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The Ultimate Website List for Ontario Legal Assistants

Posted on April 10, 2009
Ontario's legal assistants have the benefit today of a wealth of online information and resources that can make our lives (or at least our  jobs) considerably easier.Here is my partial list of the key websites no litigation assistant in Ontario can afford to live without:ü   Ontario Court Forms : http://www...

B.C. Court: Facebook Usage Logs Must Be Disclosed by Personal Injury Claimant

Posted on April 09, 2009
A March 5, 2009 British Columbia decision has greatly expanded the scope and nature of Facebook usage information that Plaintiffs in personal injury claims may be required to disclose.In Bishop v. Minichiello,  the B.C. Supreme Court has ordered production of computer logs from a Plaintiff's hard drive that will purportedly reveal details as to the wee hours Facebook habits of the injured Plaintiff...

Audio: Caller Confronts Limbaugh on Torture

Posted on April 08, 2009
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Video: Twitter Takedown

Posted on April 08, 2009
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Starbucks Sidewalk Cookie Flap

Posted on April 08, 2009
Say it ain't so..."I'm getting my hot chocolate from now on at the Second Cup," said Katie with a smile.- Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Firm website: www.wiselaw.net EMPLOYMENT LAW ? CIVIL LITIGATION ? WILLS AND ESTATES ? FAMILY LAW & DIVORCEORIGINALLY POSTED AT WISE LAW BLOG ? SUBSCRIBE TO WISE LAW BLOG

Iowa Appeal Court Overturns State Same Sex Marriage Ban

Posted on April 03, 2009
From Talk Left:The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled a ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional.The Iowa Supreme Court says the state's same-sex marriage ban violates the constitutional rights of gay and lesbian couples, making it the third state where gay marriage is legal...

Iowa Appeal Court Overturns State Same Sex Marriage Ban

Posted on April 03, 2009
From Talk Left:The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled a ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional.The Iowa Supreme Court says the state's same-sex marriage ban violates the constitutional rights of gay and lesbian couples, making it the third state where gay marriage is legal...

Investigator's Affidavit Alleges Wider Madoff Web

Posted on April 01, 2009
From an affidavit filed  by securities investigator, Edward H. Seidle, in a Connecticut court proceeding that froze Madoff associates' accounts:"It is my opinion ... that [the funds and their principals] were all aware that Bernard L. Madoff was engaging in illegal conduct in connection with his purported money management operations and intentionally chose to participate and support Madoff's illegal conduct in order to reap enormous illicit financial benefits," he stated...

Scared Twittless?

Posted on April 01, 2009
U.S. law librarians, that is...Robert Ambrogi explains:The folks at Law Librarian Blog wondered whether law librarians use Twitter. So they took a poll. The outcome: Most law librarians do not use Twitter for library-related purposes and have no plans to tweet anytime soon...

U.K. Survey on Lawyer Trustworthiness

Posted on April 01, 2009
The news isn't all bad, but then again, it isn't so good, either:Lawyers can draw some comfort from a survey this week showing that they are not quite the figures of mistrust or contempt that mythology would suggest.The survey on trust in the professions found ? no surprise here ? that bankers are held in as low public esteem as estate agents and politicians, with journalists only marginally better regarded...

Investigator's Affidavit Alleges Wider Madoff Web

Posted on April 01, 2009
From an affidavit filed  by securities investigator, Edward H. Seidle, in a Connecticut court proceeding that froze Madoff associates' accounts:"It is my opinion ... that [the funds and their principals] were all aware that Bernard L. Madoff was engaging in illegal conduct in connection with his purported money management operations and intentionally chose to participate and support Madoff's illegal conduct in order to reap enormous illicit financial benefits," he stated...

Scared Twittless?

Posted on April 01, 2009
U.S. law librarians, that is...Robert Ambrogi explains:The folks at Law Librarian Blog wondered whether law librarians use Twitter. So they took a poll. The outcome: Most law librarians do not use Twitter for library-related purposes and have no plans to tweet anytime soon...

U.K. Survey on Lawyer Trustworthiness

Posted on April 01, 2009
The news isn't all bad, but then again, it isn't so good, either:Lawyers can draw some comfort from a survey this week showing that they are not quite the figures of mistrust or contempt that mythology would suggest.The survey on trust in the professions found ? no surprise here ? that bankers are held in as low public esteem as estate agents and politicians, with journalists only marginally better regarded...

Prison Reform, North And South

Posted on March 28, 2009
With parallel discussions on prison and sentencing reform now occurring in Canada and the U.S., a great divide is emerging between the directions of policy-makers here and those south of the border.As we've previously noted, the New York Times reported on March 24, 2009 that several states, including Colorado, Michigan, Kansas and New Jersey, are closing prisons or adopting sentencing alternatives to reduce pressure on over-stretched state budgets:Some states, like Colorado and Kansas, are closing prisons...

Prison Reform, North And South

Posted on March 28, 2009
With parallel discussions on prison and sentencing reform now occurring in Canada and the U.S., a great divide is emerging between the directions of policy-makers here and those south of the border.As we've previously noted, the New York Times reported on March 24, 2009 that several states, including Colorado, Michigan, Kansas and New Jersey, are closing prisons or adopting sentencing alternatives to reduce pressure on over-stretched state budgets:Some states, like Colorado and Kansas, are closing prisons...

Google Street View Coming to Canada

Posted on March 27, 2009
CBC reports that Google Street View is en route to Canada:Google will be driving around 11 Canadian cities across the country again "in coming weeks" to take images for the Canadian version of its Street View service, which it hopes to launch "very soon," the company announced earlier this week...

