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Remembering Attorney General Roy McMurtry
The Hon. Roy McMurtry had a stellar career, serving as Chief Justice of Ontario, Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Commissioner of the Canadian Football League, and Attorney General of Ontario. When he passed away in March, many of the tributes rightly focussed on the critical role he played in reaching athe kitchen accorda which led to the patriation of the Constitution with the enactment of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, section 35 and the notwithstanding clause. Other tributes noted his participation in the landmark case of Halpern v. Canada (2003), which legalized same-sex marriage. Because McMurtry . . . [more]
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Friday Jobs Roundup
Each Friday, we share the latest job listings from Slaw Jobs, which features employment opportunities from across the country. Find out more about these positions by following the links below, orA learn how you can use Slaw JobsA to gain valuable exposure for your job ads, while supporting the great Canadian legal commentary at Slaw.ca. Current postings on Slaw Jobs:
- Director of Policing, Oversight and Accountability | Head Office in Westbank or any Indigenous Justice Centre, Canada
(BC First Nations Justice Council) - Family LawyerA (Full-time) | Chilliwack, BC
(Waterstone Law Group LLP) - AccountantA (Full-time) | Chilliwack, BC
(Waterstone Law Group
. . . [more]
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The Lack of Protection for Non-Denominational Identity: The Webber Academy Case
INTRODUCTION
Webber Academy (or athe schoola), a private educational institution in Alberta, defined itself as non-denominational: it did not engage in any overt religious practice (with one possible and qualified exception). Yet, after two Alberta Human Rights Commission (AHRC) decisions, two Queenas Bench (as it then was) (QB) judgements, two Court of Appeal (CA) rulings and two denial of leaves to appeal by the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC), it was held to have discriminated without justification against two Muslim students whom it prohibited from engaging, on school property, in overt prayers. How did this happen? And what does it . . . [more]
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Missing Discussions at Center of Union COVID Dispute
Written by Daniel Standing, LL.B., Content Editor, First Reference Inc.
The Supreme Court of British Columbia rendered a decision (2024 BCSC 55 (CanLII)) on judicial review which looked at the employerâs choice to implement a COVID-19 vaccination policy, and whether, under the Labour Relations Code, it was obligated to enter into discussions with the union first. The case provides employers with insight into the difficulty of overturning a tribunalâs decision.
Background
The workplace was a provincially run rapid transit company. The Court considered a unionâs petition for judicial review of a decision by the British Columbia Labour . . . [more]
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Thursday Thinkpiece: Internationally-Trained Lawyers Need More Than Just NCA Exams
For those of us raised in Canada and who studied law here, it can be easy to forget that the way we practise law is verya| Canadian. While weare all aware that there are substantive differences between Canadian law and the law of other jurisdictions, itas much easier to forget that the practice of law varies just as much from nation to nation. Thereas more than one way to do almost anything, and the Canadian legal system is founded on a very specific set of choices, norms, and traditions.
Upon arriving in Canada from her native Australia, and despite her . . . [more]
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R. v. Bykovets: SCC Recognized Privacy Rights for IP Addresses
In R. v. Spencer[1] the Supreme Court of Canada held that a reasonable expectation of privacy attaches to subscriber information a the name, address, and contact information a associated with an individual Internet Protocol (IP) address. In R. v. Bykovets[2], the majority found that reasonable expectation of privacy extends to the numbers which make up an Internet protocol address even though those numbers might be changed at random by an Internet service provider. The Facts
The Calgary City Police were investigating fraud in online liquor sales and came across a payment processor who processed the suspect transactions. . . . [more]
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Sharenthood: Turning Childhood Into Lucrative Content
In the 1920s, Jackie Coogan became one of Hollywoodas first child stars after playing the titular role of aThe Kida alongside Charlie Chaplin. Having starred in several box office successes, Cooganas childhood career had earned him an estimated $4 million (roughly $62 million today). When Coogan tried to access his earnings in his 20as, however, he discovered that his mother had spent nearly his entire fortune. In response to public outcry, California passed the Coogan Act, which aimed to safeguard a portion of child actorsa earnings until they reached adulthood and to protect them from abuse and exploitation. The Coogan . . . [more] The post Sharenthood: Turning Childhood Into Lucrative Content appeared first on Slaw.
Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ
Every week we present the summary of a decision handed down by a QuA(c)bec court provided to us by SOQUIJ and considered to be of interest to our readers throughout Canada. SOQUIJ is attached to the QuA(c)bec Department of Justice and collects, analyzes, enriches, and disseminates legal information in QuA(c)bec. PANAL (DROIT) : Dans le cadre de lâaffaire du meurtre de Guylaine Potvin, le tribunal dA(c)clare recevable le tA(c)moignage dâune biologiste judiciaire A titre de tA(c)moin expert concernant lâutilisation du nouvel outil dâenquAate dA(c)signA(c) comme le A<> et ses rA(c)sultats.
IntitulA(c) :A R. c. Grenon, 2024 QCCS 551
Juridiction . . . [more]
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Blaming Victim of Sexual Harassment Not a Good Defence
Written by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD, Content Editor, First Reference Inc.
In January 2024, a British Columbia labour arbitrator had no hesitation concluding that an employee, who was the grievor accusing a female colleague of sexual harassment in this case, was actually the one who was sexually harassing the female colleague. Simply put, the arbitrator found that the grievorâs evidence was not credible, the female colleagueâs account was credible and consistent with the evidence, and the female colleague did not do what the employee accused her of. As a result, the labour arbitrator agreed with the employer that . . . [more]
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Democratizing Justice, Whose Problem Is It?
Democratization means making something, usually a public good, accessible to everyone. The democratization of technology related to the internet or the democratization of health care are examples. As digital technologies become more widely adopted in areas touching peoplesa daily lives such as making appointments, applications for employment, being informed about changes in conditions of services or bargains available in the marketplace the reasons for making enabling technologies accessible to everyone become increasingly obvious. In a nation with a long-standing system of publicly funded health care the reasons are obvious although the realization seems to be falling short. In justice democratization . . . [more] The post Democratizing Justice, Whose Problem Is It? appeared first on Slaw.
What if Access to Justice Was Never Going to Lead to Poverty Alleviation?
I recently read that when legal aid was first developed in the United States in the 1960s, its primary goal was alleviation of poverty rather than access to counsel. However, over time, some stakeholders, mostly on the conservative side of the political spectrum, expressed concern that this was an inappropriate goal for public policy. This led people working in the legal aid sector to rebrand their initiatives as access to justice.[1] The primary difference between framing initiatives as âaccess to justiceâ as opposed to âalleviation of povertyâ being that access to justice has a goal of improving the legal system . . . [more] The post What if Access to Justice Was Never Going to Lead to Poverty Alleviation? appeared first on Slaw.
