Manitoba Legal Blog Round-Up

A bi-monthly consolidation of blog posts from around the Manitoba legal community for the months January and February 2021

Clarke Immigration Law

• MB Enhanced ID Program Cancelled January 29, 2021
• Extradition Request: Nygard January 25, 2021
• New PGWP January 13, 2021
• Lessons from 2020 December 22, 2020
• Remedies for Visitor Visa Refusals December 17, 2020

Robson Crim Legal Blog

• Sexual Assault Myths Persist in Court – M Filyk Feb 26
• Mandatory Minimum Sentences, Cruel and Unusual Punishment? – Sierra Bednarz Feb 24
• A Mind for Criminal Law–Automatism, Autoimmune Encephalitis & other Medical Conditions-Natasha Ellis Feb 23, 2021
• Cops Gone Wild: R. v. Letkeman- April Lount Feb 23, 2021
• Defund the Police Part I: Abolish the Police? – Chris Dick Feb 22, 2021
• Protecting or Restraining: Incapacity to Consent – Audrey Bews Feb 19, 2021
• The Legality of Arrest in R v. Coutu – Noah Curle Feb 18, 2021
• The Elimination of Preemptory Challenges is Not Enough -Brayden Gray Feb 17, 2021
• Why the Innocent May Falsely Confess: A Perusal of the Reid Model of Interrogation – Estelle Brooks Feb 16, 2021
• Dynamic Entry: Preservation Over Protection – Avery Marshall Feb 11, 2021
• Police Error, Misconduct, & Bias: Preventing Wrongful Convictions Starts at the Investigatory Level by Louise Turner Feb 10, 2021
• Cellphone Privacy & Warrantless Search & Seizure – Barnaby Clem Feb 9, 2021
• Indigenous Peoples & Wrongful Convictions: Preventing Overrepresentation in the CJS – Chase Baxter Feb 6, 2021
• Mandatory Minimums: A Miscarriage of Justice by Jan Kelley Feb 5, 2021
• IP, Encryption, And The Threat To Public Safety By Matt Malone Feb 3, 2021
• The Long and Winding Road to Justice for the Wrongfully Convicted in Canada – Charlie Newton Feb 1, 2021
• The Myth of the Black Rapist & Wrongful Convictions in Sexual Assault Cases in the United States Jan 30, 2021
• Bail in the COVID-19 Era – Kay Greene Jan 29, 2021
• Hart Failure: Assessing the Mr. Big Confessions Framework Five Years Later by Christopher Lutes
• The Dualistic Role of the Media in Wrongful Convictions – Francis Gordon Jan 22
• The Fragility of the Human Memory – Annie Strickland Jan 21, 2021
• If You Do Not Have Anything Nice to Say: Charter Issues with the Offence of Defamatory Libel Jan 18, 2021
• Criminal Law During (and After) COVID-19 by Terry Skolnik Jan 18, 2021
• Michael Pearce and the Reid Technique: Highlighting the Risks of False Confessions – Mason Munoz Jan 15, 2021
• The Dangers of a Punitive Approach to Victim Participation in Sentencing: by Elizabeth Janzen Jan 12, 2021
• Moving to an Independent Wrongful Conviction Review Process – Curtis Webster Jan 12, 2021
• Early Prints: “The Slow Death of the Reasonable Steps Requirement for the Mistake of Age Defence” Jan 4, 2021
• Landlords and Criminality by G Holmes Dec 22, 2020
• Genetic Genealogy: Where is Consent? – E. Burgess Dec 18, 2020
• R. v. Oghieakhe – V. Dolton Dec 14, 2020
• Mandatory Minimums: A Miscarriage of Justice – L Palmer Dec 4, 2020
• What Types of Offences Should Apply to Criminal Code Rules on Organizational Crime? Dec 1, 2020
• Corporate Criminal Liability 2.0: Expansion Beyond Human Responsibility by Eli Lederman, Dec 1, 2020
• Let Us Rid our Justice System of a “Stereotypical Offender” Narrative – A. Avril  Dec 1, 2020
• The Dangers of a Punitive Approach to Victim Participation in Sentencing: Victim Impact Statements by Elizabeth Janzen Dec 1, 2020

Matthew Gould Blog (Criminal Law)

