To follow up on Omar Ha-Redeye‘s post about the ethical challenges of practicing law with new information technology, I received the following interesting excerpt from the CBA newsletter in my email inbox: Metadata: A cautionary…
We’ve been following the severed foot story at Law is Cool for some time now. Ian MacKenzie, a freelance new media producer from Vancouver, contacted us to let us know that he’s been doing some…
Just moments ago it was announced that Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party, will in fact be appearing in the upcoming televised election debates. The consortium of broadcasters – representing the CBC, Radio-Canada, CTV,…
Déjà vu. Though political support for the party continues to grow, a consortium of Canadian broadcasters has yet again decided not to allow the Green Party to participate in the leaders’ debates. This is despite…
It’s not quite topical or typical of what we normally post at Law is Cool, but an article appearing in the New York Times yesterday was so interesting to me that I thought it worth…
I am very happy to welcome David Shulman, an incoming first year law student at the University of Windsor to our team of contributors at Law is Cool. David Shulman holds a Hons. B.A. from…
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…
Just days after a massive explosion at a propane transfer facility in Toronto, a $300 million class action lawsuit is being launched. On August 10, 2008, in the early morning hours, a massive explosion at…
In a situation reminiscent of the Paris riots of 2005, an angry mob took to the streets of Montreal last night, looting stores and attacking emergency services workers after police fatally wounded a teenager on…
Amendments to the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission policies come into effect today. The new rules, which are explicitly aimed at curbing binge drinking, will create a number of changes to how alcohol is served…
A Tucson, Arizona pimp has been ordered to repay about $2 million as the proceeds of crime. The pimp, John A. LaVoie, 52, was found guilty of 22 counts of racketeering. LaVoie claimed he was…
This past week, I had the opportunity to check out the Oscar-winning detainee torture documentary Taxi to the Dark Side. The film was written and directed by Alex Gibney, of Enron: The Smartest Guys in…
