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June 12, 2015 Rachel, Law Clerk and Office Manager

Wise Law Blog: Use Siri Dictation Commands to Punctuate Your Life (Or at Very Least, Your Email)

I’ve previously blogged at Slaw Tips on the virtues of using Siri’s dictation functions to draft letters, emails and other documents typically created in day-to-day legal practice.In short, dictation with Siri has increased my productivity, precision and the overall quality of my work product.For those who are similarly inclined, I wanted to share a great

June 8, 2015 Rachel, Law Clerk and Office Manager

Wise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for Week of June 1, 2015

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: Sorry Bell, accessing U.S. Netflix is not theft: Geist Toronto Mayor John Tory vows to end controversial carding tactic ‘once and for all’ Manitoba family law changes bringing needed ‘clarity’ LegalZoom files $10.5M antitrust suit against North Carolina bar,

May 25, 2015 Rachel, Law Clerk and Office Manager

Wise Law Blog: 140Law – Legal Headlines for the Week of May 18th

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: Ex-Israeli Premier Olmert Sentenced to 8 Months in Prison Change in overtime rules could lead to more suits over worker emails sent outside work Risk management strategies to reduce your risk of a claim under the new Ontario Rule

May 19, 2015 Rachel, Law Clerk and Office Manager

Wise Law Blog: 140Law – Recent Legal Headlines

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: Employee tracking apps raise worker privacy questions Editorial: Law Society failing vulnerable refugee claimants | The Toronto Star Ontario Passes Protecting Child Performers Act | Entertainment & Media Law Signal Presiding at Same-Sex Wedding, Ruth Bader Ginsburg Emphasizes the

May 19, 2015 Rachel, Law Clerk and Office Manager

Wise Law Blog: Migrating from Windows Live Mail to MS-Outlook

Which email client does your law office use?I raise this question, as the purchase of a new computer for my desktop has necessitated the migration of all my emails – around 20 Gigs worth – to my new machine.Out of habit, if nothing else, we have used Windows Live Mail as

May 11, 2015 Rachel, Law Clerk and Office Manager

Wise Law Blog: 140Law – Legal Headlines for the Week of May 4, 2015

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: Legal Aid seeks standing at penalty hearing for disgraced refugee lawyer | The Toronto Star Omar #law #legal (via @DrDawg) Omar Khadr’s odds of winning US appeal look good, legal expert says – CBC.ca Egypt’s Mubarak sentenced to 3

May 4, 2015 Rachel, Law Clerk and Office Manager

Wise Law Blog: 140 Law – Recent Leading Legal Headlines

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: Prisoner’s window escape from Toronto courthouse was brief Canada’s first legal incubator opens at Ryerson Criminal Arrested After ‘Liking’ His Own Mugshot On Facebook – MTV Ottawa seeks emergency stay to stop Omar Khadr’s release Controversial lawyers Groia and

April 30, 2015 Rachel, Law Clerk and Office Manager

Wise Law Blog: Mobilegeddon: Is Your Law Firm Website Ready to Pass Google’s New Mobile-Friendliness Test?

Some call it Mobilegeddon.Google began to roll out a mobile-friendliness update last Tuesday, April 21, 2015. With this latest, major algorithmic change, Google will now be boosting search rankings of mobile-friendly web pages on its mobile search results. According to Google: A page is eligible for the “mobile-friendly” label if it meets

April 20, 2015 Rachel, Law Clerk and Office Manager

Wise Law Blog: Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation Cracks Down on Plenty of Fish

Global News recently reported that popular free-dating site Plenty of Fish (POF) paid $48,000.00 for violating Canada’s anti-spam legislation that came in to effect on July 1, 2014. The violations happened within a 4 month window between July 1 and October 8, 2014. POF is accused by the CRTC of sending emails to

April 20, 2015 Rachel, Law Clerk and Office Manager

Wise Law Blog: 140 Law – Leading Legal Headlines

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: Mark Saunders named Toronto’s next police chief Mike Duffy trial: Ezra Levant, former Sun News host, set to testify FBI admits it fudged forensic hair matches in nearly all criminal trials for decades Former Prosecutor Teaches You How to

