Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of January 4, 2021

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of January 4, 2021 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Calgary judge to hear legal challenge of Alberta's COVID-19 restrictions 'cancelling Christmas'
  

• Son wins conversion suit against parents after they tossed his porn stash and sex toys
  

• Ford to order strict lockdown for all of Ontario starting on Boxing Day | CBC News
  

• Newsmax 'clarifies' election conspiracy theories after legal threat from voting technology company
  

• Barr says no need for special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden, publicly undercutting Trump
  

• All of Ontario is going into lockdown on Boxing Day. Here’s what this means
  

• Dozens of airline passengers in Canada hit with fines, warning letters for refusing to wear a mask
  

• Edmonton church sanctioned for COVID-19 violations, northern pastor calls rules 'tyranny'
  

• 10 years in prison for illegal streaming? It's in the Covid-19 relief bill
  

• US Justice Department Sues Walmart, Saying it Fueled Opioid Crisis
  

• Ottawa blocks Chinese takeover of Nunavut gold mine project after national security review
  

• Walmart contributed to the prescription opioid crisis for years, DOJ alleges
  

• Voting machine company executive sues Trump allies for defamation
  

• Dominion Voting Systems CEO doesn't rule out legal action against Trump
  

• Pennsylvania man is accused of casting Trump vote for his dead mother.
  

• ‘A legal first’: B.C. man accused of dangerous driving for sleeping in self-driving, speeding Tesla
  

• Hockey nights in Canada: The provinces are onside for an all-Canadian North Division, NHL says
  

• Investigating the Sask. judge who visited teepee camp is 'silly': U of S Indigenous Law Centre director
  

• Authorities identify man responsible for Christmas Day bombing in Nashville
  

• Judge Rejects Ghislaine Maxwell’s $28.5 Million Bail Proposal
  

• Pope Francis Strips Powerful Vatican Office of Its Financial Assets
  

• Size does matter in published listings about properties for sale, says a pivotal new legal ruling
  

• Mexico is home to the world’s most powerful drug cartels, who have terrorized the country for years. Now the country is poised to try something different: legalizing one of their products, marijuana.
  

• Air travellers entering Canada must have a negative COVID-19 test before arrival, Ottawa says

• Vancouver party host spends Christmas in jail after repeated fines for violating COVID-19 public health orders
  

• Brexit now a reality as U.K. completes economic separation from European Union
  

• Ruined vaccines: 60 people got shots with intentionally spoiled drugs; pharmacist arrested. - Chicago Tribune
  

• Federal Judge Dismisses Election Lawsuit Against Pence
  

• Appeals court dismisses Gohmert case asking Pence to interfere in Electoral College vote count

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net

Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of October 5, 2020

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of October 5, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• No sex, no marriage, rules B.C. judge in rare annulment because husband couldn't maintain an erection
  

• Report on Trump’s $750 Income Tax Payments Reverberates Ahead of Debate
  

• Uber can continue operating in London, judge says
  

• American Could Face Prison in Thailand Over Negative Reviews of a Resort
  

• $20 Million Settlement Reached in Maryland Officer's Fatal Shooting of William Green
  

• Unidentified grand juror files motion requesting release of transcripts in Breonna Taylor case
  

• New York judge orders judicial review of Eric Garner case
  

• New California law bans sharing crime scene photos after images leaked of Kobe Bryant's crash

• Crown accuses Meng Wanzhou's lawyers of trying to turn extradition into a trial | CBC News
  

• Michael Flynn's lawyer admits discussing his criminal case with Trump
  

• Mueller Rebuts Insider’s Criticisms of Trump Investigation
  

• The CERB benefit is over — here's what you need to know now
  

• Japanese Government Is Ordered to Pay Damages Over Fukushima Disaster
  

• Judge approves $800 million settlement for victims of Las Vegas shooting
  

• Police dismantle a massive gaming operation and spa in mansion north of Toronto
  

• Ireland court: Subway sandwiches don't meet legal definition of 'bread'
  

• Toronto council approves increased COVID-19 restrictions - The Globe and Mail
  

• Students suspended over recording of Calgary school principal using N-word
  

• Steve Barnes, of Cellino & Barnes Law Firm, Dies in Plane Crash
  

• Michigan Supreme Court strikes down governor's emergency Covid powers
  

• Trump’s Diagnosis Imperils Quick Supreme Court Confirmation Timeline
  

• Amazon reveals nearly 20,000 employees have tested positive for COVID-19
  

• An attack on a judge’s family is putting US judicial security center stage
  

• Texas woman who stole goods for 19 years and sold them on eBay has been sentenced to prison and ordered to pay $3.8M
  

• Sexual assault charges stayed as questions of independence rock military justice system
  

• Judge Scrutinizes Justice Dept. Request to Drop Michael Flynn Case - The New York Times
  

• Trump's COVID-19 condition improving, could return to White House Monday, doctors say
  

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net