The Court of Owlsa| and Other Things That Mean Different Things to Different People
Note: In this article, the term aculturea is used broadly and is intended to mean anything and everything related to oneas customs, beliefs, behaviours and habits attributable to the make-up of who they are. It embraces the concept introduced to the writer by legendary professor Michelle LeBaron which appreciates that each individual person subscribes to several different cultures. Any one person may have a cultural component of themselves attributable to their age, surroundings, work, etc. Afsana Gibson-Chowdhury is the founder of Gibson Chowdhury, Clear Collaborative Mediation and a renowned advocate for equity, diversity and inclusion among legal, dispute resolution and . . . [more]
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Anticipating AI-Generated Law Journal Submissions
Last week, I was asked to provide a peer-review of an article submission to a law journal.
After reviewing it thoroughly, I began to suspect that at least some of the content may have been AI-generated.
What Gives?
First off, there were at least two citations that led to dead ends. By now we all know this is a dead give away.
Second, there was little to no language linking paragraphs together. So there might have been two or three paragraphs written on a distinctive topic, but no language to alert the reader that a new topic was about to . . . [more]
The post Anticipating AI-Generated Law Journal Submissions appeared first on Slaw.
Mondayas Mix
Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canadaas awardA-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from more than 80 recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their work, with their permission, to as wide an audience as possible. This week the randomly selected blogs are 1.A PierreRoy & AssociA(c)s 2. IFLS at Osgoode 3. Employment & Human Rights Law in Canada 4. Barry Sookmant 5. Meurrens on Immigration
PierreRoy & AssociA(c)s
ResponsabilitA(c)s daadministrateurs daentreprise : ce que vous devez savoir
Si vous Aates laadministrateur daune entreprise aux prises avec des difficultA(c)s financiA"res, vous . . . [more]
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Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ
Every week we present the summary of a decision handed down by a QuA(c)bec court provided to us by SOQUIJ and considered to be of interest to our readers throughout Canada. SOQUIJ is attached to the QuA(c)bec Department of Justice and collects, analyzes, enriches, and disseminates legal information in QuA(c)bec. PANAL (DROIT) : Dans une affaire de violence conjugale et postconjugale, la juge de premiA"re instance a commis 2A erreurs de principe en omettant dâA(c)valuer correctement le risque que lâimposition dâune peine avec sursis A lâaccusA(c) poserait pour la collectivitA(c); une peine dâemprisonnement de 6A mois est substituA(c)e aux 10A . . . [more]
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Environmental Regulation Is Not “Constructive Expropriation”
On April 4, 2024, the Alberta Court of Appeal released its decision in Altius Royalty Corporation v Alberta, 2024 ABCA 105 (CanLII).
The appellants own a royalty interest in a coal mine. In 2014 they acquired royalty interests in the Genesee coal mine. This coal fuels the Genesee power plant in Alberta.
By 2012 federal performance standards, the end of life of the three coal-fired plants was determined to be 2039, 2044 and 2055 (para 3).
They claim their interest was constructively expropriated (paras 2 and 5) when the government of Canada amended the regulations to require the . . . [more]
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Friday Jobs Roundup
Each Friday, we share the latest job listings from Slaw Jobs, which features employment opportunities from across the country. Find out more about these positions by following the links below, orA learn how you can use Slaw JobsA to gain valuable exposure for your job ads, while supporting the great Canadian legal commentary at Slaw.ca. Current postings on Slaw Jobs:
- Director of Policing, Oversight and Accountability | Head Office in Westbank or any Indigenous Justice Centre, Canada
(BC First Nations Justice Council) - Family LawyerA (Full-time) | Chilliwack, BC
(Waterstone Law Group LLP) - AccountantA (Full-time) | Chilliwack, BC
(Waterstone Law Group
. . . [more]
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When Practicing Law Is Slow Death
It started as soon as I began my law career as an articling student. A lawyer gave me a task on Friday due Monday, meaning I would lose my weekend. I felt a little bit of pride a who, little old me, tasked with something so important? But I soon learned what is urgent is rarely important, and important rarely urgent. Having âuncovered every rockâ and discovered nothing further, I watched my research memo fall into the abyss of make-work legal projects, more for show and profit, productivity measured more in money than in legal progress. I think I gained . . . [more]
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The Perils of Remaining Silent
Written by Daniel Standing, LL.B., Content Editor, First Reference Inc.
The interim decision of Caroline Sand, Member of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario in 2024 HRTO 233 (CanLII) shows what can happen when a party is invited to participate but decides not to. As it turns out, the technique of putting oneâs head in the sand works for ostriches but not for employers who seek to avoid liability for human rights complaints.
Background
The matter arose out of a sex-based human rights complaint by an employee against her former employer, a social club. The employer had numerous opportunities to . . . [more]
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Thursday Thinkpiece: Suing for Silence : Sexual Violence and Defamation Law
Periodically on Thursdays, we present a significant excerpt, usually from a recently published book or journal article. In every case the proper permissions have been obtained. If you are a publisher who would like to participate in this feature, please let us know via the siteas contact form. Suing for Silence : Sexual Violence and Defamation Law
Author: Mandi Gray
Publication Date: March 1, 2024
ISBN: 9780774869171
Page count: 180 pages; 6 x 9
Excerpt: Introduction
In summer 2017, I received a Facebook message from Lynn, a Canadian tattoo artist in her late twenties. Women from all . . . [more]
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Wednesday: Whatas Hot on CanLII? a March 2024
At the beginning of each month, we tell you which three English-language cases and French-language cases have been the most viewed* on CanLII in the previous month and we give you a small sense of what the cases are about. For this past month, the three most-consulted English-language decisions were:
R. v. Kruk, 2024 SCC 7 (A(c)galement disponible en franASSais ici) [81] Assessments of credibility and reliability can be the most important judicial determinations in a criminal trial. They are certainly among the most difficult. This is especially so in sexual assault cases, which often involve acts that . . . [more]
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Newly-Launched Jurisprudence Database of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
At the beginning of this year, in January 2024, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) based in San JosA(c), Costa Rica launched its first ever AI-powered case law database.This free legal source aims to provide an easy to use access to the regional courtas jurisprudence and important information regarding its procedure and composition. Recently, I had the tremendous opportunity to interview the Courtas Head Librarian, Ana Rita RamArez and get more information regarding the process of producing this database and its future growth. [Screenshot of the Database main page. Click image to see the larger picture.] What was the . . . [more]
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Study Permits & Uncertainty
In July 2023, IRCC Minister Marc Miller was put in charge of our immigration system and he has been focused on fixing problems while addressing the growing anti-immigration sentiment within Canada. On one side, he inherited many years of Liberal promises to welcome and support international students and to meet lofty goals. To that end, he remains committed to the goal of 485k new permanent residents in 2024, 500k in 2025 and 500k in 2026. On the other side, Minister Miller has overseen a series of decisions to cut programs, increase restrictions and add roadblocks to previous pathways. Applicants most . . . [more]
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Can Self-Represented Litigants Access Justice? NSRLPas New Intake Report
Since 2013, the NSRLP has gathered data from self-represented litigants (SRLs) across Canada through our SRL Intake Form. After the publication of Julie Macfarlaneas original study on self-representation in 2013, SRLs wished to continue sharing their stories and experiences with the legal system, so the Intake Form was developed as a means to continue collecting this data, as it was clear there was a significant gap in existing organizations and systems and that SRLsa contributions and experiences were going unheard. Every 1-2 years the NSRLP analyzes the Intake Form data for the previous period, and writes an updated report . . . [more] The post Can Self-Represented Litigants Access Justice? NSRLPas New Intake Report appeared first on Slaw.
