archive for September, 2008



Global Legal Monitor Revamped Again

by Shaunna Mireau

September 30th, 2008

The Global Legal Monitor, a publication of the Law Library of Congress, has been posted about on Slaw here and here and other posts as well. Today, the Law Librarian… [more]

Beer Law

by Simon Fodden

September 30th, 2008

We talk occasionally on Slaw of wine law — and that's as it should be. But beer is also a tipple close to my heart, and so I was pleased… [more]

CBA on Securing Laptops to Cross U.S. Border

by Simon Fodden

September 30th, 2008

The Canadian Bar Assocation's Practice Link has a substantial and practical article by Luigi Benetton, "How to Secure Your Laptop Before Crossing the Border." Benetton sets out ten steps you… [more]

Shirky on Filters Over Information Overload

by Steven Matthews

September 29th, 2008

Joe Hodnicki over at the Law Librarian Blog shared this Clay Shirky presentation last week. The title of the talk was "It's Not Information Overload, It's Filter Failure… [more]".

The Internet and Proof of Foreign Law

by Simon Chester

September 29th, 2008

Has the Internet changed our practices on the proof of foreign law?
Canadian lawyers and judges are, almost by definition, comparativists. We take for granted from the start of our… [more]

Canada's Do-Not-Call System Starts

by Simon Fodden

September 29th, 2008

As the Ottawa Citizen reminds us, the new national do-not-call system goes into effect this Tuesday:
Canadians fed up with unsolicited telemarketers will be able to register Tuesday on a… [more]

Zotero Must Be Doing Something Right…

by Michael Lines

September 29th, 2008

Some updates on the progress of Zotero: positive reactions here and here, and a big fat corporate 'welcome to the big leagues' here.
I've been wrestling with XML to try… [more]

Ron Friedmann on the State of Legal Outsourcing

by Connie Crosby

September 29th, 2008

Ron Friedmann of Prism Legal Consulting Inc. has surveyed the current state of legal outsourcing in his fantastic article Why and What Lawyers Should Consider Outsourcing on LLRX.com (September 1,… [more]

Chilling Effects

by Simon Fodden

September 29th, 2008

I've just come across an interesting cooperative enterprise uniting clinical work from seven U.S. law schools ((Harvard, Stanford, Berkeley, University of San Francisco, University of Maine, George Washington, and Santa… [more]

Social Network on Jurafide for American Clients

by Omar Ha-Redeye

September 28th, 2008

Those connected to me on various social networks know that I'm tapped into pretty much every one, largely to familiarize myself and review them for their personal utility for client… [more]

How to Institute an Open Access Policy? Stand Up.

by John Willinsky

September 28th, 2008

On June 10th, my colleagues in the Stanford University School of Education listened patiently as I stood before them explaining how the Harvard Law School had passed an "open access"… [more]

A Google Vision of Wireless

by Simon Fodden

September 27th, 2008

CNET News had an article on Friday about a patent that Google has applied for in which it describes an attractive vision of how wireless services might be managed in… [more]

SlawTips      

SlawTips Cash Flow Reports – Part 1
Thursday, May 17

Following on our earlier Top 10 Financial Errors posts, this is the first in a series of 10 posts dealing with Cash Flow Reports and in particular, cash flow management.… »»

Practice

SlawTips Just the Facts
Wednesday, May 16

Today’s research tip is about facts. When research is assigned to juniors (and librarians for that matter) it is important to share facts that are critical to the research. It … »»

Research

SlawTips Minimize That Darn Office Ribbon for More Room on Your Desktop
Wednesday, May 16

If you are using Office 2007 or 2010, The Ribbon is now a part of your life. Some of you will be happy about this – some of you won’t.… »»

Technology

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MLB Selected Case Summaries    

These summaries of selected recent cases are provided each week to Slaw by Maritime Law Book.
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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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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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