Top 10 Legal Headlines for the week of December 18, 2017

140Law: Here are your top 10 Legal Headlines for the week of December 18, 2017.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of December 18, 2017

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of December 18, 2017 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Beverley McLachlin retires after 17 years as Canada's Chief Justice

• Lawyer linked to illegal smuggling of killer Dellen Millard's jailhouse letters

• ‘Trump, Trump, Trump!’ How a President’s Name Became a Racial Jeer

• Brown refuses to apologize to Wynne over Sudbury trial comments

• Kitchener lawyer ‘at very least negligent or mistaken’ in bid to keep man on life support

• Anita Hill to Lead Hollywood Commission on Sexual Harassment

• Kansas Dem Andrea Ramsey quits congressional race amid harassment allegations

• Supreme Court of Canada rules employees can allege workplace harassment against people from other companies

• Ex-husband forged documents to hide millions in B.C. divorce case

• Toronto lawyer accused in St Thomas baseball bat attack back in court Monday

• Harvey Weinstein lawyers seek to publicly identify Ontario woman behind lawsuit

• Lawyer who used analytics in immigration and asylum cases is named top legal innovator

• Firm that investigated Ghomeshi claims now probing allegations of inappropriate behaviour in PMO

• Med-Arb: Efficiency vs. Justice?

• 'But I was wearing a suit': Indigenous lawyers speak out against discrimination

• Beverley McLachlin retires after 17 years as Canada's Chief Justice

• Complaint filed against judge and Crown over mid-trial social outings | Law Times

• 'Shocked': Retiring chief justice was blindsided by Stephen Harper's public attack

• Grandparents being sued for child support: 'We love her to pieces. But she's not our child'

• Richard Wagner is the right choice to be Supreme Court chief justice

• MLB trying to steer 'Chief Wahoo' discrimination case away from Ontario human rights tribunal

• Woman who says her employer docked pay for washroom breaks will have human rights hearing

• Ontario passes Cannabis Act, will take effect July 1, 2018

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday December 14, 2017.

Today we are talking about Wills and Estates.

For more information on Employment Law, Family Law, Wills, Estates and Estates Litigation, visit our website at http://www.wiselaw.net.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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LawFact of the Day: Family Law

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday December 13, 2017.

Today we are talking about Family Law.

For more information on Employment Law, Family Law, Wills, Estates, and Estates Litigation, visit our website at http://www.wiselaw.net.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Top 10 Legal Headlines for the Week of December 11, 2017

140Law: Here are our Top 10 #legalheadlines for the week of December 11, 2017.

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- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net

140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of December 11, 2017

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of December 11, 2017 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• New Supreme Court judge underscores need for judicial independence

• Taser use contributed to more than 20 inmate fatalities in US jails; UN official calls for probe

• New Brunswick man’s fight to ‘free the beer’ lands in Supreme Court

• Bail granted to accused drunk driver in Hwy. 48 crash that killed young father

• 'Free the beer' case gets rough ride from Supreme Court justices worried about removing control from provinces

• The ‘zombie law’ may be coming to Ontario. Can you guess how many pedestrians we saw on cell phones at one Toronto intersection in 10 minutes?

• Trudeau to name new top judge for Supreme Court next week

• Some texts considered private, even after they've been sent: Supreme Court of Canada

• Gay man to run against Kentucky clerk who denied him marriage licence

• Does the law prevent Canada from killing its 'terrorist travellers'?

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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LawFact of the Day: Employment Law

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday December 5, 2017.

Today we are talking about Employment Law.

For more information on Employment Law, Family Law, Wills, Estates, and Estates Litigation, visit our website at http://www.wiselaw.net.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Top 10 Legal Headlines for the week of December 4, 2017

140Law: Here are our Top 10 Legal Headlines for the week of December 4, 2017.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of December 4, 2017

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of December 4, 2017 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Spies more free to use cellphone surveillance tech without warrant, under court ruling

• 2 Toronto policemen who mocked woman with Down syndrome plead guilty to misconduct

• 'Our collective shame': Trudeau delivers historic apology to LGBT Canadians

• Federal marijuana legislation clears House of Commons, headed for the Senate

• PM Trudeau to name new Supreme Court judge to replace retiring McLachlin

• Supreme Court of Canada to make final ruling on contentious BC Christian law school: Hearing proceeds Thursday Nov 30

• Sheilah Martin named new justice to the Supreme Court of Canada

• Who’s a Law Society For?

• Excellent summary from Slaw: A Glance at ESA and OHSA Requirements Under Bill 148 With Implementation Dates

• For the second time this year, the US Supreme Court suspends the wrong lawyer

• Sudbury judge found guilty of misconduct in child custody case

• Ontario’s courts to inch toward modern age with Wi-Fi, emailed jury summonses

• A look at the Supreme Court of Canada justices as Sheilah Martin joins the bench

• Controversial B.C. Christian law school lays out case ahead of Supreme Court of Canada hearing

• Christie Blatchford: West Face seeks disclosure on 'shocking' stings as legal battle heats up

• Canada's top court to hear Vice Media fight RCMP demand for reporter materials

• America’s next landmark gay rights ruling hinges on a surprising question: Do wedding cakes qualify as art?

• Ontario Human Rights Commission to review practices of Toronto police

• LSUC benchers reject exemption for statement of principles | Law Times

• Judge strikes down key provision of controversial Quebec law that bans face-coverings

• Licensed to bill: How doctors profit from injury assessments that benefit insurers

• Ontario to curb prosecution of HIV non-disclosure cases

• LSUC to expand scope of family law for paralegals | Law Times

• How Ontario bail court is being reformed for the first time in decades

• Law Society votes to keep requirement lawyers adopt statement of principles on diversity

• Toronto judge says Harvey Weinstein needs to respond soon to unnamed actress’ sexual assault lawsuit

• Supreme Court interveners speak for and against TWU law school

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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