Next time think twice about breaking up with your partner on Facebook, or having too much fun when you’re in an unhappy marriage. Gerry Oginski of the TechnoLawyer Blog gives Lee Rosen thumbs up for…
On Mar. 18, 2009, Hon. Jason Kenney, Min. of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, spoke at Huron College at UWO. He spoke on a variety of subjects, but largely focused on what he perceived to be…
Last night the United Nations played host to a delegation from many lightyears away. Cast members and producers of the sci fi program Battlestar Galactica — and one host of The View — attended a…
You know that Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation, aka the McGill Guide, that you all love/hate? Well the editors are asking you for input for the next edition in this survey, so this is…
Note: This piece was subsequently published on March 26, 2009 in the StarPhoenix. Available online here Due process is a long-standing Canadian principle. It is enshrined in our legal tradition as a safeguard against the…
For an excellent primer on the financial crisis, watch the video below: The Obama administration is currently seeking all legal means to prevent AIG from using federal bailout money to pay $165 million in contractual…
So he claims, in a lawsuit against book publisher Penguin. Chuck Norris is suing the publisher for releasing a book called The Truth About Chuck Norris: 400 facts about the World’s Greatest Human. The book…
The scholars, captains of industry and champions of justice who compose Law is Cool‘s readership will have long since scoured their online social networks for photos or other items tending to compromise their integrity —…
With American law firms shedding lawyers by the hour, things sound all doom and gloom down there. But CNN has picked up on a positive side effect of the firm layoffs: it’s an unprecedented opportunity…
First posted on Commercial Law International on Feb 18, 2009. If you didn’t know already Canadians take their beer very seriously. And I don’t just mean on the consumption side. Brewing in Canada is a…
Cross-Posted from the Financial Post Executive Blog I’m surprised how long it’s been since I last wrote; my life has been a whirlwind of activity for the past several weeks. Let me bring you up…
First posted on Commercial Law International onFeb 26, 2009. On May 19, 2008 a British Colombian woman had a near fatal allergic reaction after she ate a Starbucks Peach Parfait. Knowing of her nut allergy…
