Published on June 16th, 2023 at 05:42am EDTCanada has passed a new law that emphasizes the importance of the French language in Canada by prioritizing francophone immigration and minorities outside Quebec.
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Bill C-13 introduces, for the first time, immigration into the Official Languages Act (OLA). The OLA is the federal statute that makes English and French the official languages of Canada. The new law modernizes the Official Languages Act to recognize that French, as an official language of Canada, is being threatened and must be protected. It is divided into three…
On the issue of irreparable harm, Judge Dow ruled there is “merit” in the submission that Jin had access “not only to the files opened for clients he recruited [to Chagpar]but all files of the plaintiff, given the evidence about the team approach taken at Chagpar & Associates, meaning all staff and lawyers work on all files.”
While the loss of potential fees from files transferred from one firm to another can be calculated, Dow wrote, the loss of potential files through referrals from Chagpar & Associates existing clientele, satisfied with the work performed and the result achieved, is “much…
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Canada should give “urgent consideration” to legal mechanisms as a way to combat residential school denialism, says a new report from the independent special interlocutor on unmarked graves.
Justice Minister David Lambetti said he was open to such a solution.
Kimberly Murray made the call in an interim report released Friday, just over a year after she was appointed to an advisory role focused on how Ottawa can help Indigenous communities search for children who died and disappeared from residential schools.
The former executive director of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada spent much of the past…
case type: civilwhere: New York Supreme CourtAttorney: Roberta KaplanVerdict: Trump found liable for battery and defamation in May 2023. A second defamation trial begins on January 15, 2024.
In a 2019 New York cover story, writer E. Jean Carroll accused Trump of sexually assaulting her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the mid-1990s. After Trump accused her of lying, Carroll, represented by Roberta Kaplan, sued him for defamation. Then she sued for damages over the alleged assault, taking advantage of a recent New York law that extends the statute of limitations for adult survivors of sexual abuse. The trial…
Is Donald Trump going to be indicted by the Justice Department over his handling of classified documents? On the one hand—with the major caveat that he was, in fact, criminally charged in April by the Manhattan district attorney’s office over his hush money deals—the ex-president has effectively escaped any real repercussions for seven-plus decades of bad behavior ranging from the disturbing and f–ked up to the (allegedly) criminal. On the other hand, it’s not looking great for the guy! Over the last several weeks—while Jack Smith was reportedly uncovering “significant evidence” that the ex-president may have obstructed justice—news emerged that…
The two states recently have enacted restrictions on noncompete agreements being used in certain professions.
In Maine, on June 1, 2023, the Governor signed into law LD 688/HP 457, entitled “An Act to Protect Access to Veterinary Care by Prohibiting Noncompete Agreements.” The act amends Maine Revised Statute title 26, § 599-A, which already prohibits an employer from entering into a noncompete with an employee if the employee is earning wages at or below 400% of the federal poverty level. The new amendment expands the noncompete ban to licensed Maine veterinarians, with a carve out for those with an ownership…
Comment on this storyCommentsA federal judge on Friday found Kellye SoRelle — an attorney for the Oath Keepers and girlfriend of the the right-wing group’s leader, Stewart Rhodes — mentally incompetent to stand trial as scheduled next month on charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.US District Judge Amit P. Mehta of DC postponed SoRelle’s trial indefinitely, finding — based on reports by defense and government medical experts — that she was suffering from a mental disease or defect rendering her unable to understand the proceedings against her or to assist properly in…
Comment on this storyCommentsChief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. followed precedent. He bristled at overreach by conservative lawyers. And joined by Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, Roberts did something hardly anyone anticipates: He saved what remains of the Voting Rights Act, a law he has worked throughout his career to hobble, from his service as a young lawyer in the Reagan administration to his tenure on the high court.This Supreme Court is among the most conservative in the history of the institution, with five justices (and sometimes six) eager to undo what they view as past liberal excesses and…