140 Law - Legal Headlines for Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, May 21, 2013:

• Shopping for a Divorce Lawyer: One Size Doesn't Fit All - Huffington Post (blog)
• Avoid the Unintentional Expansion of Retainers
• Emergency repairs for a broken justice system | therecord
• Former Prosecutor (Now Judge) Arrested and Charged for Past Prosecutorial Misconduct
• Women should be among lead lawyers in IUD case, federal judge says
• Set Your Co-worker On Fire? It May Not Be Cause For Dismissal - Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
• Judge denies defense motion to withdraw during penalty phase in Arias case
• LSUC hearings consider alternatives to disciplining lawyers with mental-health issues | Law Times
• US Supreme Court to rule on Christian prayers at government meetings
• Harper chief of staff resigns amid Senate expense scandal
• 2013 LawTechCamp
• Jury gets first glimpse of defence in Jackson wrongful death case
• Florida teen fights expulsion and criminal charges for same sex relationship - West Palm Beach Top News
• French president signs gay marriage into law
• Rakofsky Versus The Internet: Advantage, Internet | Popehat
• Simple Justice: Rakofsky v. Internet: Case Dismissed
• The Corporate-Friendly US Supreme Court
• Colorado Sheriffs file Second Amendment lawsuit against anti-gun bills
• Fifth edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published
• Rob Ford: 42 remarkable moments from Toronto mayor’s career
• Duty to Mitigate Includes Obligation to Accept Recall from Layoff
• Pregnant Canadian women sue over faulty birth control pills
• A Cautionary Tale for Young Lawyers
• Lawyer says RCMP refuses to mediate harassment suit
• 20 Things Worth Knowing About Rob Ford -- NY Daily Intelligencer
• Toronto Mayor Is Accused of Using Cocaine - NY Times
• Private counsel appointed for children in Ontario mobility case?

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Friday, May 17, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, May 17, 2013:

• Supreme Court to rule on case of mom charged with abandonment who left newborn baby in Walmart toilet
• Florida teen won’t be criminally charged over exploding water bottle she called a science project fail
• LulzSec hackers get 20-32 month sentences for hacking Sony Pictures, CIA
• Arkansas Ordered to Face Lawsuit Challenging Abortion Law (Bloomberg)
• John Edwards reactivates law license; to speak at lawyers’ event a year after corruption trial
• Guard testifies he raised concern about prison rules regarding Ashley Smith
• Toronto Mayor Rob Ford in 'crack cocaine' video scandal
• Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoked crack cocaine in a video, U.S. website alleges
• Liability Shocker: A Rare Truce on Medical Malpractice Suits
• Mexican court tosses $2.7 billion penalty in Yahoo! Yellow pages case
• Mexican court tosses $2.7 billion penalty in Yahoo! case
• US Attorney General Eric Holder endorses warrants for e-mail. It’s about time
• My Post @SlawTips today: Dropbox and the Paperless Office on Steroids

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Thursday, May 16, 2013

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

• Contracting out of the Limitations Act — the Ontario Court of Appeal provides guidance
• Justice Canada 2013 Victims of Crime Research Digest
• Putting LawPro fraud posts in perspective: A new monthly summary
• Judge scolds Trump, attorney during heated testimony at Chicago tria
• Report: The IRS also targeted at least three liberal groups
• Oregon baker in legal peril after her refuses to make cake for same sex wedding
• Federal Judiciary Asks White House for Emergency Funds
• O.J. Simpson Testifies in Bid for New Trial
• New Harvard Booklet on Citizen Journalism Law in Massachusetts
• As Goes Access to Law School, So Goes Access to Justice – Part I
• Ariel Castro to plead not guilty to kidnapping, rape
• Employee undergoing sex change gets $22,000 in human rights case
• Minnesota governor signs same-sex marriage bill into law
• Ontario Court Dismisses "Speculative" Challenge To A Prospective Wind Turbine Project
• Sex-reassignment surgery of infant in state’s care violated due process, adoptive parents allege
• Toronto food cart fight: Guerrilla fruit stand challenges restrictive bylaws
• Osgoode graduate finally deemed of “good character” to practise law
• Chief legal officers not so spooked about social media risk
• No death penalty for convicted Philadelphia abortion doctor in exchange for abandoned appeal rights
• Law schools should mostly ditch C grades, law prof argues
• Detainee’s Release in Doubt, Lawyers Seek Order by Judge
• Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and personal email accounts: When can employers use as evidence in court

