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Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of April 10, 2023.
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100 Bloor Street West Corporation v. Barry’s BootCamp Canada Inc. is a commercial lease interpretation case regarding
The Iowa Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in three cases April 11. A fourth case will be submitted to the Court without oral argument. Following are summaries of the cases. [Go to On Brief’s “Cases in the Pipeline” page to read briefs filed in these cases.]
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland
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Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of April 3, 2023.
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Skymark Finance Corporation v. Ontario is the latest example of the application of the rule that an action will be
As any parent knows, children say the darndest things. The other day, during bedtime, my three-year-old niece turned to her father unprompted and said, “I don’t want you to read me a story tonight. I want you to tell me when and how Santa Claus died.”
Given their proclivity to imagination, it’s not always easy
In July 2020 the Iowa Attorney General filed a civil suit alleging a now-defunct Omaha company violated Iowa’s Consumer Fraud Act in marketing stem-cell and exosome therapy treatments using false, misleading, and deceptive tactics.
When the case went to trial in Polk County District Court, the defendant, Travis Autor, an unlicensed chiropractor who owned a
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Following are this week’s summaries of the civil decisions of Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of March 27 to 31, 2023. There were only two substantive decisions. One was a commercial leasing matter, and the other was a
The Iowa Constitution requires that bills enacted by the General Assembly contain a single subject in the title. Although legislators often use vaguely general titles on bills that contain many unrelated provisions, the Iowa Supreme Court has been reluctant to declare the practice unconstitutional: In the 166 years since the Constitution was written, the Court
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Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of March 20 to 24, 2023.
Continue ReadingIn Land v. Dryden Police Services Board, the appellants’ claims against a First Nations Children’s Aid Society
If you’re reading this blog, you’re probably interested in North Carolina Appeals. And if you’re interested in North Carolina appeals, you will really be interested in the North Carolina Appellate Practice CLE happening on Friday, March 31!
At this CLE, appellate practitioners will gather from all over the state to learn from current and former
In an interesting parallel to the developments in the Maine Law Court that indicate a revival of state constitutional interpretation, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued a noteworthy opinion examining the protections granted to free speech under the Commonwealth’s constitution.
The case, Barron v. Kolenda, involved a town ordinance requiring all comments in public