New Article on Algorithmic Personalized Pricing by Windsor Law Professor Pascale Chapdelaine
On March 27, 2024, Windsor Law Professor Pascale Chapdelaine released her latest article on the very interesting topic of algorithmic personalized pricing.
Pascale Chapdelaine, âAlgorithmic Personalized Pricing: A Personal Data Protection and Consumer Law Perspectiveâ (2024) 102 Can Bar Rev (forthcoming, online via SSRN).
Hereâs more information about the article:
âPrice is often the single most important term in consumer transactions. As the personalization of e-commerce continues to intensify, the law and policy implications of algorithmic personalized pricing i.e., to set prices based on consumersa personal data with the objective of getting as closely as possible to their maximum willingness . . . [more]
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Mondayas Mix
Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canadaas awardA-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from more than 80 recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their work, with their permission, to as wide an audience as possible. This week the randomly selected blogs are 1.A Official Clio Blog 2.A Canadian Cybersecurity Law 3. David Whelan 4. Know How 5. BC Injury Law Blog
Official Clio Blog
TikTok Ban: A 2024 Update (and What You Should Know)
If youare one of the one billion monthly active TikTok users worldwideaor a devout aLawToka followerayouave . . . [more]
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Summaries Sunday: Supreme Advocacy
One Sunday each month we bring you a summary from Supreme Advocacy LLP of recent decisions at the Supreme Court of Canada. Supreme Advocacy LLP offers a weekly electronic newsletter, Supreme Advocacy Letter, to which you may subscribe. Itas a summary of all Appeals, Oral Judgments and Leaves to Appeal granted from February 9 a March 20, 2024 inclusive. Appeals
Aboriginal Law/Constitutional Law: Division of Powers
Reference re An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and MA(c)tis children, youth and families, 2022 QCCA 185; 2024 SCC 5 (40061)
In an order in council made on December 18, 2019, . . . [more]
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Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ
Every week we present the summary of a decision handed down by a QuA(c)bec court provided to us by SOQUIJ and considered to be of interest to our readers throughout Canada. SOQUIJ is attached to the QuA(c)bec Department of Justice and collects, analyzes, enriches, and disseminates legal information in QuA(c)bec. FISCALITA : La portion des incitatifs quâun contribuable a reASSus dâun courtier afin de souscrire une police dâassurance-vie universelle et qui se rapportent purement A la couverture dâassurance-vie ne sont pas visA(c)s par lâarticle 87A w)A de laA Loi sur les impA'ts; toutefois, la partie des incitatifs reASSus au . . . [more]
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Governments: A2J Is Mostly Your Mess to Clean Up
Itas easy to blame lawyers for the failure to provide people with accessible and reliable legal solutions. But truthfully, Iad place only about a third of the responsibility for the A2J at the feet of the legal profession. Lawyersa contribution to the access failure in Canada falls into two broad categories:
Regulatory: Lawyers elected by other lawyers constitute the great majority of law society Benchers who have consistently blocked expanding the supply of legal services providers beyond the legal profession.
Commercial: Lawyers in private practice charge fees that are beyond most peopleas financial capabilities, both in terms of amount and . . . [more]
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Book Review: Art Law: Cases and Controversies
Several times each month, we are pleased to republish a recent book review from the Canadian Law Library Review (CLLR). CLLR is the official journal of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL/ACBD), and its reviews cover both practice-oriented and academic publications related to the law. Art Law: Cases and Controversies. By Paul Bain. Toronto: LexisNexis Canada, 2022. xxii, 362 p. Includes illustrations, table of cases, and index. ISBN 9780433509653 (softcover) $170.00.
Reviewed by Susan Barker
Librarian Emeritus,
University of Toronto
As author Paul Bain writes in his introduction to Art Law: Cases and Controversies, . . . [more]
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Keyword Selected: constitutional
Remembering Attorney General Roy McMurtry
The Hon. Roy McMurtry had a stellar career, serving as Chief Justice of Ontario, Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Commissioner of the Canadian Football League, and Attorney General of Ontario. When he passed away in March, many of the tributes rightly focussed on the critical role he played in reaching athe kitchen accorda which led to the patriation of the Constitution with the enactment of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, section 35 and the notwithstanding clause. Other tributes noted his participation in the landmark case of Halpern v. Canada (2003), which legalized same-sex marriage. Because McMurtry . . . [more]
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Friday Jobs Roundup
Each Friday, we share the latest job listings from Slaw Jobs, which features employment opportunities from across the country. Find out more about these positions by following the links below, orA learn how you can use Slaw JobsA to gain valuable exposure for your job ads, while supporting the great Canadian legal commentary at Slaw.ca. Current postings on Slaw Jobs:
- Director of Policing, Oversight and Accountability | Head Office in Westbank or any Indigenous Justice Centre, Canada
(BC First Nations Justice Council) - Family LawyerA (Full-time) | Chilliwack, BC
(Waterstone Law Group LLP) - AccountantA (Full-time) | Chilliwack, BC
(Waterstone Law Group
. . . [more]
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The Lack of Protection for Non-Denominational Identity: The Webber Academy Case
INTRODUCTION
Webber Academy (or athe schoola), a private educational institution in Alberta, defined itself as non-denominational: it did not engage in any overt religious practice (with one possible and qualified exception). Yet, after two Alberta Human Rights Commission (AHRC) decisions, two Queenas Bench (as it then was) (QB) judgements, two Court of Appeal (CA) rulings and two denial of leaves to appeal by the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC), it was held to have discriminated without justification against two Muslim students whom it prohibited from engaging, on school property, in overt prayers. How did this happen? And what does it . . . [more]
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Missing Discussions at Center of Union COVID Dispute
Written by Daniel Standing, LL.B., Content Editor, First Reference Inc.
The Supreme Court of British Columbia rendered a decision (2024 BCSC 55 (CanLII)) on judicial review which looked at the employerâs choice to implement a COVID-19 vaccination policy, and whether, under the Labour Relations Code, it was obligated to enter into discussions with the union first. The case provides employers with insight into the difficulty of overturning a tribunalâs decision.
Background
The workplace was a provincially run rapid transit company. The Court considered a unionâs petition for judicial review of a decision by the British Columbia Labour . . . [more]
The post Missing Discussions at Center of Union COVID Dispute appeared first on Slaw.