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Wednesday May 15, 2013

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

• That hockey game will haunt me until the day I die...via Joffrey Lupul
• Racial profiling: Toronto Police settle human rights complaint with man who was pulled over
• Toronto Mayor Rob Ford bolts from meeting to put fridge magnets on cars
• Clevland kidnappings: Ariel Castro will plead not guilty
• Toronto man faces 21 charges after accidentally shooting himself in the leg and claiming he was a victim of a drive-by
• Verifying that emails are received - SLAW
• What's Hot on CanLII - SLAW
• Chief legal officers not so spooked about social media risk
• No death penalty for convicted Philadelphia abortion doctor in exchange for abandoned appeal rights
• Law schools should mostly ditch C grades, law prof argues
• Detainee’s Release in Doubt, Lawyers Seek Order by Judge
• Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and personal email accounts: When can employers use as evidence in court
• Ashley Smith inquiry: Psychiatrist says she was unaware teen was given injections without consent
• LAWPRO Magazine archives: Lawyers on client boards- Handle with care!
• In AP surveillance case, the real scandal is what’s legal
• Top Brazilian court rules that there is no legal reason to deny same sex couples marriage licenses
• Judge Lays the Benchslap on ‘Dangerous’ Cop
• Justice Dept. Opens Criminal Inquiry Into I.R.S. Audits
• 3 arrested on prostitution, drug charges at NJ seniors home'
• Justice Department defends AP phone subpoenas
• Law clerk of 28 years diverted $3M from Toronto real estate lawyer, authorities say
• Criminal charges considered after 2,000-year-old Mayan pyramid in Belize destroyed by construction crew
• Minnesota senate approves same-sex marriage bill
• U.S. government seeks to delay ‘morning-after pill’ court ruling
• Mediating at a Distance: Will We Embrace the Challenge of Technology?
• Under sweeping subpoenas, Justice Department obtained AP phone records in leak investigation
• Lawyer sanctions in Minnesota could set record; is economy a factor?
• Court urged to reject Jackson doctor's appeal

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, May 14, 2013:

• Employee vs. Independent Contractor: The Test Refined - Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
• The Census And Your Privacy: The Courts Speak
• 5 Ways Family Law Attorneys Use Social Media in Court
• Embattled former Windsor law student allowed to practise | Canadian Lawyer Magazine
• Lawyer ‘devastated’ after 28-year employee took $3M | Headline News | Law Times News
• Justices are a more diverse group than the lawyers who argue at the US Supreme Court (Associated Press)
• Challenging the ‘right’ to telecommute
• This week at the SCC
• Lawyers Beware
• Canada deports 'convicted terrorist' after 26 years
• Top Court Rules for Monsanto in Seed Patent Case
• Ontario appeal court approves lawyer's $750 hourly rate, nearly $1 million bill
• Third-Party Litigation Financing: The Latest Chimerical Lifeline For The Legal Profession
• Trial begins for ex-DA accused in cash-for-court-favors case; convicted ex-judge is first witness
• Kermit Gosnell, Abortion Doctor, Found Guilty of Murder
• Toronto law firms and in-house lawyers send work to India - Toronto Star
• Litigant decries ‘post-traumatic court disorder’ | Headline News | Law Times News
• Angry confrontation of employee by a manager could be safety issue: OLRB
• USTR slams Canada over the treatment of pharmaceutical patents
• Supreme Court of Canada holds Aboriginal rights cannot be used to justify road blockades
• O.J. Simpson begins bid for new trial
• Lawyers for accused US theatre shooter say he wants to plead insanity after diagnosis

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Monday, May 13, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, May 13, 2013:

• “Copyright troll Righthaven finally, completely dead”
• RCMP confirms it's looking into Senate expense claims
• Boogaard’s Family Files Wrongful-Death Suit Against N.H.L.
• O.J. returns to court Monday with appeal
• No means no: including workplace sexual harassment!
• Employee notice period greater than length of service! - Lexology
• Five things a real estate agent won't tell you - Toronto Star
• The Supreme Court of Canada holds Pfizer’s Viagra patent invalid.
• I read this online: The malfunction with the Bruins' airplane is that it's got some bad wings. Namely Seguin and Marchand #Leafs
• Derek Boogaard's family files lawsuit against NHL: report
• Police Say Man Sexually Abused His Peacock
• Federal appeals court rules software may not be patentable
• May/June 2013 Paralegal update now online | The Law Society of Upper Canada.
• Lawyer charged with theft, accused of accepting $2K to represent inmate but not entering appearance
• Roman police arrest street performer for dressing like John Paul II
• Costly lawyers force many to represent themselves: study - CBC.ca
• The Clients I Can't Afford To Take
• Lawyers are mining the information mother lode for pricing, practice tips and predictions (ABA Journal)
• Mubarak retried in killings of hundreds
• The Cost of James Holmes Death Penalty Prosecution - TalkLeft: The Politics Of Crime
• Federal judge declines to delay order on emergency contraception
• Apple Deluged With Requests by Law Enforcement for Decrypted iPhone Data

