140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of February 13, 2017

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of February 13, 2017 from Wise Law on Twitter:

• Judicial independence ‘not up for negotiation,’ ABA President Klein says in speech addressing Trump tweets

• Data on man’s pacemaker led to his arrest on arson charges

• “So-called”

• Law society should clean up dubious legal ads: Editorial - Toronto Star

• President Trump’s Real Fear: The Courts

• Ralph Goodale says 200 Nexus card users can’t cross the U.S.-Canada border

• Vice journalist’s fight to keep messaging logs of accused terrorist from RCMP back in court

• In 'wild west' world of lawyers' ads, personal injury firms make dubious claims - Toronto Star

• Raid on accounting firm highlights lack of accountant-client privilege

• Judge kills mandatory sentence in pot growing case. Toronto Sun

• What would happen if Trump administration ignored a court order? Law profs consider the issue

• SCOTUS nominee Neil Gorsuch calls Trump’s attack on judiciary ‘demoralizing’ and ‘disheartening’

• Israeli rights groups move to strike down settlement law - Times Union

• CNN: White House lawyers “cringing” over Trump’s attacks on judges considering Muslim ban

• OPP to review 4,000 sex assault investigations labelled ‘unfounded’

• ‘I felt humiliated’: Muslim Canadian denied at US border after being asked whether she likes Trump.

• Employer exacerbates harassment with bad faith dismissal - Canadian Employment Law Today

• APPEAL COURT RULES AGAINST TRUMP TRAVEL BAN

• More than one US travel ban judge threatened

• Court Refuses to Reinstate Travel Ban, Dealing Trump Another Legal Loss

• 'Go buy Ivanka's stuff': Trump spokeswoman Kellyanne Conway touts Trump daughter's fashion line

• Sarah Palin for ambassador to Canada?

• Ontario Dad loses fight for control over "emancipated" teen daughter | Toronto Sun

• Mayor John Tory ‘disappointed and frustrated’ after Toronto police pull out of Pride parade

• Roommates Wanted. Trump Supporters Need Not Apply.

• Canadian multinationals can be sued for alleged human rights abuses committed abroad: B.C. court

• Founders of law firm at centre of Panama Papers arrested in separate case

• Trump’s attacks on judiciary prompt online threats, raise safety concerns for judges

• Reports shed light on secretive discipline process for Ontario judges, JPs | Toronto Star

• Anticipated Canadians with Disabilities Act to focus on employment: minister

• PayPal freezes Canadian media company's account over story about Syrian family - Manitoba - CBC News

• Judge makes celibacy outside of marriage a condition of probation

• Canada: Ontario Court Holds Employer Must Pay Over 3 Years Of Severance Under Fixed Term Contract

• Ontario school board cancels trips to U.S., cites ‘safety and equity’ concerns

• White House official calls court's travel ban ruling a 'judicial usurpation of power'

• Pre-clearance bill would give U.S. border agents power to search and detain Canadians on Canadian soil

• Woman accused of random PATH murder fires second lawyer

• Liberals to restore and expand Court Challenges Program

• Star launches legal challenge to end secrecy in Ontario tribunals

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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