Thursday Thinkpiece: Internationally-Trained Lawyers Need More Than Just NCA Exams
For those of us raised in Canada and who studied law here, it can be easy to forget that the way we practise law is verya| Canadian. While weare all aware that there are substantive differences between Canadian law and the law of other jurisdictions, itas much easier to forget that the practice of law varies just as much from nation to nation. Thereas more than one way to do almost anything, and the Canadian legal system is founded on a very specific set of choices, norms, and traditions.
Upon arriving in Canada from her native Australia, and despite her . . . [more]
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R. v. Bykovets: SCC Recognized Privacy Rights for IP Addresses
In R. v. Spencer[1] the Supreme Court of Canada held that a reasonable expectation of privacy attaches to subscriber information a the name, address, and contact information a associated with an individual Internet Protocol (IP) address. In R. v. Bykovets[2], the majority found that reasonable expectation of privacy extends to the numbers which make up an Internet protocol address even though those numbers might be changed at random by an Internet service provider. The Facts
The Calgary City Police were investigating fraud in online liquor sales and came across a payment processor who processed the suspect transactions. . . . [more]
The post R. v. Bykovets: SCC Recognized Privacy Rights for IP Addresses appeared first on Slaw.
Sharenthood: Turning Childhood Into Lucrative Content
In the 1920s, Jackie Coogan became one of Hollywoodas first child stars after playing the titular role of aThe Kida alongside Charlie Chaplin. Having starred in several box office successes, Cooganas childhood career had earned him an estimated $4 million (roughly $62 million today). When Coogan tried to access his earnings in his 20as, however, he discovered that his mother had spent nearly his entire fortune. In response to public outcry, California passed the Coogan Act, which aimed to safeguard a portion of child actorsa earnings until they reached adulthood and to protect them from abuse and exploitation. The Coogan . . . [more] The post Sharenthood: Turning Childhood Into Lucrative Content appeared first on Slaw.
Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ
Every week we present the summary of a decision handed down by a QuA(c)bec court provided to us by SOQUIJ and considered to be of interest to our readers throughout Canada. SOQUIJ is attached to the QuA(c)bec Department of Justice and collects, analyzes, enriches, and disseminates legal information in QuA(c)bec. PANAL (DROIT) : Dans le cadre de lâaffaire du meurtre de Guylaine Potvin, le tribunal dA(c)clare recevable le tA(c)moignage dâune biologiste judiciaire A titre de tA(c)moin expert concernant lâutilisation du nouvel outil dâenquAate dA(c)signA(c) comme le A<> et ses rA(c)sultats.
IntitulA(c) :A R. c. Grenon, 2024 QCCS 551
Juridiction . . . [more]
The post Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ appeared first on Slaw.
Blaming Victim of Sexual Harassment Not a Good Defence
Written by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD, Content Editor, First Reference Inc.
In January 2024, a British Columbia labour arbitrator had no hesitation concluding that an employee, who was the grievor accusing a female colleague of sexual harassment in this case, was actually the one who was sexually harassing the female colleague. Simply put, the arbitrator found that the grievorâs evidence was not credible, the female colleagueâs account was credible and consistent with the evidence, and the female colleague did not do what the employee accused her of. As a result, the labour arbitrator agreed with the employer that . . . [more]
The post Blaming Victim of Sexual Harassment Not a Good Defence appeared first on Slaw.
Democratizing Justice, Whose Problem Is It?
Democratization means making something, usually a public good, accessible to everyone. The democratization of technology related to the internet or the democratization of health care are examples. As digital technologies become more widely adopted in areas touching peoplesa daily lives such as making appointments, applications for employment, being informed about changes in conditions of services or bargains available in the marketplace the reasons for making enabling technologies accessible to everyone become increasingly obvious. In a nation with a long-standing system of publicly funded health care the reasons are obvious although the realization seems to be falling short. In justice democratization . . . [more] The post Democratizing Justice, Whose Problem Is It? appeared first on Slaw.
What if Access to Justice Was Never Going to Lead to Poverty Alleviation?
I recently read that when legal aid was first developed in the United States in the 1960s, its primary goal was alleviation of poverty rather than access to counsel. However, over time, some stakeholders, mostly on the conservative side of the political spectrum, expressed concern that this was an inappropriate goal for public policy. This led people working in the legal aid sector to rebrand their initiatives as access to justice.[1] The primary difference between framing initiatives as âaccess to justiceâ as opposed to âalleviation of povertyâ being that access to justice has a goal of improving the legal system . . . [more] The post What if Access to Justice Was Never Going to Lead to Poverty Alleviation? appeared first on Slaw.
The Court of Owlsa| and Other Things That Mean Different Things to Different People
Note: In this article, the term aculturea is used broadly and is intended to mean anything and everything related to oneas customs, beliefs, behaviours and habits attributable to the make-up of who they are. It embraces the concept introduced to the writer by legendary professor Michelle LeBaron which appreciates that each individual person subscribes to several different cultures. Any one person may have a cultural component of themselves attributable to their age, surroundings, work, etc. Afsana Gibson-Chowdhury is the founder of Gibson Chowdhury, Clear Collaborative Mediation and a renowned advocate for equity, diversity and inclusion among legal, dispute resolution and . . . [more]
The post The Court of Owlsa| and Other Things That Mean Different Things to Different People appeared first on Slaw.
Anticipating AI-Generated Law Journal Submissions
Last week, I was asked to provide a peer-review of an article submission to a law journal.
After reviewing it thoroughly, I began to suspect that at least some of the content may have been AI-generated.
What Gives?
First off, there were at least two citations that led to dead ends. By now we all know this is a dead give away.
Second, there was little to no language linking paragraphs together. So there might have been two or three paragraphs written on a distinctive topic, but no language to alert the reader that a new topic was about to . . . [more]
The post Anticipating AI-Generated Law Journal Submissions appeared first on Slaw.
Mondayas Mix
Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canadaas awardA-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from more than 80 recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their work, with their permission, to as wide an audience as possible. This week the randomly selected blogs are 1.A PierreRoy & AssociA(c)s 2. IFLS at Osgoode 3. Employment & Human Rights Law in Canada 4. Barry Sookmant 5. Meurrens on Immigration
PierreRoy & AssociA(c)s
ResponsabilitA(c)s daadministrateurs daentreprise : ce que vous devez savoir
Si vous Aates laadministrateur daune entreprise aux prises avec des difficultA(c)s financiA"res, vous . . . [more]
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Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ
Every week we present the summary of a decision handed down by a QuA(c)bec court provided to us by SOQUIJ and considered to be of interest to our readers throughout Canada. SOQUIJ is attached to the QuA(c)bec Department of Justice and collects, analyzes, enriches, and disseminates legal information in QuA(c)bec. PANAL (DROIT) : Dans une affaire de violence conjugale et postconjugale, la juge de premiA"re instance a commis 2A erreurs de principe en omettant dâA(c)valuer correctement le risque que lâimposition dâune peine avec sursis A lâaccusA(c) poserait pour la collectivitA(c); une peine dâemprisonnement de 6A mois est substituA(c)e aux 10A . . . [more]
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Environmental Regulation Is Not “Constructive Expropriation”
On April 4, 2024, the Alberta Court of Appeal released its decision in Altius Royalty Corporation v Alberta, 2024 ABCA 105 (CanLII).
