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Wednesday, May 31, 2006

U.S. Supreme Court Denies Job Protection to Whistleblowers

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Decision at Odds with Canadian Employment Law The U.S. Supreme Court has denied "whistleblower" protection to a California pros...
Sunday, May 21, 2006

Great-Grandma's New Tattoo and Powers of Attorney for Care

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The somewhat eccentric story below has prompted this reminder that in Ontario, a Power of Attorney for Care is the best means of ensuring t...
Friday, May 12, 2006

Lawyers Weekly Article

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Thanks to writer Bill Rogers , my life in and outside the office has once again found its way into the press. I was fortunate to be feature...
Sunday, May 07, 2006

Ontario Human Rights Code Reforms

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Ontario's human rights complaint system has long been criticised for inefficiency and delay. On April 26, 2006, Ontario Attorney Genera...
Saturday, May 06, 2006

Supreme Court of Canada: Social Hosts Not Liable for Drunk Driving Guests

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The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled in Childs v. Desormeaux that hosts who serve alcoholic beverages at private parties are not liable (ab...
Sunday, April 30, 2006

Supreme Court of Canada: All Ontario Tribunals Must Apply Human Rights Code

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The Supreme Court of Canada has issued an extremely important ruling, which requires all government tribunals to apply and enforce the Ontar...

N.B. Court: Same-Sex Adultery is Ground for Divorce

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In Canada, a Divorce on the basis of "breakdown of a marriage" cannot be granted until at least one year has passed from the date ...
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Monday, April 24, 2006

NYC Judge: Web-surfing while working not grounds for termination

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If you are reading this at the office, you might be interested in this story today from Yahoo News : NEW YORK - Saying surfing the web is e...
Saturday, April 22, 2006

Neil Young on Canada, America, Freedom of Speech and War.

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See the video here (click): Update: April 28, 2006 - Listen to Living With War, the new Neil Young album here . His own comments about the ...
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Wednesday, April 19, 2006

"Blawging" in Canadian Lawyer Magazine

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Are blogs by lawyers the "newest thing?" In the January 2006 edition of Canadian Lawyer Magazine, writer Kevin Marron discusses t...
Saturday, March 25, 2006

National Post Profile today

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National Post writer Jack Kohane interviewed me last month about some of the things I do after office hours. His very kind article was pub...
Saturday, March 18, 2006

$1 Million damages for Mental Suffering to BC Employee

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Sulz v. Attorney General of Canada The British Columbia Supreme Court has awarded Nancy Sulz, a former RCMP officer, damages of nearly $1 mi...
Friday, March 17, 2006

Canadian Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines - Update

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I last wrote about the proposed Spousal Support Guidelines in May 2005, to discuss the general features of the new advisory guideline recom...
Thursday, March 16, 2006

Roll up the Rim and Sue

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This today, at CP24 (from my friend Mike Fata) ... In fact, to find the one issue that seems to have transfixed so many, you have to journey...
Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Child Support Guidelines - Changes Ahead in May 2006

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On May 1, 2006, the Canadian Child Support Guidelines will be updated with significant amendments. Among the most important of these chang...
Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Moon over Maryland

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Another silly case... (Slightly edited from the original report in the Detroit News:) A Maryland judge has ruled that mooning is a cheeky ye...

Unborn Baby not a Person - Arizona Car Pool Judge

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See this ABC News story on breaking developments in Phoenix, Arizona traffic law. A very pregnant woman, after being stopped by the police ...
Thursday, December 08, 2005

Louise Arbour on Torture - A Distinguished Canadian Voice Takes American Heat

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Former Supreme Court of Canada Justice Louise Arbour has served at the United Nations as High Commissioner for Human Rights since 2004. She...
Thursday, November 10, 2005

Child Support in Canada - "Days do Not Equal Dollars"

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Leonelli-Contino and Contino The Supreme Court of Canada today issued an important ruling on the application of the "40% Rule," as...
Friday, September 02, 2005

Where Were the Buses?

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In the immediate wake of the crisis that has been unfolding this week in the "Big Easy," focus needs to remain on helping the vict...
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