The demonstrations over Israel's war in Gaza are intense. But how deep and long-lasting is their staying power in U.S. politics?
Trump was asked whether the election would end in political violence if he lost. "It depends," the former president said. Here's what he meant by that.
The quest for collaboration by newer House members comes as California's representation in Washington undergoes a generational change.
The terror attack on Israel was a catastrophic failure of state protection. It is generating an unprecedented spike in Jewish civilians getting guns.
Industrial activity has added up to 15 decibels of noise to the Santa Barbara Channel, new research has found. Hear the difference.
Mexican officials say three bodies are found in the Baja California area where two Australian brothers and their American friend went missing while on a surf trip.
Polls show that college-educated youth voters are focused on the war in Gaza, which poses possible electoral problems for the president.
Tucking opposition to the protest movement in a flippant screed against Gen Z isn't just obnoxious and cowardly, it's dangerous, columnist Lorraine Ali says.
Two Australian brothers and their American friend are missing after they visited Mexico's Baja California for a surfing trip.
The president's policies suggest common cause with the "Yes in My Backyard" movement. He and other Democrats can improve their election prospects by addressing economic anxiety.
RFK Jr., who recently qualified for the California ballot as a member of the American Independent Party, could draw votes from Biden and Trump.
Best remembered for shaking up MLB with a $126-million deal, Jayson Werth invested in race horses two years ago and improbably has Dornoch in the Kentucky Derby.
The convicted former fixer will figure prominently in the New York hush money trial. His credibility issues give the defense plenty to work with.
People across Gaza sent thanks to students protesting on U.S. campuses against Israel; Israeli leaders characterized the demonstrators as 'pro-Palestinian mobs.'
Saudi Arabia's oil riches have rocked soccer, golf, even esports, and the autocratic kingdom is expanding in Formula One car racing. What's behind the push?
Artificial intelligence experts said social media users can expect to see more of chatbots and other AI technology influencing their experience a for better or possibly worse.
Even before Tuesday night's bloody physical altercations, protesters occupying a pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA said counterdemonstrators have assaulted them nightly with a jarring barrage of light and sound.
Prince William said that his wife Catherine and their children are 'all doing well' months after the princess revealed that she has an undisclosed form of cancer.
Arizona senators have voted to repeal the 1864 abortion law after weeks of turmoil in the state.
Taiwan is celebrating the latest winner of 'RuPaul's Drag Race,' Nymphia Wind, after she called the island a country.
A growing number of Americans consider China an enemy whose influence should be contained, a Pew Research study finds
Experts describe the plan as a legal long shot, but say it could sow doubts about the integrity of a rematch between President Biden and former President Trump.
Artist Joel Coplin has a complicated relationship with homeless people. He sued Phoenix to clear an encampment. But he also befriended them and found inspiration for his art.
In a new district, the fiery Colorado congresswoman enjoys a solid base among the GOP's MAGA wing. But some are put off by her indiscretions and messy personal life.
Juan Merchan, the judge presiding over the New York hush money trial, fined the ex-president for repeatedly violating a gag order and threatened incarceration.
The tiny Persian Gulf nation initially had success persuading Hamas to give up hostages. Critics claim its influence and commitment have diminished.
In 1968, segregationist George Wallace ran for president backed by the American Independent Party. Now, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will too.
New recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force say breast cancer screening should begin at 40 and continue every other year through age 74.
AI is bending reality into a video game world of deepfakes to sow confusion and chaos during the 2024 election. Disinformation is a danger, especially in swing states.
Family Dispute Resolution: Process and Practice, just published by Oxford University Press, is THE book that family dispute resolution (FDR) practitioners and educators have been waiting for.
Edited by Peter Salem and Kelly Browe Olson, this book delivers the goods like no other— all 600+ pages of it.[1] It is an essential guide for experienced practitioners in particularalawyers or mental health professionals with dispute resolution training or experience. The book will remind them why they were drawn to this work in the first place and rejuvenate their practices in unexpected ways.
