Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of January 4, 2021

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of January 4, 2021 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Calgary judge to hear legal challenge of Alberta's COVID-19 restrictions 'cancelling Christmas'
  

• Son wins conversion suit against parents after they tossed his porn stash and sex toys
  

• Ford to order strict lockdown for all of Ontario starting on Boxing Day | CBC News
  

• Newsmax 'clarifies' election conspiracy theories after legal threat from voting technology company
  

• Barr says no need for special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden, publicly undercutting Trump
  

• All of Ontario is going into lockdown on Boxing Day. Here’s what this means
  

• Dozens of airline passengers in Canada hit with fines, warning letters for refusing to wear a mask
  

• Edmonton church sanctioned for COVID-19 violations, northern pastor calls rules 'tyranny'
  

• 10 years in prison for illegal streaming? It's in the Covid-19 relief bill
  

• US Justice Department Sues Walmart, Saying it Fueled Opioid Crisis
  

• Ottawa blocks Chinese takeover of Nunavut gold mine project after national security review
  

• Walmart contributed to the prescription opioid crisis for years, DOJ alleges
  

• Voting machine company executive sues Trump allies for defamation
  

• Dominion Voting Systems CEO doesn't rule out legal action against Trump
  

• Pennsylvania man is accused of casting Trump vote for his dead mother.
  

• ‘A legal first’: B.C. man accused of dangerous driving for sleeping in self-driving, speeding Tesla
  

• Hockey nights in Canada: The provinces are onside for an all-Canadian North Division, NHL says
  

• Investigating the Sask. judge who visited teepee camp is 'silly': U of S Indigenous Law Centre director
  

• Authorities identify man responsible for Christmas Day bombing in Nashville
  

• Judge Rejects Ghislaine Maxwell’s $28.5 Million Bail Proposal
  

• Pope Francis Strips Powerful Vatican Office of Its Financial Assets
  

• Size does matter in published listings about properties for sale, says a pivotal new legal ruling
  

• Mexico is home to the world’s most powerful drug cartels, who have terrorized the country for years. Now the country is poised to try something different: legalizing one of their products, marijuana.
  

• Air travellers entering Canada must have a negative COVID-19 test before arrival, Ottawa says

• Vancouver party host spends Christmas in jail after repeated fines for violating COVID-19 public health orders
  

• Brexit now a reality as U.K. completes economic separation from European Union
  

• Ruined vaccines: 60 people got shots with intentionally spoiled drugs; pharmacist arrested. - Chicago Tribune
  

• Federal Judge Dismisses Election Lawsuit Against Pence
  

• Appeals court dismisses Gohmert case asking Pence to interfere in Electoral College vote count

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of December 7, 2020

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of December 7, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• US DOJ rule change would allow some executions by firing squad and electrocution
  

• Arizona and Wisconsin Certify Biden’s Wins: ‘The System Is Strong’
  

• Don't want the COVID-19 vaccine? You could lose access to normal life, says U.K. minister
  

• Justice Department releases Trump's pardon of Flynn and asks court for dismissal
  

• BlackNorth Initiative calls for ‘too white’ Order of Canada to ‘reflect the deep cultural mosaic of our country’
  

• Canada’s new $400 work-from-home tax deduction: What you need to know
  

• Captain of California Boat That Caught Fire and Killed 34 Is Indicted
  

• 'Bribery-for-pardon' scheme involving Trump White House being investigated
  

• Trump lawyer says official who defended voting machines should be shot; AG Barr also sees no manipulation
  

• Worker's Fall Through Skylight Results in $55,000 Fine for Chelmsford Building Centre
  

• U.S. Attorney General says there's no evidence of fraud that would've changed 2020 election outcome
  

• Trump Has Discussed With Advisers Pardons for His 3 Eldest Children and Giuliani
  

• Britain becomes the first country to approve the vaccine, with plans for distribution to begin next week
  

• Original Adamson Barbecue location has operated without a business licence for more than four years
  

• Second Ontario government computer specialist fired in wake of alleged $11M COVID-19 fraud
  

• Parents of 628 migrant children separated at border still have not been found, court filing says
  

• Democrats seek disciplinary investigation for Trump lawyer who called for violence against former election cybersecurity official
  

• Markham tenant who turned 12 luxury homes into rooming houses ordered to pay $36K or spend time in jail
  

• Black civil servants allege discrimination in proposed class-action lawsuit against Ottawa
  

• Landlord and Tenant Board adjudicator issues interim order that favours landlord despite potential conflict of interest
  

• U.S. Justice Department in talks with Meng Wanzhou over deal to free the Huawei executive: report
  

• Wisconsin’s Top Court Rejects Trump Lawsuit
  

• SCOTUS sides with California religious ministry against state Covid restrictions
  

• How Is Trump’s Lawyer Jenna Ellis ‘Elite Strike Force’ Material?
  

