January 2008

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NPR forecasts $100 million in Podcast Ads

AdvertisingAge reported today, Although it’s been ad-supported for a little over two years, podcasting only recently has built an audience with enough scale in key categories…And the medium’s top two content providers, ESPN and National…



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Chimps Decry Discrimination

Chimpanzees in Austria are citing discrimination. The OG’s, or Oberster Gerichtshof (Supreme Court there), recently ruled that chimps are not people. Spokesperson for the chip activists, Georgie, stated through sign language, This is absurd. We…


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CCTV and Crime

The U.K. is renowned for it’s use of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV), which they claim helps reduce crime. But CCTV might be coming to Canada. The Chief of Police in Ottawa, Vern White, said at…



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Even God doesn’t think he’s a lawyer.

An oldie but goodie: What’s the difference between a lawyer and God? God doesn’t think he’s a lawyer. And a follow-up by Eduardo J. Couture (1904-1956), who taught law at University of Montevideo in Uruguay…


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Case Study: CIC v. Maclean’s

Please note we are not posting new commentary here. We get literally thousands of visitors looking for information on the Maclean’s Human Rights Tribunal case coming to this site. This site is not affiliated with…






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Your Only Friend in Law School…

…are course outlines, what many of us call summaries or Condensed Annotated NoteS (CANS). [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5op6jLPQJk[/youtube] LawIsCool tries to be your friend by providing the only centralized collection of all the online summaries in Canada (that…