International Law

University of Quebec Students "One Take" Video - I Gotta Feeling

Posted on September 27, 2009
University of Quebec (at Montreal) students rock with this fantastic music video, recorded on campus in one take on September 10. It's going viral:CNN loves it.As they say in the video, Mazel Tov!- Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Firm website: www...

Professional Wresting Executive Linda McMahon Launches Connecticut Senate Campaign

Posted on September 26, 2009
Linda McMahon, former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has announced her candidacy for nomination as Connecticut's Republican senatorial candidate:I'm sure we can expect a colourful, no-holds-barred primary campaign from Linda, Vince, Stephanie and Shane...

Law Society Announces Civility Complaints Protocol

Posted on September 25, 2009
From a press release by the Law Society of Upper Canada, which regulates lawyers and paralegals in Ontario:TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Sept. 24, 2009) - The Law Society and the Ontario Courts have established Civility Complaints Protocols designed to improve civility and professionalism among lawyers and paralegals appearing in court proceedings...

N.Y. Motion Dismissed After Staples Draw Blood

Posted on September 25, 2009
Law.com:[A] New York judge has thrown out a tort action because, in part, the plaintiffs attorneys stapled the complaint in what he said was a dangerously negligent manner. "[T]he poor stapling of the papers was so negligent as to inflict, and did inflict repeatedly, physical injury to the court personnel handling them," the judge wrote...

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Netanyahu to U.N.: Have You No Shame?

Posted on September 25, 2009
Also see: Canada boycotts Ahmadinejad's speech from CTV 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

No Surrender - Happy 60th, Boss

Posted on September 24, 2009
Rock and roll's testimony to eternal youth, Bruce Springsteen, turned 60 Wednesday.To mark the occasion, here's a clip from a July,1984 Toronto concert - a concert I remember well. I was an articling student then, managing somehow to get out of the office in time to make it to all the shows Bruce had on in T...

Alberta Court Allows Substituted Service By Facebook

Posted on September 24, 2009
Via Slaw's Shaunna Mireau:The February 5, 2009 Order of Master Breitkreuz from Knott v. Sutherland says that the plaintiffs could substitutionally serve one of the multiple defendants by publication of a notice in the newspaper, by forwarding a copy of the statement of claim to the human resources department where the defendant (formerly) worked, and also by sending notice of the action to the Facebook profile of the defendant...

Legal Anomaly?

Posted on September 23, 2009
Is it really a legal anomaly that Canada's family laws don't consider the marital misconduct of a spouse who claims spousal support when determining that spouse's entitlement to support?Or just the best available public policy?- Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Firm website: www...

Ontario Appeal Court Allows Religious, Conservative Groups to Intervene in Sex Workers' Charter Challenge

Posted on September 23, 2009
The Ontario Cout of Appeal has reversed a July 2009 decision by Superior Court Justice Ted Matlow that refused intervenor status to Christian Legal Fellowship, REAL Women of Canada and the Catholic Civil Rights League in a challenge by Canadian sex-trade activists of the constitutionality of Canada's prostitution laws...

Canada's Chief Justice: Government, Courts Must Respect Civil Liberties in War on Terror

Posted on September 23, 2009
Canada.com reports on comments by the Supreme Court of Canada's Chief Justice, Beverley MacLachlin at an Ottawa event yesterday:OTTAWA ? Canada's most senior judge cautioned Tuesday against going overboard in the fight against terrorism by putting too much emphasis on the 9/11 attacks in the U...

Video: Florida Detectives Execute Search Warrant, Play Wii

Posted on September 23, 2009
Caught on video. Simply unbelievable.Via Talk Left- 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

B.C. Polygamy Charges Quashed

Posted on September 23, 2009
City News reports that polygamy charges against Winston Blackmore and James Oler have been quashed by the British Columbia Supreme Court:The men had petitioned the court to stay the charges, arguing that the B.C. attorney general had gone "special prosecutor shopping" until he found someone who would go ahead with charges...

Bill Rogers, Barrister and Solicitor

Posted on September 23, 2009
ANNOUNCEMENTCongratulations are in order for Bill Rogers, our firm's newly-minted Associate Lawyer, on his call to the Ontario Bar today at Toronto.Bill completed his articles with Wise Law Office in 2009. He attended Queen?s University Law School, graduating in 1997 with academic prizes for highest standing in Labour Law and Copyright Law...

Recently Tweeted - September 21, 2009 Edition

Posted on September 21, 2009
Another Monday - and it's going to be a very busy one, indeed. So we must keep it short and sweet - the only way to tweet - and forge ahead with some of the interesting stories we watched in the last week on Twitter: Court urged to reject Google book deal http://bit...

