A provincial court judge in Prince Rupert, BC, has sentenced a 46-year-old man to a year in jail for contempt of court, ruling he tried to circumvent the justice system with “pseudo-legal” and “stupid” arguments . Judge David Paterson sentenced Cameron Hardy, in part to deter others from subjecting the court to the theory known […]

When Farrah Jinha’s 15-year marriage failed, she never imagined it would result in an eight-year legal battle, culminating in 2021 with an 18-day trial pitting her — alone — against her ex-husband’s professional legal team. But faced with a $200,000 retainer fee that needed to be paid to keep her lawyer, Jinha says she was […]

The lawyer for the IRS whistleblower alleging the Biden administration is mishandling the federal investigation into Hunter Biden told Fox News on Thursday that his client is “not a political person” and does not have a “political agenda,” but does have documents to support his Allegations that he hopes to bring to both Congressional Democrats […]

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday against his former lawyer Michael Cohen — who has emerged as a key witness in the criminal case against him — seeking more than $500 million in damages and alleging “breaches of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment, conversion, and breach of contract.” Cohen […]

A common concern when a parent enters into a new relationship is how to ensure their children from a previous marriage will be adequately taken care of at the time of their death. While the common answer is to enter into a mutual will, there may be some hidden dangers a parent has not thought […]

Now on Spilling Secrets, our podcast series on the future of non-compete and trade secret law: The inevitable disclosure doctrine, expected to be a widely used tool to protect trade secrets after the famous PepsiCo, Inc. v. Redmond case in 1995, has not been as commonly employed as anticipated. But is the legal landscape about […]

A private member’s bill requiring that judges consider domestic violence and coercive control when issuing decisions passed the Senate on Tuesday evening. Bill C-233, which was sponsored by Liberal MP Anju Dhillon, was introduced in February 2022. It was dubbed “Keira’s Law” after four-year-old Keira Kagan, who was found dead with her father at the […]

CNN — Boris Epshteyn, an attorney and adviser to Donald Trump, is scheduled to be interviewed on Thursday by federal prosecutors working for special counsel Jack Smith, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. Epshteyn worked as a special assistant to then-President Trump at the White House, advised Trump during the 2020 campaign and […]