A new training organization called the Supreme Court Advocacy Institute has launched its website.
The Institute will "provide pro bono, non-partisan advocacy advice to parties appearing in an appeal before… [more]
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Communities of Practice, Social Networks & Knowledge Networks: Get in the Game!
by Connie Crosby
February 28th, 2007
Joel Alleyne, whom we haven't heard from in a while here at Slaw (busy man!), was the moderator at the Ark Conference I participated in last week. The conference had… [more]
En même temps, ou presque, qu'en France, une récente étude menée sous l'égide du projet Sentinel… [more], dont la FTC est partie prenante, vient de présenter l'état des plaintes qui
Hein Online Usage at Toronto Law Firms; Hein's Continued Content Expansion
by Ted Tjaden
February 27th, 2007
It appears that the major law firms in Toronto are equally divided on subscribing to Hein Online based on my recent informal survey.
Nine law firm law libraries subscribe to… [more]
As many of you may know, I've been working at establishing The Court, a new weblog at Osgoode Hall Law School that focuses on the work of the Supreme Court.… [more]
Today's Education Guardian leads with a provocative statement:
Legal research, by tradition dreary and droning, is epitomised by the study Mental Decrepitude on the US Supreme Court… [more]. It is
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE FOR ACCESSING ACTS AND REGULATIONS
OTTAWA, February 27, 2007 – The Department of Justice has recently launched a new website that incorporates a cutting… [more]
Steve Matthews kicked us off with LinkedIn way back last summer with his post Building Profile Beyond Blogs. At that time he invited a number of us into LinkedIn and… [more]
There's a nice little caselaw blog over at enotes.com called Decision of the Day. It offers you three or four hundred words on a recent decision, which might be a… [more]
Back in 1964 Sol Gillis of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia designed the tartan you see to your left for the State of Maine; Jane Holmes, a Mainer (? Maine-liner?, Maineite? …),… [more]
The Creative Commons folks have released version 3 of the copyright licensing package. A main feature of the new version is the disentanglement of the U.S.-specific license from the generic… [more]
Halsbury’s Laws of England / Canada Usage in Major Toronto Law Firm Law Libraries
by Ted Tjaden
February 25th, 2007
I recently polled some of the larger Toronto law firm law libraries regarding their holdings and use of Halsbury’s Laws of England (and the recently published Halsbury’s Laws of Canada… [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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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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MLB Selected Case Summaries
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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’ ...
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