A recent American case, Badasa v. U.S. discussed the use of Wikipedia by a Homeland Security official. John Timmer at ArsTechnica provides background, References to information at Wikipedia have shown up in various inappropriate places,…
Linda McKay-Panos of UofA’s UofC’s ABlawg reviews the case in Coward v. Alberta (2008) that came out this summer. Mr. Coward was approached by the police and searched on the basis that he was black. …
Four separate class-action lawsuits were filed today in Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia against Maple Leaf Foods. The suits were filed on behalf of Merchant Law Group LLP. Up to 15 people in Canada…
People have speculated, but the New York Times reports today that a plot to kill Senator Obama was revealed. At least three people are under arrest. The police said they had found two rifles, one…
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…
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…
The US Supreme Court seems to receive a lot more attention than its Canadian counterpart. In part because it plays such a decisive role in US politics. The structure of the American political system may…
Susan Drummond, professor of family law at Osgoode Hall, finally weighed in yesterday on the polygamy issue. She claims that if fully prosecuted many individuals, including herself, would be guilty. There is a general rumbling…
In this story from the Washington Post, it was reported that a few individuals were alleged to have identified fellow poster’s actual identity on autoadmit.com, a popular pre-law and student discussion forum in the US….
He escaped a death sentence. But now this little canine in India has been charged with disturbing the peace. Rajiv Ranjan, a local official, said, The court was compelled to issue a summons to the…
A few Ontario Universities have been attempting to gain approval and funding to build one of the provinces first new law schools in over 40 years. In part, the new schools were being proposed to…
On June 28 2008, the Canadian Human Rights commission dismissed the complaint against Maclean’s magazine (Rogers Media) concerning an article by Mark Steyn, and rightly so. (The complainants held that the article, among others, established…