Though heavily US-focused, there are three strong . . . [more]
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PANAL (DROIT) : La juge de premiA"re instance n’a pas errA(c) en condamnant l’accusA(c)e, une fraudeuse qui avait usurpA(c) l’identitA(c) d’une autre personne, A une peine de 18A mois d’emprisonnement; l’accusA(c)e ne convainc pas la Cour que les accrocs procA(c)duraux liA(c)s aux dA(c)clarations des victimes lui ont causA(c) un prA(c)judice . . . [more]
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Each Friday, we share the latest job listings from Slaw Jobs, which features employment opportunities from across the country. Find out more about these positions by following the links below, or learn how you can use Slaw JobsA to gain valuable exposure for your job ads, while supporting the great Canadian legal commentary at Slaw.ca.
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Many law firms are successful by accident.
Anyone who knows anything about traditional law firm structures knows they are perilously fragile. It doesnat take much to bring them down.
Up until this latest debacleathe 2024 collapse of Minden GrossaCanadaas highest-profile law firm failures were Heenan Blaikie in 2014, Goodman and Carr in 2007, and Holden Day Wilson in 1996.
Canadian law firms are not alone in this plight. For exampleaand this is only a small samplingalawyer exits and merger failure brought down U.S.-based Stroock & Stroock & Lavan at the end . . . [more]
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When a party fails to abide by an interlocutory court order, there can be several consequences. For instance in Ontario, Rule 60.12 of the Rules of Civil Procedure states that “…the court may, in addition to any other sanction provided by these rules, (a) stay the partyas proceeding; (b) dismiss the partyas proceeding or strike out the partyas defence; or (c) make such other order as is just.”
In the recent case, Buduchnist Credit Union Limited v. 2321197 Ontario Inc., 2024 ONCA 57 at para 53, the Ontario Court of Appeal reaffirms that the court’s discretion to respond . . . [more]
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Everyone is the poet of their memories. … But like the best poems, they’re also never really finished because they gain new meaning as time reveals them in different lights.
Richard Hell
The resolution of disputes does not always depend on the memories of parties or witnesses, but when credibility is at issue the memories of actions can be a critical part of resolving disputes. The more we learn about how memories are formed, and more importantly, how they are retained, the more we should have real concerns about the ability of decision-makers to assess credibility of testimony of events . . . [more]
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It stated that if you wake up with the sun, you are still asleep. However if you awaken the sun, then you are truly awake.
I had to read it a few times to actually understand itas meaning, but then I realized that what this means, is that the way our day develops is completely up to us.
If we set an intention for the day to unfold in a calm and peaceful manner, knowing that we are fully capable of dealing with whatever challenges may arise, . . . [more]
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One way of forcing Google to return only the words you are searching for is to put quotation marks around the words or phrases you want. Another way is to use Googleas verbatim option.
To use the verbatim option, go to the Tools option on the Google search page. Click on All Results and then select Verbatim. . . . [more]
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This week the randomly selected blogs are 1.A Global Workplace Insider 2. Vancouver Immigration Law Blog 3. Le Blogue du CRL 4.A Canadian Appeals Monitor 5. The Treasureras Blog
Global Workplace Insider
La Cour suprAame du Canada tranche : les cadres ne pourront se syndiquer au QuA(c)bec
Le 19 avril dernier, la Cour suprAame du . . . [more]
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PANAL (DROIT) : L’appel de la dA(c)claration de dA(c)linquant dangereux prononcA(c)e A l’endroit de l’accusA(c) est rejetA(c), et ce, bien que le juge de premiA"re instance ait mal A(c)noncA(c) l’A(c)tat du droit et que la structure du jugement de dA(c)termination de la peine soit critiquable; la Cour n’y voit aucune . . . [more]
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Big Data. Edited by Benoit Leclerc & Jesse Cale. Abingdon: Routledge, 2020. 148 p. Includes illustrations, bibliographic references, and index. Criminology at the Edge series. ISBN 9781138492783 (hardcover) $136.00; ISBN 9781032336992 (softcover) $42.36; ISBN 9781351029704 (eBook) $42.36.