• Police in India Make First Arrest Under New Interfaith Marriage Law
  

• US House poised to pass bill decriminalizing marijuana at federal level
  

• House passes landmark cannabis bill, but legal weed isn't around the corner
  

• Courts across the country hand Trump and his allies more losses as attempts to upend election results collapse
  

• SkipTheDishes and LCBO receive backlash from small businesses after Toronto delivery partnership announcement
  

• MLB sues insurance providers, citing billions in losses due to Covid-19
  

• Donald Trump’s brutal day in court
  

• The LCBO and SkipTheDishes deal to home deliver alcohol is on ‘pause’ after criticism from locked-down small businesses and restaurateurs
  

• Doctor: Giuliani potentially exposed hundreds to virus
  

• David Crombie steps down as head of Ontario's Greenbelt Council, citing proposed new rules

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of November 2, 2020

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of November 2, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• This RCMP corporal has been on medical leave for 17 years. Could an end to his messy dispute with the force be near?
  

• In Swearing In Barrett, Trump Defiantly Mimics ‘Superspreader’ Rose Garden Ceremony
  

• Justice Dept. Blocked in Bid to Shield Trump From Rape Defamation Suit
  

• Nxivm Cult: Leader Keith Raniere Sentenced to 120 Years
  

• Artists denounce use of their songs by Trump campaign
  

• Oakville high school gets dozens of complaints about discrimination after accusation against guidance counsellor
  

• White House science office says Trump ended COVID-19 pandemic as US hits record cases | TheHill
  

• Chicago store security guard stabbed 27 times after asking sisters to wear masks - CBS News
  

• Costco pulling products allegedly made with forced monkey labor
  

• Cadillac Fairview broke privacy laws by using facial recognition technology at malls, investigators conclude
  

• Biden’s Call for ‘National Mask Mandate’ Gains Traction in Public Health Circles
  

• Mask-wearing at polls can't be enforced in Texas for now, appeals court rules
  

• Mall real estate company collected 5 million images of shoppers, say Canada privacy watchdogs
  

• A potential post-election court fight looms over mail-in ballots
  

• Jerry Falwell Jr. sues Liberty University for defamation
  

• Breonna Taylor grand jurors say there was an 'uproar' when they realized officers wouldn't be charged with her death
  

• Meng Wanzhou scores victory as lawyers allowed to argue U.S. tried to trick Canada
  

• North York industrial bakery used temp agencies to make millions in false tax deductions, Canada Revenue Agency says
  

• The downfall of NXIVM’s Keith Raniere
  

• ‘What a Barrister Looks Like’: A Young Black Woman Paves the Way

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of August 31, 2020

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of August 31, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• This recent grad lost his gig at a Toronto bank. Then his temp agency billed him $30,000 in ‘damages’ 

• TikTok Sues Trump Administration
  

• No Qualified Immunity for Kentucky Cops Who Strip-Searched a 4-Year-Old and Threatened Mom
  

• Judge won't force Apple to restore Fortnite game but can't block Unreal Engine from powering apps
  

• At least 64 arrested in Louisville as protesters demand answers in Breonna Taylor case

• B.C. father who arranged beating of Grade 9 student ordered to pay $479K
  

• Lawyer who represented Ukraine whistleblower loses malpractice insurance because of ‘high-profile’ work
  

• Superior Court Justice Frank Marrocco leads independent long-term care COVID-19 commission | Law Times
  

• Michael Cohen and Jerry Falwell Jr.: Trump's former attorney says he helped the Falwells bury racy photos
  

• Federal appeals court sides with student in Virginia transgender bathroom case
  

• Two New Jersey police officers plead guilty to vandalizing cars belonging to a man who filed a complaint against them
  

• Are NBA players engaged in an unlawful strike? It depends.
  

