Bob Tarantino's Blog
Bob Tarantino, the author of this blog, is an entertainment lawyer and freelance writer who lives in Toronto.
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Recent Articles
"'You're soft on crime,'"
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...
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)
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"
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
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..."
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"
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
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
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"
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...

