140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of September 21, 2020

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of September 21, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Biden Creates Legal War Room, Preparing for a Big Fight Over Voting
  

• Bid to dismiss Flynn charges appears to be a ‘corrupt and politically motivated favor,’ report says
  

• This Windsor law student has filed numerous complaints of anti-Black racism against the school. When the president showed up to orientation, he and his peers took a stand
  

• Justice Dept. Opens Criminal Inquiry Into John Bolton’s Book
  

• Louisville has settled Breonna Taylor's wrongful death lawsuit
  

• Pay gap has widened for male and female partners in larger law firms, new report says
  

• Judge rips immigration officials who blamed a Toronto nanny for their mistakes — then said losing her would help kids’ emotional ‘growth’
  

• WTO: Trump's tariffs violated trade rules
  

• How Three Toronto Law Firms Adapted to the COVID-19 Lockdown
  

• Ontario to lower limits on social gatherings as COVID-19 cases mount
  

• Fired Edmonton woman files human rights complaint for dress-code discrimination at car dealership | CBC News
  

• Police and prosecutor misconduct contributed to over half of false-conviction cases, new study finds
  

• Alan Dershowitz Files $300 Million Lawsuit Against CNN for Portraying Him as an ‘Intellectual Who Had Lost His Mind’
  

• 59 people face fines of up to $100,000 for breaking COVID-19 rules in Brampton
  

• Barr Told Prosecutors to Consider Sedition Charges for Protest Violence
  

• After six months, jury selection in Toronto has finally resumed. But due to COVID-19, it’s not quite the same
  

• US AG Barr says calls for coronavirus lockdown are the 'greatest intrusion on civil liberties' other than slavery in US history - CNNPolitics
  

• Appeals court debates fate of Harvard's affirmative action policies - CNNPolitics
  

• Public should be asked about renaming of Dundas Street, says Toronto city report
  

• Ford government introduces rent freeze legislation for 2021
  

• The US attorney general called the Covid-19 lockdowns the 'greatest intrusion on civil liberties' in US history since slavery
  

• BC man charged in Alberta after allegedly going to sleep and letting Tesla drive itself
  

• Newfoundland travel ban upheld in provincial Supreme Court ruling
  

• Federal judge says he'll block USPS policy changes nationwide
  

• Ohio chief justice, a Republican, stands up for Democratic judge blasted by GOP for ballot drop box decision
  

• Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died
  

• McConnell Vows Vote on Ginsburg Replacement as Her Death Upends the 2020
  

• At least 4 GOP senators have said they will oppose a vote before the election
  

• Fertility doctors used their sperm for pregnancies, contrary to patients’ wishes, 2 lawsuits allege
  

• U.S. bans WeChat, TikTok, citing national security reasons
  

• B.C. man facing new charges over revenge website targeting ex-wife
  

• Trump indicates he will move forward on appointing a nominee for Supreme Court without delay
  

• U.S. judge approves injunction to delay WeChat restrictions | CBC News
  

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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