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Everything Is Miscellaneous – a Must-Read Book

by Joel Alleyne

October 27th, 2007

David Weinberger, author of Small Pieces Loosely Joined… [more] (2002) ((Weinberger, D. (2002). Small Pieces Loosely Joined: A Unified Theory of the Web. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Publishing.)) and one of the

Portals Revisited

by Joel Alleyne

September 15th, 2007

About eight years ago, I toured the country with a number of seminars conducted by the Delphi Group on corporate portals. Portals were quickly becoming an option for corporations (including… [more]

EV-DO Provides High Speed Access

by Joel Alleyne

August 3rd, 2006

Earlier in the year I wrote about my EV-DO PC card – which I still use as a way to stay in touch with the office and the world when… [more]

A New Twist to Domain Squatting

by Joel Alleyne

July 21st, 2006

Picture this: you go online to see if a specific domain name is available; you use what is supposed to be a reputable site on the web; when you come… [more]

Net Neutrality – the Debate Continues

by Joel Alleyne

June 4th, 2006

Here are two recent articles about the ongoing debate about net neutrality.
First, from CIO Magazine, Ben Worthen warns "The democracy of the Web may soon be a relic of… [more]

You Can Still Be Fired for Surfing the Web?

by Joel Alleyne

May 8th, 2006

Despite the fact that Judge John Spooner, an administrative law judge, ruled that a New York City employee cannot be fired for surfing the Web at work in April, the… [more]

Johnny Continues to Ignore Copyright

by Joel Alleyne

April 27th, 2006

Given that this week's theme is 'Copyright', I went back to a recent article I had read in CIO Insight, in January, by Larry Downes, Associate Dean of the UC-Berkeley… [more]

Google Romance

by Joel Alleyne

April 1st, 2006

I am not sure how long this link will remain … but check out the new (beta; of course) Google Romance. Make sure to take the tour.
Have fun :=).… [more]

Continuous Partial Attention

by Joel Alleyne

March 24th, 2006

One of my IT colleagues, who freely admits that he does not carry a Blackberry because of its addictive nature — even in the evenings when with family, brought to… [more]

Net Neutrality

by Joel Alleyne

March 19th, 2006

I came across an article in the Financial Times after AT&T announced their intended acquisition of BellSouth that questioned the impact of this acquisition on 'net neutrality'. [See the Wikipedia… [more]

CIA Discovers Wikipedia

by Joel Alleyne

March 11th, 2006

Well, seems like someone did not tell staffers at the CIA that Wikipedia has become more vigilant in monitoring 'who changes what' on the online encyclopedia. A sidebar story "… [more]

Origami – Has the Future Arrived?

by Joel Alleyne

March 9th, 2006

Blogs have been abuzz for the last few weeks with one of the worse kept secrets in the technology business — the new Microsoft Origami mini-note computer. Launched at CeBIT… [more]

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SlawTips Top 10 Financial Errors: #9 Avoid Having a Written Office-Sharing or Partnership Agreement
Thursday, February 9

Max Amsterdam once said: “Business is the art of extracting money from another man’s pocket without resorting to violence.” The purpose of having a written agreement between all … »»

Practice

SlawTips Open Access Journals
Wednesday, February 8

There is good leagal content that doesn’t necessarily come in the neat packages that we usually look in.  Though our commercial legal database subscriptions have linked, vetted, edited, and easily. […] »»

Research

SlawTips Use join.me to Get on the Same Page Across the Web
Wednesday, February 8

When you need to collaborate on a document displayed on your screen, it’s great to have a colleague from down the hall come into your office and look over your … »»

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.

  • Banks and Banking - Liability of banks to third parties - Negligence - General

    The plaintiffs were the former shareholders of a company that failed. They sued the defendant bank alleging that it breached its contract with the company and the plaintiffs and breached a duty ...

  • Actions - Cause of action - General principles - New or extended cause of action - Opening of floodgates

    The plaintiff and defendant worked at different branches of the same bank. The defendant’s common-law husband was the plaintiff’s ex-husband. Over a four year period, the defendant ...

  • Aliens - Definitions and general principles - Immigration consultants

    The Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants (CSIC) had been designated as the sole regulatory body of immigration consultants in Canada from 2004 until June 2011. On June 30, 2011, Bill C-35 came into force, which significantly amended ...

  • Criminal Law - Sexual offences, public morals and disorderly conduct - Public morals - Obscenity - Possession of child pornography

    The accused was convicted of making child pornography available and two counts of possession of child pornography (see [2010] Sask.R. Uned. 197). Subsequently, he was sentenced ...

  • Criminal Law - Procedure - Charge or directions - Jury or judge alone - Directions regarding pleas or evidence of witnesses, co-accused and accomplices

    Rowe was convicted by a jury of five offences. He appealed.

    The Ontario Court of Appeal allowed ...

  • Narcotic Control - Offences - Possession - General

    The accused wished to access marijuana for medicinal purposes but did not have an authorization to possess marijuana issued under the Marihuana Medical Access Regulations. He was notified that a package of marihuana addressed to him had been ...

  • Narcotic Control - General - Legislation - Exemptions - Medicinal marijuana

    McCrady, who had an application pending under the Marihuana Medical Access Regulations (MMAR) to possess and grow marijuana, was convicted of possession of marijuana (Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA), s. 4(1)). Hearn pleaded guilty ...

  • Criminal Law - Sentence - Trafficking in hashish or marijuana (incl. possession for purposes of trafficking)

    The accused pleaded guilty to one count of possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking. He was sentenced to 30 days’ imprisonment to be served intermittently and 11 months’ ...

  • Municipal Law - Powers of municipalities - Particular powers - Imposition and collection of taxes or fees 

    Catalyst Paper Corp. operated a paper mill in the District of North Cowichan. Catalyst objected to the tax rate that it paid compared to residential ratepayers. In 2009, the ...


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