The Schreiber-Mulroney affair
Karlheinz Schreiber optimistic he’ll remain in Canada Schreiber told the Star last week he will use every legal means at his disposal to avoid being extradited, insisting that if he were tried in Canada on…
Politics
Carleton U fires Lebanese prof after B’nai Brith statement
Carleton prof fired for alleged terror role “This shows a total disregard for the presumption of innocence until proven guilty – and of academic freedom and due process. We’ve never seen anything like this at…
Does The Future Of The Revised US-Swiss Double Taxation Treaty Depend On The Outcome Of The UBS Case?
First posted on Commercial Law International on July 13, 2009. UBS, the world´s largest wealth manager, has found itself embroiled in a diplomatic row between Washington and Bern. At issue is the interpretation of the…
Australian Securities Regulators In Policy Quandary
First posted on Commercial Law international on July 1, 2009. The question that faces Australian securities regulators is what to do about two or more Chinese state owned enterprises together owing substantial shareholdings in an…
Michael Yadegari Gets In The Mind of Israel
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…
The Swiss Banking Business Model Faces Realignment
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…
B.C. government announces access-to-justice reforms
B.C. civil, family courts reformed (post sponsored by advicescene.com)
GreenTech War: Japan, China, Lithium, Batteries and Bolivia
First Posted on Commercial Law International on July 6, 2009 A potential GreenTech war is brewing between Japan and China, location Bolivia. The salt flats of Bolivia´s Salar De Uyuni, where most recent James Bond…
Mau Mau to sue the British Government
First Posted on Commercial Law International on June 24, 2009. By Charles Wanguhu The above move by the Kenyan freedom fighters to sue the British government has elicited some very interesting responses from some readers…
These Are Also My Country of a Kazakhstan
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…
Canadian courts and national security
Here is an interesting article from Ottawa Citizen related to my today’s post about Abdelrazik.
CSIS Doesn’t Protect Canadians
CSIS doesn’t protect Canadians, it helps get them abandoned in foreign countries. The Toronto Star revealed today that Justice Zinn’s judgment over CSIS complicity in Abousfian Abdelrazik being stranded in Sudan will not be challenged. …