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The US Supreme Court recently ruled that employers don't have to pay for time spent in security screenings. This post explains that ruling and its possible impact in Canada.

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This post summarizes an employment law case from the British Columbia Supreme Court which illustrates some of the challenges social media presents to both employers and employees.

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Mounted Police Assn. of Ontario / Assoc. de la Police Montée de l'Ontario v. Canada (Attorney General) 2012 CarswellOnt 6781 | Ontario Court of Appeal

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Legal Wit — Facing Down the Lions

The two large stone lions that stand separating the Granville Mall from Duke Street in Halifax were saved by the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design from the demolition of Halifax's Old Customs House in 1958.

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With the excess of the holidays behind us, we start off the new year with a look at one of the realities of our consumer society: bankruptcy, specifically consumer proposals. A proposal constitutes an offer made by the debtor to the creditors, which they are free to accept or reject. Although approved by the court and by statute declared to be binding on all creditors, a proposal is in reality only a contract between the parties. Consumer proposals are dealt with under Part III, Division II of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act.

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The Alberta Court of Queen's Bench determined that the trustee lacked the power to pursue certain claims of creditors against the bankrupt, is not an agent of individual creditors.

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Emergency Service

Anderson v. Bell Mobility Inc. | 2013 CarswellNWT 34 (N.W.T.S.C.) | R.S. Veale J.

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Legal Wit — When *I* Do It, It's Different

Throughout these Reasons, I will be referring to this vehicle as, "the Ford Ranger," "the Ranger," "the pickup truck," "the Ranger pickup truck" or simply "the vehicle.

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This post discusses two recent decisions that examined the attributes of an average Internet user in the context of claims of passing off.

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This post summarizes the Supreme Court of Canada decision in R. v. Fearon, which dealt with the issue of whether police can perform warrantless searches of smartphones incident to arrest.

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Proficiency in English

R. v. Wangchuk | 2012 CarswellOnt 7110 (Ont. C.J.) | Brown J.

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