A magnitude 4.1 earthquake was reported shortly before 2 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Experts describe the plan as a legal long shot, but say it could sow doubts about the integrity of a rematch between President Biden and former President Trump.

Pro-Palestinian encampments have sprung up on the campuses of UC Irvine, UC Riverside, Occidental College, Sacramento State and San Francisco State, among others.

In a purple county with several contests that could shape the balance of power in Congress, doubts about elections could keep voters away in November a particularly conservatives.

The pain I feel at her death from ovarian cancer at age 67 remains raw. The guilt over not appreciating Mami's love until it was too late, haunts me.

Wynne Lee, 26, pleads guilty to one felony count of accessory after the fact and one misdemeanor count of having a concealed firearm in a vehicle. But she won't serve any more time.

The Democratic political group spent big in support of Joanna Weiss during the 47th District primary, only to see her finish third.

Police have arrested a 24-year-old man in connection with a Newport Beach home invasion that occurred early Tuesday.

The 11-year prison sentence handed to the drunk driver who killed her husband and daughter is not enough, Anaheim woman says.

Disney had previously committed to ditching gasoline engines but left open hybrids as a possibility.

Anaheim City Council approves a plan to amend zoning rules to allow Disneyland to build new rides, hotels and stores within its existing footprint.

The voter ID lawsuit is the latest clash between California and the conservative town, which has thrust itself into the U.S. culture wars and the crosshairs of state officials.

Newport Beach police are investigating a home invasion in which the victims and suspects apparently had a prior connection.

The voter ID lawsuit is the latest clash between California and the conservative town, which has thrust itself into the U.S. culture wars and the crosshairs of state officials.

A judge sentences Marcus Eriz to 40 years to life in prison for firing into a car on the 55 Freeway, killing 6-year-old Aiden Leos, in 2021.

Despite Woodward's association with Atomwaffen, considered a hate group, his attorney said Woodward was not driven by bigotry and didn't plan the killing.

Bernstein was Jewish and gay, while Samuel Woodward, according to one of his attorneys, was conflicted about his sexuality.

California has become a key battleground in the fight for the U.S. House of Representatives, and Porter's Orange County seat is one of a handful that will help determine which party wins control.

Do is now facing an uncertain political future. In a sign of his waning influence, his chosen successor for his supervisor's seat failed to place in the top two in the March primary.

His last goal was to hit a 90-mph fastball at age 90, and he didn't quite make it. But his life was a home run for the family members who embraced him

Tyler Laube, then a member of the white supremacist group Rise Above Movement, repeatedly punched a reporter covering the rally for OC Weekly, where I was then editor in chief.

Anthony Rendon has a huge paycheck, questionable motivation and paltry production. Angels fans might cheer rather than boo the leadoff hitter who has started 0 for 19.

Laguna Beach High School administrators have launched an investigation after a student allegedly created "inappropriate images" of other students using artificial intelligence.

More city councils in California have weighed in on the Israel-Hamas war with calls for a cease-fire, often setting off major debates and discord at public meetings.

Jorge Armando Contreras used Magnolia School District money to finance a lavish lifestyle including a house, BMW and cosmetic surgery, prosecutors say.

The two men charged with kidnapping Tony Lam from outside his Midway City home were former parolees with one serving nearly two decades behind bars for second-degree murder, Orange County prosecutors wrote in court records.

It's shaping up to be a wet Easter weekend in Southern California. Here is a timeline of what to expect.

Three Orange County cities, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach and Orange, vote to withdraw from the California League of Cities after it backed Proposition 1.

Ike Nicholas Souzer, 20, was busted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Mexican officials in Rosarito on Wednesday after crossing the border into Mexico.

The Port of Oakland is home to the United States' first commercial hydrogen fuel station for big-rig trucks. It's a step on the road to cleaner trucking.

Tesla's Cybertrucks are being recalled due to a faulty accelerator pedal, just five months after the electric pickups were delivered to drivers.

A flood of cheap Chinese electric car exports has raised the specter of another trade war with the U.S. And it has Tesla worried.

Disney had previously committed to ditching gasoline engines but left open hybrids as a possibility.

The drive to electrify personal cars in California has, at best, hit a rough patch. The big question is whether current conditions will turn out to be growing pains.

