International Law

Canadian Employers Hiring Immigrant Workers
CIC is moving towards a system where many immigrants will have to find a Canadian employer as part of the immigration process. To this end, CIC is making it easier for employers to hire potential immigrants:The Government of Canada introduces new resource for employers interested in hiring internationally trained workersOttawa, June 16, 2009 ? A new resource to help guide employers through the

Immigrants Facing Deportation by U.S. Hospitals
The New York Times reports that because Medicaid does not cover long-term care for illegal immigrants or for newly arrived legal immigrants, many American hospitals are taking it upon themselves to repatriate seriously injured or ill immigrants because they cannot...

Next Canadian citizenship guide to cover gay rights
"The next printing of a guide designed to educate immigrants applying for Canadian citizenship will contain references to gay rights ? ones that Immigration Minister Jason Kenney had vetoed for the current version...

Lunatic
David Simon, Chief Patent Counsel at Intel, in testimony today before the House about pending patent legislation, comes off as a raving sociopath. Let's begin with his corporate arrogance, a pandemic disease among his Coalition brethren...

The Costs and Benefits of Patents to Innovators
by James Bessen and Michael J. Meurer Do patents encourage economic growth, stimulate R&D investment, or deliver wealth to innovators? In our previous post we reviewed the empirical research in economics and we could not find consistently positive evidence about...

Canadian Citizenship
I was contacted today by a very nice gentleman who has been denied his Canadian passport. Born on a Canadian military base abroad to Canadian parents, he returned to Canada when he was still a toddler...

Canadian Government
allegedly used Canadian soldier as test subjects for nuclear explosion radiation exposure.

Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Division of Immigration Health Services
allegedly drugged deported immigrants with sedatives.

Department of Homeland Security, FBI, and Social Security Administration
allegedly denied social security insurance to disabled and elderly immigrants.

Canadian Government
seeks new law enabling them to search your laptop

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
CIBC

Hydroxycut
Canadian Class Action Launched