We wrote about polygamy before here on Law is Cool. One of the highest-profile modern Canadian cases is the prosecution of Winston Blackmore in B.C. Here is one of the recent updates on this matter. (post sponsored by advicescene.com)

Background checks on potential jurors in Windsor and Barrie made headlines a few weeks ago. I wrote about them but focused mostly on privacy issues. Now a defence lawyer questions jury selection in a Toronto murder trial. His client was convicted...

Hearings are in progress before Justice Richard Mosley in Toronto. Here is a good recent summary by Toronto Star. (post sponsored by advicescene.com)

I was surprised to see in numerous newspaper (here, here, etc.) that a Swedish firm called Global Gaming Factory signed an agreement to buy the Pirate Bay. For those unaware, the Pirate Bay, also based in Sweden, is the world’s largest Bit Torrent...

From the Globe and Mail: Oslers cuts 23 support staff The title of the article is a bit misleading.  Osler is one of several firms mentioned.  This is a sign of the times and an unfortunate consequences of something that is inevitable.  Those of...