This morning I attended the town hall meeting for Toronto Tech Week. This event–or series of events–will be held September 22-26, 2008 this year, and will be based at the… [more]
archive for January, 2008
Thinking that the resource might be of some interest to our readers, I followed a link from an email list that promised the Association of College and Research Libraries' Women's… [more]
The Center for Media Research has released a study reporting that:
"User Generated Video (UGV) scored 22.4 billion views in 2007, up 70% over 2006."
And are forecasting that number… [more]
My relationship with information technology has gone through at least three phases: 1) the PPP, or Poo-poo phase, 2) the OPP, or Obnoxious and pretentious phase, and 3) the GOWIP,… [more]
Subway is suing Quiznos, more or less, because Quiznos ran a contest in which it asked people to make a video showing that Quiznos' sandwiches were superior to Subway's. The… [more]
UK and Scottish Law Commissions Propose Repeal of Hundreds of Old Statutes
by Michel-Adrien Sheppard
January 30th, 2008
The Law Commissions of the UK and Scotland yesterday published their 18th in a series of proposed statute law repeals. A draft Bill containing the proposed repeals will be introduced… [more]
Elizabeth Ellis asked a few posts ago about voice recognition software — whether it was ready for prime time, and what people's experiences with it were. I'll be interested, too,… [more]
Demo 08, a show for new tech products, is going on right now, and some of the stuff on display looks pretty interesting. Here's a taste of 10 new items… [more]
I recently talked to a lawyer at a large Toronto law firm who was happily using voice recognition software to draft initial versions of long documents and to give voice… [more]
One of the new ('to me') blogs I've been reading over the past couple months is Scott Karp's Publishing 2.0.
The purpose of this post is no more than to… [more]
Today's Bloomberg News… [more] has a stimulating review by their architecture critic of Rafael Viñoly's new Bronx County Hall of Justice.
The space is extremely interesting – images are here, and
20th Anniversary of the Supreme Court of Canada Morgenthaler Decision on Abortion
by Connie Crosby
January 28th, 2008
I wanted to make sure we acknowledge Michel-Adrien Sheppard's excellent post 20th Anniversary of the Supreme Court of Canada Morgenthaler Decision on Abortion at the Library Boy blog. He includes… [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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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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