We’ve all been waiting for this since forever.
The understandably busy articling students from Osgoode Hall make time to debate Mark Steyn on TVO.
A point of note: the poster of the videos introduces them as “sock puppets.” However, they are 3 of the 5 law students that produced the original research leading to the […]
Creating a Legal Storm
US Supreme Court Justice, Antonin Scalia, made his first major television appearance this week on 60 Minutes.
Previously he has severely restricted media access, especially in his court, citing his,
First Amendment right not to speak on the radio or television when I do not wish to do so.
In 2004, he even had […]
Here’s an interesting ad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtJeEJaxQJ8
They’re selling study-aids, which might just be able to save your life in law school.
Condensed Annotated NoteS (CANS) are probably your only friend in law school.
When “free speechers” publish letters by lawyers or put legal proceedings online, they themselves are attacking free speech by attempting to intimidate legal proceedings.
Free online law journals is something we all want in the blawgosphere.
Well, Osgoode Hall is delivering with its new Osgoode Hall Review of Law and Policy.
As a Canadian student-edited publication with student articles, it’s something we’re going to keep our eye on at Law is Cool.
h/t Simon Fodden at Slaw
The CBC is hosting a live open discussion with Dr. Michael Geist, law professor at the University of Ottawa and author of the Michael Geist blog.
An example of some of the issues raised include:
Are you legally responsible for the comments on your website?
What about defamation and libel on the net?
What are the laws and who […]
It’s not the Titanic, but the when the MV Explorer sank in Nov. 2007 in Antarctic Sea, some important legal lessons in crisis communications emerged.
The passengers were saved in lifeboats, but the company that ran the operation, G.A.P. Adventures, now had another problem - how to keep these understandably discontent travelers happy.
After five hours at […]
Communications staff in firms often scratch their heads on how to get coverage. Well, some people are willing to make it a little easier for you.
Jordan Furlong, editor-in-chief at the CBA’s National magazine, gives some tips for writing for the media:
1. Read my publication before contacting me.
2. Pay attention to what country I work […]
The Legal Underground provides 14 tips for developing your legal blog (blawg):
1. Pick a Topic.
2. Keep it Interesting.
3. Brand Your Blawg.
4. Be Prepared to Learn.
5. Link Early, Link Often.
6. Build a Blogroll.
7. Use Typepad. [or similar software like WordPress]
8. Find Out Who is Linking to You.
9. […]
Tasteless Tattoos
A recent online prank among bloggers has raised the issue of poking fun around sensitive issues such as the Holocaust.
Racial and ethnic humour abounds among comedians, though most prefer to poke fun only at the group(s) they identify with and belong to, as to do otherwise appears degenerating. But members of the in-group […]
Don D. Buchwald of Kelley, Drye & Warren LLP, counsel for the call-girl involved in the Gov. Spitzer scandal, is standing up for his client’s rights.
He’s not defending against allegations of prostitution or the like.
He’s claiming that photos of Alexandra Dupre found in the media are violating copyright laws.
Photos such as the one on […]
It might be a corporate marketer’s dream.
Millions are already spent on clothing and apparel to increase recognition of a company’s logo or brand.
But some people willingly placing logos on their skin, through tattoos and iron brands.
One that has reached particular infamy is the Google tattoo, apparently from China.
Others have since followed suit.
But what do companies […]
Ethics at Ryerson Speaker Series
November 15, 2007, Noon - 1pm:
“Advertising, Branding, Intellectual Property Issues Across the Professions”
Product Placement in Popular Culture - Entertainment of Persuasion?
Dr. Melanie Dempsey, Ted Rogers School of Business Management
Max Valiquette, President & CEO, Youthography
Connection […]
Although we’ve discussed briefly boundaries that bloggers often cross, in addition to libel and slander, lawyers are not immune from offensive behaviour either.
ABC Nightline covered a story of a 24 year-old Boston lawyer who was not satisfied with a job offer they had received. A flame war ensued.
But strangely enough one of the […]
One of our readers, Dave Burns of Hanson Bridgett in San Francisco, contacted us yesterday and said,
In November, I wrote and directed a short video for the San Francisco law firm Hanson Bridgett, which launched on YouTube today.
I thought your readers might get a kick out of it. It’s a little… different.
We agreed […]