Reviewed by Matthew Renaud
Law Librarian,
E.K. Williams Law Library, University of Manitoba . . . [more]
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The British Columbia legal professionas leading organizations (the Law Society, the Canadian Bar Associationas BC branch, and the Trial Lawyersa Association of BC) strongly oppose Bill 21, with the . . . [more]
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Through technology, counsel can now utilize a variety of demonstrative aids . . . [more]
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We have both written previously on myths and stereotypes about intimate partner violence (IPV), one of the most common of which is that women make false or exaggerated claims of violence to gain an advantage in family law disputes (see here and here). In KMN v SZM, 2024 BCCA 70 (CanLII), the British Columbia Court of Appeal (BCCA) recognized the existence of this myth and the need for courts to avoid making assumptions that perpetuate it, holding that it is . . . [more]
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This week the randomly selected blogs are 1.A Dooreyas Workplace Law Blog 2. Lash Condo Law 3. Canadian Appeals Monitor 4. Family LLB 5. Avoid a Claim
Dooreyas Workplace Law Blog
SCC: Exclusion of Managers from Labour Legislation Not a Charter Violation
The Supreme Court of Canada released a much anticipated but under the radar . . . [more]
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PANAL (DROIT) : La juge de premiA"re instance n’a pas errA(c) en dA(c)terminant que la caractA(c)ristique dominante de la poupA(c)e en silicone que possA(c)dait l’accusA(c) est une reprA(c)sentation des organes sexuels et de la rA(c)gion anale d’une enfant dans un but sexuel, ce qui constitue du matA(c)riel de pornographie juvA(c)nile . . . [more]
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Because McMurtry . . . [more]
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INTRODUCTION
Webber Academy (or athe schoola), a private educational institution in Alberta, defined itself as non-denominational: it did not engage in any overt religious practice (with one possible and qualified exception). Yet, after two Alberta Human Rights Commission (AHRC) decisions, two Queenas Bench (as it then was) (QB) judgements, two Court of Appeal (CA) rulings and two denial of leaves to appeal by the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC), it was held to have discriminated without justification against two Muslim students whom it prohibited from engaging, on school property, in overt prayers. How did this happen? And what does it . . . [more]
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Written by Daniel Standing, LL.B., Content Editor, First Reference Inc.
The Supreme Court of British Columbia rendered a decision (2024 BCSC 55 (CanLII)) on judicial review which looked at the employer’s choice to implement a COVID-19 vaccination policy, and whether, under the Labour Relations Code, it was obligated to enter into discussions with the union first. The case provides employers with insight into the difficulty of overturning a tribunal’s decision.
Background
The workplace was a provincially run rapid transit company. The Court considered a union’s petition for judicial review of a decision by the British Columbia Labour . . . [more]
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While weare all aware that there are substantive differences between Canadian law and the law of other jurisdictions, itas much easier to forget that the practice of law varies just as much from nation to nation. Thereas more than one way to do almost anything, and the Canadian legal system is founded on a very specific set of choices, norms, and traditions.
Upon arriving in Canada from her native Australia, and despite her . . . [more]
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The Facts
The Calgary City Police were investigating fraud in online liquor sales and came across a payment processor who processed the suspect transactions. . . . [more]
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PANAL (DROIT) : Dans le cadre de l’affaire du meurtre de Guylaine Potvin, le tribunal dA(c)clare recevable le tA(c)moignage d’une biologiste judiciaire A titre de tA(c)moin expert concernant l’utilisation du nouvel outil d’enquAate dA(c)signA(c) comme le A<
IntitulA(c) :A R. c. Grenon, 2024 QCCS 551
Juridiction . . . [more]
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Written by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD, Content Editor, First Reference Inc.
In January 2024, a British Columbia labour arbitrator had no hesitation concluding that an employee, who was the grievor accusing a female colleague of sexual harassment in this case, was actually the one who was sexually harassing the female colleague. Simply put, the arbitrator found that the grievor’s evidence was not credible, the female colleague’s account was credible and consistent with the evidence, and the female colleague did not do what the employee accused her of. As a result, the labour arbitrator agreed with the employer that . . . [more]
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Afsana Gibson-Chowdhury is the founder of Gibson Chowdhury, Clear Collaborative Mediation and a renowned advocate for equity, diversity and inclusion among legal, dispute resolution and . . . [more]
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