He shoots he scores! Or at least he’s giving it a shot. I am talking not hockey, but income tax. Leafs star John Tavares is appealing a CRA tax assessment of $6.8 million on his $15.4 million bonus being part of his seven-year $77 million contract entered into...
Can a judge make peace between hostile lawyers by ordering them to have lunch together. In the Alabama case of McCullers v Koch Foods of Alabama, apparently the two lawyers were not getting along too well throughout. Defense counsel moved to amend his pleading and...
Mistakes, also known as errors, blunders or, in legalese, boo-boos. I am especially interested in historical iconic mistakes. What comes to my mind quickly is the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Surely it would not take legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright to notice that it...
You only die twice. No this is not a title for a James Bond movie. I’m talking about people being misdiagnosed as being dead when in fact they are still alive. Do they have any legal recourse? Though not a common occurrence, such as lawyers getting sued (for...
EXCERPT from First, Let’s Kill the Lawyer Jokes: Hey lawyers! Is everybody happy? You may be one of the fortunate ones. I Googled “unhappy lawyers” and my search triggered 17,200,000 results, including “I hate being a lawyer,” “Why lawyers are unhappy,” and “7...
