Below are links to blog posts or articles authored by the Ottawa legal community in June.

Civil Litigation

Types of Damages in Defamation Actions
– Owen Bourns, Ottawa Litigation

Libel & Slander Act v The Internet
– Owen Bourns, Ottawa Litigation

Litigating Birth Brachial Plexus Cases in Canada
– Andrea Girones, Girones Lawyers

Advocates Call for Investigation into WSIB
– Frank Van Dyke, Van Dyke Injury Law Blog

Injured Workers Rally at Queen’s Park: “It is Workers’ Compensation, Not Employers’ Compensation”
– Frank Van Dyke, Van Dyke Injury Law Blog

Priority Disputes in the World of Accident Benefits
– Tania Fleming, Diamond & Diamond

When Whiplash Isn’t Just Whiplash
– Steven Wilder, Diamond & Diamond

Ottawa Cycling Accident and the One-Meter Rule
– David Hollingsworth

Corporate Commercial Law

Verbal Agreements: “This call will be recorded for quality-assurance purposes”
– Megan Martins, Momentum Law

Does Your Company Need a Sedar Profile?
– Paul Franco, Mann Lawyers

B Corporations – The Business World’s Version of ‘Certified Organic’
– Maria-Cristina Harris, Mann Lawyers

The Importance of a Well-Drafted Asset Purchase Agreement
– Marina Abrosimov, Merovitz Potechin LLP

Notice Re RSP – 100 – Certification Of Radio Apparatus
– Koby Smutylo

Criminal Law

The Liberal Party’s War on Drugs
– Michael Spratt

Ottawa Crown Bury Head in Sand on Bail Failures
– Michael Spratt

Sketching a Rehabilitative Program in the Institutional Setting for Inmates Convicted of Terrorism-Related Offences
– Reem Zaia, Codified

Looking for Ashley
– Anne-Marie McElroy, McElroy Law

May Criminal Law Round-up
– Anne-Marie McElroy, McElroy Law

Employment & Labour Law

Silence Proves Costly: Employment Agreements and Reasonable Notice
– Paul Willets, Vey Willets LLP

Learning from the ‘Special One’: Constructive Dismissal from Employment
– Paul Willets, Vey Willets LLP

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Below are links to blog posts or articles authored by the Ottawa legal community through May.

Civil Litigation

The use of Facebook and Twitter to defame someone can be costly
– Marc Quinn, Ottawa Injury Lawyer

Can You Count on WSIB?
– Frank Van Dyke, Van Dyke Injury Law Blog

Auto Insurance Premiums Are Going Down… Along with Coverage and Benefits
– Frank Van Dyke, Van Dyke Injury Law Blog

Corporate Commercial Law

The Beauty of Trade Associations
– Gordon B. Greenwood, Maclaren Corlett

Not-For-Profit vs. For-Profit, Purpose-Driven Businesses
– Heather Lovell, Momentum Business Law

Proposed Amendments to Franchise Legislation
– Paul Franco, Mann Lawyers

Criminal Law

The ‘Dickensian Hellscape of our Jails
– Michael Spratt

5 ways The Good Wife is exactly like real life*
– Anne-Marie McElroy, McElroy Law

Psychiatrists in the Courtroom, Murder, and the Nexus to the Lay Person
– Reem Zaia, Codified

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Below are links to blog posts or articles authored by the Ottawa legal community through the first half of April.

Civil Litigation

It’s time to open the civil litigation door for sexual assault victims
– Sherif Rizk, Codified Law Blog

It’s Official: Distracted Driving Is Just As Dangerous As Impaired Driving
– Frank Van Dyke, Van Dyke Injury Law Blog

Could “Hot Tubbing” Bring Fairness to Personal Injury Claims in both Tort and Accident Benefits?
– Frank Van Dyke, Van Dyke Injury Law Blog

Changes ahead for Accident Benefits Dispute Resolution
– Frank Van Dyke, Van Dyke Injury Law Blog

Compensation from one, several or all
– David Hollingsworth, The Lawyers Weekly

Occupiers’ Liability for Unmarked Hazards
– Danesh Rana, Burke-Robertson LLP

Corporate Law

USAs and Corporate Law: Letting Friends Stay Friends
– Gordon B. Greenwood, Maclaren Corlett LLP

Crowdfunding those benjamins!
– André Martin, Mann Lawyers

Criminal Law

Tasked with change: finding solutions to the Ottawa jail
– Anne-Marie McElroy, McElroy Law

March Criminal Law Round-up
– Anne-Marie McElroy, McElroy Law

My Brain Made Me Do It: Neuroscience & Criminal Law
– Anne-Marie McElroy, McElroy Law

Constitutional Jurisdiction – Confirmed
– Dallas Mack, Mack’s Criminal Law

Realistically Dangerous
– Louise Tansey, Mack’s Criminal Law

Some Is All You Need
– Louise Tansey, Mack’s Criminal Law

Marijuana production conviction for selling gardening supplies in Ontario?
– Brett McGarry, McGarry Law

Private Member’s Bills: Torture Abhors a Vacuum
– Michael Spratt

Justice Lauzon calls out the bail system
– Miriam Martin, Avant Law LLP

Employment & Labour Law

Uber and the Sharing Model – An Update
– Alison McEwen, The Workplace Matters

Diverse Workforces are an Important Key to Success
– Karine Dion, The Workplace Matters

Why Restaurants Need to Get Rid of Sexist Workplace Uniform Policies
– Alison McEwen, The Workplace Matters

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Below are links to blog posts or articles authored by the Ottawa legal community through the first half of March.

Civil Litigation

Primer on Fraudulent Conveyance Claims
– Owen Bourns, Ottawa Litigation

From FSCO to the LAT: Procedural Changes to Accident Benefits Disputes
– Najma Rashid, OTLA Blog

BC and Ontario Are Cracking Down on Insurance Fraud – But At What Cost?
– Frank Van Dyke, Van Dyke Injury Law Blog

Solving Ontario’s Auto Insurance IME Problem
– Frank Van Dyke, Van Dyke Injury Law Blog

Constitutional Law

Allard Et Al V. Canada Federal Court Decision Favours Patient’s Rights And LPs
– Koby Smutylo, Smutylo Law+

Criminal Law

Fixing our Broken Bail System
– Anne-Marie McElroy, McElroy Law

Believing Complainants & Reasonable Doubt
– Anne-Marie McElroy, McElroy Law

February Criminal Law Round-up
– Anne-Marie McElroy, McElroy Law

Text me, will ya? Cell Phones, Search Warrants and Privacy in the Digital Forum
– Reem Zaia, Codified

Ontario DUI dismissed due to mistreatment in police custody
– Brett McGarry, McGarry Law

The Plight of the Accused: David vs Goliath
– Michael Spratt

Think Making a Murderer Can’t Happen in Canada? Think Again
– Michael Spratt

Sexual Assaults Are Acts Of Power, Aggression And Control
– Sarah Sullivan, Mack’s Criminal Law

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