Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of July 26, 2021

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of July 26, 2021 from Wise Law on Twitter:

• St. Louis lawyer who lobbed F-word at judge is sentenced to jail time
  

• Why Virtual Weddings Are No Longer Legal in New York

• Federal appeals court ruling will allow CDC to enforce Covid rules on cruise ships
  

• Law firms ‘cannot long endure a remote work model,’ says Morgan Stanley chief legal officer
  

• Toronto cop’s nine-month jail sentence upheld in Dafonte Miller beating as court dismisses appeals
  

• Federal judge upholds Indiana University's Covid-19 vaccination policy
  

• ‘Democracy Is In Trouble,’ Judge Says During First Felony Sentencing For Capitol Attack | Talking Points Memo
  

• Lawyer Patricia DeGuire nominated next chief of the Ontario Human Rights Commission
  

• Ransomware hits law firm with dozens of major corporate clients
  

• Businesses are in a tight spot when it comes to proof of vaccinations, says privacy lawyer | CBC
  

• Border reopening plan facing roadblock as thousands of border officials consider strike action
  

• Harvey Weinstein has been extradited to Los Angeles to face further sexual assault charges

• Maine lawyer has to wear mask at client’s trial after top state court refuses to intervene
  

• Nxivm founder Keith Raniere to pay 21 victims a total of $3.46 million in restitution
  

• Several countries have made vaccines mandatory for health-care workers. Why not Canada?
  

• Green party takes battle with leader Annamie Paul to court
  

• Lawyer gets reprimand for responding to negative online review with embarrassing client information
  

• Judge forces US Capitol rioter to unlock laptop seized by FBI
  

• Judge rules in favour of journalists' access to BC Fairy Creek blockade
  

• California Officials Consider Bar Exam Options, Possible Changes
  

• Top New Mexico state court is second to rule that gas stations can be liable for selling fuel to drunken drivers
  

• Mississippi asks the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade
  

• FBI says it got more than 4,500 tips on Kavanaugh, providing 'relevant' ones to Trump White House
  

• Kevin O’Leary’s last-minute ‘confession’ made the Crown case at his wife’s trial, prosecutor says
  

• B.C. woman’s roadside prohibition overturned, says RCMP ignored her disability
  

• Missouri Supreme Court rules in favor of Medicaid expansion
  

• Vancouver, Washington couple sued after one-star review
  

• Government interfering with 'exclusive jurisdiction' of House, Speaker tells court
  

• Federal Judge Blocks Ban on Nearly All Abortions in Arkansas
  

• Batali & Bastianich to Pay $600,000 Settlement in Sexual Harassment Case
  

• Toronto police hit with formal complaint over violent homeless clearance as Tory asks: ‘Who started it?’
  

• University Health Network to implement mandatory COVID-19 home testing for unvaccinated staff
  

• Rick Dennison out as Minnesota Vikings assistant coach after refusing COVID-19 vaccine, sources say
  

• Canadiens make controversial draft pick, choose player charged with distributing sexual photo without consent

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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