• Judge doesn’t have qualified immunity for alleged sex harassment, 3rd Circuit says
  

• Jerry Falwell Jr. to receive $10.5 million in compensation for resigning
  

• NJ lawsuit claims process server frightened family and failed to wear mask or social distance
  

• Man at centre of sexual harassment allegations at Canadian Museum for Human Rights resigns
  

• John Lennon's killer denied parole for the 11th time
  

• Sarah Palin’s Suit Against New York Times Will Go to Trial, Judge Rules
  

• Arizona approves nonlawyer ownership, nonlawyer licensees in access-to-justice reforms
  

• Judge delays extradition of alleged Kenosha gunman

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of August 24, 2020

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of August 24, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Cyberattack shuts down Canadian government accounts
  

• Judge apologizes for calling woman ‘little blond honey ... too dumb to leave’ alleged abuser
  

• $16.5M settlement in class-action lawsuit over mass arrests at 2010 G20 summit
  

• Two Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee urge a criminal inquiry into the postmaster general.
  

• N.B. doctor accused in COVID-19 outbreak to face charge under Emergency Measures Act
  

• Nearly 20 times as likely to be shot dead. Six times more likely to be taken down by a police dog. Inside a landmark report on the ‘disproportionate’ use of force on Black Torontonians
  

• Smollett Case: Special Prosecutor Finds ‘Abuses of Discretion’
  

• Ontario court cases are now searchable online — finally
  

• Judge Blocks Trump Officials’ Attempt to End Transgender Health Protections
  

• Judge says Idaho cannot ban transgender athletes from women's sports teams
  

• Mail-in voters sue Trump and DeJoy to block cuts at the Postal Service ahead of the election.
  

• Britney Spears Seeking Substantial Changes to Conservatorship
  

• New video footage appears to show security guard inciting post-Finals altercation with Masai Ujiri
  

• Senate Report Details Manafort’s Ties During 2016 Trump Campaign to a Russian Agent
  

• NY ‘Lottery Lawyer’ Is Accused of Fleecing Winners in $107 Million Fraud - The New York Times
  

• Raptors president Masai Ujiri says ‘frivolous’ lawsuit against him is ‘motivated by greed,’ files counterclaim against sheriff’s deputy
  

• Canada’s federal prosecutors told to avoid drug possession charges when possible in new directive
  

• Judge rules against Trump in tax records subpoena fight
  

• Steve Bannon is indicted on fraud charges related to fund-raising effort for border wall.
  

• Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon charged with wire fraud in border wall fundraising scheme
  

• Unbundle the Courts
  

• Here's the list of licence plates Ontario doesn't want on the road | CBC News
  

• Liberal government commits to extending CERB, boosting EI
  

• CERB is transitioning to EI. What does that mean?
  

• Can you be removed from a jury pool for supporting Black Lives Matter?
  

• TikTok to challenge Trump administration's efforts to ban app
  

• President’s Sister Describes Trump as Liar With ‘No Principles’ in Recordings
  

• Who wants to be a juror in a pandemic? Inside the push to resume jury trials in Ontario
  

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of June 22, 2020

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of June 22, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• U.S. Supreme Court says gay, transgender workers are covered by landmark civil rights law

• US Supreme Court again declines to take up Second Amendment cases - CNNPolitics

• SCOTUS won't hear challenge to California immigrant sanctuary law

• Trump administration sues Bolton over book dispute

• Parents not liable for teenagers' fatal crash after house party, top B.C. judge rules

• New NAFTA takes effect next month. U.S. is already threatening legal challenges | CBC News\

• Airline: Passenger deplaned after refusing to wear a mask

• Atlanta officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks charged with murder

• Justice Dept. Escalates Legal Fight With Bolton Over Book

• Quebec's COVID-19 triage protocol is discriminatory, disability advocates say

• Some lawyers say Chief Justice Wagner crossed a line by suggesting Criminal Code changes

• Ontario courts to resume in-person trials starting July 6 | The Star

• U.S. Supreme Court rejects bid by Trump administration to end DACA immigrant program | CBC News

• Newsroom : Ontario Takes Steps to Resolve Land Disputes Faster

• New Brunswick’s mandatory vaccination bill voted down

• Roberts to Trump: Don’t Take the Supreme Court for Granted

• 'Perry Mason' review: Matthew Rhys isn't your grandma's Perry Mason in HBO's new series

• Judge hears arguments over publication of Bolton's book

• California makes masks mandatory outside

• Mueller Report Redactions on Roger Stone Are Revealed

• Mueller raised possibility Trump lied to him, rereleased report says

• Who is Geoffrey Berman, the powerful US attorney refusing to step down? - CNNPolitics

