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US Law Students Tackle Billable Hours

by Rashmi Bhat (from the February Issue of Nexus, Western Law’s Student Newspaper) Escalating billable hour requirements are a serious concern in Canada and the U.S. They arguably have a disproportionate effect on minorities, particularly…


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Alumni Consultation Next for Western’s JD Proposal

by Alex Dimson (from the February Issue of Nexus, Western Law’s Student Newspaper) Western Law has begun to discuss with alumni the possibility of changing to a Juris Doctor (JD) degree after students voted decisively…



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A Sweet Class-Action v. Chocolate

Eaten chocolate since February, 2004? Chances are you have. And that might make you eligible for this class-action lawsuit against chocolate manufacturers. Juroviesky and Ricci filed an action in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice…




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Dirty Diary Disclosed

James Michael Bomek, a sex offender and former lawyer in Sask., is on trial for obstruction of justice. Police found seven volumes of diaries that contained information on provincial court judge Terry Bekolay, a former…





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Patenting Mother Nature

Biomimicry, or engineering based on naturally occurring principles, is one of the newest emerging technologies in patent law. The Biomimicry Guild states, Life has been performing design experiments on Earth’s R&D lab for 3.8 billion…