gets 30 Days for Webcam Spying on Roommate
• Police: New inquiry against Strauss-Kahn include allegations of gang rape
• Defying crisis law, Quebec protesters take to the streets
• Tennessee man who has 30 kids with 11 women wants child-support break (Los Angeles Times) 
• Canadian Judicial Council's review of sex complaint against Justice Lori Douglas holds first hearing
• What about the Toronto police chief? - Toronto Sun
• Karlheinz Schreiber prison release upheld
• Edwards trial jurors ask to see evidence
• Maryland high court grants same-sex divorce for couple married out of state
• Please Stop Trying to 'Friend' and 'Connect' With Fla. State Court Judges
• EI changes still under wraps but details coming 'soon'
• Woman Charged with Killing Infant in Suicide Attempt While Pregnant Is Granted Bond
• Quebec passes law to restrict protests, ban wearing masks
• Toronto judge tosses election result, opens door for Etobicoke Centre byelection
• Justice Marie Deschamps to retire from Supreme Court of Canada
• Former Leaf captain Rob Ramage granted full parole
• Hume: G20 policing report an arresting document
• Supreme Court to make life and death decision on landmark appeal in December
• Lawyer tries to put Clemens accuser on trial

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False Conviction Syndrome

A University of Michigan study looks at wrongful convictions in America, and reaches predictable conclusions:

[University of Michigan Law Professor Samuel] Gross co-authored a report on the database that pulls together statistics on exonerations from January 1989 through February 2012. While the database is constantly updated and new exonerations are being added all the time, the report focuses on the 873 individuals whose cases had been filed before March. Gross and his report co-author, University of Michigan law school graduate Michael Shaffer, discovered correlations in the types of crimes and reasons for wrongful convictions.

• Fabricated crimes.False convictions in child sex abuse cases were usually due to fabricated crimes; sometimes a divorced parent told a child to make up lies about an ex-spouse abusing them, or police or a therapist convinced a child to say something that wasn't true.
• Eyewitness mistakes. In adult rape cases, for example, false convictions were typically based on eyewitness mistakes, "more often than not, mistakes by white victims falsely identifying black defendants," the report said.
• Misconduct by authorities. For homicides, misconduct by authorities was the second-biggest cause of false convictions, just behind false eyewitness accounts.

(Via MSNBC)

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Friday, May 18, 2012

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, May 18, 2012:

• More Than Half of Employment Bias Plaintiffs in Amer. Bar Foundation Study Deemed Their Lawyers Incompetent
• U.S. Sets New Rules to Stem Prison Rape: “If you... put them in prison, you have to keep them safe."
• Workplace bullying can boomerang
• Law Society Awards Recognize the Best of the Profession - MarketWatch (press release) 
• Charges laid against Toronto police after G20 report
• Tory MP calls for law to protect unborn from bullying
• Big News on Trayvon Martin Case
• Top court to decide if Canada's doctors can pull plug on life support - Toronto Sun
• Employment Contract Amendments – A Landmine For Employers - Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
• Photo-sharing social network Pinterest valued at $1.5 billion
• Brooklyn Judge Admits He Broke the Law, Smoked Pot in Battle Against Pancreatic Cancer
• Federal study suggests relocating EI recipients - CTV.ca
• Supreme Court to hear life-support appeal for comatose man

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Thursday, May 17, 2012

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, May 17, 2012:

• Closing arguments set in Edwards trial
• NY Times Details Missteps In Trayvon Martin Shooting Investigation
• California sisters sue child welfare agencies, police for failing to detect, stop father's sexual abuse
• Drivers fight 407 ETR's right to deny license renewals, collect toll debts after bankruptcy - Toronto Star 
• New lawyer trying to free O.J. Simpson from prison
• War crimes judges hear former Liberian President Charles Taylor's sentencing pleas 
• The Birthers' Last Gasp
• Justice launches criminal probe into JPMorgan's $2 billion trading loss (Washington Post)
• Quebec bill seeks to ban minors from tanning salons
• Final Member of Dewey’s Four-Lawyer Management Team Heads to a New Firm
• Parents beware: If your teens party, you could pay the price
• How Many Times Can You Tase a Pregnant Woman Before Your Case Winds Up Before the US Supreme Court?
• John Edwards Trial: Defense Rests
• Gov. Jan Brewer Signs New Law That Takes Debt Collectors' Word For How Much You Owe
• Canadians to get opt-out tool for history-tracking web ads
• Americans not ready for Canada’s anti-spam law: report
• Gay Judge Candidate Rejected by Va. House Due to 'Advocacy' for Gay Rights
• Our Lawyer Surplus
• Autopsy: Trayvon Martin shot from 'intermediate range'
• Defence: John Edwards, mistress will not testify

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, May 16, 2012:

