140 Law - Legal Headlines for Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, April 30, 2013:

• TV providers tell CRTC to reject SUN-TV bid for mandatory carriage
• Bangladesh factory collapse: Loblaw pledges compensation for dead garment workers
• Minnesota Bill Would Define All Marriages as Civil Unions
• The legal issues of cloud-based computing services
• Recalling employees from work-from-home arrangements
• Juries punish employers: two recent cases highlight the risk of treating employees poorly - Lexology
• Young target of ex-Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke’s lawsuit wonders ‘why is it a big deal?’
• Facing Injustice: Implications of Ordering N.S. to Remove Her Niqab
• NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair defends his criticism of Supreme Court investigation
• Lawyer: Pa. abortion clinic no 'house of horrors'
• Is 100 Years a Life Sentence? Opinions Are Divided http://
• ★ Email Pro Tip #5: Triage Your Mail on the Go: I receive between 100 and 1,000 business-related e-mails per...- Slaw
• New post: Employment agreements avoid awkward hiring situations via Stuart Rudner
• Luka Magnotta trial date set for fall 2014
• Strathy appointed to Ontario Court of Appeal
• Reprisals under the Human Rights Code
• Bangladesh factory owner could face 7 years in prison
• Accident victim wins challenge to Ontario’s $3,500 minor injury cap
• Lawyers may solicit clients by text messages if rules are followed, Ohio ethics opinion says
• Jackson's wrongful death trial to open
• Can accuser’s desire for niqab remake the courtroom? — DiManno
• Ontario’s licence-refusal scheme after bankruptcy shot down | Law Times News
• Time to expand paralegal practice?

-Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Monday, April 29, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, April 29, 2013:

• Israeli boy's Facebook post gets parents arrested for abuse | The Times of Israel 
• The Legal Basis for Omar Khadr's War Crimes Appeal
• U of W law student investigates roots of five-figure tuition
• Owner of Collapsed Building Arrested in Bangladesh
• Alberta corrections strike ruled illegal
• US Supreme Court Justice Breyer has surgery after fall.
• Omar Khadr will appeal terrorism convictions, lawyer says
• Bangladesh building toll rises to 352, four arrested; Loblaw Canada among customers
• Staff at 7 Alberta jails on strike, prisons on lockdown
• Negotiation As Improv From the Harvard Program on Negotiation
• Retired SCOTUS Justice Sandra Day O'Connor second-guesses Court's decision to hear Bush v. Gore
• Brian Burke files defamation suit over online allegation he was fired by Leafs for affair with sportswriter
• Justice Department sues drug maker Novartis for paying doctors kickbacks
• Appointments to LSUC Hearing Panel and Appeal Panel
• The Supreme Court Speaks – or Doesn't – on L'affaire Laskin.
• Announcing LawTechCamp 2013
• Manitoba Human Rights Adjudicator awards damages against employer for customer harassment of worker
• Dembeck v. Wright – Treatment of Severance Payments under Family Law.
• Women still leaving law at higher rate than men.
• Rising claims costs ‘troubling’: LawPRO
• Bill Aiming To Ban Gay Conversion Therapy For Minors To Be Introduced In New York - The Huffington Post
• Saskatchewan Court of Appeal Overturns Ruling Finding There is a Charter Right to Strike.

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Friday, April 26, 2013

Hereare the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, April 26, 2013:

• Ontario Court of Appeal rules executives may not be covered for workplace injury claims.
• Law Society to Honour Five as Extraordinary Ontarians
• Meet the lawyer linking police with Toronto's Muslim community - globalnews.ca
• DealBook: New York Seeks to Press Trial of A.I.G.’s Ex-Chief
• SCOTUS is often ‘simply irrelevant’ to daily work of trial courts, federal judge says
• Should I Stay or Should I Go? BCCA Weighs In On Constructive Dismissal
• EU court dismisses Inuit bid to overturn seal product ban
• ‘Unclear’ cell phone contracts targeted by Ontario government
• Paralegal graduates enhance access to justice
• Harper on terror arrests: Not a time for 'sociology'
• NS man wrongly convicted of rape sues 43 years later
• Judge Made Miranda-Rights Call in Boston Case
• Canadian dies of doctor-assisted suicide in Switzerland
• US Supreme Court hears final arguments of term
• The Legal Circle of Life

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Thursday, April 25, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, April 25, 2013:

• Bill to give Ontario grandparents more rights will be subject of public hearings - Ottawa Citizen
• Conservative anti-terror bill and arrests match up beautifully, don’t they: Mallick
• Arrest of Blue Jays fan puts police in spotlight - Toronto Star
• If inmates designed own cells, this is what they’d look like
• Access to Justice Reports Released
• Maple Leaf Gardens child abuser Gordon Stuckless faces new and rare buggery charge - Yahoo! News Canada
• U.S. government sues Lance Armstrong under False Claims Act
• Iowa lawmakers to slash justices’ pay by 80 percent for 2009 LGBT marriage ruling
• Canada terror suspect: It's not in holy book
• Firms need to accommodate older lawyers who want to work: lawyer Ralph Lean
• German police arrest man suspected of being Auschwitz death camp guard
• Toronto Urban Legends: The Mad Cows of Osgoode Hall | cityscape | Torontoist
• Toronto court rules woman must remove niqab to testify
• Good-Time Credit for Enemy Combatants? Court Says No
• U.K. barristers on strike over legal aid cuts
• Lance Armstrong Lied, Cheated, Doped, but Does He Really Owe Damages?
• Baltimore's Female Prison Guard Indictment - TalkLeft: The Politics Of Crime
• Florida appeals court OKS 180-day contempt term for millionaire who helped son, 16, get married
• Rhode Island legislature passes gay marriage bill, governor will sign
• Ontario court orders woman to remove face-covering veil to testify
• Appeals court OKs fine for lawyer who asserted SLAPP shield against tort case over demand letter.
• ABA Task Force on Legal Education: Report on Proceedings
• Judge tosses some murder charges against Philadelphia abortion doc; defense calls no witnesses

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, April 24, 2013:

• U.S. sues Lance Armstrong
• OHRT: Never call an employee a “crack head”! - Lexology
• Crown says accused youths used text messages to plan and carry out murder
• Ricin charges dropped against Elvis impersonator
• Boston bombing: Toronto lawyer denies writing nasty tweets that sparked outrage - Toronto Star
• The New Open Internet Fight
• Winnipeg woman's assisted suicide plan OK'd by Swiss doctor
• Tips Tuesday
• Lawyer says Canadian terror suspect will 'defend himself vigorously’
• Charges Laid Against Engineer in Elliot Lake Mall Collapse
• Family who chose prayer over medicine loses second child
• U.S. ricin letter suspect released from jail
• Vote on reviving Canada's anti-terror laws may come tonight
• The Most Influential Lawyers in the World: Meet the Attorneys on the Time 100
• France Approves Same-Sex Marriage
• SCOTUS rules for Jamaican immigrant fighting mandatory deportation after pot guilty plea

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, April 23, 2013:

• One woman’s reign of terror at Canadian human rights tribunal: DiManno 
• Jury chosen in Michael Jackson wrongful death trial
• Punitive damages update - $4.5 million Saskatchewan award slams insurers for bad faith Lexology
• Can employers be sued for inflicting mental distress? - Lexology
• "Officer down" tweet on DaSilvaLaw heading to Law Society of Upper Canada
• Boston Bombing Suspect's Bedside Hearing (New York Times)
• Legal advice software that replaces law firms
• Court confirms director's liability for unpaid wages
• Paternity case settled out of court leaving sperm donor laws far from clear - National Post
• Tech firms, banks oppose Internet privacy law that requires disclosure of stored info - Times-Standard
• Right To Divorce? Just As Important As Right To Marry (No Kidding) - Forbes
• SCC patriation allegations: 'A tempest in a teapot'
• The “Human Excellence” of Judging (even writers at SLAW occasionally miss the point entirely)
• US Top Court Denies Free-Speech Challenge to Tobacco Law
• Ralph Lauren pays $1.6 million for bribing Argentinian officials
• Teen, 14, arrested after refusing to remove NRA T-shirt
• Mayor Rob Ford’s offer to explain politics to women unlikely to win him female voters
• Boston Suspect Charged With Using ‘Weapon of Mass Destruction’
• More than half of Guantanamo detainees now on hunger strike
• 2 Arrested in Plot to Attack Passenger Train, Canada Says
• Nevada Judge abused discretion by jailing man for ‘attitude,’ setting $1M bail, top state court says
• Judge and defendant’s ex-lawyer are first witnesses in murder trial over Texas courthouse slaying
• Canada's top court throws out sex abuse case after delays
• Ontario court rules against insurer denying defence costs - Canadian Underwriter - Canadian Underwriter
• CLA slams Groia suspension decision | Canadian Lawyer Legal Feeds
• Bloomberg Says Interpretation of Constitution Will 'Have to Change' After Boston Bombing (Politicker)
• Morris Fish to retire from Supreme Court of Canada

