140 Law - Leading Legal Headlines for Friday, June 27, 2014

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, June 27, 2014:

• CASL Hits Next Week – Are You Ready?
• Peter MacKay says controversial Mother’s and Father’s Day emails written by female staffer
• Ontario’s eldercare laws under review as dementia rates rise
• Justin Bieber sued for allegedly hitting California pedestrian with Ferrari 
• Contract on toilet paper slammed by Saskatchewan Law Society - Saskatchewan - CBC News
• Federal Justice department to slash $52.2M in legal services work for governments
• Winnipeg father admits to stealing children from their mother, hiding them in Mexico for four years
• U.K. Supreme Court rejects ‘right to die’  
• New York high court confirms Bloomberg soda ban illegal 
• Ex-MP Helena Guergis suing top Tories for $4M because she blames them for ending her political career
• Five ways the B.C. land title decision will affect Canadians 
• Peter MacKay’s wife comes to his defence over headlines about female judges 

-Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Leading Legal Headlines for Thursday, June 26, 2014

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, June 26, 2014:

• Courts strike down same-sex marriage bans in Indiana and Utah
• Supreme Court rules Internet startup Aereo illegally retransmits broadcast signals
• Eric Holder: European citizens should be able to sue U.S. over privacy violations 
• Ontario Human Rights Commission releases new policy on mental health disabilities and addictions 
• Professional regulators' ability to limit unlicensed competition at center of US Supreme Court case - VIN
• Ontario attorney general critical of Peter MacKay’s comments about women
• Ontario attorney general, Quebec Justice Minister take swipe at Peter MacKay
• Federal judge strikes down Indiana same-sex marriage ban 
• Ohio Trial Judge Gets Public Defender Fired & Pleads Judicial Immunity 
• Senior executive with 19 months’ service gets 12 months’ severance from Ontario court | Financial Post
• France says U.S.-based ICANN is unfit for ‘Internet governance’
• Upcoming TV Interviews With Supreme Court of Canada Justices
• Rob Ford: The circus returns to town: Hepburn
• SCOTUS Cellphone Ruling Could Alter Police Methods, Experts Say
• Rocco Galati launches lawsuit over Citizenship Act changes - CBC.ca 
• Peter MacKay's madonna/whore complex 
• Boehner to Seek Bill to Sue Obama Over Executive Actions
• In U.S. Court, Iraqis Accusing Blackwater of Murders in ’07

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Leading Legal Headlines for Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, June 25, 2014:

• Ontario Superior Court: Employer’s Out-Of-Province Payroll Is Relevant To ESA Severance Pay Threshold
• The Case for Totally Banning Cigarettes
• Tips Tuesday
• Rebekah Brooks cleared, PM's ex-aide convicted in U.K. phone hacking trial
• Dentist sues for booking mistake that sent him to Grenada, not Granada
• Law Student Sues Over Bad Grade That Destroyed His Legal Career 
• Madoff’s former accountant takes plea, will be 15th defendant convicted for role in $17.5B sheme
• Law that criminalizes HIV promotes spread of disease, doctors say
• Peter MacKay’s mother’s and father’s day messages raise eyebrows
• LAWPRO Magazine archive: The morning after mediation
• Federal Court has no jurisdiction for Mainville challenge: Quebec Chief Justice 
• Man arrested for going on ‘knockout game’-style punching spree in Toronto 
• Suppressing vote of expats latest Conservative court battle: Tim Harper | Toronto Star 
• The law firm retreat... why your firm should have one this year via Sandra Bekhor

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140Law - Leading Legal Headlines for Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, June 24, 2014:

• Reporters group denies press pass to SCOTUSblog, calls founder’s Supreme Court advocacy ‘lobbying’ 
•  ABS: Non-lawyers in the Ontario law firm ownership mix
• New SCC Justice Gascon seen as always prepared, and expecting the same of others
• Posed cadavers at funerals in Puerto Rico allowed under 2012 law; a New Orleans trend? 
• Why Canada’s anti-spam legislation is creating so much spam
• Rap lyrics head to Supreme Court
• Christie Blatchford: Want to see more female judges? Blow up the stupid appointment system
• Expat voting: Court denies Ottawa's fight for 5-year rule for voters abroad - Politics - CBC News
• Court asked to order release of Toronto Port Authority audit 
• U.S. releases secret 'targeted killings' drone memo
• Credibility of complainant in sex case can hinge on glass of tequila: DiManno 
• Nortel creditors watch in dismay as $1.2 billion legal fees whittle away assets
• SCOTUS: EPA overstepped law in regulating CO2
• Lev Tahor sect starts new life in Guatemala after fleeing child neglect allegations in Ontario and Quebec
• Peter MacKay uses Facebook to rebut ‘inflammatory’ media reports on his comments on women on the bench.
• New Ontario Chief Justice Strathy urged to focus on efficiency - Law Times 
• Sole woman judge on top Delaware court says she ‘wasn’t taken seriously’ as chief justice contender
• Ontario Family Responsibility Office mistake shortchanged hundreds of families, ombud says
• Where have all the lawyers in the Ontario legislature gone? 
• Lawyer William Kennedy who bilked LAO hoping to keep licence