The women who started ChargerHelp are driven to succeed and to train a workforce of people who are often overlooked. They're also addressing a major issue with EV charging in California: reliability.

The federal regulations don't mandate electric trucks or school buses, unlike California's tougher standards. But the EPA's rules will curtail a billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions each year.

A U.S. EPA rule would require car manufacturers to increase sales of electric vehicles while cutting carbon emissions from gasoline-powered vehicles.

Waymo, the self-driving taxi company owned by Google's parent, Alphabet, gets the green light to expand its robotaxi service to Los Angeles County.

A Cybertruck drove over a sidewalk and past a sign stating 'no vehicles on beach or dunes' at Marina State Beach, then became stranded in the sand.

The California Public Utilities Commission on Friday gave the green light for Waymo to expand its driverless taxi service into Los Angeles and San Mateo counties.

Electric truck maker Rivian was once seen as a rising star in the EV space. But now the company says it will lay off 10% of its employees, and its production targets for this year are coming in lower than expected.

San Mateo County and others want a say in regulating the operations of companies that deploy driverless cars.

Rain breeds potholes in aging roads around Southern California. You can file a claim for damage your car incurs, but reimbursement is not guaranteed.

District attorneys from 25 counties combined their efforts into one civil environmental prosecution that ended Thursday when a San Joaquin County judge ordered Tesla to pay $1.5 million for illegally disposing of hazardous waste.

Despite complaints over the reliability of EV chargers, California regulators have approved Electrify America's latest plan to expand charging infrastructure.

As EV sales grow, gas taxes will fall. That means less money for California road construction, maintenance and repairs.

Department of Insurance says auto insurers are creating barriers for new and renewing members, possibly violating state law.

Insurers say state regulators are responsible for the difficulties that some drivers are having lining up new policies. Consumer advocates blame greed.

As California's DMV accuses Tesla of false advertising, the carmaker says it has a 1st Amendment right to describe its vehicles as 'Full Self-Driving.'

Tesla's pickup has been mired by production delays and skepticism about its utility. Announcing the first deliveries, Elon Musk called the vehicle "actually very useful."

Pursuits are a waste of police resources. Watching them encourages stations to air more of them. And yet, like too many Southern Californians, I just can't quit.

Toyota, Nissan, Honda and Subaru are raising wages in the wake of the UAW's Big Three contract, but their goal is to undermine the UAW.

The BBC is indefinitely pumping the brakes on 'Top Gear,' saying 'it's the right thing' a year after host Freddie Flintoff's test track crash.

In the wake of California pulling Cruise's permit to operate robotaxis in the state over safety concerns, Cruise is suspending all U.S. operations.

I've written about how CARB's actions too often come off as pie-in-the-sky wokery that doesn't seem to consider how working-class folks might be able to afford living in a purified paradise. That's why I wanted to meet De La Torre, the second-longest-serving CARB member.

A Cruise robotaxi dragged an injured woman 20 feet. The company misled reporters about the facts, and maybe state regulators too.

California officials suspended Cruise's permits to operate driverless vehicles in the state, citing safety concerns. General Motors' autonomous vehicle brand had already been under investigation by federal transportation officials.

When a party fails to abide by an interlocutory court order, there can be several consequences. For instance in Ontario, Rule 60.12 of the Rules of Civil Procedure states that “…the court may, in addition to any other sanction provided by these rules, (a) stay the partyas proceeding; (b) dismiss the partyas proceeding or strike out the partyas defence; or (c) make such other order as is just.”

In the recent case, Buduchnist Credit Union Limited v. 2321197 Ontario Inc., 2024 ONCA 57 at para 53, the Ontario Court of Appeal reaffirms that the court’s discretion to respond . . . [more]

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Everyone is the poet of their memories. … But like the best poems, they’re also never really finished because they gain new meaning as time reveals them in different lights.

Richard Hell

The resolution of disputes does not always depend on the memories of parties or witnesses, but when credibility is at issue the memories of actions can be a critical part of resolving disputes. The more we learn about how memories are formed, and more importantly, how they are retained, the more we should have real concerns about the ability of decision-makers to assess credibility of testimony of events . . . [more]

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It stated that if you wake up with the sun, you are still asleep. However if you awaken the sun, then you are truly awake.

