Cyber Security Awareness Month is an internationally recognized campaign held each October to help the public learn more about the importance of cyber security. This campaign helps Canadians stay secure...
Read More...The purpose of the Risk Assessment Visit is to offer firms, especially solo and small firms (2-5 members) a free, confidential service to assist in identifying areas of risk that...
Read More...The Law Society arranges mandatory first response cyber insurance coverage for all insured lawyers. However, there has been a significant change in the conditions of coverage. If you want protection...
Read More...The current professional liability insurance policy for practicing members expires on June 30, 2022. This means that before June 30, you must report any potential problems that you know about...
Read More...Lawyers often ask if they have enough insurance. All insured lawyers in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador have mandatory insurance coverage of $1 million per claim with an annual...
Read More...Why do you need cyber insurance? If you use the internet in any capacity, you and your law firm are targets for a cyber-attack. Cyber-attacks are unwelcome attempts to steal,...
Read More...The Supreme Court of Canada recently held that limitation periods begin to run when the plaintiff knows, or ought to know, the material facts upon which a “plausible inference of...
Read More...Warning re Private Mortgages in Real Estate The following is an excerpt from a fraud warning recently posted to the AvoidAClaim website (provided through LAWPRO, a malpractice insurance carrier for Ontario lawyers), with...
Read More...As set out in the notice of July 23, 2021, Homewood’s Employee and Family Assistance Program was the victim of a cyber security incident involving unauthorized access to its computer...
Read More...The Lawyers’ Insurance Programme has become aware of a cyber incident in which a fraudster hacked into an email account of an assistant at a St. John’s law firm. The...
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