Animal Justice has alerted the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture that illegal animal cruelty is likely to occur in rodeo events at the Nova Scotia Stampede, scheduled for September 26-29 in Truro, Nova Scotia. Rodeo events are fundamentally cruel, subjecting animals to fear, pain, and torture in front of large boisterous crowds. Bulls and horses…
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After several go-rounds the matter of Prospect Capital Corp. v Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP 2024 NY Slip Op 33322(U) September 19, 2024 Supreme Court, New York County Docket Number: Index No. 653941/2022 Judge: Margaret A. Chan is moving forward. Initially dismissed, then re-argued, the case turns on “the real harm “flowing from defendants’ alleged…
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Professor Steve Peers, Royal Holloway University of London Photo credit: mikemacmarketing, image via vpnsrus Full disclosure first: After exactly ten and a half years, I stopped posting on X (formerly Twitter) on August 10, 2024. I could not accept the owner’s view that those encouraging race riots in Britain online should not be punished, his…
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Reprinting my annual Passover post, updated for modern microblogging sensibilities and adjusted for days of the week as they come out this year: I’ve been hit by pre-Passover preparations — the First Seder is tonight — plus the need to front-load the making-a-living part to make up for the fact that I will be “out…
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As a landlord, you’ve probably heard horror stories about tenants who refuse to pay rent, damage your property, or violate the terms of the lease agreement. These disputes can quickly escalate into costly lawsuits, leaving both parties frustrated and stressed. As a landlord, it’s crucial to be aware of the common disputes that can arise…
1 Canadian Senior Sun & Surf Headaches: US Condo Ownership & Other Snowbird Minefields** Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 14, #11 – December 31, 2023 OPENING In Canada and northern US, lower temperatures are common wintertime. Specifically, they dip to their annual minimums in December, January…
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Print this article POST 14 OF THE SERIES OF THE ODYSSEUS BLOG ON THE PACT ON MIGRATION & ASYLUM By Lieneke Slingenberg, Professor of Migrants and the Rule of Law, at the Amsterdam Centre for Migration and Refugee Law of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Almost eight years since the Commission issued the proposal, the recast…
In the not too distant past, anti-regulation bitcoiner Theo Chino sent a letter to the Uniform Law Commission (ULC), urging the group not to meddle in cryptocurrency just yet. Welp, it appears the panel didn’t heed his advice, because the legislative review body recently green lit the Uniform Regulation of Virtual Currency Business Act. First…
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As a solicitor and someone who drafts tenancy agreements, I was particularly interested to see what the Renters Rights Bill has to say about tenancy agreements. Particularly after my experience of dealing with the new Welsh rules back in 2022. The Welsh Occupation Contracts To recap, the Welsh amendments provide that: The rules apply to…
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On September 25th, the Court of Appeal for British Columbia partially upheld Airbnb’s successful judicial review of a British Columbia OIPC decision that required the City of Vancouver to disclose short term rental addresses along with related information, but vacated the application judge’s order to notify over 20,000 affected individuals. Background The City licenses short…
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