Andrew Lavoott Bluestone has been an attorney for 40 years, with a career that spans criminal prosecution, civil litigation and appellate litigation. Mr. Bluestone became an Assistant District Attorney in Kings County in 1978, entered private practice in 1984 and in 1989 opened his private law office and took his first legal malpractice case. Since…
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As a solo attorney, your website is a key part of generating interest, visibility, and demand in your legal practice. While 74% of lawyers use their website to attract clients, only one-third of lawyers actually retain their clients through their websites. According to our Legal Trend Report, this can be attributed to some crucial shortcomings…
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Keeping tabs on Canadian immigration? Then you need to know about the latest Express Entry changes. As announced on February 27, 2025, by the Honourable Minister Marc Miller (Immigration Minister at the time), the focus for category-based draws in 2025 is shifting, with a notable emphasis on candidates who already have Canadian work experience through the…
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Image created with AI Introduction Not long ago, artificial intelligence (“AI”) was a concept brought to life by human actors – whether through Scarlett Johansson’s voice in Her (2013) or as Alicia Vikander’s eerie humanoid presence in Ex Machina (2014). Today, the roles have reversed: it is AI that is creating on-screen performances that appear…
The need for fact-based, good-faith discussion and exchange to address our most challenging policy issues has never been greater. My Hub Canada op-ed notes that universities should be ideally suited for a leading role, yet in recent months, the drumbeat of intolerance has undermined their ability to do so. Last week, the well-documented rise of antisemitism and…
You may have seen some headlines that said that Alberta’s privacy law has been declared unconstitutional. Yup, it’s true that at least part of it was and here’s why ….. This case involves Clearview AI Inc. (“Clearview”), a U.S.-based facial recognition company, challenging an order issued by Alberta’s Information and Privacy Commissioner. The order, based…
If you’ve been hurt in your apartment building, you may be wondering whether your landlord can be held legally responsible. In New York, landlords have a legal duty to keep their properties safe for tenants and visitors. When they fail to do that and someone gets hurt, a personal injury claim may be possible. At…
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Kaja Kaźmierska is a research fellow at the Institute of Social Sciences at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. She works on the research project “Judicial autonomy under authoritarian attack”, her PhD examines the challenges to the independence of the CJEU and the ECtHR. Introduction BRCA1 and BRCA2 are the two genes associated with a much higher risk…
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Originally posted 2012-02-09 13:59:19. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Last June, blogging about my presentation to the Copyright Society on the Righthaven litigation, I wrote the following: This brings us to the issue of mass enforcement a la RIAA and MPAA Mass enforcement sweeps Complete de-linking from any concept of blameworthiness, much less intent…
On January 12, 2021, the Government of Ontario declared a new state of emergency, announced a “stay-at-home” order, and imposed new public health measures and restrictions on businesses. Ontario Regulations 10/21 and 11/21 were filed the next day, specifying the new obligations on employers and the “stay at home” requirement respectively. Ontario’s stay-at-home requirements and the new restrictions on businesses permitted…
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