• Judge Rejects Trump Request for Order Blocking Bolton’s Memoir

• Parent of toddler in 'manipulated' Trump video forces Facebook and Twitter to remove it

• Supreme Court's chief justice calls for more diversity in Canada's legal system

• READ: AG Barr's letter telling US attorney he's been fired by Trump

• Trump Fires Berman After Tensions Rose Over Inquiries

• READ: US attorney Geoffrey Berman says he's leaving his post

• Professor Who Asked Student to ‘Anglicize’ Her Name Is Put on Leave - The New York Times

• He Founded ‘Students for Trump.’ Now He Could Face Jail Time for Impersonating a Lawyer.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of April 6, 2020

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of April 6,2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• PM warns employers will face ‘serious consequences’ if 75% COVID-19 wage subsidies misused

• Antiquated technology holding Ontario's justice system back during COVID-19 crisis

• Summary judgment issued in CIBC employees’ groundbreaking unpaid overtime class action

• A man allegedly teaching his dog to drive was arrested after leading troopers on a chase

• Courts scramble to modernize to keep the system working in a pandemic

• Federal judge blocks Texas order liming abortion access over coronavirus

• Federal juMaine coronavirus: Armed vigilantes blocked a symptom-free neighbor's driveway with a tree to force him into quarantine - CNN

• Landlords can still threaten tenants with evictions, says the province

• Toronto cancels city-led and permitted events to June 30

• A Toronto dentist who pays $10,000 a year for insurance that includes pandemic coverage can’t collect. And he is not alone.

• Appeals court temporarily re-instates Texas order limiting abortion access over coronavirus

• A second US pastor has been charged with violating public orders against large gatherings

• Disobey and pay: Your visit to a closed Ontario playground could cost you $100,000

• Canada Public Safety Minister Bill Blair asks prison, parole heads to consider releasing some inmates to stop spread of COVID-19

• COVID-19 prompts flood of people to write, change their wills — but quarantine measures are getting in the way

• Mandatory quarantine ordered for Torontonians with COVID-19 or who had close contact with anyone infected

• FDA calls for Zantac products to be pulled from market immediately - CNN

• Children’s Aid Society cancelled face-to-face meetings. These parents worry they won’t see their kids for months

• Ontario hospitals urge Doug Ford to clearly state when medical supplies will be replenished

• New bylaw orders Torontonians to keep at least two metres apart in parks, public squares

• Ontario court to consider whether a will can be witnessed online as many Canadians draft new documents - The Globe and Mail

• Ontario pares down the list of essential services during COVID-19 outbreak

• RCMP rescind Calgary-area teen’s $1,200 fine for not practising physical distancing in vehicle

• Class action launched against insurers that won't pay businesses for coronavirus-related losses

• NRA suing New York for deeming gun stores non-essential businesses during coronavirus pandemic

• ‘They can’t self-isolate in there’: Inmates’ loved ones fear it may be too late to stop COVID-19 in Canadian prisons

• Ontario Premier Doug Ford blasts Trump protectionism: ‘When the cards are down, you see who your friends are’

• Coronavirus is throwing child custody agreements into turmoil

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of February 17, 2020

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of February 17, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter:  

• Police arrest anti-pipeline protesters at Vancouver port as they enforce court injunction

• Amazon Wants To Depose Trump Over Order To ‘Screw’ It Out Of $10B | Talking Points Memo

• California police officer suing Masai Ujiri in wake of Raptors championship altercation

• Trump’s Reprisals: Firing Witnesses, Punishing New York

• Ex-Blue Jays reliever sues Houston Astros in sign-stealing scandal

• New US Campus Sexual Misconduct Rules Will Tackle Dating Violence

• Justice Department to backtrack on request to give Roger Stone up to 9 years in prison

• Harvey Weinstein's defense rests without testimony from the movie producer

• Georgia Drops Special Driver’s License Requirements for Puerto Ricans - The New York Times

• Dozens of Canadians included in lawsuit over alleged abuse by NXIVM sex-cult leadership | CBC News

• Prosecutor On Roger Stone Case Withdraws After DOJ Sentencing Reversal | Talking Points Memo

• Jussie Smollett Is Indicted Again on Charges of Staging a Hate Crime

• Alan Dershowitz Accuses David Boies of Extortion in Defamation Suit - WSJ

• Prosecutors seek denial of Michael Flynn's request to change his guilty plea

• Why are Ontarians possibly overpaying billions in auto insurance?

