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Bloggers: A Critique

Posted on May 06, 2008
Hockey writer Brandon Felder:Another issue brought up is the lack of quality writing by bloggers. I won?t lie. I?m sure I?ve made my fair of grammatical errors. While I strive to write as professionally as possible, there is no doubt times I make mistakes...

Israeli Court Rejects Domestic Violence Claim by Same -Sex Partner

Posted on May 05, 2008
Citing Israel's Declaration of Independence, a family court judge has rejected a man's claim of domestic violence and harassment by his same-sex partner because the couple does not fall within the definition of a "legitimate family" in accordance with Jewish law...

Mildred Loving, 1940 - 2008

Posted on May 05, 2008
Mildred Loving, the plaintiff in a landmark 1967 U.S. Supreme Court decision that eliminated legal barriers to interracial marriage in America, has died at age 68: Loving and her white husband, Richard, changed history in 1967 when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld their right to marry...

Will Teamsters' Supreme Court of Canada Employment Law Victory Erode Employee Rights on Termination?

Posted on May 05, 2008
Evans v. Teamsters Local Union No. 31Under Canadian law, a terminated employee is required to make reasonable and diligent effort to secure re-employment after a dismissal. In wrongful dismissal actions, damages may be reduced if such efforts are not demonstrated...

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Scotland Repeals Spousal Testimony Law

Posted on May 04, 2008
BBC News reports:A husband, wife or civil partner can currently only be required to give evidence against their partner if they are the victim of an offence by them.Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill said the law has meant spouses have been able to "escape justice"...

Canada's Age of Consent Raised to 16

Posted on May 04, 2008
As part of the Tackling Violent Crime Act that received Royal Assent in late February of this year, Canada?s age of consent has now been raised two years to the age of 16.The Canadian Press reports:The legislation was brought in by the Conservative government in part to deal with older internet predators who troll the web looking for younger victims...

Saturday Poli-Tunes: Teflon John

Posted on May 03, 2008
From Max and The Marginalized - Teflon John:There's something worth pointing out about this California-based band beyond its music - that is the state-of-the-art model it is using for its self-marketing and distribution. Fearturing members Max Bernstein, Jon Ryggy and Dave Watrous, the band hosts a blog on Blogger and pages on MySpace and Facebook...

The Democratic Nomination Video Recap

Posted on May 03, 2008
Everything you missed, from the early stages to Iowa and Pennsylvania and beyond, in seven easy video minutes:(h/t Red Tory)- Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Firm website: www.wiselaw.net EMPLOYMENT LAW ? CIVIL LITIGATION ? WILLS AND ESTATES ? FAMILY LAW & DIVORCEORIGINALLY POSTED AT WISE LAW BLOG ? SUBSCRIBE TO WISE LAW BLOG

Hillary Clinton's Bill O'Reilly Interview

Posted on May 03, 2008
A highlight reel from TPM of Hillary Clinton's appearance last week in the so-called "No Spin Zone" with Fox News talking head, Bill O'Reilly:- Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Firm website: www.wiselaw.net EMPLOYMENT LAW ? CIVIL LITIGATION ? WILLS AND ESTATES ? FAMILY LAW & DIVORCEORIGINALLY POSTED AT WISE LAW BLOG ? SUBSCRIBE TO WISE LAW BLOG

100 More Years

Posted on May 03, 2008
The DNC's "100 years of McCain" ad:- Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Firm website: www.wiselaw.net EMPLOYMENT LAW ? CIVIL LITIGATION ? WILLS AND ESTATES ? FAMILY LAW & DIVORCEORIGINALLY POSTED AT WISE LAW BLOG ? SUBSCRIBE TO WISE LAW BLOG

Law Society Approves Law School in Thunder Bay

Posted on April 27, 2008
Last week, the Law Society of Upper Canada approved the addition of a Law School at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay Ontario.The Toronto Star Reports:The school would be the first in Northern Ontario and would cater to aboriginal students. It has the support of former prime minister Paul Martin and Michael Bryant, Ontario's minister of aboriginal affairs, among others...