Parental Alienation Conference

Posted on March 27, 2009
The National Post reports on a Toronto conference for lawyers, professionals and parents on parental alienation.- Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Firm website: www.wiselaw.net EMPLOYMENT LAW ? CIVIL LITIGATION ? WILLS AND ESTATES ? FAMILY LAW & DIVORCEORIGINALLY POSTED AT WISE LAW BLOG ? SUBSCRIBE TO WISE LAW BLOG

Toronto Parental Alienation Conference

Posted on March 27, 2009
The National Post reports on a Toronto conference for lawyers, professionals and parents on parental alienation: Custody Judges Rule on Vengeance. Also see coverage from the Globe and Mail: Gender Bias Evident in Parental Alienation Cases.- Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Firm website: www...

Warman and Fournier - Online Anonymity Threatened in Ontario

Posted on March 26, 2009
A decision this week by Ontario Superior Court Judge Stanley Kershman has dramatically weakened the ability of Canadian writers and activists to maintain a cloak of online anonymity. In a March 25, 2009 ruling in Warman v. Fournier, the Court required the Defendant operators of a controversial right-wing website and forum known as freedominion...

Video: Florida Judge Jumps Over Bench, Tackles Defendant

Posted on March 26, 2009
Law.com sets the stage:Florida Judge Ian Richards demonstrated he could wield more than a gavel when he took a flying leap over his bench to tackle a defendant bent on attacking a former girlfriend who was testifying against him in a domestic violence case...

Employment Insurance in Canada

Posted on March 25, 2009
On March 13, 2009, we looked at Unemployment Insurance in America and noted obstacles built-in to the U.S. system that often limited the ability of unemployed workers to obtain benefits. Today,  Doorey's Workplace Blog addresses systematic impediments to benefit entitlement in our own,  Canadian employment insurance model:Statistics just released showed that applications for unemployment insurance increased by almost 23% this January compared to last year...

Drabinsky, Gottlieb Convicted

Posted on March 25, 2009
CBC News reports:Garth Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb have been found guilty on fraud and forgery charges, with an Ontario judge saying they "systemically manipulated the books" at their now-defunct theatrical production company Livent Inc.In one of Canada's most prominent fraud cases, Justice Mary Lou Benotto of Ontario Superior Court in Toronto ruled Wednesday that Drabinsky and Gottlieb were guilty of fraud and forgery in their running of Livent Inc...

Ontario Judges Balk at Bill 133 Investigation Duty

Posted on March 25, 2009
The Globe and Mail reports that Ontario's family court judges are not happy with the new, investigative duties assigned to them by Ontario's proposed Bill 133 in child custody applications by non-parents: A confrontation is brewing between family court judges and the Ontario government over a scheme aimed at preventing a repeat of the shocking death of a Toronto child last year...

P.M. to Introduce Bill to End "Two for One" Prison-Time Credit

Posted on March 25, 2009
CTV reports:CTV News has learned that the government plans to introduce legislation on Thursday to end the "two-for-one" credit for convicted felons for time spent in pre-trial custody.The credit aims to compensate for so-called "dead time" spent in overcrowded detention centres that do not have rehabilitation programs or many of the amenities of long-term prison housing...

Resignation Letter from An AIG Executive

Posted on March 25, 2009
AIG executive Jake DeSantis' letter of resignation appears today as a New York Times op-ed.Excerpted below, it may cause you to rethink the bonus outrage - well, maybe a little:DEAR Mr. Liddy,It is with deep regret that I submit my notice of resignation from A...

Fired for "Friending" - Facebook Update

Posted on March 24, 2009
A U.K. prison prison guard has been terminated for gross misconduct, after a disciplinary hearing determined that his Facebook "friend list" included some unsavoury types: A PRISON officer has been sacked after 13 criminals, including a murderer, were discovered among friends on his Facebook page...

Facebook, Disclosure, Leduc and Ontario Employment Law

Posted on March 23, 2009
Management lawyer Michael Fitzgibbon picks up on our March 4 discussion of the Leduc case, in which an Ontario personal injury Plaintiff was essentially ordered to make full disclosure to the defence of the contents of his private, friends-only Facebook pages...

India's Caste System Challenged in Appeal Court Ruling

Posted on March 19, 2009
For those of us who know very little about the state of social justice in India, this report from Telegraph UK will be most disconcerting:Mushtaq Ahmed Mir, an unemployed man from Kupwara, decided to sue the Kashmiri newspaper Tameel-i-Irshad after it published a false report claiming he was a defendant in a murder case...

Internet Blacklists in Australia

Posted on March 19, 2009
The Sydney Morning Herald looks at web blacklists and threatened censorship by Australian cummunications regulators:The Australian communications regulator says it will fine people who hyperlink to sites on its blacklist, which has been further expanded to include several pages on the anonymous whistleblower site Wikileaks...

New B.C. Second-Hand Smoke Law Probits Smoking While Driving With Kids

Posted on March 19, 2009
Following in Ontario's recent footsteps, effective April 7, 2009, British Columbia will impose a $109.00 fine on drvers who smoke in their vehicles with children present.- Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Firm website: www.wiselaw.net EMPLOYMENT LAW ? CIVIL LITIGATION ? WILLS AND ESTATES ? FAMILY LAW & DIVORCEORIGINALLY POSTED AT WISE LAW BLOG ? SUBSCRIBE TO WISE LAW BLOG

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