On May 2. 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the refusal of the City of Boston to permit the flying of a Christian flag, on a flag pole located at Boston’s City Hall Plaza. In Shurtleff v City of Boston Massachusetts, the Court ruled that the City had violated the First Amendment right of…
Legal disputes can arise in various areas of life, including business and property matters. Obtaining timely legal counsel is imperative in order to proactively address potential disputes or safeguard your rights in situations where disagreements may arise. In this blog post, we will explore the case of Mississauga Hardware Centre Inc. v. Prombank Investment Limited,…
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From my LinkedIn post today (Sat., June 4, 2022): I rarely learn anything useful from the New York Post, but this article reports that Amber Heard “had to switch legal representation and is relying on her homeowner’s #insurance policy to cover the cost of her attorneys in the case. The bill for Heard’s attorney has…
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In January, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a new rule that would ban employers from imposing noncompete clauses on their workers (employees, contractors, interns etc.) and require employers to rescind existing noncompete clauses and inform workers that they are no longer in effect. The FTC described the practice as an “often exploitative practice that…
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On 18 February 2018 Thailand issued a notification under the Consumer Protection Act (1979), which regulates residential structure (i.e., e.g. house, apartment, and condominium) leases. Pursuant to the notification any person or company that leases five of more residential structures (with some limited exceptions) is considered a residential structure “business operator”. The notification goes into…
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Welcome to our weekly Newsround where we bring you all the latest trending housing news. Grenfell Inquiry Report published This was published on Wednesday 4 September and is the final report from this long running (7 years) inquiry. The report was deeply critical of all involved in the remedial work to the tower, including the…
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On October 24, 2023, the Supreme Court of British Columbia issued a decision finding that additional property transfer taxes of $6,000,000 were payable on a residential property. Both the registered and beneficial owners of the property in question were British Columbia companies and the individuals at the top of the structure were Canadian permanent residents….
Introducing a new paper about judicial deference to administrative limitations of constitutional rights When is law not really law? Or at least, something less than law? Well, for instance, when courts treat it as if it were something else. An aspirational statement, say, rather than a binding commitment. A matter for political institutions, not for…
Blacklock’s has announced that it will appeal Justice Roy’s decision of May 31, 2024 in 1395804 Ontario Ltd. (Blacklock’s Reporter) v. Canada (Attorney General), 2024 FC 829 (CanLII), <https://canlii.ca/t/k4zfr>. See my recent blog about this here. Here is Blacklock’s Notice of Appeal dated August 30, 2024. This was a very lucid decision about the licit…
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Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (the “CDA” or “Section 230”), known prolifically as “the 26 words that created the internet,” remains the subject of ongoing controversy. As extensively reported on this blog, the world of social media, user-generated content, and e-commerce has been consistently bolstered by Section 230 protections. The same law, however,…
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