A Wise Man Once Said…
Last week I met with Toronto lawyer Garry Wise. Garry is one of the few Canadian practitioners that has made a prominent impression in the legal blawgosphere. Garry’s blawg was one of the other recipients…
Articles by Omar Ha-Redeye
LSUC Provides Measures to Retain Female Talent
Tracy Tyler has a story in today’s Star which notes that although women are the majority of graduates today in law schools, on average they are quitting the profession within seven years. The Law Society…
Firing Up Might Not Get You Hired
Employers are prevented in Canada from refusing to hire someone on a number of discriminatory grounds unless they directly relate to the job requirements. These categories include race, religion, gender, or political affiliation. But what…
An Adventure in Litigation Mitigation
It’s not the Titanic, but the when the MV Explorer sank in Nov. 2007 in Antarctic Sea, some important legal lessons in crisis communications emerged. The passengers were saved in lifeboats, but the company that…
Spitzer Scandal Allegedly Violating Copyright Laws
Don D. Buchwald of Kelley, Drye & Warren LLP, counsel for the call-girl involved in the Gov. Spitzer scandal, is standing up for his client’s rights. He’s not defending against allegations of prostitution or the…
Future of Class-Actions in Canada
The largest Canadian Constitutional class-action suit in currently under scrutiny. Background Following M. v. H (1999), the Canada Pension Plan (1985) (CPP) was amended in 2000 to include survivor benefits for same-sex couples to comply…
Pay Equity, and the New Glass Ceiling
CLC Report Tomorrow is International Women’s Day, and in commemoration the Canadian Labour Congress released a report on gender equity in the workforce with some surprising findings, Strikingly, the pay gap has grown rather than…
How do you Counsel a Distraught Client?
We asked some of our contacts the following questions: When doing your client intakes, how do you deal with a client that is distraught and troubled over their situation? Is it appropriate to to counsel…
Law is Frugal
Most of the critique around law school center on the crushing debt students will incur. A lawyer collegue of mine (they seem to abound) once warned me, Live like a lawyer when you are a…
First-Year Law Student Teaches Ethics to Chinese Delegation
(reproduced with the author’s permission) First-Year Law Student Teaches Ethics to Chinese Delegation TORONTO – Omar Ha-Redeye, a law student at the University of Western Ontario, presented a seminar on ethical behaviour in disasters to…
Unconscionable Organ Donations
“Dr. Horror” Captured An internationally wanted physician from Brampton, Ontario, was caught in Nepal last week. Dr. Amit Kumar was wanted for harvesting organs from poor Indians, usually sold to more affluent people, including international…
Chimps Decry Discrimination
Chimpanzees in Austria are citing discrimination. The OG’s, or Oberster Gerichtshof (Supreme Court there), recently ruled that chimps are not people. Spokesperson for the chip activists, Georgie, stated through sign language, This is absurd. We…