While our India readers are doubtless aghast at the Law Commission's bold reforms on stamp duty – you can pay any transaction/court fee by demand draft/cash/postal order/banker’s cheque instead of… [more]
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Things were heating up in the world of biotech this week!
Hot deals — some of the biggest numbers Canadian companies have seen this year:
Bioniche licensed its Urocidin product… [more]
You can follow the Sotomayor confirmation hearings online with live video. And for blow by blow commentary (by everyone and anybody) look at #Sotomayor on Twitter.… [more]
In May 2008, Ontario passed the Access to Adoption Records Act, 2008, S.O. 2008, c. 5… [more]. As of June 1, 2009, adoption records in Ontario are now open. From
FiredWithoutCause.com: Canada's New Direct-to-Consumer Online Legal Service
by Connie Crosby
July 12th, 2009
A sign of the times: for those who have been let go at work but feel too intimidated by the potential cost of a lawyer to seek legal assistance, comes… [more]
Today, Sunday, turned out to be a day where I felt newspaper deprivation acutely, so I remedied it by buying the Sunday NY Times, as I sometimes do — though… [more]
Lawrence Lessig, a law professor at Stanford, recently said,
If you come to the Net armed with the idea that the old system of copyright is going to work just… [more]
Work-life balance. We want it. There’s now a CBABC committee dedicated to it. Yet what does it mean and how exactly do we get it?
The word balance is misleading.… [more]
Law.com provides a description of an interesting development in a case of wrongful dismissal at a Catholic university in the US. Tom Monoghan, the founder and guiding light of the… [more]
One of the many marvels of the marriage of electronics and music is the wide (almost wild) variety of instruments that have become possible. We all know the spooky sound… [more]
Associated Press Using Twitter, Blog to Cover Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings
by Connie Crosby
July 10th, 2009
The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary's confirmation hearings on Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to be associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court begin Monday morning. She will be… [more]
This message will hopefully reach you before you select your cottage and beach reading. A fun little site called Bookseer will help you find your next novel. Not recommended if… [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…"
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John J.L. Hunter, Q.C. of Vancouver has been elected President for 2011-2012
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Limitation of Actions - Actions in contract - Actions for debt - General
Moody died on December 3, 2005, leaving four adult children. Pursuant to Moody’s will two of her children, James and Tyrell, were appointed executors of the estate. It was alleged that, during her ...
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McLean pled guilty five counts of conduct unbecoming a lawyer. The Discipline Committee suspended him from practice for four months and placed him on indefinite supervision. McLean appealed the length of the penalty.
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Grizzly Resources Ltd. (Grizzly). made an applications to the Energy Resources Conservation Board to drill two sour gas wells on the same site. ...
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The accused was charged with trafficking in cocaine. The trial judge granted the accused’s motion to discharge the charge. The Crown appealed.
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