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Monday, June 23, 2014

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, June 23, 2014:

•  Judge reserves decision in expat voting case 
•  Canada'suclear watchdog proposes precautionary pill distribution near reactors
•  Lance Armstrong Faces $120 Million Fraud Suit
•  Men-only company ski day discriminated against female salesperson: Ontario Human Rights Tribunal
•  CRTC releases CASL compliance program bulletin
•  The thickness of Peter Mackay 
•  Social Media in Prenups
•  Justice Canada employees duped en masse by fake email scam test - Politics - CBC News
•  How to win when you go to small claims court - Toronto Star
•  Lawyers 'love' Ontario hybrid trial decision
•  Laura Lundquist, 102, faces Massachusetts murder charge in death of 100-year-old roommate
•  Peter MacKay — the kamikaze justice minister: Hébert
•  What to look for when Rob Ford emerges from rehab
•  CASL’s effect on small business 
•  NY mother arrested for driving daughter, two friends to park to beat up 12-year-old girl
•  Federal appeals court strikes down Los Angeles ban on living in motor vehicles 
•  Feds should track, monitor unpaid internships, finance committee says
•  Florida legalizes 'warning shots' in self-defense
•  The Admissibility of Surreptitious Tape Recordings as Evidence in a Custody Review
•  Bountiful polygamous leader, Winston Blackmore sued by Mormon church
•  Survivors of residential schools push back against document destruction
•  A Death Knell For “Disruption”?
•  FISA court grants extension of license for bulk collection of U.S. phone records
•  Pope Francis excommunicates Italian mafia: ‘This evil must be beaten’
•  Law class of 2013 struggles to find jobs. 
•  Terri-Jean Bedford on the proposed new sex work law Bill C-36 | rabble.ca
•  Court of Appeal reduces punitive damages award in landmark Wal-Mart case
•  Rob Ford may be out of sight, but not out of mind: Hume
•  Refugee lawyers to fight Canadian citizenship bill on constitutional grounds 
•  DA settles suit over ‘some silly picture’ uploaded to his Twitter account
•  Damages at the Human Rights Tribunal - A Helpful Case on the Limits 
•  Inmates launch $3.5M suit over alleged abuse at Ottawa jail
• Call to the Bar: 378 new lawyers welcomed
• Suit says Chobani Greek Yogurt isn’t made in Greece and has more sugar than an ice cream bar
•   Your Legal Guide To Offensive Trademarks
•  Ex-Texas judge indicted on charges he took bribes from lawyer
•  My Thursday post @SlawTips: Knowledge Management – Tips for Small Law Firms - Video with @conniecrosby http://tips.slaw.ca/2014/practice/knowledge-management-tips-for-small-law-firms/ … via @wiselaw

- Elysia Cherry, Legal Assistant

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140 Law - Leading Legal Headlines for Friday, June 20, 2014

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, June 20, 2014:

