In this issue - #115 August 29, 2008

Singer and songwriter Jackson Browne is not amused that his song "Running On Empty" has been used in a television commercial for John McCain and against Barack Obama.

When was the last time you checked to make sure your intellectual property (“IP”) was up to date.

Michael Geist, law professor at the University of Ottawa and intellectual property commentator has written an interesting article having the above title in the Toronto Sun.

The Land Title Office recently considered the filing of a “building” strata plan in which a number of the strata lots consisted of a bunkhouse measuring less than 100 sq. ft. 

As the baby boom generation continues aging, retirement is becoming an increasingly complex economic, employment, and human rights issue that can trigger age-discrimination concerns.

Technology, Trade and Economic Development Minister Ida Chong announced that the Province and the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) have signed a joint letter of agreement formalizing the results of consultations with respect to the Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (TILMA) between British Columbia and Alberta.  The TILMA will apply to local governments as of April 1, 2009.

A 1999 clinical study that Merck & Co Inc said was done to test side effects of its now-withdrawn painkiller Vioxx was done primarily to support a marketing campaign before its launch, according to researchers.

A Canadian court has certified another class-action lawsuit against Merck & Co. over its former painkiller Vioxx, for which the U.S. drug maker is doling out billions of dollars to cover American settlements.

Your brain needs more of a time-out than just missing the next game to recover from a concussion. New research suggests student athletes who are too active -- not just on the field, but at home and school -- may hinder their recovery.

The complications from concussions, a signature injury of the Afganistan and Iraq war, often are not recognized .

In B.A.N. v. J.H., 2008 BCSC 808, a husband and wife (the “intended parents”) applied to the court for a declaration that they were the sole parents of twins conceived through the in vitro fertilization process, using the husband’s sperm and an egg donor’s ova, with the resulting embryos being implanted into a surrogate mother.