Top Law Firm Hires Hillier
The former Chief of Defence Staff General Rick Hillier has been snatched up by one of the premiere law firms in Canada, Gowling Lafleur Henderson. Julius Melnitzer of the National Post comments, Gowling Lafleur Henderson…
Marketing/PR in Law
The Liability of Saying Sorry
One of the hallmarks of properly managing disasters or scandals for a company is providing a genuine apology to the public. It fosters good-will, and indicates a willingness of the corporate entity to make changes…
UofO Law Students File Against Facebook
We’ve talked about how litigious law students can be, but these four Canadians from the University of Ottawa recently filed a complaint against Facebook to the Federal Privacy Commissioner. One of the students, Harley Finkelstein,…
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…
Online Legal Reporting Trumps CNN
The video is hard to turn away from. A sobbing 16-year-old sits in her bedroom and, staring into a camera, says she has been raped. This is how CNN covers a story of a 16-year…
Mark Steyn Debates Complainants
We’ve all been waiting for this since forever. The understandably busy articling students from Osgoode Hall make time to debate Mark Steyn on TVO. A point of note: the poster of the videos introduces them…
Scalia Openly Condones Torture
Creating a Legal Storm US Supreme Court Justice, Antonin Scalia, made his first major television appearance this week on 60 Minutes. Previously he has severely restricted media access, especially in his court, citing his, First…
Lose Your Life in Law School?
Here’s an interesting ad: They’re selling study-aids, which might just be able to save your life in law school. Condensed Annotated NoteS (CANS) are probably your only friend in law school.
A Country Run by the Mob(osphere)
When “free speechers” publish letters by lawyers or put legal proceedings online, they themselves are attacking free speech by attempting to intimidate legal proceedings.
Osgoode Launches Online Journal
Free online law journals is something we all want in the blawgosphere. Well, Osgoode Hall is delivering with its new Osgoode Hall Review of Law and Policy. As a Canadian student-edited publication with student articles,…
Open Discussion with Michael Geist
The CBC is hosting a live open discussion with Dr. Michael Geist, law professor at the University of Ottawa and author of the Michael Geist blog. An example of some of the issues raised include:…
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…