140Law - Legal Headlines for Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, April 16, 2013:

• U.S. Practiced Torture After 9/11, Nonpartisan Review Concludes
• Federal judge blocks Mississippi from closing down state’s only abortion clinic
• What ABA Techshow Shows about Tech
• Law schools, licensing face transformation: Conway | Headline News | Law Times News
• A Polygamist and His Paralegal: A Tale of Sexual Harassment
• Oops. Judge holds himself in contempt when his own cellphone rings during court hearing
• Lawyer who left law practice for France vows vigorous defence to LSUC misconduct charges - Law Times News
• Should Law Schools Focus on Teaching “Skills Competencies”?
• Madoff Trustee Has ‘Lost His Right To Complain’ – Judge
• Terminating an employee facing misconduct allegations may defy duty of fairness
• Mayor Rob Ford’s lawyers ask Supreme Court to refuse conflict of interest appeal | Metro
• Boston Marathon bomber planted SEVEN devices but only two went off: One 'suspect' ... (Daily Mail)
• Justin Trudeau has shifted the Canadian political landscape: Tim Harper
• Some Toronto condo sales face CRA scrutiny, tax penalties
• Toronto sex assault case to test Supreme Court's ruling on veiled testimony
• Twitter, email ban takes effect in Quebec courtrooms
• US Supreme Court Justices Mull Patents on Human Genes
• Gitmo Erupts in Violent Clash
• Bush admin lawyer John Yoo Banned From Russia for human rights violations
• US Supreme Court refuses to take up challenge against New York public gun law
• Supreme Court Declines Gun Law Case (Adam Liptak/New York Times)

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Monday, April 15, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, April 15, 2013:

• The evolution of family status: the uncertainty continues
• Viewing pornography at work – when is it just cause?
• Actress loses suit against website that revealed her real age
• Gay Marriage Law Advances in France
• Defense lawyer decides whether to call trial witnesses, even if client objects, top Fla. court says
• AmLaw200 Women's Initiatives - That's Where the Fraud Is
• Hazel McCallion, at conflict hearing, tries to explain controversial vote benefiting developers
• Law grad paralegal says employer asked her to be his ‘third wife,’ made her feed him with chopsticks
• Are You Ready for Sole Practice?
• Luka Magnotta will face first-degree murder charges in death of Chinese student Jun Lin
• What happens when evidence goes viral
• Judge in Mubarak Retrial Withdraws
• Special prosecutor to probe more decades-old claims by jailed men of Chicago police torture
• Ontario man uses acid-reflux defence to beat drunk driving charge
• Self-Help Won’t Help – Mother ordered to return children to Timmins
• With Police in Schools, More Children in Court
• Va. board adopts strict abortion clinic rules (Washington Post)
• Before you die: Plan for your data
• Missouri hospital ex-employee on gay beating case: ‘It makes news because of the f*gs’
• 10 things people ask employment lawyers | Toronto Star
• The terrible aftermath of a once-lauded eye surgery
• Supreme Court becoming 'Charter-averse,' expert says - Globe and Mail

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Friday, April 12, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, April 12, 2013:

• Toronto’s mayor: Still standing | The Economist
• Three Reasons Why the LPP Will Replace Articling Forever
• Martha Stewart loses bid to dismiss Macy’s claim
• Cooley Law Loses Bid to Unmask Critical Blogger
• How dusty are your employment contracts? | Canadian HR Reporter
• Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion shifts focus to Brampton mayor in conflict of interest case
• Texas Senate Unanimously Votes to Drug Test Welfare Applicants
• Interview with daughter of gay man arrested at hubby's Missouri hospital bed

- Rachel Spence,  Law Clerk

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Thursday, April 11, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, April 11, 2013:

• Kids hit hardest in nasty divorces
• Suit contends law firm barred female and male lawyers from being alone together
• 50 Shades of Neutrality: A Review of “Professionalism” 
• Are Litigants With "Funds and Audacity" Hampering Access to Justice?
• Supreme Court of Canada to investigate alleged judicial meddling in 1982 repatriation of Constitution 
• Federal judge sets January trial date for Bin Laden's son-in-law 
• Social Media and Your Career: Be Social but Be Wise!
• Fake Rockefeller found guilty of first-degree murder in real trial 
• Online dispute resolution coming to B.C.
• Lawyer to ask for re-issue of critical judgment 
• Court Rejects Lawsuit Filed By Madoff Victims Against SEC
• Kids-to-Cuba couple face Florida judge 
• ABA TECHSHOW THOUGHTS
• The Savita Halappanavar case: Ireland judicial inquiry told abortion refusal was ‘Catholic thing’
• DealBook: F.B.I. Agents Caught KPMG Executive in Sting
• Renfrew, Ontario adult store owner faces defamation lawsuit by municipal official over YouTube comments 
• Justice Canada Report on Economic Impact of Spousal Violence in Canada, 2009
• PC sales plunge as Windows 8 flops: research firm
• NYC Settles Lawsuit with Occupy Wall Street for $350K
• Kansas snubs lesbian co-parent in Craigslist sperm donor case, attorneys say
• Bill 14 amending the Charter of French language: the implications for Québec SMEs
• Is the IRS Reading Emails Without a Warrant? 
• Nearly 70 Years Later, a New Round of Auschwitz Prosecutions

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, April 10, 2013:

• Manitoba judges get pay hike
• Nun admits stealing $128,000 from churches; spent money at casinos
• Mayor Rob Ford says he will try to kill City Hall bike station with showers
• Supreme Court to examine Quebec allegations it intervened in Constitution repatriation
• NYJudge quits amid claims he used court attorney for personal work, seated his own daughter on jury 
• Judicial review of decision to hire Chinese workers set to begin this week
• Gay marriage law passes crucial vote in French Senate
• Ottawa threatens to use courts in bid to get CBC tax evasion list
• Review Finds 4 Million People Wrongfully Foreclosed On in US 
• Sri Srinivasan, the US Supreme Court Nominee-in-Waiting : The New Yorker 
• Canadians not eligible for EI after parental leave
• The Ethics of 24/7 Lawyering
• Hooters allegedly forces out waitress because brain-tumor scar is ugly 
• Deadbeat Ontario Employer Gets Jail Time (TheLawofWork - Doorey)
• NFL concussion litigation in court
• Quebec judges give the bird to tweets from courtrooms

-Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, April 9, 2013:

• Medical Marijuana Gets Its Day in Court
• America's texting-and-driving problem isn't getting better, study reveals 
• Dziekanski death at hands of RCMP a homicide, B.C. coroner rules
• Pakistan’s former dictator Pervez Musharraf refuses personal appearance in court on treason charges
• Should retired Judges be permitted to appear as counsel in their former courts?
• TV judge Harvey Brownstone sheds light on Ontario judiciary | Law Times News
• Law Society Regulatory Proceedings for March 2013 - Press Release 
• Ottawa admits it approved request for foreign workers to replace RBC employees - Toronto Star
• What New Lawyers Need to Know About LAWPRO
• Select tweets from ABA Techshow
• Let cameras in, Ohio chief justice tells SCOTUS
• Suing With the Stars: The Trump-Maher Feud and Other Celebrity Lawsuits
• California Ethics Committee: Judges Can Ask Lawyers to Lobby for More State Aid - Law Blog - WSJ 
• Hazel McCallion’s accuser called a ‘straw man’
• Reinstatement of employment ordered – a decade after disability leave commenced
• Trial of Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law faces ‘stunning’ delay due to sequester cuts
• The Law Schools With the Highest Unemployment Rates
•  Ex-PM Margaret Thatcher dies

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Monday, April 8, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, April 8, 2013: 

• BC Legal aid crisis means justice is not being served 
• The Right to Be Forgotten on the Internet
• practicePRO's New Lawyer Resource Page 
• When judges make readable decisions 
• Supreme Court of Canada restores $3.2-million award to girl, 15, in birthing-room error - Globe and Mail 
• Canadian Gov't Slammed (yet again) by ILO for Back to Work Legislation in Canada Post Dispute (Doorey) 
• Euro Employment Law
• Dutch judge blocks terror suspect's extradition to US
• Massachusetts Judge Bans Tweeting, but Permits Blogging in his Courtroom
• Winnipeg mayor wins conflict-of-interest case
• NC senator pushes tougher divorce law - Times Union
• ACLU urges Ohio Supreme Court to end 'debtors' prisons'
• Supreme Court of Canada rules citizens can both file police complaints and sue police - Toronto Star
• Solos, get the virtual help you need to grow
• In Many Capital Cases, Less Culpable Defendants Receive Death Penalty
• Psychiatrist warned campus police of Holmes' homicidal thoughts before Colorado theater attack
• US Judge Orders F.D.A. to Make Morning-After Pill Available Over the Counter for All Ages - NYTimes
• Report: Trayvon Martin’s parents reach $1M settlement in wrongful death suit 
• Moyers: The Hypocrisy of 'Justice For All'

