I had occasion today to hunt up online a decision of the European Court of Justice and to link to it. The ECJ provides links that may be the longest… [more]
archive for October, 2008
Not to take things too lightly, but I had a chance to watch Strange Brew again this week, and I noted a surprising amount of legal content:
re: the mouse… [more]
Idée, a Toronto-based IT company, is anything but fixe… [more]: it's all about shifting shapes — and colours. They have developed really good image identification and visual search software, used
According to Out-Law.com this morning:
Companies have to provide a means of contact on their websites in addition to their postal and email addresses, the European Court of Justice has… [more]
I wonder how Google is choosing the material that it reports it is OCRing from scanned material save to the web?
In the past, scanned documents were rarely included in… [more]
The American election season has almost come to an end, leaving in its wake a large volume of creative expression by the campaigns and by citizens. Viral videos have been… [more]
A recent article in Library Journal caught my eye: “Living Library” Debuts in Santa Monica ((Library Journal, 10/20/2008)) As the article explains the living library movement invites library users to… [more]
For my first post, I’ll keep it brief. We’re in the early stages of planning our second Intranet project, using SharePoint 2007. With a renewed focus on the importance of… [more]
Teresa Miguel at Yale Law Library's Foreign and International Blog posted her review and endorsement for the International Law Video Library yesterday. A very interesting project, and great use of… [more]
In view of our election just past, and the one next week of our neighbours to the south, I thought it opportune to raise the topic of election laws, and… [more]
The new federal Cabinet is just being sworn in. A few notes from CBC: the Cabinet has expanded from the previous Cabinet (11 more ministers than last time), there are… [more]
A U.S. company, CrimeReports.com, takes statistics given to it by various police departments and geolocates the instances on a Google map. So far as I can tell, Ottawa is the… [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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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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