COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (NOVEMBER 11 – 15)

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Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of November 11, 2024. There were only two substantive decisions.

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Krieser v Seligman was a dispute regarding the construction of a $ 5 million home in Forest Hill that began in 2003 but did not get to trial until 20 years later. The owners were unsuccessful

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The morning read for Tuesday, November 21

The morning read for Tuesday, November 21

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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read:

  • Voting Rights Act ruling is latest attempt by Trump-nominated judges to overturn Supreme Court precedent (Joan Biskupic, CNN)
  • Supreme Court agrees to hear San Carlos Apache appeal on health care funding (Adrienne Washington, Cronkite News)
  • Idaho Asks US Supreme Court to Permit Abortion Law Enforcement (Mary Anne Pazanowski, Bloomberg Law)
  • David Souter showed the
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The morning read for Friday, November 17

The morning read for Friday, November 17

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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read:

  • Supreme Court denies request to reinstate Florida drag show law (David Kihara, Politico)
  • ‘He didn’t deserve to die like this’: Supreme Court decision leaves family of a man killed at the border searching for justice (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News)
  • She got a ticket for beeping her car horn. Now she’s asking the Supreme Court
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The morning read for Thursday, November 9

The morning read for Thursday, November 9

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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read:

  • Conservative Supreme Court majority must figure out if it can limit gun rights of domestic abusers (Joan Biskupic, CNN)
  • US Senate Democrats to vote on Supreme Court ethics probe subpoenas (John Kruzel & Andrew Chung, Reuters) 
  • The Supreme Court has found a gun-control measure it likes (The Economist) 
  • The Supreme Court dismantled Roe. States
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Law firm mergers- a workshop for law firm leaders: PPA Event – 29 November 2023

Most ambitious law firms include merger as one potential route to achieve their growth plans, whether by way of acquisition of smaller, strategically relevant firms or a ‘merger of equals’.  

Please join us during the afternoon of 29 November as we gather law firm leaders for a workshop on law firm mergers.

The event will include:
 
Key-note address on the findings of an extensive, cutting-edge PhD research project into the drivers of success across 73 large law firm mergers … Read the rest

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: October 30 to November 3, 2023

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations.

  • The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau released its second EEO audit notice for 2023, which targets 150 radio and television stations for review of their EEO compliance.  The FCC randomly audits approximately 5% of all broadcast stations each year regarding their EEO compliance.  Audited stations and their
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The morning read for Wednesday, November 1

The morning read for Wednesday, November 1

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The justices will hear oral argument this morning in Vidal v. Elster. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read:

  • Can public officials block you on social media? It’s up to the Supreme Court (Nina Totenberg, NPR)
  • Supreme Court Weighs When Officials May Block Citizens on Social Media (Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
  • Trump fights loom large for a Supreme
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Major Second and First Amendment cases headline November sitting

Major Second and First Amendment cases headline November sitting

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With just over a year to go until the 2024 presidential elections, the shadow of former President Donald Trump – who is once again the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination – hovers over three of the seven cases in the court’s November argument session, which begins on Oct. 30. Trump once asked the justices to take up the same question that they will now consider in two cases on Oct. 31, involving liability for public officials who block … Read the rest