Hillary Will Win

Posted on April 26, 2008
For quite some time, I have been privately forecasting a Hillary Clinton victory in the Democratic presidential nomination contest. Today, I am going public - I anticipate that Hillary Clinton will be the Democratic Party's 2008 nominee.It is comments like this one, from Democratic National Committee Chair Howard Dean, that convince me the tide has turned:[Superdelegates] have every right to overturn the popular vote and choose the candidate they believe would be best equipped to defeat John McCain in a general election...

Crayon Battle Draws Felony Charges Against Florida 8 Year-Old

Posted on April 26, 2008
From USA Today:WBBH-TV says a fight over crayons led to felony charges against an 8-year-old boy in Fort Myers, Fla.The second-grader was charged with aggravated battery after a teacher told police that he hit some of his classmates and then punched his teacher during a violent outburst at Royal Palm Exceptional School...

Video: Reverend Jeremiah Wright on Barack Obama - "He Does What Politicians Do"

Posted on April 25, 2008
A serious body blow to the Obama mystique, from Bill Moyers Journal on PBS:Reverend Wright on Barack Obama:"So here at a political event, he goes out as a politician and says what he has to say as a politician..."Who better than his pastor of twenty years to make it known that Mr...

Quotable

Posted on April 23, 2008
Bernie Farber, Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Jewish Congress, on human rights commission complaints against Macleans Magazine and Mark Steyn:Steyn's observations are not actionable under the law and the complaints against them fall outside the mandate of human rights commissions...

Blackberrys: The Next Frontier in Unpaid Overtime Claims?

Posted on April 23, 2008
Are you constantly sneaking peaks under the table at your Palm or Blackberry when you are out at a restaurant? Well, perhaps in the future you may be getting paid for doing so. WSJ Law Blog picks up on what may soon become a hot topic in unpaid overtime claims - the numerous hours spent by Blackberry users outside the office addressing workplace concerns: The next front in the ever burgeoning field of wage-and-hour litigation? Blackberrys, according to a story in the National Law Journal...

Video: Hillary Clinton's Pennsylvania Victory Speech

Posted on April 23, 2008
A big night for the Hillary Clinton campaign, with a convincing ten-point victory in the long-awaited Pennsylvania primary.Here is her victory speech:- Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Firm website: www.wiselaw.net EMPLOYMENT LAW ? CIVIL LITIGATION ? WILLS AND ESTATES ? FAMILY LAW & DIVORCEORIGINALLY POSTED AT WISE LAW BLOG ? SUBSCRIBE TO WISE LAW BLOG

The Acquittal Of Robert Baltovich

Posted on April 23, 2008
After the Crown declined to lead evidence in yeterday's re-trial of Robert Baltovich on charges arising from the June 19, 1990 killing of Elizabeth Bain, it took the jury virtually no time to acquit him.Today, the Toronto Star asks the million dollar question: Did Paul Bernardo do it?- Garry J...

Persons

Posted on April 23, 2008
April 23, 1928:Eighty years ago today, in 1928, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that women were not persons under the British North America Act and therefore could not hold office. In 1929 the British Privy Council reversed the decision, saying the exclusion of women from public office was "a relic of days more barbarous than ours...

ISP Woes at Wiselaw.net

Posted on April 23, 2008
We are having technical difficulties with our website, http://www.wiselaw.net/ and our email today. Our ISP is working on the problems, and we expect to be up and running and back to normal shortly.In the meanwhile, feel free to contact me directly by telephone at 416-972-1800, or by email at wiselawoffice@yahoo...

