Category: Law News

The group of law students in Montreal is committed to animal welfare

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University de Montreal (UdeM) law students campaigning for animal welfare have collected more than 4,000 signatures on a petition in less than three months and caused a major retail chain to change course.

Founded in 2012, the UdeM’s Fonds étudiant pour la défense juridique des animaux (FEJDA) is campaigning to protect animals and to have their rights recognized in society through conferences and activities. Composed of volunteers who are law students at the Université de Montréal, FEDJA is financed by the Animal Justice organization.

Initially, FEDJA was a body designed to raise awareness in the university community, but it expanded

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Important update for customers of Porter Davis (in liquidation)

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Following from the Grant Thornton’s, liquidator of Porter Davis, Customer Meeting this morning, there are still many questions left unanswered and we can appreciate that there may be some uncertainty that exists regarding what your rights and obligations are and what you should do next.

Our Building team at PCL Lawyers will use tomorrow’s Webinar to address those outstanding questions and set the record straight with regard to some concerning answers. In addition to answering the commonly asked questions regarding including insurance, deposits and contract termination in more detail.

Our Webinar will be informative with practical and commercially sound legal

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23-year-old father from Gjoa Haven called to the Nunavut bar

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On the really tough days, when James Takkiruq felt like quitting law school, he’d look over at his five-year-old son and remember why he had to keep going.

“He was a big support,” said Takkiruq, recalling the four years he spent going through the Nunavut Law Program in Iqaluit. “I wouldn’t have been able to make it here without [that] supports.”

He was the youngest member of the 25-person cohort to go through that program — 17 years old when he started. He graduated, along with 21 of his fellow students, last October in Iqaluit.

Now 23, Takkiruq was called

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‘You seem to be … misrepresenting the law’

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  • Classified document leak ‘awkward’ for US relationship with Ukraine

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  • Local NAACP president calls expulsion of Tennessee lawmakers a ‘political lynching’

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  • How the Texas mifepristone abortion pill case could end up in Supreme Court

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  • Full Panel: Biden says ‘I plan’ to run but poll shows Democrats aren’t enthusiastic

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  • Full Panel: ‘What is happening in Tennessee … is Jim Crow’

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  • Meet the Press Minute – Trump defends his reputation with women in 1999: ‘I am certainly controversial’

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Abortion pill mifepristone in legal limbo in the US after competing rulings

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Access to the most commonly used method of abortion in the United States plunged into uncertainty on Friday following conflicting court rulings over the legality of the abortion medication mifepristone that has been widely available for more than 20 years.

For now, the drug that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved in 2000 remains at least immediately available in the wake of the separate rulings that were issued just minutes apart by federal judges in Texas and Washington state.

US District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee, ordered a hold on federal approval of mifepristone in a decision that

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New California gas price law is another defeat for the oil industry

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. –

It was just a few weeks ago that California Gov. Gavin Newsom called the oil industry the second most powerful force on earth, trailing only Mother Nature in its ability to bend the elements — both physical and political — to its will.

Yet on Tuesday, Newsom signed a new law that gave state regulators the power to penalize oil companies for making too much money, the first of its kind in the country. It’s the type of legislation the oil industry might have crushed in the past. But on Monday, the bill cleared the state Assembly

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Law would require explanation for questionable wealth in BC

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VICTORIA — British Columbia has tabled changes to a law that would require people or companies to explain how they obtained their cash, fancy homes and luxury cars if there’s a suspicion they came from criminal activity.

The government says the creation of unexplained wealth orders will help prevent money laundering by those who hide assets with family members or associates.

If there is reason to suspect property was acquired through crime and the person does not appear to have sufficient income to own what they have, a BC Supreme Court judge could require

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Benefits of having a written partnership agreement.

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Many business partners simply don’t have a written agreement in place.

While this can be ok during the good times it can become troublesome and expensive to resolve disputes, especially if the terms of the partnership have not been properly documented in writing.

Partnership agreements can pre-emptively act to head off disputes as they layout clear obligations, rights and dispute resolution methods.

Resolving disputes quickly can mean that the commercial relationship is not damaged and can be quickly corrected if you do have an issue. Furthermore, it will enhance the business brand and image if the partners are in sync

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