Pacific Media Conference panel session evaluates global research journal model and defends regional niche titles

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Pacific Media Watch Pacific media academics have criticised the economics of global research journal publication models and defended independent publications such as Pacific Journalism Review carving out niche markets. “Publish of perish?” A Pacific Journalism review perspective and new journal from APMN. Image: Screenshot APR Speaking in a panel titled “Publish or Perish” at the recent Pacific…

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Road Safety and Traumatic Brain Injury. What Is Really Being Done?

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By: Patrick Brown, Partner at McLeish Orlando LL Patrick Brown discusses the preventable nature of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and the insufficient efforts to curb these injuries in the context of road safety. It explores the significant financial and social costs of TBIs on healthcare and insurance systems and emphasizes the need for comprehensive and…

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Canada Law

New Academic Year Requires New Approach to Combat Campus Antisemitism

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The days leading up to a new academic year at a university are typically filled with a mix of excitement and anticipation for both faculty and students alike. My Globe and Mail op-ed notes that this year, it brought trepidation and even fear for many in the Jewish community. At my own university, faculty attended…

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Intersectionality and Indirect Discrimination in the Belgian Headscarf Ban in School – EJIL: Talk!

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On April 9th, 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered its judgment concerning Belgium’s Hijab (Headscarf) ban on wearing visible religious symbols in Schools. The Court, following its previous notorious trial of SAS v. France, continued to allow the creeping erosion of the right to manifest religion under Article 9 of the European…

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Canadian Trademark Intelligence: Catalog of Opposition Events

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Event Code Event Description Rank by Usage # Marks with This Event 6 Extension of Time Granted to Opponent 1 74,078 13 Correspondence Created 2 57,540 8 With Consent – Extension of Time Granted to Opponent 3 35,457 101 S/O Filed 4 34,189 105 S/O Forwarded for Review 5 33,224 102 S/O Fee Received 6…

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Appeal court reverses Facebook’s Canadian privacy win

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On September 9, 2024, the Federal Court of Appeal did something very interesting. A unanimous three judge panel fully reversed the factual conclusions of the court below to conclude that Facebook had violated the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act in connection with the Cambridge Analytica scandal. And then rather than sending it back…

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A tribute to Gil Carlos Rodríguez Iglesias

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This morning, Gil Carlos Rodríguez Iglesias passed away. The first Spanish judge at the Court of Justice and its President from 1994 to 2003, we sadly lose today a powerful intellect that inspired many European lawyers. Gil Carlos was the first of a generation of young Spanish lawyers that excelled in the newly democratic Spain…

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European Law

When Will the Housing Market Pick Up Again?

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Why Is the Housing Market So Sluggish? There is a critical shortage of homes causing a weak housing market. Sales of pre-owned homes dropped 3.3% in June from May, and 18.9% lower than from June of 2022. While a six-month supply is considered balanced between buyer and seller, the current sales represent only a 3.1-month…

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Property Law

Blawg Review #2 | LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™

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Welcome to the sophomore edition of the Blawg Review. We assume you have brought your sharpened, #2 lead pencils, your registration card, and a valise full of small, unmarked bills. So let’s begin with a some light stretching, shall we? First, let’s talk about what we’re not going to do — that is, crash the…

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New privacy framework for Charter-bound employers – All About Information

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I was up at the crack of dawn today to burn down to Cape May, New Jersey for the DeSatnick Foundation Paddle Around the Cape Race this Sunday. (It’s still not to late to donate.) I listened to the Supreme Court of Canada’s York Region District School Board decision between Allentown PA and the NJ…

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