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Friday, May 10, 2013

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

• And the most trusted judge in America is....Judge Judy!
• Once a lawyer, always a lawyer
• Which law schools pay tenured profs the most and least? Survey has 68 median salaries
• Advice for those getting fired: ‘Stay calm, shut up and listen’
• Compliance and ethics are top concerns for Canadian general counsel, survey reveals
• Does ‘milquetoast’ ethics report ignore ‘schizophrenic message’ sent by judicial license plates?
• LSUC’s Pickle – Slaw - @MEKowalski considers whether LSUC has conflict over paralegal regulation
• Righthaven’s Collective Copyright Enforcement Project Loses in the Ninth Circuit
• Norton Rose Fulbright: Kind of merged, maybe, sort of
• Five ultra-Orthodox Jewish men arrested for disrupting activist women praying at Jerusalem’s Western Wall
• Man claims assault by Toronto officer who fined him $365 for climbing Kensington Mkt. tree without permit
• Dueling Briefs Filed in Megaupload Case
• BigLaw rolls out apps for clients; effort sends message ‘this isn’t your grandfather’s law firm’
• Reprisals Under the Employment Standards Act, 2000
• George Zimmerman Seeks Anonymous Jury
• California sues JPMorgan for allegedly harassing credit card customers
• HRTO: Male customer’s discrimination challenge to “ladies night” has no reasonable prospect of success
• Minnesota House Approves Same-Sex Marriage
• SCC dismisses Kopyto appeal on paralegal regulation
• Thursday Thinkpiece: The Lawyer Bubble - Harper on the Crisis in the Legal Profession
• Ontario Cases Differ on Exclusion of Co-Plaintiffs from Each Other’s Examination for Discovery
• Mutual fund regulator calls Yoannou ‘despicable fraudster’ after Toronto conviction for $6 million theft
• Colorado passes laws for the legal sale of marijuana beginning Jan. 1

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Thursday, May 9, 2013

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

• Italian court upholds Berlusconi’s tax evasion conviction
• Enron's Jeffrey Skilling: Govt Agrees to Substantial Sentence Cut
• Paralegal motion to extend services withdrawn hours before law society AGM | Canadian Lawyer Legal Feeds
• Macfarlane Study on Self-Represented Litigants Released
• Argument to Overturn Guantanamo Detainee’s Conviction Cites Years in Custody Without a Trial
• US Justice Department: We don't need warrants for e-mail, Facebook chats
• Website Documents Women’s Legal History
• Wednesday: What's Hot on CanLII
• Picture punishment ordered for convicted former justice on Pennsylvania’s top court

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Wednesday, May 8, 2013

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

• Self-Representation In Court A Daunting Challenge: Study by Windsor law prof
• Law Is Code
• Tips Tuesday
• Director's 'reply all' email discussing firing of employee leads to lawsuit
• Buying Time in the Civil Justice System Part 2
• Retiring Ontario Superior Court judge Dougald McDermid takes HIV verdict secret with him | Sudbury Star
• Lawyers say case against Kim Dotcom threatens Internet freedom
• Judge jails lawyer and client over tardy arrival for jury selection
• Judge uses ‘Star Trek’ knowledge to smack down ‘porn-trolling’ attorneys
• Which Lawyers Are the Unhappiest?
• Delaware Becomes 11th State With Marriage Equality - ThinkProgress
• Osgoode Hall Law School’s, “Oh, the Cases You’ll Know
• Notice of Motion by Joseph Groia for stay pending appeal of Law Society of Upper Canada suspension
• U.S. Court Refuses to Delay Nortel Trial over $7.3 Billion | Fox Business
• White House picks Twitter lawyer as Internet privacy officer | Politics and Law - CNET News
• James Holmes Wants to Change Plea to Not Guilty (Insanity)
• Ontario court dismisses “speculative” challenge to a prospective wind turbine project - Lexology
• Unpaid internships: what employers need to know
• Grandfather of witness in police assault trial files LSUC complaint over defence lawyer's cross-exam
• Mass. Courts Launch Self-Help Site for Child Support Cases
• Ontario government hints it may address limitation periods
• Mental health groups protest not criminally responsible bill
• Bad faith work refusal complaints merit discipline, arbitrator says
• NY Immigration ‘lawyer’ conned clients and courts for years, 35-count indictment alleges
• Breaking: Anthrax Scare at Fed Courthouse Brooklyn
• Federal appeals court blocks Florida law barring contracts with Cuba, Syria businesses
• Loophole Forced California Mother to Pay Spousal Support to Ex-Husband Convicted as her Daughter's Rapist

