There is a wonderful spin-off magazine from the Economist called More Intelligent Life.
Like most other magazines, it does a year-end review of the best books of 2010.
But someone… [more]
archive for 2010
Listen up.
This fillip's about soundscapes. We're all pretty familiar with those recordings of thunderstorms or surf or canoeing up a river, the ones that help us relax and, often,… [more]
Information overload, and ways to overcome it, has been mentioned on Slaw several times. I came across this article from SSRN titled "What We Don't Know We Don't Know" and… [more]
Louis reported earlier this month on the story of a US federal jury which awarded $2.5-million in punitive damages and $90,000 in actual damages to each of two law professors… [more]
David Canton has kept Slawyers abreast of developments concerning Canada's anti-spam legislation: FISA – New Anti-Spam Bill Introduced; Plethora of Pending IT Legislation. But we neglected to report that Bill… [more]
This time last year I wrote a post making Web Law Predictions for 2010. My success rate was admittedly mixed – the idea of law firms jamming cell phone transmissions… [more]
There has been much in the news on stranded airline passengers due to the recent blizzard in the North East. A newspaper story here from Russia describes a fairly grim… [more]
My mother used to say something to the effect that "gentlefolk do not read each others' mail." Of course, she didn't reckon with spies or spouses in distress. It comes… [more]
by Michel Généreux
December 29th, 2010
This is the third and final contribution focusing on some differences between North American common law regimes and Quebec’s civil law system in the area of IT contracting. The first… [more]
How precise are the following statements?
The Canadian public debt as of 15 December 2010 was $275,872,478,414.44 CDN.
Canadian hourly-billing lawyers worked an average of 2043.96 hours last year.
Toronto… [more]
You may have seen the recent Wall Street Journal article on the privacy implications of certain iPhone, iPod Touch and Android apps that disclose information to advertising networks without the… [more]
2011. Time may be a philosphical construct, but it sure did seem to move quickly in 2010. As the new year approaches, many people make resolutions, including me. I am… [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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MLB Selected Case Summaries
These summaries of selected recent cases are provided each week to Slaw by Maritime Law Book.
More information.
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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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