The appellants own a royalty interest in a coal mine. In 2014 they acquired royalty interests in the Genesee coal mine. This coal fuels the Genesee power plant in Alberta.
By 2012 federal performance standards, the end of life of the three coal-fired plants was determined to be 2039, 2044 and 2055 (para 3).
They claim their interest was constructively expropriated (paras 2 and 5) when the government of Canada amended the regulations to require the . . . [more]
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Friday Jobs Roundup
Each Friday, we share the latest job listings from Slaw Jobs, which features employment opportunities from across the country. Find out more about these positions by following the links below, orA learn how you can use Slaw JobsA to gain valuable exposure for your job ads, while supporting the great Canadian legal commentary at Slaw.ca. Current postings on Slaw Jobs:
- Director of Policing, Oversight and Accountability | Head Office in Westbank or any Indigenous Justice Centre, Canada
(BC First Nations Justice Council) - Family LawyerA (Full-time) | Chilliwack, BC
(Waterstone Law Group LLP) - AccountantA (Full-time) | Chilliwack, BC
(Waterstone Law Group
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When Practicing Law Is Slow Death
It started as soon as I began my law career as an articling student. A lawyer gave me a task on Friday due Monday, meaning I would lose my weekend. I felt a little bit of pride a who, little old me, tasked with something so important? But I soon learned what is urgent is rarely important, and important rarely urgent. Having âuncovered every rockâ and discovered nothing further, I watched my research memo fall into the abyss of make-work legal projects, more for show and profit, productivity measured more in money than in legal progress. I think I gained . . . [more]
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The Perils of Remaining Silent
Written by Daniel Standing, LL.B., Content Editor, First Reference Inc.
The interim decision of Caroline Sand, Member of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario in 2024 HRTO 233 (CanLII) shows what can happen when a party is invited to participate but decides not to. As it turns out, the technique of putting oneâs head in the sand works for ostriches but not for employers who seek to avoid liability for human rights complaints.
Background
The matter arose out of a sex-based human rights complaint by an employee against her former employer, a social club. The employer had numerous opportunities to . . . [more]
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Thursday Thinkpiece: Suing for Silence : Sexual Violence and Defamation Law
Periodically on Thursdays, we present a significant excerpt, usually from a recently published book or journal article. In every case the proper permissions have been obtained. If you are a publisher who would like to participate in this feature, please let us know via the siteas contact form. Suing for Silence : Sexual Violence and Defamation Law
Author: Mandi Gray
Publication Date: March 1, 2024
ISBN: 9780774869171
Page count: 180 pages; 6 x 9
Excerpt: Introduction
In summer 2017, I received a Facebook message from Lynn, a Canadian tattoo artist in her late twenties. Women from all . . . [more]
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Wednesday: Whatas Hot on CanLII? a March 2024
At the beginning of each month, we tell you which three English-language cases and French-language cases have been the most viewed* on CanLII in the previous month and we give you a small sense of what the cases are about. For this past month, the three most-consulted English-language decisions were:
R. v. Kruk, 2024 SCC 7 (A(c)galement disponible en franASSais ici) [81] Assessments of credibility and reliability can be the most important judicial determinations in a criminal trial. They are certainly among the most difficult. This is especially so in sexual assault cases, which often involve acts that . . . [more]
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Newly-Launched Jurisprudence Database of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
At the beginning of this year, in January 2024, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) based in San JosA(c), Costa Rica launched its first ever AI-powered case law database.This free legal source aims to provide an easy to use access to the regional courtas jurisprudence and important information regarding its procedure and composition. Recently, I had the tremendous opportunity to interview the Courtas Head Librarian, Ana Rita RamArez and get more information regarding the process of producing this database and its future growth. [Screenshot of the Database main page. Click image to see the larger picture.] What was the . . . [more]
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Study Permits & Uncertainty
In July 2023, IRCC Minister Marc Miller was put in charge of our immigration system and he has been focused on fixing problems while addressing the growing anti-immigration sentiment within Canada. On one side, he inherited many years of Liberal promises to welcome and support international students and to meet lofty goals. To that end, he remains committed to the goal of 485k new permanent residents in 2024, 500k in 2025 and 500k in 2026. On the other side, Minister Miller has overseen a series of decisions to cut programs, increase restrictions and add roadblocks to previous pathways. Applicants most . . . [more]
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Can Self-Represented Litigants Access Justice? NSRLPas New Intake Report
Since 2013, the NSRLP has gathered data from self-represented litigants (SRLs) across Canada through our SRL Intake Form. After the publication of Julie Macfarlaneas original study on self-representation in 2013, SRLs wished to continue sharing their stories and experiences with the legal system, so the Intake Form was developed as a means to continue collecting this data, as it was clear there was a significant gap in existing organizations and systems and that SRLsa contributions and experiences were going unheard. Every 1-2 years the NSRLP analyzes the Intake Form data for the previous period, and writes an updated report . . . [more] The post Can Self-Represented Litigants Access Justice? NSRLPas New Intake Report appeared first on Slaw.
New Article on Algorithmic Personalized Pricing by Windsor Law Professor Pascale Chapdelaine
On March 27, 2024, Windsor Law Professor Pascale Chapdelaine released her latest article on the very interesting topic of algorithmic personalized pricing.
Pascale Chapdelaine, âAlgorithmic Personalized Pricing: A Personal Data Protection and Consumer Law Perspectiveâ (2024) 102 Can Bar Rev (forthcoming, online via SSRN).
