140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of April 20, 2020

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of April 20,2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• An ER doctor loses custody of daughter because of coronavirus fears

• How Toronto police used controversial facial recognition technology to solve the senseless murder of an innocent man

• Nearly 6 million people have applied for COVID-19 emergency benefits

• US Supreme Court to hear case on Trump's financial docs via telephone

• Canada watching ‘closely’ after Google ordered to work out repayment to French news organizations, publishers

• Florida: WWE wrestling deemed an essential service, returns to live televised shows

• Toronto long-term care home says 25 residents have died of COVID-19 | CBC News

• Pennsylvania State Bar Issues Ethics Guidance on Working from Home During COVID-19 Pandemic

• ‘Grossly inadequate’: Judge sounds alarm over cleaning at Brampton Courthouse during coronavirus pandemic

• Co-parenting during the pandemic

• Broward judge tells lawyers to get out of bed and wear a shirt for Zoom hearings

• Doug Ford says schools will remain shut as Ontario extends its state of emergency to May 12

• Trudeau set to announce expanded eligibility for emergency benefits | CBC News

• New York to require wearing a mask in public

• INSIGHT: Effective Virtual Mediation During the Coronavirus Crisis

• COVID-19 Guidance for High-Risk and Essential Workplaces

• Small businesses ask for rent relief as pandemic closures continue

• Atlanta Federal judge shuts down remote hearing after interruptions by listening audience

• Why did some Toronto bus drivers refuse to work amid COVID-19? Here’s everything you need to know

• Roger Stone denied new trial

• Former Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Is Among Prisoners to Be Released Because of Virus

• “Trial by Zoom”: What Virtual Hearings Might Mean for Open Courts, Participant Privacy and the Integrity of Court Proceedings

• Texas judge rules all registered voters can vote by mail if they fear catching coronavirus

• As millions of workers apply for help, mothers-to-be say they can't get CERB

• 'Devil is always in the details': Ottawa's commercial rent relief plan and what it needs to succeed

• Pandemic leaves criminal lawyers out of work and without help

• Facebook and Google to be forced to share advertising revenue with Australian media companies | Australian media | The Guardian

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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