Another Spelling Bee Contestant...

Posted on September 21, 2009
Via Instaputz- 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

Ottawa's Strange Bedfellows

Posted on September 21, 2009
From the irrepressible LeDaro (Harper survives confidence vote): - Garry J. Wise, TorontoVisit 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

Top 15 Wikipedia Blunders

Posted on September 21, 2009
Prostitution libels, premature death and then, there's the "eating domestic pets in pubs for money" problem... PC World chronicles some of the not-so-accurate edits in the annals of Wikipedia.- Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Firm website: www...

Sour Grapes In Beantown Over Phil Kessell

Posted on September 19, 2009
Departing briefly from our usual banter...The Toronto Maple Leafs' Friday acquisition of 21 year old right-wing sniper, Phil Kessell, from the Boston Bruins leaves a very bitter aftertaste with some in the Bruins corner, including Boston Herald writer Stephan Harris:If [Kessell] thinks changing teams will make everything better, he needs to contemplate the axiom, ?The grass is not always greener on the other wide of the fence...

Happy New Year (Shana Tova)

Posted on September 18, 2009
Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year festival, begins tonight at sundown. Shana tova and Happy New Year 5770 to all who are celebrating.- 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

In the N.Y. Times...

Posted on September 17, 2009
My mom would be so proud (even if it is just an automated link): Jeff will probably like this, too. Automated or not, this New York Times example does illustrate nicely how news and blog content spreads - often unpredictably - via RSS feeds throughout the web...

Another "Birther" Suit Tossed; Lawyer Threatened With Sanctions

Posted on September 17, 2009
The Ledger-Enquirer of Columbus, Georgia reports:U.S. District Court Judge Clay Land tossed out on Wednesday a complaint by an Army captain fighting deployment to Iraq by questioning the legitimacy of President Barack Obama.Land also put attorney Orly Taitz, who represents Capt...

Mary Travers (1936 - 2009)

Posted on September 17, 2009
Singer Mary Travers of the 60's folk trio, Peter, Paul and Mary has passed away at age 72. This is a 1966 performance of the group's seminal version of Bob Dylan's classic, Blowing in the Wind:- Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Firm website: www...

On "Co-hos" - When Non-Couples Buy Real Estate Together

Posted on September 17, 2009
Toronto writer Amy Brown-Bowers takes a look at Ontario law and the phenomenon of "non-couple" co-buying in an online article at Bankrate.com, Co-buying when you aren't a couple:There have been co-ops, condos and co-signers -- and now, there are co-hos...

Ontario's New Family Law Pension Regulations Still MIA

Posted on September 17, 2009
While Bill 133, Ontario's Family Statute Amendment Act, became law in May, regulations to establish Ontario's new pension calculation rules are still in limbo - leaving a bit of a black hole for parties and professionals in the Province's family law system...

America's 50 Most Influential Pundits

Posted on September 16, 2009
The AtlanticWire has now unveiled its list of what it deems America's 50 most influential columnists, bloggers and talking heads.Topping the list:Paul KrugmanRush LimbaughGeorge WillThomas FriedmanDavid BrooksCharles KrauthammerGlen BeckFrank RichAndrew SullivanKarl RoveLawyer and blogger Glenn Greenwald ranked at number 22...

The Conservative-NDP Coalition

Posted on September 15, 2009
Read about it. Who was it, again, who said that coalition with the "socialists" is a bad thing that "will do long term, real damage to the country?"- 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

Ontario Legal Aid Boycott Continues

Posted on September 15, 2009
David Shulman at Law is Cool provides an update on Ontario criminal lawyers' continuing boycott of this Province's terribly underfunded legal aid system.- 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 "You Lie" Remix

Posted on September 15, 2009
Kanye goes to Washington. Inevitable...More amusement: Wilson's wife: ?I said 'Joe, who's the nut who hollered out, ?You lie??'? - 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

U.S. Doctors Support Public Option

Posted on September 15, 2009
So says the New England Journal of Medicine: A RWJF survey summarized in the September 14, 2009 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine shows that 62.9 percent of physicians nationwide support proposals to expand health care coverage that include both public and private insurance options?where people under the age of 65 would have the choice of enrolling in a new public health insurance plan (like Medicare) or in private plans...

Indiana Employer Must Pay for Employee's Weight Loss Surgery

Posted on September 15, 2009
From Overlawyered (via AP)?An Indiana court has ruled that a pizza shop must pay for a 340-pound employee?s weight-loss surgery to ensure the success of another operation for a back injury he suffered at work ? raising concern among businesses bracing for more such claims...

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