My Slaw 8/24/08
Check out my posts on Slaw for this week: Guantanamero. Guajiro, Guantanamero. Commercial Pre-Law Courses Come to Canada Are Good Litigators Born?
August 2008
How will Courtrooms Deal with Obesity Epidemic?
Section 11(b) of the Charter states, 11. Any person charged with an offence has the right… (b) to be tried within a reasonable time; The Supreme Court of Canada affirmed in R. v. Finta the…
OHLJ’s Environment Law issue is out
The Summer 2008 issue of the Osgoode Hall Law Journal is out, and it’s completely dedicated to environmental law. Stepan Wood, an associate professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, is the guest editor. Most in…
Legal Slump Ahead?
Martha Neil of the ABA Journal claims problems in the economy are affecting law firms. Law firms saw average profit per equity partner drop some 9 percent in the first half of 2008, [Dan DiPietro]…
Success Should not come at Expense of Social Justice
York University President Emeritus Harry Arthurs told graduands at Spring Convocation ceremonies last June, …if you have abilities, if you have resources and opportunities, you also have an obligation to use them on behalf of…
Lawyer Accused of Dealing Drugs
Or, when a cross-examination goes nuts. Courtesy of ABA Journal, A Michigan defense lawyer’s cross-examination of an informant went awry yesterday when the witness became angry and said the lawyer questioning him had sold drugs….
Water Bottle Ban on the Horizon
Bottled water must be the most brilliant marketing ploy ever conceived. Some marketing reps decided to take regular tap water, run it through a filter, and then package it in attractive bottles designed to somehow…
Get a Head Start in Law School
Here’s an interesting new service. LawPrepPro is offering a pre-law program in the Toronto area. I plan on checking it out and will report back.
Conflict of Interests Taskforce Reports
The Canadian Bar Association (CBA) has adopted the recommendations of its Task Force on Conflicts of Interest. Background on the Task Force and their report can be found on the CBA website. CBA President Bernard…
President of Pakistan Resigns
The NY Times reports, Facing imminent impeachment charges, President Pervez Musharraf announced his resignation on Monday, after months of belated recognition by American officials that he had become a waning asset in the campaign against…
International courts look at the Georgia-Russia conflict
Two posts on the International Law Observer on proceedings initiated by Georgia against Russia: The Georgia-Russia Conflict Comes before the ICJ Georgia Requests Provisional Measures from the ICJ
Should e-Bay be Responsible for Trademark Policing?
David Canton’s editorial in The London Free Press outlines cases in the U.S. and Europe that have come to very different conclusions. The controversy centers around who is responsible for policing a trademark. The U.S….