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Toronto employment and litigation lawyer. Wise Law Blog since 2005. Follow our daily feed of legal news, law and politics.
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France moves to ban social media apps for users under 15 years old #law #legal #legalnews www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
France moves to ban social media apps for users under 15 years old
French lawmakers approved a bill to ban social media for children under the age of 15. France is the first European country to undergo such a move.
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January 28, 2026 at 4:49 AM
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Ont. lawyer alleges Durham Region police violently assaulted her, dragged her to courthouse cells #law #legal #legalnews www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Lawyer alleges Durham Region police violently assaulted her, dragged her to cells in Oshawa courthouse | CBC News
A lawyer says she was left bloody and swollen after multiple Durham regional police officers allegedly slammed her head on a desk without provocation, ripped off her head scarf and dragged her to the ...
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January 28, 2026 at 4:48 AM
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#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: The Social Media Addiction Trials: What to Know #law #legal #legalnews via @nytimes t.co/LaxABsERRv
January 27, 2026 at 6:26 PM
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Court Affirms Ruling That Alina Habba Served Unlawfully as U.S. Attorney #law #legal #legalnews www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/n...
Court Affirms Ruling That Alina Habba Served Unlawfully as U.S. Attorney
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January 27, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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The Social Media Addiction Trials: What to Know #law #legal #legalnews www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/t...
What to Know About the Social Media Addiction Trials
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January 27, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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Wise Law's Employment #LawFact of the Day: Accommodating Pregnancy Leave in the Workplace #law #legal #wrongfuldismissal #termination
January 27, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Interest in Law School Is Surging. A.I. Makes the Payoff Less Certain #law #legal #legalnews via @nytimes t.co/VLkuS84q43
January 26, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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Here are our Top 10 #LegalNewsPosts for the Week of January 26, 2026 #law #legal #legalnews

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January 26, 2026 at 1:59 PM
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Democrats Seek Ghislaine Maxwell Prison Visit, Citing Preferential Treatment #law #legal #legalnews www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
Democrats Seek Maxwell Prison Visit, Citing Preferential Treatment
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January 23, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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Chief justice Geoffrey Morawetz, who pushed to modernize Ontario court system, retiring in May #law #legal #legalnews www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Chief justice who pushed to modernize Ontario court system retiring in May | CBC News
Geoffrey Morawetz, the chief justice of the Ontario Superior Court who led the charge to modernize the province's justice system, is set to retire this spring.
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January 23, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Trump says he's withdrawing invitation for Carney to join his Gaza 'Board of Peace' #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews t.co/DZznnXY54m
January 23, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from December 9, 2013 via Wise Law Blog: Real and Substantial Connection - Forum Conveniens in Family Law wiselaw.blogspot.com/2013/12/real...
January 23, 2026 at 1:38 PM
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White House posts altered photo of civil rights activist's arrest on social media #law #legal #legalnews www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...
White House posts altered photo of civil rights activist's arrest on social media | CBC News
The Trump administration on Thursday misrepresented the arrest of a prominent civil rights attorney for her role in an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota chur...
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January 23, 2026 at 9:42 AM
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Trump says he's withdrawing invitation for Carney to join his Gaza 'Board of Peace' #law #legal #legalnews www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Trump says he's withdrawing invitation for Carney to join his Gaza 'Board of Peace' | CBC News
U.S. President Donald said in a social media post late Thursday that he is withdrawing an invitation for Prime Minister Mark Carney to join his "Board of Peace" initiative for Gaza.
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January 23, 2026 at 9:14 AM
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Jack Smith, a potential target of the U.S. president, defends indictment of Trump over 2020 election #law #legal #legalnews www.cbc.ca/news/world/u...
Jack Smith, a potential target of the U.S. president, defends indictment of Trump over 2020 election | CBC News
Jack Smith, the former special counsel who filed indictments against U.S. President Donald Trump in two separate cases that never went to trial, condemned "false and misleading narratives" in his firs...
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January 22, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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Boy, 14, charged after hate-motivated incidents targeting GTA Jewish institutions #law #legal #legalnews www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Boy, 14, charged after hate-motivated incidents targeting GTA Jewish institutions | CBC News
A 14-year-old from Newmarket, Ont. is facing a host of charges after a series of hate-motivated incidents across York Region and Toronto, police say.
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January 22, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: She lost her job after her maternity leave. Now she's been denied EI #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews t.co/HFqqA0IpGJ
January 22, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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Mother of N.L. girl taken by father to Egypt granted custody but says search continues #law #legal #legalnews www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Mother of N.L. girl taken by father to Egypt granted custody but says search continues | CBC News
A woman whose daughter was taken from the country by her father, in contrary with a family court order, says she is close to seeing her little girl again.
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January 22, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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She lost her job after her maternity leave. Now she's been denied EI #law #legal #legalnews www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
She lost her job after her maternity leave. Now she's been denied EI | CBC News
A Quebec mom is speaking out after she was laid off a week before she was set to return to work following her maternity and parental leave. What shocked her most, however, wasn't the job loss, but bei...
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January 22, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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Ontario Wills and Estates #LawFact of the Day: Public Policy and Your Last Will #law #legal #EstatePlanning
January 22, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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Trump Administration Backs Down in D.E.I. Schools Lawsuit #law #legal #legalnews www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
Trump Administration Drops Appeal in School D.E.I. Lawsuit
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January 22, 2026 at 9:42 AM
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Not ‘luxury’ enough? Toronto's Yorkdale mall owners fight to keep Fairweather out #law #legal #legalnews www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Not ‘luxury’ enough? Toronto's Yorkdale mall owners fight to keep Fairweather out | CBC News
Oxford Properties is fighting in court to stop Fairweather from taking over the large space that was once occupied by Hudson’s Bay, arguing its stores feel "downmarket" and could damage the mall’s ima...
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January 21, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Finance minister says Canada will not pay $1B US if it joins Trump's 'Board of Peace' #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews t.co/3t7oH5WSoN
January 21, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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Wise Law's Family #LawFact of the Day: Uncontested Divorce in Ontario #law #legal #separation #FamilyLaw
January 21, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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'The old order is not coming back,' Carney says in provocative speech at Davos #law #legal #legalnews www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
'The old order is not coming back,' Carney says in provocative speech at Davos | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a frank assessment of how he views the world in a provocative speech in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, where he said the longstanding U.S.-led, rules-based intern...
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January 20, 2026 at 9:27 PM