I had to read it a few times to actually understand itas meaning, but then I realized that what this means, is that the way our day develops is completely up to us.

If we set an intention for the day to unfold in a calm and peaceful manner, knowing that we are fully capable of dealing with whatever challenges may arise, . . . [more]

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One way of forcing Google to return only the words you are searching for is to put quotation marks around the words or phrases you want. Another way is to use Googleas verbatim option.

To use the verbatim option, go to the Tools option on the Google search page. Click on All Results and then select Verbatim. . . . [more]

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This week the randomly selected blogs are 1.A Global Workplace Insider 2. Vancouver Immigration Law Blog 3. Le Blogue du CRL 4.A Canadian Appeals Monitor 5. The Treasureras Blog

Global Workplace Insider
La Cour suprAame du Canada tranche : les cadres ne pourront se syndiquer au QuA(c)bec

Le 19 avril dernier, la Cour suprAame du . . . [more]

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PANAL (DROIT) : L’appel de la dA(c)claration de dA(c)linquant dangereux prononcA(c)e A l’endroit de l’accusA(c) est rejetA(c), et ce, bien que le juge de premiA"re instance ait mal A(c)noncA(c) l’A(c)tat du droit et que la structure du jugement de dA(c)termination de la peine soit critiquable; la Cour n’y voit aucune . . . [more]

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Big Data. Edited by Benoit Leclerc & Jesse Cale. Abingdon: Routledge, 2020. 148 p. Includes illustrations, bibliographic references, and index. Criminology at the Edge series. ISBN 9781138492783 (hardcover) $136.00; ISBN 9781032336992 (softcover) $42.36; ISBN 9781351029704 (eBook) $42.36.

Reviewed by Matthew Renaud
Law Librarian,
E.K. Williams Law Library, University of Manitoba . . . [more]

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The British Columbia legal professionas leading organizations (the Law Society, the Canadian Bar Associationas BC branch, and the Trial Lawyersa Association of BC) strongly oppose Bill 21, with the . . . [more]

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Through technology, counsel can now utilize a variety of demonstrative aids . . . [more]

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We have both written previously on myths and stereotypes about intimate partner violence (IPV), one of the most common of which is that women make false or exaggerated claims of violence to gain an advantage in family law disputes (see here and here). In KMN v SZM, 2024 BCCA 70 (CanLII), the British Columbia Court of Appeal (BCCA) recognized the existence of this myth and the need for courts to avoid making assumptions that perpetuate it, holding that it is . . . [more]

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This week the randomly selected blogs are 1.A Dooreyas Workplace Law Blog 2. Lash Condo Law 3. Canadian Appeals Monitor 4. Family LLB 5. Avoid a Claim

Dooreyas Workplace Law Blog
SCC: Exclusion of Managers from Labour Legislation Not a Charter Violation

The Supreme Court of Canada released a much anticipated but under the radar . . . [more]

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PANAL (DROIT) : La juge de premiA"re instance n’a pas errA(c) en dA(c)terminant que la caractA(c)ristique dominante de la poupA(c)e en silicone que possA(c)dait l’accusA(c) est une reprA(c)sentation des organes sexuels et de la rA(c)gion anale d’une enfant dans un but sexuel, ce qui constitue du matA(c)riel de pornographie juvA(c)nile . . . [more]

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Because McMurtry . . . [more]

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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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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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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 employer’s 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 tribunal’s decision.

Background

The workplace was a provincially run rapid transit company. The Court considered a union’s petition for judicial review of a decision by the British Columbia Labour . . . [more]

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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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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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PANAL (DROIT) : Dans le cadre de l’affaire du meurtre de Guylaine Potvin, le tribunal dA(c)clare recevable le tA(c)moignage d’une biologiste judiciaire A titre de tA(c)moin expert concernant l’utilisation du nouvel outil d’enquAate 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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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 grievor’s evidence was not credible, the female colleague’s 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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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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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]

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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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PANAL (DROIT) : Dans une affaire de violence conjugale et postconjugale, la juge de premiA"re instance a commis 2A erreurs de principe en omettant d’A(c)valuer correctement le risque que l’imposition d’une peine avec sursis A l’accusA(c) poserait pour la collectivitA(c); une peine d’emprisonnement de 6A mois est substituA(c)e aux 10A . . . [more]

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