Judge Calls Vintage Auto “Frankenstein’s Monster of Automobile World”
In 1987 John Gabriel acquired 1961 Studebaker Hawk. In 2002, he agreed to sell it to Robert Watterworth. Neither of them realized that the vintage automobile was an amalgam of…
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Happy Canada Day
And happy NHL free-agency day too… – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net WRONGFUL DISMISSAL • CIVIL LITIGATION AND ESTATE LITIGATION • FAMILY LAW AND…
Video: Zimmerman Prosecutor Stands His Ground
Bearing an uncanny resemblance to Dr. Phil, Florida State prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda argues against bail for accused killer, George Zimmerman: – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
Movin’ to Canada
… to escape socialist Obamacare. – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net WRONGFUL DISMISSAL • CIVIL LITIGATION AND ESTATE LITIGATION • FAMILY LAW AND DIVORCE…
Tax or Mandate? John Roberts As the Decider
On the farce that was yesterday’s US Supreme Court ruling that narrowly preserved the Obama health care plan, Salon writer and University of Colorada law professor Paul Campos gets it…
Will Microsoft’s Surface be the Tablet for Lawyers?
Though I’m a long-time Windows user, I’ve certainly done my best over the last couple of years to warm up to Apple’s clearly superior mobile and tablet products. To be…
The Steroid Trials
Can we all agree that going after athletes that use steroids is a huge waste of time and money? Yes, I believe we can. – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit…
Solutions? Bigger Anti-Smoking Warnings?
I’m a smoker, but I’ll say this anyway. If the government is genuinely serious about limiting tobacco-related harm, try this on for a concept: Just do it – ban the…
Video: Using Social Media for Change
A daring social media campaign changes the conversation – and according to this video, helps win an election by a landslide: – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
False Conviction Syndrome
A University of Michigan study looks at wrongful convictions in America, and reaches predictable conclusions: Gross co-authored a report on the database that pulls together statistics on exonerations from January…
Avoiding Extinction: The Launch of Mitch Kowalski
Last night, Toronto lawyer and writer Mitch Kowalski formally launched his book, Avoiding Extinction: Reimagining Legal Services for the 21st Century, at an event at Ben McNally Books in downtown…
Those Law Bloggers Meetup (Again)
We had another successful meetup of Toronto’s law blogging and tweeting community on Monday night at The Keg on York Street, downtown. Here’s a look at the lineup: Left: Jessica…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, May 9, 2012: Ontario moves toward digital court records – National Post Mentally ill female prisoners treated…
"CourtBerry Syndrome" and Why Some Jurors Can’t Resist Tweeting
Trial judges routinely warn jurors to avoid using social media and the internet to research or comment on matters before the court during trials. Nonetheless, news reports of jurors who…
Name That Regulator: The Law Society of Upper Canada’s #Hashtag Problem
It may be the #hashtag that will ultimately will do it in. Or perhaps, it’s just that it’s still sniggeringly funny to our latent kindergarten brains when someone says the…
Seven Years of Wise Law Blog
Blog years probably should be counted like dog years. And while I’d be remiss if I didn’t note that the seventh anniversary of the commencement of this blog came and…
Will Free Speech in America Meet its Match in Lieberman?
Our American friends are at it again. A new legislative initiative by Senator Joseph Lieberman, a former Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate, is justifiably raising eyebrows sky-high among free speech advocates south…
Why like social media? – Lawyers Weekly
I am quoted in this article on the legal profession’s utilization of social media: Why like social media? – Lawyers Weekly – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
2011 ClawBies Announced
The winners of the 2011 Canadian Law Blog Awards have been announced. Congratulations to Erik Magraken’s B.C Injury Law Blog, named as Canada’s best of 2011, and to all winners…
Signing Off for 2011
It’s been quite a year, and with this, our 400th post of 2011, let me simply thank our readers for joining us here at Wise Law Blog, via RSS, on…