Tag: current legal issues in the news 2022

Alberta family lawyer offering a simpler, friendlier way to divorce

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An Edmonton lawyer is paving the way for a more streamlined, faster, cheaper and more co-operative model of divorce. The approach, being offered as a pilot project in Alberta, uses one lawyer jointly for the couple.

It’s the first time this method has been offered in Canada — in fact, it’s believed to be the first for all of North America.

Instead of having each person retain their own lawyer and then fighting it out in court, this process has two people meet with one lawyer together and work out a divorce agreement that works for everyone.

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Meta Will Block All News Stories On Facebook And Instagram In Canada After New Law Demands Payment To Publishers

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Meta will block access to news articles for all Facebook and Instagram users in Canada after the country passed a new law, the Online News Act, which would force internet companies to pay news publishers for their content.

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After months of protest from Meta, Canada followed the lead of

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Facebook to end news access in Canada over incoming law on paying publishers

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OTTAWA, June 22 (Reuters) – Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) plans to end access to news on Facebook and Instagram for all users in Canada once a parliament-approved legislation requiring internet giants to pay news publishers comes into effect, the company said on Thursday.

The legislation, known as the Online News Act, was approved by the Senate upper chamber earlier on Thursday and will become law after receiving royal assent from the governor general, a formality.

The legislation was proposed after complaints from Canada’s media industry, which wants tighter regulation of tech companies to prevent them from elbowing news businesses out

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Vancouver urgent care clinic suspends some services over legal battle with health authorities

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The day before Vancouver’s first urgent and primary care center opened in 2018, the provincial government held a news conference celebrating the facility as a step toward improving the quality of health-care in the city.

“We want people to get the care they need in their community,” Health Minister Adrian Dix said that Sunday.

Less than five years later, that relationship has soured.

The clinic is deep into a legal battle that it says has ultimately forced doctors to stop providing patients with ultrasounds, X-rays and other critical diagnostic tests, despite having the equipment to do so in-house.

“Unfortunately, when

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TikTok content creators file lawsuit against Montana over first-in-nation law banning app

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Helena, Mont. –

Five TikTok content creators have filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn Montana’s first-in-the-nation ban on the video sharing app, arguing the law is an unconstitutional violation of free speech rights.

The Montana residents also argued in the complaint, filed in federal court late Wednesday without public notice, that the state doesn’t have any authority over matters of national security. Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed the bill into law Wednesday and said it would protect Montana residents’ private data and personal information from being harvested by the Chinese government.

The ban is scheduled to take effect on Jan.

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UFLPA Enforcement Remains Work in Progress

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US Customs and Border Protection’s (“CBP”) implementation of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (“UFLPA”) remains a work in progress, as importers work to mitigate shipment detentions and respond to UFLPA reviews and enforcement actions. Emerging best practices may guide stakeholders as they navigate these uncertainties.

Develop a Due Diligence System

Due diligence systems allow companies to proactively evaluate forced labor risks within their supply chains through comprehensive information gathering and robust risk assessments, which can mitigate the legal and reputational consequences of forced labor.

To establish a due diligence system, a company should:

  • Continuously collect information on Tier 1
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Appeal Court strikes down BC law that allows social workers to access parents’ medical files

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The province’s highest court found there were no safeguards in place for the disclosure of the private medical records and it said the provincial government needs to rewrite that part of its law

Published April 24, 2023 • Last updated 5 days ago • 5 minute read

The BC Court of Appeal has struck down part of a BC law that allows social workers to secretly obtain the medical and psychiatric records of mothers and fathers to determine if they were fit to parent after a constitutional challenge under Canada's illegal search and seizure laws.
The BC Court of Appeal has struck down part of a BC law that allows social workers to secretly obtain the medical and psychiatric records of mothers and fathers to determine if they were fit to parent after a constitutional challenge under Canada’s illegal search and seizure
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Family law in Canada: What happens when a sponsorship relationship breaks down?

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Published on March 30th, 2023 at 09:00am EDT


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Family law problems in the immigration law context usually occur because a relationship or marriage breaks down after the spouse or partner has been sponsored to come to Canada. When this happens, there may be concerns about maintaining immigration status, sponsorship undertakings and spousal financial support.

Sponsor your family for Canadian immigration

The sponsor and the sponsored person must be in a relationship under one of three categories:

  • Spouse: the sponsor and the sponsored person are married.
  • common
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