• Ontario police watchdog to release G20 summit report
• Travolta accuser drops suit
• Web-Based Dispute Resolution Systems Gain Traction (“ODR”)
• Rhode Island governor signs order recognizing same-sex marriages
• Karlheinz Schreiber release order put on hold
• John Edwards, Rielle Hunter might testify Wednesday
• DSK countersues hotel maid for $1 million
• Separated couple running against each other for NY Assembly seat
• Succeeding at BigLaw for Young Women Lawyers
• Court suspends attorney for one year for using crude language with clerks
• As Roger Clemens’s Trial Drags, Jurors Keep Dozing
• Canadian overtime lawsuits hit a snag
• Bill proposing marijuana DUI standard dies a 3rd time in Colorado

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, May 15, 2012:

• Law blocks dental professionals from treating spouses
• LegalZoom to go public; plans include creating a network of lawyers to dispense legal advice
• Supreme Court of Canada to consider use of sniffer dogs to find drugs - Vancouver Sun
• Employment Contract Amendments - A Landmine For Employers - Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
• Canada's top court to decide if data on work computer is private
• App by app, it is a tablet takeover - Lawyers Weekly
• G20 report clears RCMP but raises questions over 'kettling'
• Ethics Panel Accuses Lawyer of Telling Opposing Counsel He Hopes She Will ‘Sleep with the Fishes’
• N.Y. kosher law ruled constitutional
• This week at the SCC
• Lawyer Comments at Public Meeting Are Privileged, Top NH Court Says, if No One’s There to Hear Them
• New LSUC treasurer to focus on articling | Canadian Lawyer Legal Feeds
• John Edwards' defense opens in campaign finance trial
• Can Lawyers Bash Another Lawyer in a Blog?
• Police Taser Use on Pregnant Woman Goes Before Court
• Judge rejects testimony on FEC audit in Edwards' trial
• Harassment in the workplace: limitations on an employer’s responsibilities
• Married same sex couples unable to divorce in Rhode Island, despite recent order
• Employers: think before you click
• Toronto John School's enrollment declining | Toronto & GTA | News | Toronto Sun
• Courts turn to video-conference testimony to cut costs
• Toronto police, OPP called the shots on G20 response, report says

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Monday, May 14, 2012

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, May 14, 2012:

• The laws of employee leaves - Canadian HR Reporter (blog)
• Lights, Camera… Judgment! — Slaw (@omarharedeye)
• Toronto Mayor Rob Ford wants to scrap 5-cent plastic bag fee
• NC Lawyer Is Suspended Amid Allegations He Punched and Bit a Cop Who Tasered Him
• LSUC benchers recommending amendments to CPD interactivity
• Toronto area lawyer contacted on a “We built a website for you” hacking attempt
• Proposed Federal Legislation To Prohibit Employers From Requiring Access to Social Media of job Applicants
• John Edwards Trial Will Proceed to Jury
• Op Ed: Judges not always best choice for advice via @edmontonjournal 
• Off the Shelf: In ‘iDisorder,’ a Look at Mobile-Device Addiction - Review
• Canadian father seeks return of children from Poland
• Advocate Daily - Paralegal fights for equal rights in Ontario Court of Justice

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Friday, May 11, 2012

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

• Advocate Daily - Paralegal fights for equal rights in Ontario Court of Justice
• Cyber-spies will target smartphones, tablets: CSIS report
• Ontario NDP want chain restaurants to post calories
• Canada's top court to hear Facebook defamation case Thursday
• Employee Terminated for Theft Still Entitled to Bonus
• London Tweeting: The Crown Prosecution Service Talks Twitter
• Feds sue Sheriff Joe, alleging racial profiling
• Prosecution rests in Edwards trial; defense to seek dismissal
• B.C. to Have Official Online Dispute Resolution
• U of T offers free LSAT prep course to poor students - Toronto Star
• Globe and Mail to charge for online content
• Can computers provide legal advice? 
• John Edwards: Curing Undue Prejudice 

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Thursday, May 10, 2012

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

• Ontario court denies bid to use new summary judgment rules to determine "catastrophic impairment" 
• Obama endorses same-sex marriage
• Police find ‘no evidence’ to charge reporter over confrontation with Mayor Rob Ford
• Sarkozy’s Next Adventure: Law Practice
• US bill would make digital snooping by employers illegal
• B.C. Mountie sues force for harassment
• BC court requires active personal injury plaintiff to divulge Facebook photos
• Employers atwitter about social media - National Post
• Law society votes to keep 215-year-old ‘Upper Canada’ in its name
• Ontario moves toward digital court records - National Post
• Mentally ill female prisoners treated cruelly, inhumanly, report finds
• The KSM Trial Spectacle (Wall Street Journal)
• Don’t Underestimate Lawyers’ Resistance to Change, Seyfarth Shaw Chairman Says
• Masseur sues John Travolta for sexual battery
• Is the Task of HRM Professionals to Advocate For Employees?
• More on Mitch Kowalski’s Wednesday book launch
• Ontario’s articling shortage widens to 15% as LSUC considers alternatives
• Law Society Regulatory Proceedings for April 2012 - MarketWatch 
• Bo-ring! Roger Clemens trial judge tells lawyers to pick up the pace - Toronto Star 
• Ex- Quebec appeal judge's trial told he had mistress when wife was killed
• John Edwards Trial: Tim Toben and Andrew Young

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