Eye On Windsor: Crime, border spur long history of famous advocates

  Perhaps it’s the fact Windsor was one of historic Canada West’s first administrative sites. Perhaps it’s its border location with a freewheeling tradition of back-and-forth migration, commerce, and, not least of all, crime.

Data breaches leading to class actions

  Negligence class action lawsuits based on security breaches may be more likely in the future, but the issue of damages is still unclear, say privacy law practitioners.

That's History: Eats, shoots, and lawyers

  They are calling it the telecomma case. A $1-million spat over comma placement in a contract has again focused attention on the crucial importance of clarity in the drafting of laws and contracts.

Domestic courts used to fight environmental cases

  WINDSOR — The Windsor-Detroit area might provide no better example of the irrelevance of national borders when it comes to environmental pollution.

DALFEN REJOINS TORYS

  Charles Dalfen, former chairman of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), has rejoined Torys LLP as counsel focusing on the areas of technology, media, and telecom.

VAUGHAN HOOKS UP

  W.S. (Steve) Vaughan, one of Canada’s leading experts on mining and natural resources law, has joined the Toronto office of Heenan Blaikie LLP as a partner in the business law group.

Rapist released, restricted from Ont.

  A man who in the 1980s raped Toronto women in their apartments has been released from a British Columbia prison, but a recognizance order bars him from attending Ontario.

Senators want terror law extended

  A Senate committee is backing the continuation for three more years of an anti-terrorism law allowing investigative hearings and preventive arrests.

Ont. judge facing ethics review

  A complaint to the Canadian Judicial Council regarding the conduct of Superior Court Judge Ted Matlow may lead to a public hearing.

B.C. announces inquiry into native's death

  Solicitor General John Les says a probe into the death of Frank Paul, who died in 1998 after police dropped him off in an alley, will resolve many unanswered questions regarding the man's death.