Interview with Three Polygamist Mothers

Posted on April 20, 2008
Three mothers, whose children were among 400 removed by authorities from a Texas polygamist community ranch on April 8, speak to ABC News:- Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Firm website: www.wiselaw.net EMPLOYMENT LAW ? CIVIL LITIGATION ? WILLS AND ESTATES ? FAMILY LAW & DIVORCEORIGINALLY POSTED AT WISE LAW BLOG ? SUBSCRIBE TO WISE LAW BLOG

Your Fish is My Command* (Happy Passover)

Posted on April 18, 2008
It is that time of year again, when matzah is hidden, questions are asked, wines are imbibed, and (in Montreal, anyways) playoffs are watched between courses. We'd like to wish a very happy Passover to all who are celebrating. All the best from all of us at Wise Law Blog...

Britney Spears' Lawyers...

Posted on April 18, 2008
... are getting a rather nice payday, acccording to CNN:A court commissioner on Thursday authorized various lawyers representing Britney Spears and her family to be paid more than $372,500 out of Spears' funds.Britney Spears' father has had control of her finances since her hospitalizations in January...

Free Clotheslines, Blowing in The Wind

Posted on April 18, 2008
With yesterday's energy-conserving announcement by Premier Dalton McGuinty that Ontario's subdivisions will no longer be permitted to ban outdoor clotheslines, Toronto Star reports Toronto Hydro will be lauching a free, clothesline giveaway at selected retail outlets:Each Saturday and Sunday from April 26 to May 11, retractable lines for indoor or outdoor use, worth $13 to $15 each, will be handed to the first 500 shoppers at some Home Depot, Wal-Mart, Costco and Zellers locations...

Springsteen - Obama: Wrong for Pennsylvania, Wrong for America...

Posted on April 18, 2008
An amusing parody...(h/t: Red Tory)....On a much sadder note, MSNBC reports that long-time E-Street Band keyboardist Danny Federici died of melanoma yesterday, at age 58:NEW YORK - Danny Federici, the longtime keyboard player for Bruce Springsteen whose stylish work helped define the E Street Band?s sound on hits from ?Hungry Heart? through ?The Rising,? died Thursday...

Video: Clinton-Obama Pennsylvania Debate

Posted on April 17, 2008
- Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Firm website: www.wiselaw.net EMPLOYMENT LAW ? CIVIL LITIGATION ? WILLS AND ESTATES ? FAMILY LAW & DIVORCEORIGINALLY POSTED AT WISE LAW BLOG ? SUBSCRIBE TO WISE LAW BLOG

Divorce By YouTube

Posted on April 16, 2008
We've written previously on the troubling emergence of the "divorce blog,"These are web logs in which a party to a matrimonial proceeding typically airs the family's "dirty laundry" for all to see.Tricia Walsh-Smith, one of the protagonists in a bitter Broadway divorce-in-progress, has now taken this disturbing trend up a notch...

Springsteen Endorses Obama

Posted on April 16, 2008
Bruce Springsteen has announced his endorsement of Barack Obama as Democratric Presidential nominee.In a letter addressed to friends and fans posted his Web site, Springsteen said he believes Obama is the best candidate to undo "the terrible damage done over the past eight years...

Hillary Clinton's New Ad

Posted on April 15, 2008
Pennsylvania voters speak in Hillary Clinton's latest ad: Apparently this has peeved some of Barack Obama's more easily-aggrieved supporters.- Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Firm website: www.wiselaw.net EMPLOYMENT LAW ? CIVIL LITIGATION ? WILLS AND ESTATES ? FAMILY LAW & DIVORCEORIGINALLY POSTED AT WISE LAW BLOG ? SUBSCRIBE TO WISE LAW BLOG

Bits and Briefs

Posted on April 14, 2008
A busy period has kept me from writing as much as usual. So, here is another installment of Bits and Briefs to get caught us up on some of the latest legal happenings:Is waterboarding the latest chic technique for corporate team-building? An Utah employee who was waterboarded by his boss at a motivational sales meeting thinks not...

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