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Friday, April 5, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, April 5, 2013:

• North Carolina - Law firm fell victim to phishing scam, made $336K Russia wire transfer, bank alleges
• Future of law includes big data, bigger competition and global jurisdictions
• More than 50% of Law School Graduates Aren’t Making a Living – Study 
• Do CLE Requirements Improve the Quality of Lawyering?
• Law firm mergers surge in 1st quarter 2013
• Trial lawyers share their favorite tech tools in their litigation toolboxes
• Texas will punish those responsible for prosecutor slayings, governor vows; $200K reward offered
• Saudi court orders man to be paralyzed as an Islamic punishment - World News
• Canadian lawyers win second court fight over proceeds-of-crime law
• As more hackers target lawyers, here’s how to protect client data 
• Judge Who Sent Racist, Anti-Obama Email Will Retire From Bench (Ian Millhiser/ThinkProgress)
• Written Notice of Termination for Employees off Work May Not Satisfy ESA Requirements
• Stanley Cup rioter 'not too drunk' to be guilty, judge says
• ABA TECHSHOW!

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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Eight Years of Wise Law Blog

Hard to believe, but it's now been eight years of Wise Law Blog.  Yes, it's our 8th blawgversary blogversary.

And clearly, that means I should write something to mark the occasion.

It feels a bit early to be writing any blog-career retrospectives, though.  I think I will save that until 2015. But suffice to say, blogging has been a great experience that has opened up more doors than I can even begin to count.  

I'm very grateful for that.

(Although I note, this blog still hasn't gotten me a record deal).

Bottom line is it continues to be a lot of fun to have this soapbox to stand on.  My rants have become less frequent, I suppose, but trust me - it's probably just a phase I've been going through...

Thanks to our readers for sticking around all these years.   Special thanks, as well, to Rachel Spence and all the Wise Law staff and alumni who've contributed along the way.

Thanks to everyone, here in Canada and south of the border, who has linked to us, tweeted, re-tweeted and liked us too, if you know what I mean.

And finally, shout outs to Omar, Mitch, Bob, Michael, Mark, Connie, Simon, Dave, Scott, BCL and all the other new friends I've been lucky enough to make over the years in Canada's thriving blogger community.

Looking forward to the rest of this ride with you all.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Thursday, April 4, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, April 4, 2013:

• Proposed Amendment To Password Protection Act Would Allow Employers To Demand Facebook Passwords when Investigating
• How CanLII Can Respond as the Incremental Cost of Primary Law in Canada Moves Toward Zero
• Pussy Riot member could be transferred after court ruling
• California lawyer wins court order to remove explicit photo from court file
• 'The new normal': Cohabitation on the rise, US study finds
• Put on probation in earlier case, Chicago man is now charged with making telephone threats to judge 
• CanLii and The Murky Waters of Case Law Databases 
• Lawyer is fined $200 after scheduling conflict spurs courtroom ‘shoutfest’
• Judge OKs pro se prisoner’s libel suit over legal publication’s recap of his case 
• Hazel McCallion trial: Key evidence should be tossed out, lawyer argues - Toronto Star
• Disbarred lawyer busted after Oshawa court appearance
• Lawsuit forces school to take down Jesus portrait 
• The Big Move: Pay-per-kilometre system could be the way of the future
• Luka Magnotta diagnosed with schizophrenia as a teen
• Lawsuit of the Day: Sexaroni 

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Wednesdy, April 3, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, April 3, 2013:

• NRA report calls for US school employees to be trained and armed
• Family status: it's okay to ask, in fact you may need to! - Lexology (registration) 
• Rob Ford loses again 
• Mayor Rob Ford calls court costs decision ridiculous: ‘I won fair and square’
• Battle of the rings: Costco countersues Tiffany over diamond ring - Life Inc.
• SEC Enters 21st Century, Approves Twitter and Facebook For Official Disclosures - Forbes
• Law Commission of Ontario Releases Final Report on Vulnerable Workers and Precarious Work
• Restrictive covenants without readily ascertainable limits found unenforceable
• Ontario considers new family-related leaves of absence under the ESA 
• The second opinion: does seven minutes matter? It does in marathons, flight schedules…and appeals
• “Drawing the circle” around Ontario ESA termination clauses
• This week at the SCC 
• Judge: Facebook must see Timelines Inc in court over trademark
• U.S. city makes it illegal not to own a gun
• FireMe! Website Warns Twitter Users about Tweets that may get them Fired 
• LAWPRO Magazine archives: Let’s get talking – A look at communications breakdowns
• Law firm pokes April Fool’s fun at online fraudsters  
• Disbarred Toronto lawyer Howard Cohen charged with fraud after allegedly continuing crim law practice 
• FBI busts state senator and 5 others in plot to rig New York City mayoral race

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, April 2, 2013:

• Parental estrangement: A 'silent epidemic' of cut-off kids
• Ontario court recognizes “light” as a contaminant under the Environmental Protection Act
• Ontario judge orders province to address 'useless' Quebec pre-sentencing reports - Law Times
• B.C. returns to old sales tax after HST rejection 
• The Future of Law: Tomorrow’s Lawyers by Richard Susskind
• Judges surveyed on meeting with children - Lawyers Weekly  
• Traditional Chinese medicine now regulated in Ontario
• Critics Strike Down Justice O’Connor’s New Book
• Can you package someone out instead of investigating misconduct? - Canadian HR Reporter (blog)
• Lawyer who slept with family law client in joint retainer battles suspension bid
• In the practicePRO Lending Library: Winning Alternatives to the Billable Hour
•  'Justice is death' for James Holmes, prosecutor says
• The Case Against Law School
• Expert in legal-fee fight blasts ‘make believe’ game over cost of contract lawyers to do doc review
• New York Law School Prevails in Fraud Suit Over Employment Data
• No, you can't re-sell digital music, judge tells start-up
• Kormos always had eye on legal issues - Canadian Lawyer Magazine
• Jackson's wrongful death trial to begin

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Monday, April 1, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, April 1, 2013:

• Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion faces conflict of interest hearing 
• Stress Reduction for Lawyers and Law Students 
• Judge in Sarkozy probe receives bullet by mail 
• Mandatory retirement: Supreme Court won’t hear appeal of Air Canada pilots forced to retire at 60
• Limitation period clarified for family law constructive trust claims 
• “Drawing the circle” around ESA termination clauses - Lexology 
• New York appeals ruling striking down big soda ban
• Keypods for breakaway lawyers 
• Can You Be Served Legal Papers on Facebook?
• Five tips for successful mentorship | LSUC Gazette
• NIshnawbe Aski Nation chimes in on Lakehead University law school debate over indigenous credit course
• Raising the bar: Ottawa lawyers build case for more articling positions - Local - Ottawa Business Journal 
• Judge Rejects Much of Libor Lawsuit Against Banks
• Barely half of all 2012 law grads have long-term, full-time legal jobs, data shows
• Where There’s Smoke, You’re Fired
• Probation for 86-year-old who admitted 'mercy killing' of ailing elderly wife 
• Judge whose angry rant was caught in YouTube clip is suspended for nearly 4 years
• Long Prison Term Shortened by Judge’s Regrets
• What did we learn from this week’s Supreme Court arguments? Jeffrey Toobin explains
• Why Chief Justice Roberts couldn’t use his credit card at Starbucks - victim of credit card fraud.
• Hulk Hogan $100 million sex tape suit headed to Florida courtroom 
• Deal Reached to Force Paid Sick Leave in New York City (New York Times)
• Legal decision with literary flourish and dry wit making the rounds in Toronto legal circles
• Michigan judge: ‘Gap tooth skank hoes’ was a compliment 
• Judge admits sex with witness in chambers, but says it didn’t affect his decision-making
• Ontario Appeal court orders new trial due to (now-disbarred) counsel's ineffective representation
• Alleged ‘cybersquatting’ cases jumped to new record last year 
• How Torture Prevented Convictions
• Money, drugs and the US Supreme Court: The multi-billion dollar case you haven’t heard of 
• Guilty plea rejected for Colorado theater shooter James Holmes
• Jon Stewart rips apart Justice Scalia for questioning single sex families
• B.C. guard seen in wheelchair takedown charged with assault 
• Crown seeks four years for man who preyed on senior in home renovation scheme

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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