• How To Know If You Need A Criminal Lawyer February 25, 2021
• Is It A Crime To Drink In Public? January 25, 2021
• What Does “Crimes Against The Person” Mean? December 29, 2020
• Major vs. Minor Traffic Convictions November 26, 2020

Taylor McCaffrey

• Everything you always wanted to know about amendments to the Divorce Act, but were too afraid to ask  by: Lawrence I.Z. Pinsky February 26, 2021
• Can a contract be formed by an exchange of emails? by: Kristen Wittman February 24, 2021
• Can Manitoba employers legally discriminate against employees charged with a criminal offence? by: Peter Mueller February 22. 2021
• Surrogacy in Canada by: Robynne Kazina February 19, 2021
• Adopting an Adult Child in Manitoba by: Robynne Kazina February 17, 2021
• Failure to file Notice of Change of Limited Partner  by: Kristen Wittman February 16, 2021
• Adopting a Step Child in Manitoba by: Robynne Kazina February 11, 2021
• “Three, Two, One” Help for Collaborative Communication by: Patricia C. Lane, Q.C. February 9, 2021
• Limited Partnerships, Partnerships, Fiduciary Duties by: Kristen Wittman February 5 2021
• On Fair Hearings – Thoughts on Procedures in Practice by: Lawrence I.Z. Pinsky February 01 2021
• What is a reasonable offer to settle under s. 37.1(2) of the Manitoba Human Rights Code? by: Kelby Loeppky January 25, 2021

Pitblado Law Blog

• Conflict of Interest Provisions for Securities Registrants in Effect as of June 30, 2021
• The impacts of COVID-19 on common law reasonable notice periods Published on 23.02.21

TDS law

• Reopening Your Business in A Pandemic: Privacy Concerns Related To Precautions by Kendall (Dell) Dyck February 19, 2021
• The Basics of Incorporating A Business by Mason Broadfoot January 25, 2021
• TDS Partners with North Forge Technology Exchange: Legal Open Office Hours Program January 06, 2021

MLT Aikins

• Some Evidence of Harm Hard to Come By by Jason Mohrbutter, Kristél Kriel, Nicole Graham February 24, 2021
• Insolvency & Restructuring Group 2020 Year-in-Review February 24, 2021
• Top Legal Risks and Tools for Online Operations by Kristél Kriel February 19, 2021
• Feds Circumvent Provinces to Regulate Handguns Through Municipalities by Milad Alishahi February 18, 2021
• Professionals Beware: Cyberattackers are Targeting You by Kristél Kriel, Nathan Schissel February 17, 2021
• Supreme Court Rules on Exercising Contractual Discretion in Good Faith Jason Mohrbutter, Milad Alishahi, Allison Graham February 12, 2021
• Preparing Your Workplace for When Cupid’s Arrow Strikes by Ashton Butler, Katie Newman
• Manitoba Critical (Red) Level Extended to March 5 as Restrictions Ease by Christian Monnin, Dany Théberge, Christine Jeroski February 12, 2021
• Employee Privacy and Disciplinary Actions by Kristél Kriel, Brent Matkowski, Nicole Graham February 10, 2021
• A 20/20 Perspective on COVID-19’s Impact on Contracts by Jason Mohrbutter, Shawna Sparrow February 3, 2021
• Trends in Agricultural Data Collection and Analytics by Danielle Graff February 3, 2021
• Is Mandatory COVID-19 Testing for Employees Reasonable? By Jana Linner, Shandra Czarnecki, Ashton Butler February 2, 2021
• Termination Appropriate for Employee Who Ignored Self-Isolation Rule by Shane Buchanan January 27, 2021
• Inadvertently Disclosed Information – Non-Privileged but Confidential Vanessa Mensink, Thomas W. Clifford January 25, 2021
• New Federal Anti-Harassment and Violence Legislation Now in Effect by Arooj Shah, Walter Pavlic, Q.C. January 20, 2021
• Will Your Termination Clause Stand Up in Court? By Jana Linner, Megan Kheong, Jianna Rieder January 20, 2021
• Further Expansion of Manitoba Bridge Grant; Eligible Businesses to Receive Second Payment by Dany Théberge, Christine Jeroski January 15, 2021
• How Can Your Organization Prevent Insider Privacy Threats? By Nathan Schissel, Kristél Kriel, Matthew Barnes January 6, 2021