I have a tendency to want to keep my gravy out of my peas — control issues, I know. This makes me work to keep my social media in silos… [more]
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Fair Use in the U.S. Copyright Act – Analysis and Interpretation
by Lesley Ellen Harris
Sunday, January 29th, 2012
Fair use (s. 107) is an intentionally drafted ambiguous provision in the U.S. Copyright Act for the purpose of defending users of copyright works from a variety of otherwise infringing… [more]
The Supreme Court of Canada announced today that judgment in the National Securities Regulator Reference will be delivered at 9:45 a.m. EDT on Thursday, December 22, 2011. That's In the … [more]
Words have meaning. The context, tone, and interplay give rise to nuances that is the basis for statutory and case law interpretation. But sometimes the iteration of words have meaning… [more]
Rashomon Like Views of the Thomson-Reuters Merger – and Why Bloomberg Is Gaining
by Simon Chester
Monday, December 12th, 2011
The English media came back this weekend to re-examine the health of Thomson-Reuters and reached wildly different conclusions. The BBC talks of Thomson moving to establish hegemony over business data,… [more]
Reading some posts and tweets (p&t's?) on standards for legislation and opinion metadata lately, I was surprised to bump into a side-issue, "side" at least in this context, on whether… [more]
CALL/ACBD Webinar – Yahoo Pipes: Slicing and Dicing RSS Feeds for Legal Practice Groups
by Connie Crosby
Monday, November 14th, 2011
On Wednesday the Canadian Association of Law Libraries will be presenting a webinar with Michel Gamache, Director of Documentation Services, Heenan Blaikie in Montreal. Michel will be explaining how to… [more]
The staff at HeinOnline have a new, free HeinOnline iPad app to access their database.
Logging into the app is easy and users are invited to have their login and… [more]
Inmagic's Special Library Products and InMagic Brand Purchased by SydneyPLUS
by Connie Crosby
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
No doubt many libraries in our community have already heard the news: SydneyPLUS has just purchased a big piece of the Inmagic pie. This includes Inmagic’s DB/Text Library Suite of products: DB/TextWorks, DB/Text … [more]
Given the increasing level of globalization in the world today there continues to be considerable interest in trade with emerging markets like China.
Dan Harris of the China Law Blog… [more]
Google provides a dashboard where you may view and edit the information it collects about you, and set policies for its collection of info in future. Google also describes data… [more]
Not that Research in Motion needs more bad news and Apple more positive press, but today Apple launches a significant update to its operating system along with its new cloud… [more]
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Cash Flow Reports – Part 2
Thursday, May 24
This is the second in a series of ten tips dealing with cash flow reports and cash flow management. Gregory Nunn once said: “Never underestimate the value of cold cash.”… »»Practice
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Wednesday, May 23
Today’s Tip: Monitor UN documents with RSS Since I last looked, the United Nations Documents site has a new look and feel. For what the site is trying to deliver, … »»Research
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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…"
MLB Selected Case Summaries
These summaries of selected recent cases are provided each week to Slaw by Maritime Law Book.
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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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