April 17, 2015 Rachel, Law Clerk and Office Manager

Wise Law Blog: Getting Your Legal Writing Right

I remember the time that a favourite client of mine gave me a schooling in the art of legal writing – and proofreading. A retired lawyer (and the consummate gentleman), he had retained me to draft revisions to a fairly complex Last Will and Testament. He was a bit of

April 13, 2015 Rachel, Law Clerk and Office Manager

Wise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for the week of April 6, 2015

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: Animal activists try a new gambit to help chickens, coyotes: Walkom Kathleen Wynne still has concerns about prostitution law Why the 2015 LSUC Bencher Election Deserves Your Attention Dentons and McKenna Long agree to merge Mike Duffy expected to

April 6, 2015 Rachel, Law Clerk and Office Manager

Wise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for Week of March 30th

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: An Alternative ABS Structure for Better Legal Business Closing arguments to be presented in Boston Marathon trial Roma refugees victims of systemic discrimination in Canada, new report finds Sexual assault allegations against former Vancouver Olympics CEO dismissed ‘Good Samaritan’

April 2, 2015 Rachel, Law Clerk and Office Manager

Wise Law Blog: The Working Stay-Cation

I shoulda been in Jamaica, this week.For a variety of scheduling reasons, mostly my significant other’s, that didn’t work out as planned. Which is not at the end of the world, particularly with temperatures hitting 15 degrees in Toronto today.(It’s 28 in Runaway Bay, Jamaica though, as we speak).But today’s

March 30, 2015 Rachel, Law Clerk and Office Manager

Wise Law Blog: 140Law – Leading Legal Headlines For The Week of March 23, 2015

Here are the recent legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: Ghomeshi case put over to April 28 Former American Apparel CEO Dov Charney seeks $40M in damages after ouster California acts to reject lawyer’s ‘bullets to the head’ anti-gay ballot initiative Christian doctors’ group says new college policy infringes

March 23, 2015 Rachel, Law Clerk and Office Manager

Wise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for the Week of March 16, 2015

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio agrees to sanctions for contempt of court Jewish summer camp which barred boy appears to be acting within its rights Target proposes to pay $10M to settle data breach lawsuit Judge strikes lawyer’s entire defence

March 20, 2015 Rachel, Law Clerk and Office Manager

Wise Law Blog: Late Lawyers (and Other Musings)

New York City’s embattled, progressive mayor, Bill de Blasio, has in rapid order acquired a bit of a reputation for failing to arrive on time. His tardy tendencies have even launched a new cottage industry in the press, the “De Blasio was Late Again” outrage-of-the-day story. Late the for a

March 20, 2015 Rachel, Law Clerk and Office Manager

Wise Law Blog: Medical Marijuana Law Goes to Canada’s High Court (No Pun Intended)

Today, the Supreme Court of Canada will decide whether Canadians have the constitutional right to consume medically-prescribed marijuana in a manner other than smoking.Currently, it’s only legal for medical marijuana users to intake dried-marijuana plants. They can’t add it to baked goods or anything else, without opening themselves up to

March 16, 2015 Rachel, Law Clerk and Office Manager

Wise Law Blog: Babysitting, a Lucrative Business Venture for 15 Year Old New Yorker

The New York Post recently published an article about Noa Mintz, a mini-mogul, who at fifteen years old is the business genius behind the agency Nannies by Noa, which caters to parents in the New York area. This seems like babysitters club 101, find a group of teens willing to babysit

March 16, 2015 Rachel, Law Clerk and Office Manager

Wise Law Blog: Apple’s i0S 8.3 Reveals More Diverse Emojis

Users have spoken and Apple has created! The Next Web recently reported that consumers requests were heard. Emoji’s on the i0S 8.3 will have different skin tones and further country flags. A little taste of what’s to come is below. photo taken from The Next Web -Rachel Spence, Law Clerk