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"'You're soft on crime,'"

Bob Tarantino
November 28, 2009 23:53

The latest Globe and Mail article shrieking about the impending horrors of tougher crime policies is well worth reading for a variety of reasons (mostly for how you could predict virtually every word of it having known only the identity...The latest Globe and Mail article shrieking about the...

Twitter

Bob Tarantino
November 25, 2009 14:11

Fine. I've created a Twitter account. It focuses primarily on entertainment law and IP law stuff - so the mileage of individual readers of this blog (such as you are) may vary. Follow me here: http://twitter.com/bobtarantino or in the fancy...Fine.  I've created a Twitter account.  It...

The Curious Case of the Actor’s Performance (Part One)

Bob Tarantino
November 25, 2009 13:59

The nice folks at IP Osgoode's IPilogue blog have asked me to contribute, and my first post (part one of a two-parter) is up now and can be read here. The precis: As many reasons as there might be to...The nice folks at IP Osgoode's IPilogue blog have asked me to contribute, and my first post (part...

"vitriol, anger and ad hominem sentiment"

Bob Tarantino
October 17, 2009 13:49

Everybody's a critic... Neil Boyd and I debate the morality and practicality of the faint hope clause over at The Mark. Mr. Boyd is, shall we say, something less than a fan of your intrepid correspondent.Everybody's a critic...Neil Boyd and I debate the morality and practicality of the faint hope...

Don't Call It a Comeback

Bob Tarantino
October 06, 2009 00:53

JJ McCullogh and I had a long discussion about the Supreme Court of Canada, judging and politics - read it here. Neil Boyd wrote something at The Mark about the elimination of the faint hope clause - something which I...JJ McCullogh and I had a long discussion about the Supreme Court of Canada,...

"One man's debauchery..."

Bob Tarantino
August 13, 2009 11:43

Imagine a really bad, and really serious, version of Footloose – but instead of Kevin Bacon and his pals triumphing over the closed minds of small-town authoritarians, it involves a decades-long campaign using the resources of the federal government to...Imagine a really bad, and really serious, v...

"some skepticism"

Bob Tarantino
July 10, 2009 15:20

If you're looking for a decent explanation of why the newspaper industry is in such bad shape, you could do much worse than reading this lengthy piece in Maclean's about the Globe and Mail - it is an account of...If you're looking for a decent explanation of why the newspaper industry is in such...

Great Moments in Canadian Sentencing 07.09.09

Bob Tarantino
July 09, 2009 16:12

Another data point for assessment of the Greenspan-Gardner Hypothesis: A three-time killer is facing not only a lengthy prison term [sic - ed.], but an order that will ensure authorities keep a close eye on him for a decade after...Another data point for assessment of the Greenspan-Gardner...

Great Moments in Canadian Sentencing 07.07.09

Bob Tarantino
July 07, 2009 08:06

Maybe when he gets convicted for an eighth time he'll actually be punished? "The Parliamentary intent is to address ... serious violent offences that involve maximum penalties of 10 years or more and are indictable," Brown ruled as she sentenced...Maybe when he gets convicted for an eighth time...

"a bit of a joke"

Bob Tarantino
June 28, 2009 15:56

The execrable Jeffrey Simpson demonstrates again why his paper is the worst in Canada: Similarly, the ending of “faint hope” clause appeals for murderers and the like is eyewash, since only a handful of such appeals are made every year,...The execrable Jeffrey Simpson demonstrates again why his pap...