Michael Geist of the University of Ottawa law commented today on the new policies by the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) regarding individual internet registrants. He had previously come out in support of their position,…
One of the hallmarks of properly managing disasters or scandals for a company is providing a genuine apology to the public. It fosters good-will, and indicates a willingness of the corporate entity to make changes…
A few months ago I was asking for some career advice from Jordan Furlong, of the CBA‘s National Magazine. My concerns over bait-and-switch tactics by law firms and the enormously high turnover in some had…
The horror stories of the hours of a working lawyer are infamous. But they can’t be that bad, because this lawyer had enough time to pick up a second legal job. Diane Way was gainfully…
Police in northern Queensland have charged a 64-year-old man with drunk driving after he was caught sleeping at the controls of his motorized wheelchair on a four-lane highway. Other motorists on the highway had to…
Stalking the Stalker We all have them, even if the innocuous kinds like on Facebook. But we thought it would be fun to stalk the stalker, by creating a profile of the different types out…
A reporter recently pressed charges against Britney Spears for running over his foot with her car. But on Friday, Deputy District Attorney Joseph D. Shidler said, [the] only way the victim’s foot could have been…
Excerpt from “Woe unto you lawyers“, written in 1939 by the late Fred Rodell, Professor of Law, Yale University. It is the lawyers who run our civilization for us – our governments, our business, our…
Another foot, the sixth in ten months, has washed has up on a BC island. This latest foot was found on Vancouver Island by a woman who was walking along the beach. The severed foot…
A 12-year-old Quebec girl who was grounded by her father appealed her punishment to the Quebec Superior Court, according to the AFP. The girl was grounded for disobeying her father’s orders to stay off the…
A 36-year-old man in Singapore has been jailed for 14 years for molesting residents of the country over the past 15 months. His offence was forcefully sniffing the armpits of random women. As you can…
The Severed Foot Mystery continues to deepen as a fifth partially-submerged foot was discovered yesterday on a British Columbia shoreline. AP reports that the left foot was discovered by a couple of passersby on Westham…
