archive for October, 2009



萬維網 – a Web That's World Wide

by Simon Chester

October 30th, 2009

Or even والشبكة العالمية
The language of tomorrow's web won't be English – nor will the script.
ICANN's website has a video that explains the system of Internationalised Domain Names.… [more]

Here it is on Youtube: some wonderful metaphors.
Will the Slaw community do a rebuttal?… [more]

The Friday Fillip

by Simon Fodden

October 30th, 2009

Have you any idea how hard it is to find a Jack O Lantern carved in the image of a lawyer? I'll tell you how hard: impossible. That's how hard.… [more]

Table of Public Statutes Nevermore

by Mark Lewis

October 30th, 2009

Well I'm back and after my long absence one of the first things I learned upon my return was that the print version of the Table of Public Statutes and… [more]

Metadata as Record

by Simon Chester

October 30th, 2009

Tip of the hat to my friend and partner Stan Freedman, the Supreme Court of Arizona en banc this week held that if a public entity maintains a public record… [more]

The Internet in 5 Years

by Michael Lines

October 30th, 2009

Google's Eric Schmidt on how things might look in 5 years:
A nice except from his talk at the Gartner Symposium, provided by the NYT.
Among his points:
It's because… [more]

Laundry Law: Stringing a Line

by Simon Fodden

October 29th, 2009

credit: martcatnoc – flickr… [more]
A recent opinion piece in the New Scientist, "'Right to dry' could wean Americans off consumption," by Alexander Lee, talks about how much energy could be

Two Toronto Events

by Simon Fodden

October 29th, 2009

For folks in or around Toronto, a couple of Osgoode Hall Law School events are coming up that might be of interest.
Tomorrow, Friday, October 30, 12.30 – 2.00 p.m.,… [more]

Is There a Research Analysis Problem?

by Shaunna Mireau

October 29th, 2009

One of my favourite tasks as a firm librarian is to provide training (formal) and mentoring (informal) to articling students on gathering materials to answer legal research problems. Another favourite… [more]

Los Angeles Adopts Gmail

by Evan VanDyk

October 28th, 2009

Yesterday, Los Angeles city council voted to become the largest city in the United States to rely entirely on Google's gmail to run its e-mail system. The city's 30,000 employees… [more]

UK Law Reports Get Their Own YouTube Channel

by Michel-Adrien Sheppard

October 28th, 2009

The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting (ICLR) in the United Kingdom, the people who bring us the authoritative and official Law Reports… [more], have their very own YouTube video channel.

Draft Text of the Copenhagen Convention

by Simon Chester

October 28th, 2009

Since I suspect that this is something that Slaw readers may be hunting for, here is a copy of the working text of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term… [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.
More information.

  • 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    

This is a listing of a few upcoming events in Canada of interest to lawyers, law students, legal librarians, and others involved in the practice of law.

Clicking on any event in the list below will give you access to more information and to links allowing you to see the full entry and to add the event to your own calendar.

Click this link for a fuller version of the TalkLaw/ParLoi calendar of events and for instructions as to how to add events and calendars to your own calendar.