#LegalTweetoftheDay: Depp wins libel lawsuit against Heard, but both sides guilty of defamation, jury finds #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3NTtJHs – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
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Wise Law Blog: Legal Tweet of the Day: June 1, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: B.C. to decriminalize possession of small amounts of ‘hard’ drugs such as cocaine, fentanyl and heroin #law #legal #lawtwitter via @globeandmail https://tgam.ca/3M7e5Xx – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
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#LegalTweetoftheDay: Police charge man who allegedly showed up to North York Jewish school with weapon and said ‘I want to kill Jews’ #law #legal #lawtwitter via @TorontoStar https://bit.ly/3x2F3Lv – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Simran Bakshi on Workplace and Employment Law: Another Blow to Employers – There is no saving a Termination Provision that is in part illegal
What happens if one provision in a section on termination of employment is unenforceable, but not another? The Court of Appeal considered this question in Waksdale v Swegon North America Inc, 2020 ONCA 39 and determined that “While courts will permit an employer to enforce a rights-restricting contract, they will not enforce termination provisions that
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Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of May 30, 2022 from Wise Law on Twitter: The Great Resignation: The toll taken on the legal field and what comes next Trial begins for ex-Clinton lawyer charged with lying to FBI Indian couple sue only son for not giving them
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#LegalTweetoftheDay: Taliban orders all female TV presenters to cover their faces while on air #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3MA0pW5 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
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#LegalTweetoftheDay: Former Minneapolis Officer Pleads Guilty in George Floyd Case #law #legal #lawtwitter via @nytimes https://nyti.ms/3My3NR9 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
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#LegalTweetoftheDay: Maple Leafs star Mitch Marner’s SUV stolen in armed carjacking Monday #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3Ns9wbv – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
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#LegalTweetoftheDay: Indian couple sue only son for not giving them grandchildren #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CNN https://cnn.it/3G8g7FD – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Simran Bakshi on Workplace and Employment Law: SCC Clarifies the Law on Bonus Entitlements during the Notice Period
The Supreme Court of Canada in Matthews v Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd., 2020 SCC 26 was clear that an employee who would have received a bonus during the notice period, but for her termination, is entitled to such compensation, unless the wording of the bonus plan unambiguously alters or removes
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#LegalTweetoftheDay: Elon Musk says Twitter legal team told him he violated an NDA #law #legal #lawtwitter https://cnn.it/3NciJEo – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
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Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of May 16, 2022 from Wise Law on Twitter: Chef Mario Batali Goes on Trial in Boston for Sexual Misconduct Senators aim to quickly pass bill to expand security for families of Supreme Court justices Competition Bureau files court applications to block
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A B.C. township sold off a man’s property over $6,700 in unpaid taxes. Now it’s been ordered to pay him $350K #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/39jaBTU – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
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#LegalTweetoftheDay: Lawyer disbarred years after GTA clients lost $7.7M in syndicated mortgages #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3w5CoQW – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
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#LegalTweetoftheDay: Competition Bureau files court applications to block Rogers-Shaw merger #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3wk5jzA – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Providing for Guardianship of your Children in your Last Will
You can definitely name somebody in your last will to have custody and guardianship of your minor children in the event both of the parents pass away. Now, the appointment you make in you last will is temporary. That person will eventually need to apply to the court to be
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#LegalTweetoftheDay: Can Americans seek abortion in Canada if Roe v. Wade is overturned? #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3yo148N – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Simran Bakshi on Workplace and Employment Law: Manufactured Consent is no Consent at all…
In the of NK v Botuik, 2020 HRTO 345, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal revisited the concept of consent within the context of a workplace “relationship”. The Tribunal declared that “manufactured consent which is secured by ignoring and overriding objections is not consent at all under the law…consent under the
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