• Supreme Court of Canada to hear cases challenging government's solitary confinement policy

• Toronto police tickets fell to new low in 2019, continuing a decline that has the city out tens of millions in revenue

• Toronto police used Clearview AI, a controversial facial recognition tool

• Barr says Trump's tweets about DOJ cases make it 'impossible to do my job' - CNNPolitics

• After Trump’s Attacks on Justice Dept., Barr Says He Will Not ‘Be Bullied’ - The New York Times

• Nearly 66,000 marijuana convictions in Los Angeles County will be dismissed, DA says

• Ontario Human Rights Commission will remain independent, attorney general says

• Trump Claims ‘Legal Right’ to Interfere in Justice Dept. Cases

• Michael Avenatti found guilty in Nike extortion case

• Watch Andrew McCabe's reaction to DOJ dropping probe

• In response to abortion restrictions, Alabama lawmaker's bill would require vasectomies

• Fearful of Trump’s Attacks, Justice Dept. Lawyers Worry Barr Will Leave Them Exposed

• More than 1,000 former DOJ officials call on U.S. Attorney General Barr to resign

• His family was banned from a Toronto roller skating club for being Black. He fought back (and won) in court

• The court said it wasn’t urgent. How a bitter custody battle ended with the death of a GTA kindergartener and her father

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of December 16, 2019

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of December 16, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• NHL commissioner speaks at Board of Governors meeting following allegations against coaches

• Denied by the province and law society, Pro Bono Ontario turns to big law firms for funding

• Toobin: Trump pushed conspiracy theory that was a total lie

• Indefinite Administrative Suspension = Terminated Without Cause

• Ontario unveils massive justice legislation, reverses plan for big new cuts to legal aid

• READ: Justice Dept. inspector general report on FBI Russia probe

• US Supreme Court Lets Kentucky Abortion Ultrasound Law Take Effect

• Rack up debt. Declare bankruptcy. Repeat. And repeat again. How thousands of Canadians are doing it and costing the rest of us

• Russia Banned From Olympics and Global Sports for 4 Years Over Doping

• New compensation rules for delayed flights arrive Sunday. Here's what you need to know

• Court clears ExxonMobil of misleading investors about cost of climate change

• Articles of impeachment against President Trump

• U.S shuts down World Trade Organization appeals court

• Bill Cosby Loses Appeal of Sexual Assault Conviction

• B.C. woman loses fight to preserve sperm taken from dead husband

• Judge Issues Nationwide Injunction Blocking Border Wall Funding

• Giulianis Settle Ugly Divorce Case, Avoiding a Public Trial

• Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou wins bid for documents related to Vancouver arrest

• Canada’s outdated privacy laws are posing an economic risk to companies, federal watchdog says

• READ IT: Court filing from jailed Trump ex-lawyer Michael Cohen seeking a sentence reduction

• Family whose toddler fell to her death from a cruise ship sues the company

• 140,000 fewer speeding charges. How Toronto police traffic tickets fell by two-thirds, even as deaths spiked

• NAFTA 2.1: The changes Democrats (and Canada) settled on

• Woman sues major Oregon and Washington hotel chains alleging they failed to stop sex trafficking at their properties

• One law, many challenges: How lawyers are trying to overturn Quebec's religious symbols ban

• Quebec's top court won't suspend province's religious symbols ban, but judges say rights being violated

• Judge blocks law that would stop 'fake meat' from marketing with 'real meat' terminology

• Blind student says Laurentian University suggested he 'leave the guide dog at home' after classmate’s allergic reactions

• U.S. House panel votes in favour of 2 impeachment articles against Trump

• Boris Johnson's big win may 'get Brexit done' but damaging fights loom

• U.S. Supreme Court to hear dispute over subpoenas for Trump's financial records

• Canadians travelling to or through U.S. should pay close attention to their withering rights

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto,

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of December 9, 2019

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of December 9, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Jim Karygiannis’s reinstatement on Toronto council challenged in court

• Gladiators of Impeachment: How 2 Lawyers Got the Case - The New York Times

• At least 130 interviews planned in Peel school board racism probe

• Your condo board can’t let police put hidden cameras in common areas without a warrant, Ontario’s top court rules

• Prince Andrew’s Accuser Takes Her Case to the BBC

• Sex Trafficking via Facebook Sets Off a Lawyer’s Novel Crusade

• Toronto Community Housing bans window air conditioners following toddler’s death

