Shared from REFI January 3, 2024 Article written by Kara Johnson If you’re a homeowner, you’ll need to cough up extra money every year to pay your property tax. This is a charge that local authorities assess based on property you own, including your house. The higher the value of your property, the more you…
IN RE ADOPTION OF FLAVIA, Mass: Appeals Court 2023: “In this consolidated appeal, we affirm Juvenile Court decrees terminating the mother’s and the father’s parental rights to their twin daughters, Flavia and Helen, but we vacate an order denying postdecree motions filed by the twins and their older half-brother, Mark (a pseudonym). The motions cited…
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Paula Puddy, HBA LLB MBA Get an early start on your EDI CPD requirements with this week’s presentation hosted by the County of Carleton Law Association (CCLA) which includes 30 minutes of accredited EDI. To begin, Johnathon Richardson gives an up-beat presentation on the changes to contingency fee arrangements. Richardson discusses the mandatory standard form…
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By: Nigel Bankes Document commented on: “Negotiations to Modernize the Columbia River Treaty, Agreement-in-Principle Content, Public Document”, dated August 30, 2024, release announced September 5, 2024. PDF Version: New “Public Document” on the Agreement in Principle to Modernize the Columbia River Treaty In the first part of July, the governments of Canada and the United…
In R v Bouvette, 2023 BCCA 152 [Bouvette] the Court of Appeal for British Columbia (BCCA) set aside a guilty plea and ordered a stay of proceedings where the Crown failed to disclose material documents to the defence. In doing so, they adopted a strict version of the test for when an acquittal is an…
In today’s world of air travel, the balance between passenger rights and airline obligations is beyond debate: grounded in solid consumer protection principles, passengers expect airlines to adhere to service standards and provide compensation in cases of disruption. However, this level of protection often places significant strain on airlines’ ability to operate efficiently and may…
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On June 6, 2023, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (collectively, the “Agencies”) issued final interagency guidance that provides granular recommendations for how banks and other regulated financial institutions should manage risks associated with third-party relationships (the “Guidance”). The Guidance…
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PD v. County of Suffolk, 2024 NY Slip Op 3405 – NY: Appellate Div., 2nd Dept. 2024: “WOOTEN, J. APPEAL by the defendant County of Suffolk, in an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., from an order of the Supreme Court (David T. Reilly, J.), dated April 6, 2023, and entered in Suffolk…
With the bell having tolled on the beginning of another schoolyear, there is perhaps no more fitting time to offer a refresher on the details, advantages, and complexities of registered education savings plans (RESPs), while also exploring some of the nuances in relation to their impact on estate planning. Overview and Advantages In general terms,…
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While French skincare company L’Occitane (the “Company”) successfully thwarted a mass arbitration effort by plaintiffs’ firm Zimmerman Reed and approximately 3,000 customers (the “Claimants”), the Southern District of California Court presiding over the matter indicated that the Company’s case against them was on the verge of dismissal. L’Occitane v. Zimmerman Reed, et al., No. 2:24-cv-01103…
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