Hereâs more information about the article:
âPrice is often the single most important term in consumer transactions. As the personalization of e-commerce continues to intensify, the law and policy implications of algorithmic personalized pricing i.e., to set prices based on consumersa personal data with the objective of getting as closely as possible to their maximum willingness . . . [more]
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Mondayas Mix
Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canadaas awardA-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from more than 80 recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their work, with their permission, to as wide an audience as possible. This week the randomly selected blogs are 1.A Official Clio Blog 2.A Canadian Cybersecurity Law 3. David Whelan 4. Know How 5. BC Injury Law Blog
Official Clio Blog
TikTok Ban: A 2024 Update (and What You Should Know)
If youare one of the one billion monthly active TikTok users worldwideaor a devout aLawToka followerayouave . . . [more]
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Summaries Sunday: Supreme Advocacy
One Sunday each month we bring you a summary from Supreme Advocacy LLP of recent decisions at the Supreme Court of Canada. Supreme Advocacy LLP offers a weekly electronic newsletter, Supreme Advocacy Letter, to which you may subscribe. Itas a summary of all Appeals, Oral Judgments and Leaves to Appeal granted from February 9 a March 20, 2024 inclusive. Appeals
Aboriginal Law/Constitutional Law: Division of Powers
Reference re An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and MA(c)tis children, youth and families, 2022 QCCA 185; 2024 SCC 5 (40061)
In an order in council made on December 18, 2019, . . . [more]
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Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ
Every week we present the summary of a decision handed down by a QuA(c)bec court provided to us by SOQUIJ and considered to be of interest to our readers throughout Canada. SOQUIJ is attached to the QuA(c)bec Department of Justice and collects, analyzes, enriches, and disseminates legal information in QuA(c)bec. FISCALITA : La portion des incitatifs quâun contribuable a reASSus dâun courtier afin de souscrire une police dâassurance-vie universelle et qui se rapportent purement A la couverture dâassurance-vie ne sont pas visA(c)s par lâarticle 87A w)A de laA Loi sur les impA'ts; toutefois, la partie des incitatifs reASSus au . . . [more]
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Governments: A2J Is Mostly Your Mess to Clean Up
Itas easy to blame lawyers for the failure to provide people with accessible and reliable legal solutions. But truthfully, Iad place only about a third of the responsibility for the A2J at the feet of the legal profession. Lawyersa contribution to the access failure in Canada falls into two broad categories:
Regulatory: Lawyers elected by other lawyers constitute the great majority of law society Benchers who have consistently blocked expanding the supply of legal services providers beyond the legal profession.
Commercial: Lawyers in private practice charge fees that are beyond most peopleas financial capabilities, both in terms of amount and . . . [more]
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JoBlo Movie Podcast: Vikings! The Central Park Five! Will Man of Steel Be Better Than The Avengers?
Law and Moreno open a few emails which leads to discussion of MAN OF STEEL vs. THE AVENGERS, and the fact that PACIFIC RIM is still our most anticipated film of the year. Then the boys happily add 'Vikings' to the TV Round-Up before they review the best episode of 'Game of Thrones' yet. Moreno checks out STAKELAND while Law gets in deep with THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE. There's a quick look at what's coming out next week in New Releases and then it's time to say good-bye. This will be Law and Moreno's last JoBlo Movie Podcast. Thanks for listening, calling, writing, downloading, laughing, cringing, and getting drunk with us every week. Keep an eye out for what's next in our podcasting misadventures. Until then...... see ya! JoBlo Movie Podcast: Game of Thrones: Book vs. Screen, The Croods, Voicemail Attack!
There's a lot going on in this week's show. Some good, same bad, most of it I've already forgotten. Moreno get serious about his love of the Game of Thrones books and explains to us why the hardcore fans of the pages are getting a little pissed with the TV show. The boys take some voicemails where they are handed reviews for OBLIVION and LORDS OF SALEM, asked for their take on the ridiculous price of movie-going, and consider this month's Podcast Movie Commentary. Law watches a bunch of random awful movies (JACK & JILL, THE SITTER), revisits a couple great ones (STEP BROTHERS, ROLE MODELS), tries to act like he knows stuff about CLOUD ATLAS (he doesn't), and comments on the evolution of douchebaggery in Dane Cook's stand up specials. JoBlo Movie Podcast: Your 2013 Hottie Champion! Early Word on Iron Man 3 & Oldboy! Tons of reviews!
There's a lot of passion in this week's show. Whether it's Moreno drooling over what's to come on 'Game of Thrones' or Law losing his mind over the incredible ending to the HARRY POTTER franchise. There's also early looks at IRON MAN 3 and OLDBOY from fans of the site, reviews of THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE, MEN IN SUITS, 'Top of the Lake', 'In the Flesh', and, of course, the 2013 March Madness of Hotties Champion. Like I said, it's jam packed with passionate love. And gin. JoBlo Movie Podcast: The Game of Thrones Theme!
The JoBlo Movie Podcast's Game of Thrones theme! JoBlo Movie Podcast: All 4 Evil Dead Films Reviewed! Hottie Championship! Game of Thrones is Back!
The March Madness of Hotties has come down to this, an epic championship match-up that will be decided by you. Visit our Facebook page this week and get to voting. Jimmy O stops by and gives us all the dirty secrets about what went down at the AITH EVIL DEAD Fest this past Thursday. Then Moreno and Law give their thought on the new film and re-visit the original trilogy for your listening pleasure. They also check out TOMORROW YOU'RE GONE and say good-bye to 'The Walking Dead' while saying hello to "Game of Thrones'. Moreno produces an epic GoT sounder using nothing but his purty voice (9 different versions of it), a quick look at the week's New Releases, and we're out. Go Blue! Again. JoBlo Movie Podcast: The Jurassic Park Commentary!
With Jurassic Park in IMAX 3D theaters right now, why not take The JoBlo Movie Podcast's commentary along for the ride? I mean, it's timely as shit, yo. We break down how fucked we'd be if we had to fight a dinosaur, how awesome Newman is at being all "Newmany", and how many packs of cigarettes Sam Jackson smoked in the movie. Damn Goldblum, you sexy! JoBlo Movie Podcast: Hottie Final Four! Update on Pacific Rim! Broken City, TV Round-Up, & a Harry Potter Marathon!
Johnny Moreno is back just in time to reveal the March Madness of Hotties Final Four. There are upsets, hair pulling, and doughnut bumping. After the dust settles the boys wander into the TV Round-Up where they discuss the season finales of Banshee and Justified, and look ahead to the this week's Walking Dead and Game of Thrones. Moreno finds time to watch BROKEN CITY while Law watches six HARRY POTTER movies. In a row. For the first time. There's also talk of Movie Jail, why different studios tend to make the exact same movies once in a while, and a voicemail review of THE CALL. Go Blue! JoBlo Movie Podcast: Reviews of Evil Dead, G.I. Joe, Stoker, & Olympus Has Fallen! Hotties Elite 8!
Johnny Moreno takes some time from his Pimp retreat to call in and help update the March Madness of Hotties Tournament as we narrow the field down to the Elite 8. After that, Jimmy O brings his big guns with reviews for EVIL DEAD, G.I. JOE: RETALIATION, and STOKER. Law checks out A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD and, the better "Die Hard" film, OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN. Jimmy also checks in with this year's Lebowski Fest and plays with his G.I. Joe doll a lot. Don't forget to head over to our Facebook page and start voting for which hotties you want in the Final 4 starting this Tuesday. JoBlo Movie Podcast: Hottie March Madness! Reviews of Oz, The Brass Teapot, & Jack Reacher!