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Monday, April 22, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, April 22, 2013, Earth Day!:

• Pakistani Court Orders Musharraf Detained for 2 More Weeks
• Stream the High Court
• To be or not to be? The question of the exclusion of trust property upon marriage breakdown
• Judge permanently blocks North Dakota ban on medication for abortions
• Maddow explains why Dzhokar Tsarnaev was not read his Miranda rights
• Law Society panel hits ‘uncivil’ lawyer Joe Groia with suspension, $247,000 in costs | Toronto Star
• Veteran defence lawyer surrenders his licence at capacity hearing
• First test of Supreme Court's new face-veil rules imminent
• Why Morgan Stanley’s Job-Hunt Ban for Employees Was Doomed to Fail - Businessweek
• What legal steps are next for Boston bombing suspect?
• Judge Rejects Annulment of Ex-Dictator’s Guatemala Trial
• No Miranda warning for suspect

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Friday, April 19, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, April 19, 2013:

• Judges set to rule on whether suspended cops should have to check in twice a day
• Justice Sotomayor Discusses Marriage and Divorce
• Lawyer who turned down $8M settlement wins $130M in retrial
• Federal appeals court hears arguments on California sexual orientation therapy ban
• Former head of Canadian human rights tribunal accused of abusing staff in integrity commissioner report
• It’s Your Blog; Don’t Ask Me How It’s Doing
• Judge: Suits can proceed against theatre owner in Colorado massacre
• Tobacco Speech Case Teed Up For US Supreme Court
• Supreme Court of Canada will not re-open anti-gay pamphlet case | Globalnews.ca
• Ex-justice of the peace charged in Texas DA slayings
• Elvis impersonator charged in ricin case
• Mayor Rob Ford repays city $400 for car used at football games

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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Work-Life Balance On The Beach

My SlawTips post this week considers the thorny question of maintaining work-life balance - with a bit of ocean breeze on the side.

True confession time – I still work a bit while I’m away. I’d rather set aside an hour or so a day while I’m on vacation to deal with emails and urgencies than face 1000 unread emails and 100 pressing tasks on my first day back.

Truth be told, there are worse places to be in the morning than an oceanview cafe on a lazy resort in the sun, wearing my blue shorts and sipping on a coffee while answering emails and watching the world go by.

.... I suppose that every practitioner must come to his or her own terms with what “balance” truly means. For many, remaining 15 percent “on” while away just doesn’t seem like any sacrifice, at all. For others, this is clearly anathema.

Where do you land on this?

See: Work-Life Balance and Jamaica

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law - legal Headlines for Thursday, April 18, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, April 18, 2013:

• Ontario to crackdown on debt settlement company abuses: Roseman
• Top 10 Annoying Clichés Lawyers Love - The Careerist
• Law in motion: How senior partners switch firms
• Rushing to judgment on the Saudi "suspect" by @DavidOAtkins
• Louisiana Politician Wants to Legalize LGBT Workplace Discrimination
• Bank of America Staggers Under the Weight of Its $881M Legal Fees in First Quarter
• ABA Techshow's "60 Sites in 6 Minutes" Slowed Down
• SCOTUS Justices Bar U.S. Suit in Nigerian Human Rights Case
• Jamaican farm worker's death gets Ontario human rights hearing - CBC.ca
• Military judge postpones 9/11 cases due to ‘nearly catastrophic server crash’ in Pentagon system
• US Supreme Court Limits Warrantless Forced Blood Tests for DUI Suspects
• Employee or independent contractor? The best intentions may mean nothing
• Texas teacher claims she couldn't have fondled black student because she's racist (The Raw Story)
• Three G20 police brutality lawsuits settled out of court: lawyer - Toronto Star
• The Dred Scott award for revealing Supreme Court Justice statements
• UK Juror faces contempt charge over Facebook post
• Mind-Boggling Details Emerge About Ricin Letter Suspect: ‘I’m on the Hidden Front Lines of a Secret War’
• Comment: B.C.’s publicly funded legal aid is in crisis - Times Colonist
• Facing Arrest, Musharraf Flees Courtroom in Pakistan
• Ex-J.P.'s wife charged in DA's death
• Sign at Examiner's office. Nice to know nuts may contain nuts.

