"Information in context" is the simplest way to describe our firm's new portal. There are a variety of contexts – personal pages, practice areas, library services, a learning centre, firm… [more]
archive for January, 2006
I apologize that this post is focused on Toronto-based readers of SLAW, but I thought some of you might be interested in the various seminars being put on by the… [more]
Microsoft has released a public beta of IE 7 with RSS built-in.
Robert Scoble has a video interview with IE Team about it, and the comments on Dave Winer's WordPress… [more]
Having been reading so much lately about the recent Palestinian elections I tried this morning to see what legal material the Authority had on the Web. I went to Google… [more]
Blawg Review, the self-professed "Carnival of Law Bloggers" features law blog reviews by a changing kaleidoscope of reviewers. In the current issue, Chicago IP lawyer and blogger Kevin A. Thompson,… [more]
Ray Kurzweil's very much in the air lately. He's the MIT prof and former successful businessman who has written The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology in which he… [more]
In addition to its dumb list, Business 2.0 has a smart list this morning, on which Google is the smartest company with four provocative scenarios for the future of Google:… [more]
From Business 2.0's Dumbest Moments in Business 2005: The Legal List
by Simon Chester
January 30th, 2006
Today's Business 2.0 … [more]has its list of the follies of last year, in which I'm delighted to say that the legal fraternity have maintained their places of honour. And Google
Hadn't realized just how passionate the anti-blogger movement had become until I read this morning's Guardian Which some of us old'uns remember as the Manchester Guardian… [more] , and read about
A comment in Boing Boing from a correspondent in China claimed that the Chinese don't use Google but rather Baidu when they search. Whether or not that's accurate — and… [more]
Two days ago, a colleague and I chatted briefly about this:
"Today…the library is relinquishing its place as the top source of
inquiry. The reason that the library is losing… [more]
I Love Radio.org: Quest for the Cheap, Broadcast-Quality Recording Gear
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UCLA Anderson School of Management: Business Database… [more]
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Available online today are four new chapters of the publication Women in Canada: A Gender-based Statistical Report, which explores the socio-demographic and economic circumstances of Canadian women in general.
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The bill amends the Constitution Act, 1867 by readjusting the number of members and the representation of the provinces in the House of Commons.
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Ars Technica: Law & Disorder: Startup hopes to hack the immigration system with a floating incubatorBlueseed plans to buy a ship and turn it into a floating incubator anchored in international waters off the coast of California.
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Under Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the flow of information out of Ottawa has slowed to a trickle.
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"…the IPC has exclusive jurisdiction to decide whether a record is in the custody or control of a university in the context of an access request…"
MLB Selected Case Summaries
These summaries of selected recent cases are provided each week to Slaw by Maritime Law Book.
More information.
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Aliens - Exclusion and expulsion - Power to detain and deport - Minister’s certificate - Review - Evidence
In 2002, Harkat was detained pursuant to a ministerial security certificate issued under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) as a person inadmissible to Canada on grounds ...
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Contracts - Formation of contract - Signing - Electronic signature
The plaintiff expressed an interest in purchasing the defendant’s (vendor’s) condo. The parties agreed to carry on their discussions through e-mail. Following an exchange of e-mails, the plaintiff claimed that the defendant was contractually bound to ...
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Barristers and Solicitors - Relationship with client - Confidential communications - General
The petitioner was a Receiver appointed in March 2009 by a California court over the assets of GJB Enterprises Inc. (a “Ponzi scheme”) and its principals, the Berkes (the GJB parties). The court ordered ...
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Practice - Costs - Funding before judgment - When interim or advance costs available
The plaintiffs were “direct to home” satellite based subscription program providers. Rex and other defendants offered “grey market” services to Canadian residents to facilitate the unauthorized reception in Canada of the plaintiffs’ ...
TalkLaw/ParLoi
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Click this link for a fuller version of the TalkLaw/ParLoi calendar of events and for instructions as to how to add events and calendars to your own calendar.
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