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31 janvier 2019 Fake is illegal
Attorney General James Announces Groundbreaking Settlement With Sellers of Fake Followers and “Likes” on Social Media Settlement is First in the Country to Find that Selling Fake Followers and “Likes” Is Illegal Deception and that Fake Activity Using Stolen Identities Is Illegal Impersonation Attorney General Letitia James today announced a precedent-setting settlement over the sale of fake followers, “likes,” and views on social media platforms, including Twitter and YouTube, using fake activity […]
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31 janvier 2019 Message from Nicola Di Ioro Member of Parliament Saint-Léonard – Saint-Michel
Dear Fellow Citizens, Soon it will be four years since I undertook to become your member of Parliament. I answered the call to serve my country and to represent you. I could not have guessed at the time that the circumstances of life would force me to make the most painful decision of my professional […]
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26 janvier 2019 Me Calin Rovinescu, President and Chief Executive Officer of Air Canada, Named «Lawyer-CEO of the Decade» by legal magazine Le Monde Juridique
A special tribute dinner will be held on April 24th 2019 at 6 p.m., cocktail, dinner at 7 p.m. at the St. James Club of Montreal on Union street. Click here to read the official invitation. Me Calin Rovinescu was appointed CEO of Air Canada, April 1st 2009, after literally saving the company from bankruptcy. […]
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24 janvier 2019 New International Bar Association president for 2019-2020
Horacio Bernardes Neto President Horacio Bernardes Neto is the President of the International Bar Association (IBA). His tenure is for the calendar years of 2019 and 2020. Mr Bernardes Neto has been a member of the IBA since 1982. He sits on the IBA Management Board and has held the posts of IBA Vice-President (2017–2018); […]
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23 janvier 2019 Attorney General James Announces Settlement With Walgreens Boots Alliance Over Medicaid Fraud Allegations For Over-Dispensing Insulin Pens
Attorney General Letitia James today announced that New York, together with the federal government and other states, has reached a nationwide $209.2 million settlement with Walgreens Boots Alliance (Walgreens) concerning allegations of fraudulent over-dispensing of insulin pens at Walgreens pharmacies. The qui tam action, unsealed today, resolves allegations that Walgreens knowingly engaged in fraudulent conduct […]
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19 janvier 2019 Lesley Chesterman Leaves the Table, Part 3: Final food for thought
This is the first instalment of a three-part farewell by Montreal Gazette restaurant critic Lesley Chesterman, looking back at her 20 years on the beat. The first chef I interviewed was a force of nature. Her name was Rose Gray, and she was the co-owner of the most talked-about restaurant in London at the time, […]
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15 janvier 2019 McGill Law prof named Canada’s new justice minister
David Lametti, Member of Parliament for LaSalle–Émard–Verdun and a professor at the Faculty of Law (currently on leave), has been named Canada’s new Minister of Justice as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shuffled his cabinet in response to the sudden departure of Nova Scotia MP Scott Brison. Lametti was sworn in earlier this morning proudly wearing […]
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13 janvier 2019 UN Elects Yemen, Worst on Gender Equality, as VP at UN’s Gender Equality Agency
A human rights watchdog organization today condemned the UN’s election of Yemen, the lowest ranking country in the world on gender equality, to be vice-president of the Executive Board of UN Women, which is the United Nations entity for gender equality and the empowerment of women. « Electing Yemen to protect women’s rights is like making […]
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18 décembre 2018 A.G. UNDERWOOD ANNOUNCES STIPULATION DISSOLVING TRUMP FOUNDATION UNDER JUDICIAL SUPERVISION, WITH AG REVIEW OF RECIPIENT CHARITIES
Today, Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood announced that – following a court decision in favor of the Attorney General – the Trump Foundation has signed a stipulationagreeing to dissolve under judicial supervision, with review and approval by the Attorney General of proposed recipient charities of the Foundation’s remaining assets. This stipulation follows the court decision last month allowing Attorney General Underwood’s […]
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12 décembre 2018 Absent Liberal MP defends absence from Ottawa in House of Commons speech
A Liberal MP who’s stayed out of the House of Commons for months says he’s been busy with other important work. “Time spent in the House is a part of a member’s work but despite that I decided to do something concrete for a cause I truly care about,” Montreal MP Nicola Di Iorio said […]
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