Over the next couple days Prime Minister Harper, President Obama, and President Calderon are meeting in Guadalajara [From Arabic, وادي الØجارة , “rocky riverbed”], Mexico for the North American Leaders’ Summit. The meeting is part…
A Dime a Dozen Political Blog ranks Law is Cool as one of the top 25 political blogs this summer. 1. http://www.michaelgeist.ca/ – pr7 – 182,020 2. http://thetyee.ca/Blogs/TheHook/ – pr6 – 169,602 3. http://westernstandard.blogs.com/ – pr6 – 266,842 … 23. http://lawiscool.com/…
Ontario nurses seek to revive SARS lawsuit It says the May ruling leaves nurses at risk as they care for patients during the current swine flu pandemic, as well as other outbreaks of potentially deadly…
Ottawa mayor acquitted of influence peddling [Justice] Cunningham said that O’Brien probably exercised “poor judgment” when he then encouraged Kilrea to speak to Conservative cabinet minister John Baird about the appointment, but did not commit…
Drabinsky gets 7 years Defence lawyers Edward and Brian Greenspan argued that their clients should be sentenced to two years less a day of house arrest, followed by three years’ probation. They proposed the pair…
Woman stuck in Kenya seeks help for stress Mohamud will see a doctor today in Nairobi to treat stress arising from, among other things, being jailed with killers at Langata Women’s Prison. Coming back home…
People often complain that Canadian copyright law is out of date and that we need a stricter law to protect the artists. I’d just like to turn to one particularly controversial topic on copyright law…
This should go without saying, but there are people that still don’t quite get it. So let’s be perfectly clear: Do not post videos of yourself growing marijuana Do not post videos of your seven…
Trapped in Nairobi, woman’s life crumbles Her rent has not been paid in three months, her credit card bills are accumulating interest, her phone, Internet and cable connections have been cut off. She hasn’t earned…
One-digit salute earns driver second ticket After he received the ticket and began to pull away, the driver raised his hand and flashed an obscene gesture toward provincial police Const. Bettina Schwarze. Do you think…
We wrote about the growing legal aid boycott before. A couple of days ago, crown prosecutors supported the protest. Hugh Locke, a retired judge and current member of Toronto’s police services board, weighed in too recently. The…
The Online Schools blog listed Law is Cool as one of the Top 100 blogs internationally for law students: Blogs from Law School Students Peer experience is an important resource for any student. Law students…
