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• EXCESS COPYRIGHT: Canadian Copyright Kerfuffle – How NOT to Fix Copyright Law? (with apologies to Bill Patry)
• Spotlight on Thompson Rivers University Law School « BC Law Watch Blog
• Statistics Canada, The Daily, Women in Canada
  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.
• Library Boy: Library of Parliament Legislative Summary of Bill on Adding New House of Commons Seats
  The bill amends the Constitution Act, 1867 by readjusting the number of members and the representation of the provinces in the House of Commons.
• Judges out of touch on privacy issues, says Ontario privacy czar
• Ars Technica: Law & Disorder: Startup hopes to hack the immigration system with a floating incubator
  Blueseed plans to buy a ship and turn it into a floating incubator anchored in international waters off the coast of California.
• An open letter to Canadian journalists - CAJ
  Under Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the flow of information out of Ottawa has slowed to a trickle.
• EXCESS COPYRIGHT: Fair Dealing Cases in the Supreme Court of Canada - December 6 and 7, 2011 - Links to Factums
• Ontario Commissioner Issues Significant Order on Custody or Control of University Records « All About Information
  "…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…"
• Library Boy: Library of Parliament Legislative Summary of Bill To Abolish Firearms Registry

MLB Selected Case Summaries    

• Harkat, Re 2012 FCA 122

  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 ...
  
  

• Girouard v. Druet 2012 NBCA 40

  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 ...
  
  

• Donell et al. v. GJB Enterprises Inc. et al. 2012 BCCA 135

  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 ...
  
  

• Dish Network L.L.C. et al. v. Rex et al. 2012 BCCA 161

  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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