Your potential clients are doing their homework. They’re checking out your law firm’s website, scrolling through your bios, and reading about your case results. But another question they’re asking might surprise you: “Does this firm care about the same things I do?”The answer matters more than ever. Today’s clients increasingly want to work with firms…
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Last week, the Trump administration sanctioned four judges of the International Criminal Court, who were subjected to an asset freeze and a travel ban simply for doing their job. Yesterday, the governments of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway and the United Kingdom sanctioned two extremist Israeli ministers, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, for inciting violence…
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Welcome to our first Newsround for June, let’s take a look at what has been in the housing news headlines this week. Fire risk warning for kitchen appliances Air fryers have been in the news this week for being a potential fire hazard if not used correctly and if left unattended. This is not good…
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For many temporary residents in Canada, especially those on a temporary resident permit in 2025, understanding “maintained status” (previously known as implied status) is crucial for staying legally in the country while waiting for a decision on an extension application. It allows individuals to continue working or studying under the conditions of their expired permit…
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By Sharon Coen, Associate Professor of Media Psychology at the University of Salford and Thalia Magioglou, Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Westminster On May 22nd 2025 nine representatives of European countries have co-signed an open letter in which they are arguing that the current interpretation of the European Convention of Human…
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Canada’s anti-spam law is about much more than just spam. It also regulates the installation of software. Like the rest of the law, it is complicated and convoluted and has significant penalties. If you’re a software developer or an IT admin, you definitely need to know about this. So we’re talking about Canada’s anti-spam law….
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On June 1st, Polish voters rendered a fateful decision in the presidential election. Karol Nawrocki, a former hooligan and a historian with no prior political experience and the candidate of the right-wing Law and Justice party (PiS), narrowly defeated Rafał Trzaskowski, the pro-European mayor of Warsaw supported by Donald Tusk’s Civic Coalition, securing 50.89% of…
Ontario’s “Stage 3” Regulation now requires employers to conduct employee screening for COVID-19 whenever employees come to work, using questions set out in a new “Screening Tool” issued by the Ontario Ministry of Health. The Regulation was made on Friday, September 25, 2020, and is already in effect. Although many Ontario employers were already conducting screening as…
Joana Covelo de Abreu (Editor of this blog and Key-staff member of Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence “Digital Citizenship & Technological Sustainability” – CitDig, Erasmus+. Project Assistant of the Jean Monnet Network ENDE) A feedback period is open from the 26th of May 2025 to the 23rd of June 2025 concerning a call for evidence…
How to calculate when continuing representation ends is a continuing problem. Does the representation continue until new counsel come into the case? Does it continue until a consent to change attorney is filed? In Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v Leopold & Assoc., PLLC 2025 NY Slip Op 03220 Decided on May 28, 2025 Appellate Division,…