• 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals: Democrat-controlled US House of Representatives may subpoena President Donald Trump's bank records from Deutsche Bank and Capital One. READ the Appeals court ruling

• Elon Musk faces defamation trial for tweet about British diver

• Toronto’s top doctor wants vaping banned from same public spaces as tobacco smoke

• Short-term landlords launch court appeal of Toronto’s Airbnb rules

• Key Mueller witness charged with funneling contributions to Clinton campaign

• 3 law profs testify Trump committed impeachable offenses; a fourth isn’t a fan but sees ‘slipshod’ process

• Barr Says Communities That Protest the Police Risk Losing Protection

• Supreme Court to decide whether to hear appeal from former Nazi interpreter fighting to keep Canadian citizenship

• Can ‘SNL’ star Pete Davidson really collect $1M from fans who violate his nondisclosure agreement?

• Black NHL players have been talking about racism for decades. Why did it take so long to listen?

• Supreme Court rejects appeal from former Nazi interpreter, now faces deportation

• Trump asks Supreme Court to block subpoena for financial documents

• Former Playboy model Karen McDougal sues Fox News for alleged defamation

• Toronto teacher to stand trial in drowning of student on Algonquin Park trip

• Tarion CEO and chair out in ‘complete overhaul’ of builders’ regulator

• Jury finds Elon Musk did not defame U.K. diver with 'pedo guy' tweet

• Release of Trump’s Banking Records Delayed by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

• Musk's defamation win may reset legal landscape for social media

• Judiciary Committee Report Offers Legal Rationale for Impeaching Trump

• Attention travellers: Despite recent ruling, U.S. border agents can still easily search your phone

• NHLPA covered up theft of union funds, lawsuit alleges

• Lawsuit:Did Burger King Tell a Whopper About Its Meatless Burger?

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of October 15, 2019

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of October 15, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Judge rejects 'extraordinary' Trump immunity claim, orders 8 years of tax returns be released

• 'We Vape, We Vote': How vaping crackdowns are politicizing vapers

• Bad bosses prompt 2 in 5 Canadians to quit a job, survey finds

• US Supreme Court hears arguments on LGBTQ workers' rights

• How much hate crime does Canada have? Without a standard definition, no one knows for sure

• White House Signals It Won’t Cooperate With Impeachment Inquiry

• 2 men tied to Giuliani arrested on campaign charges related to Trump's re-election bid

• Developing Privacy Best Practices for Direct-to-Public Legal Apps: Observations and Lessons Learned

• ‘You need to stop having children.’ Treatment of pregnant lawyers, discrimination among complaints in review of Ontario’s federal prosecution office

• Ronan Farrow says National Enquirer shredded Trump-related documents

• Cheating B.C. husband sues paramour for ring after wife learns of affair

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of September 30, 2019

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of September 30, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• WWE wrestler asks people to respect cops in wake of staged video: ‘I’m glad you all were entertained’

• Orlando school resource officer suspended after arresting two kids, ages 6 and 8

• Whitey Bulger's family files wrongful death claim alleging a conspiracy to harm him

• Volkswagen's CEO and chairman charged in Germany over diesel emissions scandal

• Why your seemingly perfect separation agreement may not be written in stone

• U.K. Supreme Court unanimously finds PM Johnson's suspension of Parliament illegal

• Google wins 'right-to-be forgotten' fight with France

• Threat to Report Tenant to ICE May Cost Landlord $17,000

• Cheddar-gate: French chef sues Michelin guide, accusing them of cheese mix-up

• Leafs' C Matthews faces disorderly conduct charges in Arizona

• Nancy Pelosi’s Statement on Impeachment: ‘The President Must Be Held Accountable’

• He Sued Over a Priest’s Abuse. Then the Diocese Filed for Bankruptcy.

• Quebec's religious symbols ban causes 'irreparable harm,' teachers tell court

• Match.com Used Fake Ads to Swindle Users, F.T.C. Says

• Investigation of racist comment urged for Alberta judge who ruled parents not guilty in son's death

• Judge in massive Ohio opioid trial denies bias, refuses to disqualify himself

• Fail to walk your dog in Australia? Face a $2,700 fine

• Employers’ job ads on Facebook discriminated against women and older workers, EEOC says

• Stormy Daniels settles with Columbus, Ohio, police for $450K

• Uptick of Canadians hit with 5-year bans at U.S. borders called a 'troubling trend'

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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