Just over two months ago I did posts on SLAW and AvoidAClaim that warned family law lawyers to be aware of bad cheque scams on matters involving the collection of… [more]
archive for February, 2010
Keep Your Guard Up: Bad Cheque Scams Targeting Lawyers Are Getting More Sophisticated
by Dan Pinnington
February 24th, 2010
The Official Google Blog is reporting a conviction yesterday of three Google employees by a court in Italy of failing to abide by the Italian privacy code. According to Google,… [more]
The Checklist Manifesto by Dr Atul Gawande
published by Metropolitan Books, December 2009
price: $29.50
ISBN: 978-0-8050-9174-8
“Gawande shows how using checklists can significantly improve workflows and outcomes at … [more]
The annoyingly named Truth in Sentencing Act… [more] (S.C. 2009, c.29) came into force on Monday, February 22.
Given third reading in October of last year, the statute amends Criminal Code
The annual Ted conference always has thought provoking presentations. One of the presentations this year was entitled "Four ways to fix a broken legal system". Its worth taking the 19 minutes… [more]
At TPL's Lillian Smith Library tomorrow, Community Legal Education Ontario will be launching its new series of standard pamphlets of starter kit information for recent immigrants.
The materials, which are… [more]
Remember what it was like? Articling, that is. If not — perhaps you wiped that difficult period of your life out of your memory, or perhaps you're just getting old… [more]
Here's a niche for the eager young lawyer: equine law (or might we say "equiny" — emphasis on the 'whinny' ). Makes sense, of course. There's "a law" of pretty… [more]
Accenture's new report "Jumping the boundaries of corporate IT: Accenture global research on Millennials' use of technology" looks at how Millennials across the world use IT. For this report, Accenture… [more]
Simon Fodden mentioned Google social search back in October, but this was the first time I had seen results from people in my social circle be included. I was searching… [more]
Hat tip to my friends Sharon Nelson and John Simek of Sensei who today published the 2010 edition of their annual legal technology guide. It is discussed in the latest… [more]
Parliamentary Library Tops HuffPost's New List of Gorgeous Libraries
by Simon Chester
February 22nd, 2010
Long-standing Slaw readers may remember our salaciously titled post on beautiful libraries. The Huffington Post picked up on the idea in January and today the Parliamentary Library is topping 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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"…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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MLB Selected Case Summaries
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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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Barristers and Solicitors - Discipline - Suspension - For professional misconduct
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.
The Saskatchewan ...
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Mines and Minerals - Operation of mines, quarries and wells - Licences and permits - Appeals or judicial review - Standing - Costs
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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Narcotic Control - Offences - Trafficking - Elements of
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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