Every weekday morning, Precedent scours the headlines to find stories likely to be today's hot topics.

• Lawyer Edwin Coq is no longer defending the U.S. missionaries accused of kidnapping Haitian children. Jorge Puello, a lawyer in the Dominican Republic, says Coq was fired on suspicion of “extortion.” Coq claims the $60,000 he was requesting was his fee, and that he resigned over a dispute about payment. [New York Times]
• Public Mobile has asked the Federal Court to look into Ottawa’s decision not to release the decision documents relating to the approval of Globalive, the foreign-owned company behind Wind Mobile. [Globe and Mail]
• Pakistan’s Supreme Court is considering creating a third gender identity for the country’s khusra — a wide-ranging group that includes transgendered people, transsexuals and hermaphrodites. [Toronto Star]
• Michael Geist: The arbitration clause in Dell’s computer contracts was overruled by the Ontario Court of Appeal, which has allowed a class action to proceed. [Toronto Star]
• Gretchen Rubin, author of bestseller The Happiness Project and a former lawyer , talks about the epiphany that changed her career path and her life. [Globe and Mail]

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