After talking about it for 4 years we've finally decided to kick off the March Madness of Hotties tournament. Law and Moreno choose 16 of the finest ladies in Hollywood and throw them into a battle royale. Visit our Facebook page to vote throughout the week. There's also some reviews of OZ: THE GREAT AND POWERFUL, JACK REACHER, and THE BRASS TEAPOT while Moreno catches up with THE MASTER. The usual suspects get the rundown in TV Round-Up and we take a look at all the week's New Releases. JoBlo Movie Podcast: The Sweeney, Banshee, Identity Thief, and a Big Week for The Walking Dead!
First and foremost, we have joined Facebook. Please click here, like us and recommend us to your friends. Now, Law and Moreno start things off this week discussing which actors have the greatest iconic characters under their belt. TV Round-Up welcomes 'Banshee' with open arms. 'The Walking Dead' finally shows up in 2013 with a stellar episode. Justified is still just...... there. From there the boy review THE SWEENEY, Law catches up with SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN, and takes a look at IDENTITY THIEF. New Releases and we're out! JoBlo Movie Podcast: The Rambo Edition! Reviews of Freaky Deaky, The Walking Dead, & The Oscars!
After a quick summary of what we consider an "adequate" Oscar ceremony, Law and Moreno jump into TV Round-Up and try to find the light at the end of The Walking Dead's tunnel. Soon after that is an epic look at the original Rambo trilogy. From the film's titles to the impressive body and length of Rambo's hair, the boys leave nothing out. There's also a review of FREAKY DEAKY, based on the Elmore Leonard novel, and a quick visit to the New Releases of the week. JoBlo Movie Podcast: The Top Gun Commentary!
What better way to celebrate Valentime's Month (it's a month now, right?) than to listen to The JoBlo Movie Podcast commentary for Top Gun! I mean, it's like a love story, right? We ponder a variety of ridiculous topics, such as: does the Air Force have a height requirement? Because Principal Strickland is short as fuck. Why doesn't Goose take his shirt off? Why do we WANT him to take his shirt off? And did you know Tim Robbins is up in this bitch? We're skeptical, since he has a helmet on the whole time. Come for the volleyball scene (heh, no really), stay for a drunken, nonsensical dissection of Tony Scott's 80s classic! JoBlo Movie Podcast: The Walking Dead is Losing Us! Searching For Sugar Man & The Package Reviewed!
We sat down in the quiet before the Oscar storm and got drunk. This is what happened. Moreno watches SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN, BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD, and the de-gansterization of Ice Cube. Law checks out the evolving legend of Stone Cold Steve Austin in THE PACKAGE. Together, the boys try to figure out exactly why 'The Walking Dead' is trying to piss them off. Moreno finishes up with 'House of Cards', and Law is still on board with 'Banshee'. It's all fighting, f*cking, and full frontal - there's nothing not to love with this show. Stay tuned later this month for our TOP GUN Commentary. It's the gayest thing ever. JoBlo Movie Podcast: The Walking Dead Returns! A Good Day to Die Hard Reviewed!
The great Jimmy O joins the boys to discuss his love/hate relationship with A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD, hosting the upcoming EVIL DEAD marathon in L.A., and how to lose one hundred pounds. The TV Round-Up fattens itself up again with the return of 'The Walking Dead' and the addition of 'Banshee'. Law and Moreno also talk 'House of Cards', ROOM 237, movies they used to hate and now love, Valentine's Day gifts, and cinematic urban legends. JoBlo Movie Podcast: Why Boba Fett Should Be the First Star Wars Spin-Off! The Master Reviewed!
TV Round-Up makes room for some more quality shows as Law and Moreno add 'House of Cards' and 'Legit' to the mix. There's also some interest in 'The King of The Nerds' (only because Lewis and Booger are involved) and continued support of 'Justified' and 'The Americans'. Law tries not to be intellectually bullied by THE MASTER and ends up finding his favorite performance of 2012. From there the boys take a look at New Releases and try to figure out who is excited for a new DIE HARD movie (it's not us or Bruce Willis) and, thanks to another voicemail, Law gets to make his case as to why the first STAR WARS spin-off movie should be about Boba Fett. Yoda, it shouldn't be. JoBlo Movie Podcast: Reviews of The Sessions, Stand Up Guys, Lincoln, Hitchcock, and More!
There's lots to talk about on the new JoBlo Movie Podcast so the boys get right down to it. TV Round-Up catches up with 'Justified' and adds 'The Americans' to the mix. What We Watched lets loose with reviews of THE SESSIONS, STAND UP GUYS, LINCOLN, HITCHCOCK, PITCH PERFECT, DREDD, FLIGHT, and THE HOBBIT. A quick look at what's coming out this week during New Releases and a fun little theory that lets us blame Steven Spielberg if the new STAR WARS movie suck a-holes. Don't forget to vote for our February Commentary - TOP GUN or TRUE ROMANCE? It's up to you. And thus it's your fault when it sucks. JoBlo Movie Podcast: The Grey Commentary!
The JoBlo Movie Podcast returns with another commentary, this time for the movie that topped Moreno's best of 2012 list and made it to number 3 on Jim Law's (really 15 but whatevs), Joe Carnahan's THE GREY. The boys discuss what it'd be like to be stranded in the Alaskan wilderness (they'd kill themselves on the plane), the criticism it received for how the wolves behaved (when's the last time you hung out with a wolf, bitch?), and how THE GREY can be an all out dude movie with dude emotions without dumbing everyone down (except if you listen to this commentary). Which characters would Moreno and Law be in the movie? We describe the movie as very moody, but what the f*ck does that even mean? Does it cut itself? Come for the drunken commentary, stay for some of Moreno's douchey high school poetry. For real. JoBlo Movie Podcast: The Best and Worst of Sundance! Reviews of Life of Pi, The Impossible, and Justified!
Chris Bumbray is back home after a week full of films and he's ready to share again. We get the best and worst from Sundance 2013. Who gets naked in SWEETWATER? Who's gonna sue the makers of ESCAPE FROM TOMORROW? What film has the the most blood ever? All these questions and more answered inside. From there Law and Moreno return to TV Round-Up as they catch up with 'Justified', review LIFE OF PI, THE IMPOSSIBLE, and WEST OF MEMPHIS, and give their take on J.J. Abrams' directing Episode VII. JoBlo Movie Podcast: Bumbray Reports From Sundance! Reviews of The Last Stand, Silver Linings Playbook! Return of the Drunk Segment!
Chris Bumbray is three days deep into Sundance 2013 and already has seven reviews ready. He tells the boys all about MUD, DON JON'S ADDICTION, WHO IS DAYANI CRISTAL, and more. When CBum goes to bed, Moreno and Law bring back the Drunk Segment which has the boys discussing one of the stupider moments of GANGSTER SQUAD in a 40s piano bar. What We Watched delivers reviews of SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK, THE LAST STAND, THIS IS 40, and Moreno's drunk WILLY WONKA sing-a-long. Listener voicemail treats us to a review of MAMA, another suggestion for Movie Jail, why Seth Macfarlane isn't gay, and the boys most anticipated film of 2013. New Releases, jibber-jabber, a couple more beers, and we're out. JoBlo Movie Podcast: Oscar Noms Talk, Reviews of Gangster Squad, Zero Dark, & John Dies at the End!
