Recession and Altruism
With American law firms shedding lawyers by the hour, things sound all doom and gloom down there. But CNN has picked up on a positive side effect of the firm layoffs: it’s an unprecedented opportunity…
Battle Over A Bottle, Beer: A Serious Thing In Canada…Eh
First posted on Commercial Law International on Feb 18, 2009. If you didn’t know already Canadians take their beer very seriously. And I don’t just mean on the consumption side. Brewing in Canada is a…
Catching Up
Cross-Posted from the Financial Post Executive Blog I’m surprised how long it’s been since I last wrote; my life has been a whirlwind of activity for the past several weeks. Let me bring you up…
Allergic Reaction Could Cost Starbucks More Than Just Victim Compensation
First posted on Commercial Law International onFeb 26, 2009. On May 19, 2008 a British Colombian woman had a near fatal allergic reaction after she ate a Starbucks Peach Parfait. Knowing of her nut allergy…
Education Equity Award for Ontario Law Students
The following was sent to us by Western Law admin staff. Posted because it may be of interest to Ontario law students. PURPOSE: To encourage diversity and the attainment of equity in legal education and…
Top Tax Deductions
It’s tax time in Canada. Here are the top tax deductions, picked by Peter Blank, Editor of The Kiplinger Tax Letter: 1.Pet food 2.Moving the family pet 3.A trip to Bermuda 4.Body oil 5.A private…
Collective Licensing – a Solution to Copyright Lawsuits?
An analysis of some actions content owners can take to generate profits in the face of changing economic conditions.
Man Not Criminally Responsible for Greyhound Bus Beheading; Victim’s Family Call for Punishment
Justice John Scurfield ruled Thursday that a man accused of beheading and cannibalizing a Greyhound bus passenger is not criminally responsible (“NCR”) due to mental illness. Vince Li’s trial lasted only two days and heard from…
Don’t Let Cybersquatters Steal Your Name
It would be an embarrassing surprise if you woke up one day to find that your personal website was now a dating service, or worse, selling porn or prescription drugs. Well that’s precisely what has…
Comfortable in a kippa or a kaffiyeh
Published in today’s Star and reproduced here at the request of the authors. Apartheid or no apartheid, what is going on across Canadian university campuses this week is not a mature and helpful way to…
U.S. War in Afghanistan
Reproduced with permission of the author, produced here at the request of a reader. HAUNTED BY BUSH’S WAR CRIMES By Michael Haas While additional American troops are being deployed to Afghanistan, George W. Bush’s misdeeds…