Originally posted 2012-04-09 16:28:21. Republished by Blog Post Promoter The AP reports that a small California (of course) company thinks it has a brilliant idea, a way to out-Netflix Netflix: Zediva Inc. is going to make available for viewing on subscribers’ Internet devices new movies as soon as they are available on DVD. This…
The Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act (“OHSA”) requires provincially-regulated employers to have in place (and review annually) a written policy addressing workplace harassment. The OHSA defines ‘workplace harassment’ as “engaging in a course of vexatious comment or conduct against a worker in a workplace that is known or ought reasonably to be known to…
Discrimination in the workplace isn’t always obvious. In many cases, it starts subtly—being passed over for promotions, receiving unfair criticism, or suddenly being excluded from meetings. Over time, these patterns can take a toll. If you’re experiencing unfair treatment at work and wondering whether it’s legal—or just wrong—you’re not alone. New York has some of…
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One of the topics we have discussed regularly on this blog is the right of social tenants to buy their homes—and the long-term problems this has caused. The most recent post being our June 2024 post on why the housing crisis cannot be solved without reforming Right to Buy. The Problem Councils/Local Authorities have had…
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On June 5, the CJEU issued a new judgment interpreting the Montreal convention, which governs rules for international air carriage, in the case Iberia (C-292/24). The case arose when passengers traveling from Frankfurt am Main (Germany) to Panama City (Panama), with a layover in Madrid (Spain), discovered that their checked-in luggage had not arrived in…
In R v. Campbell, 2024 SCC 42 (“Campbell”), the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) weighed in on whether the police had lawful authority to use the cellphone of a drug dealer without a warrant to continue a text message conversation with an alleged drug distributor. In a 6-3 split, the SCC held that while…
The Executive Orders of President Trump, targeting American law firms, clash with the professional ethical duties of lawyers and threaten the very foundation of the rule of law. What’s happening? In recent weeks, President Trump’s actions against Harvard University have attracted academic attention. Yet, equally contentious presidential actions targeting law firms that have represented individuals…
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We’ve all sent messages we didn’t think twice about. A photo, a joke, or a heated comment in the middle of an argument. On apps like Snapchat, those messages seem to disappear into thin air. But here’s the truth: in Alberta courts, nothing sent online ever really disappears. As assault cases become more complex, digital…
Image by Pexels from Pixabay The long-awaited opinion of Advocate-General (AG) Emiliou in C-590/23 Pelham, the enduring dispute between the electronic music group Kraftwerk against hip-hop producers, and their production company Pelham GmbH, has now been published. For those who had not been following the developments, the case has once again reached the Bundesgerichtshof (BGH),…
ICANN’s decision to remove the words “diversity” and “inclusion” from its web site has prompted the first public, angry response from a community organization. The Asia-Pacific Regional At-Large Organization, APRALO, one of the five regional groups making up the At-Large Community, wrote to ICANN’s top brass to say that “diversity, equity and inclusion” should be…
