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Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, July 11, 2014: Toronto man faces charges after police say teen forced into sex trade Challenging a Few Myths About Legal Marketing  Toronto doctor cleared after politically-motivated complaint over Orthodox Jewish circumcision practice California lawyer says someone

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, July 10, 2014: New Winnipeg bus bylaw bans singing Cut use of ‘gotcha card’ by requiring pretrial searches of jurors’ backgrounds, judges suggest Biebs gets 2 years probation for pelting neighbour’s home with eggs Bieber to be

Here are the leading legal headliens from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, July 9, 2014: California court closures: 200-mile trek to courthouse or plead guilty? Some defendants choose the latter Defence closes case in Oscar Pistorius murder trial CASL: myths about Canada’s anti-spam law Anti-spam law is ludicrous regulatory overkill

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, July 8, 2014: The right to be forgotten The future of unconventional restrictive covenants More opposition to Tory prostitution bill emerges as marathon hearings begin Canada’s anti-spam law perspectives Federal judge to Supreme Court following Hobby Lobby

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, July 7, 2014: Marathon prostitution hearings begin Monday Cell phones on U.S.-bound flights scrutinized For Conservatives, courts are a tempting target in 2015 campaign: Tim Harper Legal Aid Is Funding Separation Agreements Prostitution bill hearings to begin

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, July 4, 2014: ‘So sue me’: Obama draws strength from gridlock in Congress Right to be forgotten: Google erases British media articles from search results  Blagojevich appeal considers political horse-trading and criminality  Corporations race into Ginsburg’s ‘minefield’

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, July 2, 2014: Canadian businessman, 74, facing prison sentence in Cuba is cautionary tale to foreign investors: MP Consumer non-disparagement clauses gone wild: the sequel Fewer women named by Conservatives to federal boards MConnell/Bush-judge strikes down gay

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, June 27, 2014: CASL Hits Next Week – Are You Ready? Peter MacKay says controversial Mother’s and Father’s Day emails written by female staffer Ontario’s eldercare laws under review as dementia rates rise Justin Bieber sued for

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, June 26, 2014: Courts strike down same-sex marriage bans in Indiana and Utah Supreme Court rules Internet startup Aereo illegally retransmits broadcast signals Eric Holder: European citizens should be able to sue U.S. over privacy violations  Ontario

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, June 25, 2014: Ontario Superior Court: Employer’s Out-Of-Province Payroll Is Relevant To ESA Severance Pay Threshold The Case for Totally Banning Cigarettes Tips Tuesday Rebekah Brooks cleared, PM’s ex-aide convicted in U.K. phone hacking trial Dentist sues

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, June 24, 2014: Reporters group denies press pass to SCOTUSblog, calls founder’s Supreme Court advocacy ‘lobbying’   ABS: Non-lawyers in the Ontario law firm ownership mix New SCC Justice Gascon seen as always prepared, and expecting the same

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, June 20, 2014: War of lawsuits embroils billionaire philanthropist, business brothers, Toronto cops and disbarred lawyer Ottawa to fight court ruling giving ex-pats a vote – CBC.ca Redskins’ trademark lawyer says it will be business as usual

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, June 19, 2014: Video: @wiselaw’s LegalThinkTank: Knowledge Management with Connie Crosby My post today @SlawTips: Knowledge Management – Tips for Small Law Firms Tsarnaev: Judge Slams Govt’s Attempt to Use “Betrayal of US” as Aggravating Factor –

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, June 18, 2014: Georgia Inmate Is Put to Death in First U.S. Execution Since Botched Procedure  Canada could adopt European-style ‘right to be forgotten’ online privacy law Should the prostitution law debate hear from johns? – Politics

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, June 17, 2014: Prostitution bill violates the Charter, critics warn Canada Federal courts don’t deserve ‘black eye,’ chief justice says Prostitution bill a foolish fusion of right and left lunacy: DiManno Ontario is keeping secret complaints about

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, June 16, 2014: Driver’s licence revoked for drunk driving? In Canada you can still fly a plane — or private helicopter Implications of Ontario Election to Legal Sector Stripping criminal pardon from alleged terrorist was constitutional: feds 

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, June 13, 2014: My post today @SlawTips The ‘Law Office Backyard Retreat’ Report Grocers sue Vt over GMO food label law: Times Argus Online  How Kathleen Wynne won her mission impossible majority: Cohn Texas prosecutor boots black juror,

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, June 12, 2014: Jail video that Toronto police swore ‘did not exist’ released in brutality complaint Toronto Star wins Michener Award for coverage of Mayor Rob Ford Winnipeg lawyer disputes residential school form-filling fees ruling  Supreme Court

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday June 11, 2014: BC lawyers vote against religious school  Microsoft Protests Order for Email Stored Abroad- NY Times Proposed Canada cyberbullying law to let police ‘remotely hack into computers, mobile devices, or cars’ Ted Cruz, possible 2016

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, June 10, 2014: Rocco Galati plans legal challenge to Citizenship Act changes  Angelina Codina facing legal troubles again – Law Times Time to Say Goodbye to an Employee? Employment lawyers should prepare for new world following WSIB