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 […]
Don’t believe the hype
Twenty years ago the classic Hip Hop group, Public Enemy, said in their hit song,
Some media is the whack
You believe it’s true, it blows me through the roof
Suckers, liars get me a shovel
Some writers I know are damn devils
For them I say don’t believe the hype
Yo Chuck, they must be on a […]
Fry That What?
The case of Mumia Abu Jamal, on death row in Pennsylvania for killing a white police officer in 1981, is raising some interesting issues surrounding jury selection.
The court found that the prosecution used two-thirds of its vetoes to deliberately remove persons of colour in a county that consisted primarily of minorities. The […]
The Ahenakew affair: a bad law, an opportunity missed
By Marjaleena Repo
The David Ahenakew Affair, after five years in the courts, has sprung back with full force after the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) voted to reinstate him as one its senators. The media have reacted with vehement disapproval as have Jewish organizations. The provincial […]
The largest copyright infringement payment in Korea was recently passed down.
A Korean music company, Fantom Entertainment Group, has been ordered by Judge Gu Hoe-geun the Seoul Central District Court to pay 300 Million Korean Won for copyright infringement of Square Enix’s Final Fantasy VII.
The material in question is a video of Korean singer […]
by Omar Ha-Redeye and Jacob Kaufman
(from the March Issue of Nexus, Western Law’s Student Newspaper)
The novel The Lord of the Rings was a phenomenon. The movie trilogy based upon it has grossed over a billion dollars and won a slew of Oscars.
But what’s really interesting about the work is that it is about property […]
This was the best we could come up with from Windsor.
Windsor Law Social Orientation 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fnWPTdO2AQ
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 […]
UWO Law Sabotage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMq-5JOSVpE
UWO 1L Video
Directed by Dany HorovitzÂ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYVJf1hEoJQ
Featuring lawiscool’s Omar Ha-Redeye
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLgt61u9u3s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPlrTmxhKs4
Featuring lawiscool’s Jacob Kaufman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP_DJDqyiyw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76FppJbo6U8
Mr Fluffles Goes To Law School
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8lJt08bTf0
Jon Goodine - The Piano Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-iLdQSsdmU
Dal Law Pith and Substance show 2008
LSS - Fight Locker Theft
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebba6kavqFo
LSS - Fight Early Library Hours
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKuOpFu8EZQ
LAWST
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ6NuGBsnMc
WACS dear sister
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwJgnLqxHTs
Weldon Times Journalist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6NKGSW0GQg
Osgoode Mock Trial 2008
LawyerBear
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TIfulewq1g
Trailer Park Boys at CLASP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni_ed8HD59g
Biller
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQNSAR5uxu8
Summary for Torts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fJxRk5chtg
Attack of the Killer Summary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNWbcBCWdOk
Evidence Jersey Style
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-HuwhJHDPM
No Business Like No Business
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6×0VLSr1Lwc
Carbolic Smoke Ball 2008
The legend of the McLean Reading Room.
President Mandamus and the brave half dozen or so defend the Weir Memorial Library from SNAIL intrusion
Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfKplaIlOSE
Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81tI9GO5RBk
Carbolic 2008 - 1L Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am7uT_mHUEU
Barrister v. Solicitor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3Jl_SVKbE0