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, April 17, 2013:

• Canada Social Security Tribunal (SST) established to hear Employment Insurance appeals begins operations
• Musharraf Is Disqualified From Pakistani Elections
• Niqab in court: Veil doesn’t block ‘demeanour assessment,’ court told 
• The Truth About Sex at Work
• Yes, Of Course It Was Torture
• LAWPRO Magazine archives: Delegating responsibly and effectively
• Rejected client bit law firm intake worker before partner prevailed in office fistfight, police say
• Scalia Speaks, Part II: A Harsh Critique of the Voting Rights Act
• Judge proposes closed-circuit TV testimony for veiled sex-assault accuser - Toronto Star
• Breach of privacy in the Cloud
• New Zealand Lawmakers Approve Gay Marriage Bill
• Lawyers say Arkansas to use untried execution drug
• Strange Twist in Texas Prosecutor Murders
• European human rights court blocks extradition of U.K.-based terror suspect to U.S.
• Judge rules in favor of lesbians suing Hawaii B&B for denying them a room
• Montreal woman's arrest highlights legal risks of social media
• Ontario Superior Court judge Robert Scott rebuked by Court of Appeal for two cases of bias | Toronto Star
• Texas executes convicted killer for 2001 slaying

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, April 16, 2013:

• U.S. Practiced Torture After 9/11, Nonpartisan Review Concludes
• Federal judge blocks Mississippi from closing down state’s only abortion clinic
• What ABA Techshow Shows about Tech
• Law schools, licensing face transformation: Conway | Headline News | Law Times News
• A Polygamist and His Paralegal: A Tale of Sexual Harassment
• Oops. Judge holds himself in contempt when his own cellphone rings during court hearing
• Lawyer who left law practice for France vows vigorous defence to LSUC misconduct charges - Law Times News
• Should Law Schools Focus on Teaching “Skills Competencies”?
• Madoff Trustee Has ‘Lost His Right To Complain’ – Judge
• Terminating an employee facing misconduct allegations may defy duty of fairness
• Mayor Rob Ford’s lawyers ask Supreme Court to refuse conflict of interest appeal | Metro
• Boston Marathon bomber planted SEVEN devices but only two went off: One 'suspect' ... (Daily Mail)
• Justin Trudeau has shifted the Canadian political landscape: Tim Harper
• Some Toronto condo sales face CRA scrutiny, tax penalties
• Toronto sex assault case to test Supreme Court's ruling on veiled testimony
• Twitter, email ban takes effect in Quebec courtrooms
• US Supreme Court Justices Mull Patents on Human Genes
• Gitmo Erupts in Violent Clash
• Bush admin lawyer John Yoo Banned From Russia for human rights violations
• US Supreme Court refuses to take up challenge against New York public gun law
• Supreme Court Declines Gun Law Case (Adam Liptak/New York Times)

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Monday, April 15, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, April 15, 2013:

• The evolution of family status: the uncertainty continues
• Viewing pornography at work – when is it just cause?
• Actress loses suit against website that revealed her real age
• Gay Marriage Law Advances in France
• Defense lawyer decides whether to call trial witnesses, even if client objects, top Fla. court says
• AmLaw200 Women's Initiatives - That's Where the Fraud Is
• Hazel McCallion, at conflict hearing, tries to explain controversial vote benefiting developers
• Law grad paralegal says employer asked her to be his ‘third wife,’ made her feed him with chopsticks
• Are You Ready for Sole Practice?
• Luka Magnotta will face first-degree murder charges in death of Chinese student Jun Lin
• What happens when evidence goes viral
• Judge in Mubarak Retrial Withdraws
• Special prosecutor to probe more decades-old claims by jailed men of Chicago police torture
• Ontario man uses acid-reflux defence to beat drunk driving charge
• Self-Help Won’t Help – Mother ordered to return children to Timmins
• With Police in Schools, More Children in Court
• Va. board adopts strict abortion clinic rules (Washington Post)
• Before you die: Plan for your data
• Missouri hospital ex-employee on gay beating case: ‘It makes news because of the f*gs’
• 10 things people ask employment lawyers | Toronto Star
• The terrible aftermath of a once-lauded eye surgery
• Supreme Court becoming 'Charter-averse,' expert says - Globe and Mail

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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