Labor & Employment Law

Keays v. Honda Canada: The SCC Says Employer Intimidation Is Just Fine!
The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Keays v. Honda Canada, 2008 SCC 39, (summarized by Solomon Lam here) was a major victory for employers everywhere. In reducing both aggravated and punitive damages to zero, the Supreme Court of Canada has effectively deemed that Honda’s conduct, while harmful, was not egregiously harmful...

Honda v. Keays: A Landmark Case For Employment Rights
Last Friday the Supreme Court handed down its ruling on Honda v. Kevin Keays, 2008 SCC 39. Considered a watershed employment law case, Keays had no less than nine intervenors and has been the subject of much attention in both the legal community and the media...

Honda v. Keays: LEAF argues that courts need more complete jurisdiction
Last Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard the case of Honda v. Kevin Keays, a wrongful dismissal case dealing with the appropriate compensation for discrimination and harassment for employees with disabilities...

How do you replace a Supreme Court Justice
A Supreme Court appointment has been quite a different creature in Canada than it has been in the United States. Canada?s traditionally quiet process has come nowhere near stirring up the vitriolic, knock-down-drag-out political brawls that have played out in the U...

"Supreme Court of Canada will hear appeal of Quebec language law"
"Supreme Court of Canada will hear appeal of Quebec language law": The Canadian Press provides this report.

New Paper on Collegial Decision-Making at the Supreme Court of Canada
University of Toronto law professors Andrew Green and Benjamin Alarie have posted a new paper on the Social Science Research Network entitled Should They All Just Get Along? Judicial Ideology, Collegiality, and Appointments to the Supreme Court of Canada: “Over the past 25 years, the justices of the Supreme Court of Canada have not exhibited the [...

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

Honda Issues Massive Recalls in US and Canada
Honda Issues Massive Recalls in US and Canada

Pms-Phenobarbital 60 Mg
Health Canada Issues Recall

Ezetrol, Canada
allegedly can cause heart attack or stroke in patients using it.

Nissan Canada Inc.
allegedly manufacturing defective odometers.

Bell Canada
allegedly throttling internet speeds

Health Canada Issues Warning
for Antibiotic Rofact (Rifampin)