I am in the lovely City of Calgary today celebrating Stampede, well, working AND celebrating. My office mates are wearing hats and boots and western dress. I crossed a street… [more]
archive for July, 2009
A working paper on the digitization of Canadian parliamentary publications was produced in the spring and posted recently to the Parliamentary Internet site:
The aim of the Working Paper (begun… [more]
Yahoo Search has just launched a notepad that's aimed at helping you do research on the web. It is, in effect, a replacement for the Notebook that Google killed a… [more]
Frustrated consumers and lawyers alike often threaten to take complaints to the press in an attempt to get satisfaction for an alleged wrong. After all, the "headline risk" of being… [more]
The venture capital press have announced that
Thomson Reuters, the leading financial news and business information company, has acquired Indlaw Communications Pvt. Ltd., a Delhi-based legal information company, for an… [more]
We're four years old today. Since July 8, 2005, there have been 4,457 posts on which you've made 5,869 comments. Over 100 writers have contributed to our enterprise. And we've… [more]
A Great Bargain on Summer Reading: Special 20% Discount on ABA Titles
by Dan Pinnington
July 8th, 2009
For a limited time, ABA Publishing is offering a special 20% discount on all ABA titles. Do your shopping before July 24, 2009 as this offer expires on that date.… [more]
Earlier in the week e-discovery diva and twitterer Peg Duncan sent out a request for "an 'official' French translation for 'redaction'…" (She'd come up with épuration, caviardage and expurgation… [more] thus
A rant / proposal on Canadian legal journal indexes:
As many SLAW readers will know, there are two main products that index Canadian legal journal literature:
- the Index to… [more]
A small Canadian legal venture announced itself recently, going public in its very early stages. LexPublica, using the .ca domain so that the URL is lexpubli.ca, aims to be both… [more]
…against shaving your head with both hands as you drive?
Ontario Ombudsman André Marin caught this guy on his iPhone in a video (guess who's got a new 3GS) shaving… [more]
Last Friday, July 3rd, the Law Commission of Ontario released our first consultation paper in our project to develop a coherent approach to the law as it affects persons with… [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
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Contracts - Formation of contract - Signing - Electronic signature
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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
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