Monday’s Mix

Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canada’s award­-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from sixty recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their work, with their permission, to as wide an audience as possible.

This week the randomly selected blogs are 1. Ontario Condo Law Blog  2. Youth and Work 3. Michael Geist  4. Combat Sports Law  5. Rule of Law

Ontario Condo Law Blog
A reasonably prudent director

Condo directors in Ontario are expected to exercise a certain degree of attentiveness, caution and prudence while carrying out their duties. This expectation is known as the “standard of care” and is set out in section 37(1) of the Condominium Act, 1998, which provides …

Youth and Work
Is Ontario’s Ministry of Labour Failing Nail Salon Workers?

Last week the New York Times ran two excellent pieces called “The Price of Nice Nails” and “Perfect Nails, Poisoned Workers”, which document the abuse of nail salon workers in the New York City area. The response to the piece has been heartening and yesterday Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the enactment of emergency measures to protect nail salon workers. …

Michael Geist
Canadian Piracy Rates Plummet as Industry Points to Effectiveness of Copyright Notice-and-Notice System

Canada’s copyright notice-and-notice system took effect earlier this year, leading to thousands of notifications being forwarded by Internet providers to their subscribers. Groups such as the Canadian Recording Industry Association argued during the legislative process that notice-and-notice would “pose a long-term problem”, yet the evidence suggested that the system could be effective in decreasing online infringement. …

Combat Sports Law
$9,000 In Damages Ordered After UFC 148 Piracy

Reasons for judgement were released this week by the US District Court, D. Arizona, ordering the owners of a commercial establishment to pay $9,000 for piracy of UFC 148. In this week’s case (Joe Hand Promotions, Inc. v. Chileen) the Defendants displayed UFC 148 at their restaurant without paying the commercial sub licencing fee. …

Rule of Law
Re Beck Estate

In a previous post, I wrote about the first reported case applying section 58 of the Will, Estates and Succession Act. This section allows the court to give effect to a “record, document, or writing or marking on a will or other document” as a will even though it does not meet the signing and witnessing requirements for a valid will in British Columbia. We now have a second reported decision, Re Beck Estate, 2015 BCSC 676, released on April 29, 2015. …

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