John Miller, a journalism professor at Ryerson University, posted a series of open letters on the Maclean’s controversy. His most recent one, Open letter to Steyn, documents plagiarism and gross errors of fact. See also…
We all remember the classic case of Liebeck v. McDonald’s. Well it seems other hot drink vendors didn’t learn this important lesson. A woman in Manhattan is suing Starbucks for $3 million for her hot…
Law is Cool is forever growing and expanding. We welcome our two newest contributors, Dany Horovitz of the University of Western Ontario, and Darcy Ammerman of the University of Ottawa. Dany Horovitz is in his…
Jonathan Fields provides 7 things you don’t want to do if you want to win an argument. For most advocates, that’s usually an important thing: Don’t Attack Don’t fail to acknowledge and validate another person’s…
Disclaimer The information I’ve compiled for this little blog entry may have come from CUPE 3903’s website, York’s press releases, updates from Osgoode staff and faculty, and random picketers on the picket lines as I…
You might end up looking like this: The laptop contained four months of case notes. In a frantic frenzy, the law student ripped the bat from the attacker and retaliated to retrieve his “baby.” h/t…
If you have been following magazines and blogs for the past year, you are probably aware of the human rights and free speech controversy involving Mark Steyn and Maclean’s. Starting in 2005, Maclean’s ran a series…
Building Careers in Health Law: Inaugural Event of the HLSA at UofO by Natasha Danson and Darcy Ammerman of UofO Law Health law is an emerging and exciting field in Canada. The Health Law Student…
The ABA Journal asked us to post a survey on the state of the economy and the current job market for lawyers. The results will be posted in their January issue. You can help them…
Earlier this year we raised the question of how the justice system will deal with the obesity epidemic. We just got what might be our first test case. Michel Lapointe, aka Big Mike, got early…
By Dany Horovitz Whenever anyone asks me what the difference is between an MBA and a JD for a joint degree student, I tell them that an MBA is more much more intense, and a…
It’s not the first time a city or location is suing for intellectual property in its name. But it’s probably the first time a major blockbuster has been the target of the lawsuit. The city…
