A tentative agreement has been reached by the University of Windsor Faculty Association (WUFA) and the University of Windsor. The agreement must still be ratified by members of WUFA and approved by the Board of Governors. However, regular…
Is the current federal election illegal? That’s what Ottawa-based non-profit Democracy Watch is alleging in an Application for Judicial Review that it filed in the Federal Court of Canada. The allegation is that the Conservative…
American investor and philanthropist Warren Buffet calls credit-related derivatives a financial weapon of mass destruction, and he claims they just went off. Prof. Jesse Fried of Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley,…
The B.C. Supreme Court has awarded damages to a Vancouver woman whose landlord installed, without notice, a hidden video camera in the hallway outside of her suite. According to the ruling judge, Justice Paul Walker, at…
Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty spoke at UWO Law today. Coverage of the event can be found on CBC, Canadian Press, and Reuters. He claimed that the Canadian economy was in better shape than the…
With the federal election just two weeks away, many are still scrambling to decide which name they should tick off on the ballot. A friend of mine turned me on to an interesting Google Maps…
We covered the types of stalkers and the use of social networks for lawyers previously. But our readers claimed that Facebook was the best client development network for them. Cracked has a new article on…
We’ve been covered in local papers before, and frequently cited in other blogs. But Law is Cool just made CBC News. You can see the link to here from Ormiston Online‘s page on bloggers. Check…
On July 15, I posted a letter that I had written to Prime Minister Stephen Harper regarding Omar Khadr’s continued detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The letter was signed by myself and 10 other law…
Jeff Richardson of Adams and Reese, LLP writes on the ABA Techshow, I don’t recommend an iPhone to all lawyers. Many don’t need a smart phone — just a simple flip phone will do. Others…
Social networks are picking up, and lawyers are noticing. The Legal Marketing Association published a paper recently emphasized that junior associates involved in social networking might be bringing a large client base with them. When…
A stir was created in the federal election when a group of progressive voters started a Facebook group to facilitate vote swapping. Elections Canada investigated the matter and concluded that vote swapping is legal, but…