• War of lawsuits embroils billionaire philanthropist, business brothers, Toronto cops and disbarred lawyer
• Ottawa to fight court ruling giving ex-pats a vote - CBC.ca
• Redskins’ trademark lawyer says it will be business as usual
• Lawyer claims Donald Sterling threatened to take him out; judge denies protective order
• LAWPRO Magazine archives: Lawyers on client boards- Handle with care!
• Ontario ruling on ESA severance entitlement could alter severance pay landscape
• OLRB: Employee's profanity during call with supervisor was not cause to terminate
• Is end near for 'Redskins' name? 
• Texas judge ignores DNA tests, refuses parental rights because gay dads are married
• Supreme Court of Canada on Internet Privacy
• Thursday Thinkpiece: Klinefelter and Laredo on Client File Confidentiality
• Adjudicator to ask Ontario court to keep residential-schools testimony private 
• Justice minister’s prostitution law news conference sowed confusion
• Maximizing the value of referrals to law firms
• Stolen Customer Data Results In Ontario's First Certified Privacy Class Action
• ‘Betrayal of US’ not a factor in death penalty for Boston bombing suspect 
• B.C. lawyers overwhelmingly vote against Trinity Western University amid claims of gay discrimination
• Newfoundland and Labrador Law Society on the fence over 'Christian vows' law school - for now
• Fewer women become judges because of 'closer bond to children': MacKay
• Peter MacKay defends comments, says too few women apply to be judges
• Peter MacKay defends suggestion women too busy bonding with kids to be judges 
• Sex/Work (via @DrDawg) 
• Cop accidentally fires rifle while in courthouse, in front of judge 
• Mississauga may ban pets from being outdoors in extreme weather
• Majority of Canadians oppose cyberbullying bill: Poll
• Lawyer disputes Peter MacKay’s claim that women, visible minorities don’t apply to be judges
• Handle with care: Ontario court finds boilerplate arbitration clause doesn’t apply - Lexology
• MA man accused of putting hot sauce in 3-year-old’s mouth, then taping it shut 
• Florida judge throws out part of George Zimmerman’s lawsuit against NBC
• Texas mother receives two years in prison for tearing son’s scrotum in fit of anger 
• Judge: Lance Armstrong must face doping lawsuit
• 393 lawyers called to Bar in Toronto 

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Leading Legal Headlines for Thursday, June 19, 2014

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, June 19, 2014:

• Video: @wiselaw's LegalThinkTank: Knowledge Management with Connie Crosby
• My post today @SlawTips: Knowledge Management – Tips for Small Law Firms
• Tsarnaev: Judge Slams Govt's Attempt to Use "Betrayal of US" as Aggravating Factor - TalkLeft
• Peter MacKay tries to explain lack of diversity on federal courts - and fails 
• BC Appeal Court says BlackBerry search unconstitutional without warrant
• U.S. Arrests Philadelphia Man Said to Be Guard at Nazi Camp
• California paralegal who bilked clients and got boss disbarred is sentenced to 27 months
• Employers Behaving Badly: Playing nice - how to avoid punitive awards - Lexology
• Tories tamp down Supreme Court nomination rumours - The Globe and Mail
• Google ordered by BC court to block websites selling pirated goods: Equustek Solutions Inc. v. Jack
• European court to rule on allegations Facebook passes personal data to NSA - The Guardian
• Kentucky ‘Mommy blogger’ slowly poisoned son to death to drive up blog traffic, cops say
• Sovereign citizen on trial for placing $100 billion liens on homes of US federal court officials
• Georgia man accidentally shoots his own privates while trying to holster gun
• Prosecute lawyers for tax-advantage schemes, UK MP says
• Leading the way: Justicia webcasts now available 

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Leading Legal Headlines for Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, June 18, 2014:

• Georgia Inmate Is Put to Death in First U.S. Execution Since Botched Procedure 
• Canada could adopt European-style 'right to be forgotten' online privacy law
• Should the prostitution law debate hear from johns? - Politics - CBC News
• Goudge, Friedland, Pawlitza receive honourary LLDs from LSUC
• Harper’s foe isn’t the Supreme Court — it’s the Constitution | iPolitics
• New Practice Directions and Policies: Ontario Superior Court of Justice
• Ontario Litigators: Circle July 1 on Your Calendars as New Superior Court Practice Directions in Effect
• Exceptional Circumstances Required to Exceed 24 Months Reasonable Notice
• Are federal prosecutors reading inmates’ emails to their attorneys? Memo suggests answer may be yes
• First court appearance for woman charged with impaired driving in Rob Ford’s SUV 
• Privacy watchdog wants penalties for deleting government documents
• Domestic violence case dropped against Paul Simon and Edie Brickell
• B.C. man jailed for 11 years for failing to disclose HIV+ status to several female partners
• "Surveying error" blamed as $1.8M house mistakenly built on R.I. parkland ordered to be removed
• Popeyes Buys Its Own Recipes for $43 Million
• B.C. court ruling orders Google to block sites worldwide - The Globe and Mail
• NDP accuses government of ‘ugly, secretive, partisan’ trial ordering party to pay back $1.17-million
• Rob Ford will return to mayor's job on June 30 after rehab

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Leading Legal Headlines for Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, June 17, 2014:

• Prostitution bill violates the Charter, critics warn
• Canada Federal courts don't deserve 'black eye,' chief justice says
• Prostitution bill a foolish fusion of right and left lunacy: DiManno
• Ontario is keeping secret complaints about JPs
• How not to market legal services
• Summary Judgment, Retirement and Statutory Severance Pay
• Judges With Daughters More Often Rule in Favor of Women’s Rights
• Court certifies class action under tort of intrusion upon seclusion - Law Times
• US Supreme Court: Anti-abortion group can challenge Ohio ban on false campaign ads
• B.C. Court of Appeal relaxes standards for granting Mareva injunctions
• Obama’s executive order expanding LGBT job protections largest in US history
• Source: Bieber to face vandalism charge 
• Quebec seeks millions from Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway over Lac-Megantic
• “Some Thoughts on Creating a Sustainable Public Civil Justice System”
• Canadian equal shared parenting bill defeated at second reading
• Top 1% took 13.3% of income, Canadian study shows 
• Hackers steal data from Dominos Pizza in Europe, demand ransom
• Joe Fontana resigns as London, Ont., mayor after being found guilty on fraud charges'
• OSC refuses to throw out Conrad Black's misconduct case - The Globe and Mail
• Tech giants seek to halt overseas snooping by US in Manhatten court challenge
• Exercise caution in consultation on expert witness reports
• Peter MacKay confirms, then denies, Justice Robert Mainville headed to the Supreme Court
• New lawyers Called in London, Ont.
• Immigration minister on the attack as Toronto lawyer threatens legal challenge - Montreal Gazette
• Couple removed by the RCMP from their home in landmark legal case
• Lawyer Rocco Galati targets pick for Quebec court after Marc Nadon win - Politics - CBC News

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Leading Legal Headlines for Monday, June 16, 2014

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, June 16, 2014:

• Driver’s licence revoked for drunk driving? In Canada you can still fly a plane — or private helicopter
• Implications of Ontario Election to Legal Sector
• Stripping criminal pardon from alleged terrorist was constitutional: feds 
• Changing pot laws prompt child-endangerment review
• Sex workers protest in Toronto against proposed legislation
• Recent Trends in Legal Aid
• Call to the Bar 2014
• Unfair Treatment is not (Necessarily) a Human Rights Issue
• Supreme Court's online privacy ruling could scupper Conservative bills
• Jamaica decriminalizes personal possession of marijuana, will clear past ‘ganja’ arrest records
• Gov. Bobby Jindal signs law that could close all but one of Louisiana’s abortion clinics
• Judge takes aim at litigant who sued lawyers for years
• Elliot Lake: Why lawyers want report on the collapsed mall released 
• Quebec man sues hospital for shortening his penis in botched surgery
• Harper appoints Federal Court of Appeal judge to Quebec appeal court: Prelude to SCC appointment?
• Harper appoints George R. Strathy as new chief justice for Ontario Court of Appeal - CTV News
• Why some law firms are offering piecemeal services - Globalnews.ca
• Medical marijuana-prescribing doctors should be reported, Ottawa says 
• Former LSUC Treasurer Pawlitza to receive honorary doctorate
• Everything you need to know about what data brokers know about you
• Jim Keegstra is dead, Holocaust denier who took hate speech battle to Supreme Court - National Post
• Guantanamo hunger strike under renewed scrutiny as lawyers get video of prisoner treatment
• Federal judge places hold on Wisconsin same-sex marriages
• Clement Gascon sworn in as Supreme Court judge in private ceremony
• Internet users’ privacy and anonymity protected by Supreme Court: R v Spencer
• Supreme Court of Canada warrant decision cheered by online privacy proponents - Financial Post

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Leading Legal Headlines for Friday, June 13, 2014

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, June 13, 2014:

• My post today @SlawTips The ‘Law Office Backyard Retreat’ Report
• Grocers sue Vt over GMO food label law: Times Argus Online
•  How Kathleen Wynne won her mission impossible majority: Cohn
• Texas prosecutor boots black juror, likens her to a ‘white supremacist’ for NAACP ties  
• Coke Can Be Sued by Rival Over Juice Claim, Court Says
• Mother and boyfriend charged after six-year-old brings 11 packets of heroin to school
• Today’s Tech: How Lawyers Actually Use Technology
• Dentons stops reporting ‘profits per equity partner’
• Revenue agency hits bawdy house owner with $420K tax bill
• Chocolate-maker Hershey sues Maryland lawmaker Hershey over campaign signs 
• Liquor board rejects project to keep Montreal bars open until 6 a.m.
• Arrests show that messages between BlackBerrys can be intercepted
• Ex-Ivory Coast president will be tried in The Hague for crimes against humanity 
• Workplace bullying a major concern in Canada, says woman who sued Wal-Mart 
• Woman dies in jail after failing to pay truancy fine

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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