Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, January 6, 2012: Orly Taitz Scores Procedural Victory in Birther Lawsuit, America Is Saved (Wonkette) Magna Carta and Wingnut Legislation : Lawyers, Guns & Money Washington State couple sues Johnson & Johnson, allege defective, recalled Children’s Tylenol
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Wise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, January 5, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, January 5th, 2012: Fertility Laws Unclear in Canada Macleod Dixon, Norton Rose merger official, form third-largest law firm in Canada Law Society of Upper Canada Regulatory Proceedings for December 2011 – MarketWatch (press release) Macleod Dixon, Norton
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Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, January 04, 2012: Ontario Court of Appeal Grants Amputee up to $1M of Benefits – Kusnierz v. Economical Mutual Ins. Nearly 1,000 serving UK police officers ave a criminal record – Telegraph Utah opinion: Unethical for attorneys
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Here are the first leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012. If you opted to avoid technology over the holidays, here is your chance to get caught up!: Loopholes in law spark rise in illegal surrogacy deals – Law Timeshttp://bit.ly/d62xgF – Insghts from @fertilitylaw (S. Cohen) Fogler,
Continue readingThe Equivocator: 2011 in 10 @Uranowski tweets
Please follow me on twitter, @Uranowski, if you don’t already. Here are 7 of my favourite/most retweeted tweets of the year: March 6th: “If they are going to insist that we call it the Harper gov’t, it’s only fair that we call it the “Harper Revenue Agency.” – @JohnMcKayLib March
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for December 28, 2011
Welcome to today’s holiday edition of leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter, where we will play catch-up on events over the last few days. For those who are at the office today, what better break could there be from the hustle and bustle of workplace life? And those that
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Who will be 1000 on the Twitter? – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Firm website: www.wiselaw.net TORONTO EMPLOYMENT LAW • TORONTO CIVIL LITIGATION & ESTATE LITIGATION • TORONTO FAMILY LAW & DIVORCE ORIGINALLY POSTED AT WISE LAW BLOG • SUBSCRIBE TO WISE LAW BLOG
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Your seasonal anti-social-media message: Have a V**y Me**y Christmas!
Pierre Trudeau: What? Fuddle-Duddle? Below: Justin Trudeau; Pat Martin. O Sir, we quarrel in print… I blame Twitter, one of the first examples of genuinely anti-social media online, for the recent decline in the already debased state of public discourse in Canada. Leastways, Twitter certainly makes it easy to slam
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, December 22, 2011
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, December 22, 2011: Ex-nun claims ‘intimidation’ at monastery in wrongful dismissal action – Toronto Star http://bit.ly/d62xgF Advertising Sex for World Series Tickets Is Not Attempted Prostitution http://bit.ly/ry59bG Ontario Court of Appeal: Self-incriminating evidence at civil trial discovery cannot be
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Here are today’s leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, December 21, 2011: Number of G20 charges dropped rises http://bit.ly/sGA7OK Facebook Timeline: The privacy settings it should have, but doesn’t – Vancouver Sun (blog) http://bit.ly/d62xgF UFC’s Brock Lesnar pleads guilty to Alberta hunting chargehttp://bit.ly/v8iGpI Lawyer Sues RI Chief Justice, Says
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Today we’re not only providing you with the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter, we’re also providing a little video to get you in the mood for the holidays! Scottsdale surgeons win $12 million in defamation case against patient who posted bad reviews | The Republic – http://goo.gl/yxTQ0 Court process
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, December 19, 2011
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, December 19, 2011: Facebook is sued for its ‘Like’ button advertisements – Daily Mail – http://bit.ly/d62xgF Newt Gingrich proposes a subpoena for judges who issue “terrible” decisions. http://nyti.ms/tNdWvJ Ontario celebrates 25-years of official recognition for gays and lesbians – http://bit.ly/d62xgF
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, December 16, 2011
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, December 16, 2011: Suit by Fired Lawyer Claims Law Firm Encouraged Fraud with 3,000-Hour Billable Quota – ABA Journal – http://goo.gl/garvY Attawapiskat seeks injunction against feds to block new manager – Canada – CBC News – http://goo.gl/4CVsH New limits
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, December 15, 2011
Here are the leading legal headlines for Thursday, December 15, 2011 from Wise Law on Twitter: Panetta leads ceremony marking formal end war in Iraq – http://bit.ly/s6ciJN Wheat board wants court injunction to stop Ottawa’s plan – http://bit.ly/rpxhgk Windsor lawyer ordered to personally pay $45,000 in costs for ‘meritless’ claim http://bit.ly/vvKUnA Judge: Lindsay
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: POS Canadian Government
WARNING: This blog post uses frank ideas that may offend idiots. The CBC link contained inside it contains a language warning, even though the offensive word is “shit”, and it’s used accurately by a Parliamentarian to describe our Environment Minister. Reader discretion is not advised, because everyone should know that
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, December 14, 2011: Jerry Sandusky Waives Preliminary Hearing, Media Disappointedhttp://bit.ly/uQ8cqI FCC acts to quiet blaring TV commercialson US TV http://bit.ly/vXauIY Crown pulls case against hobby farmer – Ottawa Citizen http://bit.ly/d62xgF Chuck E. Cheese’s fined for child labor law violations http://bit.ly/ulIiAh
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Rumour management and Twitter #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Via crisisblogger.com comes a link to a Guardian feature on the role Twitter played in rumours about riots in London. The site gives seven specific rumours and tracks the life-cycle of the rumour from inception to death. From the Guardian: A period of unrest can provoke many untruths, an analysis
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Here are the leading legal headlines for Tuesday, December 13, 2011 from Wise Law on Twitter: Blago Sentenced: He Joins the Justice Department’s Smoke-and-Mirrors Show – Forbes – http://goo.gl/LV9sW Law Firms and Social Media: A Match Not Yet Made in Heaven – http://on.wsj.com/uS3TjY Criminal Prosecutions For Canadian Workplace Accidents: The Year in
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for December 12, 2011
Here are the leading legal headlines for Monday, December 12, 2011 from Wise Law on Twitter: Florida lawyers open kiosk-office in shopping mall http://bit.ly/snAAUc Courts too lenient on parental abductors, lawyer says – The Globe and Mail http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/courts-too-lenient-on-parental-abductors-lawyer-says/article2267556/ Kingston “honour-killing “trial: Father denies ‘impossible’ claim he killed family http://bit.ly/vBZhvz Nations agree on landmark
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for December 9, 2011
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, December 9, 2011: Durban climate talks mean life or death for poor island states http://bit.ly/rQPQaN Maple Leaf Sports nearing billion-dollar sale to Bell Media, Rogers partnership (Yahoo! Sports) http://yhoo.it/voc0rW Wisc. law unfairly caps consumer attorney fees at 3x damages
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