Canadian indicted in U.S. on online gambling charges Yusill Scribner, a spokeswoman for the office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, declined to comment when asked about the prospect of…
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…
BBC:Â Paralysed girl’s story reflects Gaza’s plight
ÂÂI had the opportunity to hear one of the Chief Justices speak at the Israeli Supreme Court today. He explained some of the basics of the Israeli judicial system, and shared some of the challenges…
We’ve seen both God and Sa Tan as litigants before the courts in the past year. Well the absurdity continues with a new suit out of Saudi Arabia against a jinn, commonly known in the…
I’m doing a law program in Israel right now with an interesting guy – Michael Yadegari, a Persian-Jewish law student from Los Angeles who did this program last year. He is currently a JD/MBA student…
Ontario court rejects Schreiber’s bid to stay in Canada (post sponsored by advicescene.com)
First posted on Commercial Law International on June 29, 2009. The world economic down turn has had many knock on effects, many of which unexpected. It seems that bad times has the uncanny effect of…
In addition to Canada Day, it’s also 7 years today since the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court came into force. I’ve offered some very strong criticisms of the Rome Statute and the International…
French President Nicolas Sarkozy stated this past week that he is interested in banning the “burqa,” The burqa is not a religious sign, it’s a sign of subservience, a sign of debasement — I want…
I agree with Simon Chester, Borat was a “silly film.” The real country of Kazakhstan is making headlines, and few people online are laughing. The parliament in that country has approved a new law that…
Some time in the future, when I weigh all the things Osgoode did to me, the Jurisprudence class I took last year will definitely add a ton to the good-things side of the scales. Taught…