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, May 7, 2013:

• Psychiatry’s New DSM Guide Falls Short, Experts Say
• Corporations Find a Friend in the US Supreme Court
• The Bureau of Diversity Compliance | National Review Online
• Access to Justice Starts With Legal Tuition
• FDA wants cancer warnings for tanning beds
• Analyst terminated with cause following unauthorized document access
• When time is the very essence of your job, best not be late... (Quebec ruling)
• Obama is using drone strikes to replace Gitmo detentions, says ex-Bush administration lawyer
• Convicted in courthouse slaying, defendant verbally attacks judge and prosecutor in sentencing phase
• Guilty plea ends record $38M fraud case that doubled assessments for British Columbia lawyers
• The Legal Battle Over New York City’s Taxi Apps
• Can remote texter be liable if driver is distracted by message? Appeals court mulls novel theory
• Don’t Miss Family Law Issues When Drafting Wills!
• Lawyer for gun makers takes NRA helm, calls members ‘fighters for freedom’ in ‘culture war’

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140Law - Legal Headlines for Monday, May 6, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, May 6, 2013:

• Katz v. McNevin – Non-Lawyer Representation in Family Matters
• Why the Billable Hour Endures
• Most Canadian sex assault victims have little faith in justice system, survey says
• Dating website for Canadian prisoners eliminates the bar scene
• Biggest Problem in Legal Education: Mismatch Between How Schools Teach Their Students and What Lawyers Do
• Tax accountant lands in prison in $3.6M fraud, after supplying clients with bogus tax deduction receipts Toronto Star
• Iowa high court rules both same-sex parents must be listed on birth certificates
• Alleged extremists need strong defence, lawyers say
• Lawyer Ethics, Confidentiality, and Technology
• Are all telephone calls recorded and accessible to the US government? | Glenn Greenwald
• Bad-faith work refusal complaint justified discipline, reinstatement denied - Cdn Employment Law Today
• Is BigLaw heading for a crash landing?
• British Pub in Brooklyn Runs Afoul With City for Help-Wanted Ad that Preferred Brits
• Jackson trial: Debts, drugs, mess
• Imprisoned former lawyer Lynne Stewart says federal prison supports her release to fight cancer
• Cops can’t search cellphone seized at arrest, Florida Supreme Court says; will case go to SCOTUS?
• The Two Sides of the Minimum Wage Debate: Friedman v. Kennedy
• Clarence Thomas: Obama 'Approved By The Elites' Because He Says What They 'Expect From A Black Person'
• ‘The system is sick’: Canada’s courts are choking on an increase in evidence vis Sean Bawden
• Can you get human rights damages when you haven't been discriminated against?
• Minnesota judge dismisses lawsuit seeking to eliminate public funding for abortion care
• Fake Ontario law firm used to set up a commercial debt collection scam
• Teacher accused of taping Grade 2 students’ mouths shut: ‘It started to hurt my mouth’
• Reese Witherspoon arrest video leaked
• Body found in law firm chimney in England
• Ohio Judge faces discipline case for dismissing lawyer’s speeding ticket
• European investment banker predicts 8,000 law firms will disappear in next decade
• Ontario budget falls short on fixing legal aid: Boxall - Canadian Lawyer Magazine
• Supreme Court of Canada orders new trial for woman on charges of concealing stillborn baby's body
• Congrats to Michael Fitzgibbon (@managementlaw) on 10 years of blogging: A Milestone Blog Anniversary
• Harper says people ‘fed up’ with old constitutional battles in visit to Quebec

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