Law and Moreno kick things off with a discussion of the Oscar nominations and the fact that they haven't seen anything that matters to the Academy. Losers. They did, however, check out a bunch of stuff for your listening pleasure. Reviews come fast and furious as they take shots at GANGSTER SQUAD, ZERO DARK THIRTY, JOHN DIES AT THE END, FRANKENWEENIE, HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA, and PREMIUM RUSH. From there the boys contemplate Hollywood's most overrated actresses, get some updates on the thriving success of Movie Jail, and take a look at what's coming out this week in New Releases. Affleck, you were the bomb in ARGO, yo! Don't let anybody tell you different. JoBlo Movie Podcast: Our Favorite Films of 2012! The Hobbit & Flight Reviewed!
Last week was all about Jimmy O and Chris Bumbray's Best of the year lists, this week we get our say. Law and Moreno count down their respective Top Ten of 2012 lists and try to screw it up as little as possible. There's some late entries, some movies get shuffled around, and one film gets the boot. Otherwise it's pretty tight. Moreno then goes on to review THE HOBBIT while Law sits down with FLIGHT. Some New Releases, a couple burps and we're out. Welcome to the new 2013 JoBlo Movie Podcast. Our resolution was to quit drinking. Things didn't work out. JoBlo Movie Podcast: The Avengers Commentary!
The JoBlo Movie Podcast rings in 2013 (F the Mayans) with a commentary for the highly anticipated and biggest grossing movie of 2012, Marvel's The Avengers. How does so much goodness get packed into one movie? How does Thor keep the balance of body and weight in his enviable hair? Is Scarlett Johannson going to take her shirt off or what? There's talk of which superhero we wanted to be when we grew up (and now), why the aliens at the end look like Orcs (not really), and how the "one shot" at the end could be one of the best sequences of the year. JoBlo Movie Podcast: Jimmy O vs. Chris Bumbray in the Battle of the Best Films of the Year!
Jimmy O and Chris Bumbray have been the leading film reviewers for JoBlo.com for years. They consider themselves friends and great colleagues but have never had the opportunity to actually sit down and speak to each other about movies. Now they have. Moreno and Law take a open the floor to the two Podcast regulars as they each give us the run-down on their own Top Ten Lists from 2012. There's yelling, there's cursing, there's bromance, and there sure as hell is a lot of secret piss breaks for Law and Moreno. Keep talking boys. Come join us for our end of the year celebration with two of our favorite guests, a few dozen beers, and more LES MISERABLES talk than you ever thought you could sit through. I left a couple times. Stay tuned later this week for our AVENGERS Commentary and stupid tweets @TheJoBloPodcast. Happy New Year, yo. JoBlo Movie Podcast: Pablo Schreiber & Common Join Us! Reviews of Django, Zero Dark Thirty, & The Hobbit!
Sometimes shows are just epic. Law and Moreno are joined by the great Eric Walkuski as he delivers his thoughts on THE HOBBIT, DJANGO UNCHAINED, and ZERO DARK THIRTY. Then 'The Wire' alum, Pablo Schreiber stops by to talk about his new film, ALLEGIANCE, audio books, and yes, The Wire. If that's not enough for you we get one of the smoothest men on the planet, Common, to join us to chat about his latest film, LUV. From there, what's left of the boys deliver their own reviews of CLOUD ATLAS (the greatest Johnny Moreno review ever), PUNCTURE, THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER, SLEEPWALK WITH ME, and BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD. Still not enough? How about a voicemail from Steven Seagal's mom (note: we are unclear on whether or not this is Steven Seagal's mom) scolding Jim Law on his interviwing capabilities and the raising of his children. We'll even throw in a hate filled voicemail review of THE BOURNE LEGACY, some minor TV Round-Up as we wait for the end of Homeland, and the highs and lows of Decembeard. Be sure to check out our pod-crash on the AITH show this Wednesday. Our children are ashamed of us. JoBlo Movie Podcast: The first 9 minutes of Star Trek Into Darkness seen! Season finale round up! Voicemail Roll Call!
Better late than never, that's what my grandfather used to say. But he was late for his own funeral, so what the flying fuck did he know anyway? Moreno gives Law the week off so he could shove more beer in his face area, then goes solo on the epic season finale round up of Boardwalk Empire, Sons of Anarchy, and The Walking Dead. From there, the great Jimmy O stops by to talk about seeing the first 9 minutes of STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS and the boys get into a heated debate on the merits of Expendables 2 (there are none). New Releases and a voicemail roll call leaves us with questions on where Homeland is headed and why Killing Them Softly sucks so hard. JoBlo Movie Podcast: Killing Them Softly, Premium Rush & Sinister Reviewed! What We Don't Want in the New Star Wars Movies!
Law and Moreno start things off with some serious discussion about the future of superhero movies. Why would JGL be Batman? What other characters have to come back for the new X-MEN movie? From there Moreno visits the theater for KILLING THEM SOFTLY and re-visits JACKIE BROWN & BEVERLY HILLS COP. Both boys review SINISTER and the creepy creeps that came along with it. Law goes on to check out PREMIUM RUSH and HIT AND RUN. A great voicemail question leads to a discussion about what the guys don't want in the new STAR WARS movies. From there it's all New Releases and drunken slurs. Enjoy. JoBlo Movie Podcast: They Live Commentary!
What better way to come down from the presidential election blues than by watching John Carpenter's look at shadow governments, sedation and obedience by consumerism, and Keith David in Lakers' colors. It's the 1987 cult classic THEY LIVE and we break this puppy down like Roddy Piper with a pickaxe. Seriously Roddy, why you gotta be all buff and manly and shit? Drink with us as we try to figure out if that old guy is "Red" from BACK TO THE FUTURED. Marvel as WE marvel at the broad with the creepiest eyes of all time. Seriously, is she about to turn into the Hulk or is she "one of them"? The movie starts as one thing, then someone zips through space on their watch. Gotta get me one of them shits. JoBlo Movie Podcast: Reviews of Butter, Silent Night! Another Look at Spider-Man and Expendables 2! Epic TV Round-Up!
As Moreno recovers from his Thanksgiving bender, the boys decide to kick off the holiday season with the awfully great SILENT NIGHT. Law also checks out the star-studded BUTTER while Moreno catches up with THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, THE EXPENDABLES 2, and WIN WIN. TV Round-Up is in full effect with reviews of great episodes by Homeland, Sons of Anarchy, The Walking Dead, and Boardwalk Empire. There's tons to look at in New Releases, some ass-kissing voicemail, and a disturbing call from Jax Teller that proves to us, once and for all that he's losing his mind. For the club. Stay tuned later this week for our THEY LIVE Commentary! Page took 5 seconds to load.
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