Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, January 11, 2013: Planned Ontario teachers protest illegal, labour board rules Joe Biden: Obama prepared to use executive action on gun control When “Your Day in Court” Does Not Include an Oral Hearing – Slaw South Carolina
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Wise Law Blog: 140Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, January 10, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, January 10, 2013: Enough ‘idling’ – it’s time to talk Two Quebec judges suspended during probe of drug allegations Luka Magnotta case back in court ahead of March hearing Opinion: A veiled witness obstructs justice – The
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: High School Isn’t What It Used To Be
Imagine the embarrassment of being a teenager again, except now your source of torment is not limited to forced school interaction with ruthless bullies, but now occurs at home and around the WWW too. Sexual attitudes need to quickly change, and treatment of bullies needs to radically evolve if we’re
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, January 9, 2013: Federal judge orders trial for Kansas abortion law challenge Military judge: Bradley Manning subjected to illegal pretrial punishment Examples of Good Legal Writing Toronto Man Detained for 12 Years on Security Certificate Without Charges
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, January 8, 2013: Zuckerberg faces €20,000 fine over Facebook’s anonymous accounts ban | ZDNet Indian Judge Bans Reporting on Trial of 5 Men in Gang Rape Case Judge decries ‘horse and buggy’ justice system | Headline News
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, January 7, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, January 7, 2013: Birther Queen Orly Taitz Explains to Judge: She Is Pretty Much Thurgood Marshall, Yo ‘Mini-trial’ today for Colorado cinema shooting suspect Canada’s jobless rate drops to 4-year low Church of England allows abstinent gay
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, January 04, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, January 04, 2013: Law Prof Who Urged Abandoning the Constitution Gets Abusive and Threatening Emails Virginia Court: Negative Yelp Reviews Shouldn’t Be Censored The top 10 Canadian legal ethics stories for 2012 Two fake Toronto law firms
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, January 03, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, January 03, 2013: Alberta’s top court puts random workplace drug and alcohol testing on hold Superior Court of Ontario Allows Lawyers and Journalists to Use Electronic Media in Court Gross: Criminal Obscenity in Film and TV Productions
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, January 02, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, January 02, 2012: Players union set to respond Wednesday to latest NHL offer – Yahoo! Sports The Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist Let’s use the New Year to make Alternative Dispute Resolution, especially mediation, Appropriate and Affordable
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Theresa Spence Hunger Strike: Social Media Conversation on Friday, December 28, 2012
Today, Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence’s indefinite hunger strike, taking place here in Ottawa, enters Day 18. Spence started her peaceful protest on December 11, 2012. She’s demanding a meeting involving Prime Minister Stephen Harper, a representative of the Queen and First Nations leaders. She wants to discuss treaty agreements between Canada and First
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: This Christmas, Canadians and First Nations Idle No More
Neither the bitter Canadian winter nor the holiday season are slowing down Chief Theresa Spence and the phenomenal Idle No More movement. Flash mobs and other peaceful protest actions are either under way or planned for the near future, including the ongoing blockade of a CN Rail line in Sarnia, Ontario. Chief
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Massive Support For Chief Teresa Spence-Just Twitter ‘Idle No More’
Chief Teresa Spence is now on Day 15 of her strike on behalf of indigenous peoples struggles everywhere. She has vowed to continue her hunger strike until Canadian Prime Minister meets with her to deal with the deplorable living conditions so many Natives are facing nation wide. The call for
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Hunger striker Chief Theresa Spence gets 5 500 Twitter followers in only 40 hours
Today marks Day 14 of Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence’s indefinite hunger strike. Still, Canada’s Prime Minister refuses to tear down his stubborn wall of silence over the peaceful protest. He remains unwilling to meet Spence legitimate demand for a face-to-face meeting of the prime minister, Governor General and First Nations leaders. Michael
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Day Stephen Harper Met Homer Simpson
OMG. Somebody call Interpol or the International Hipster Police. I knew the sinister Con operatives in the PMO are desperate, but this is the limit !@#!@The Con drone who pretends to be Stephen Harper on Twitter is trying to fool Canadians into gagging on the ultimate Big Lie.By doing his/her/its best
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, December 21, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, December 21, 2012: Apple’s ‘pinch-to-zoom’ patent deemed invalid Supreme Court allows appeal over Ontario sex-offender data Donald Trump Teaches a Disgruntled Beauty Queen an ‘Expensive Lesson’ in Arbitration France: report recommends permitting doctors to accelerate death for
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: NDP MP Pat Martin Roasted For Calling a Spade a *)%&@@**Shovel!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes-Political Blogger Winnipeg MP Pat Martin swears off Twitter after abusive rant against Conservatives was the headline in todays Vancouver Province. Martin was pressured for daring to risk a relevant response to the mountains of horsehit heaped upon the opposition, the parliament and the Canadian people by the
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, December 20, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, December 20, 2012: Comment on The Law Society’s Misguided Decision: De-Funding OLAP by Darryl Singer via Slaw My blog post on why LSUC decision to back a new model to help legal professionals in distress is right
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, December 19, 2012: EXCLUSIVE: Fear of being committed may have caused Connecticut gunman to snap | Fox News Report on BBC Inquiry Into Sex Abuse to Be Released Wednesday Amendments to the Canada Labour Code Receive Royal
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, December 18, 2012: Apple’s bid to ban Samsung U.S. sales denied by judge Hacker jailed 10 years for leaking nude pictures of Scarlett Johansson Child Custody in a Digital Age SCC puts stop to back-seat detention of
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, December 17, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, December 17, 2012: NHL lawsuit assigned to 2nd-year federal judge, former federal prosecutor Judge approves settlement in PA juvenile sentencing suit Is Google Abusing Its Market Power? Former Legal Allies Disagree Domino’s founder sues feds over Obama
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