The Stresses & Challenges of Being a Lawyer: When Technology Doesn’t Help There is no doubt that technology has increased the pace of practicing law. While increasing efficiency, the constant...

When a Lawyer Retires Lawyers who retire but continue to hang around the office can pose a liability risk both to themselves and to their old firms. As the baby...

Please be advised that your 2017-2018 Professional Liability Insurance Policy is available upon sending a request to: Janice Ringrose Lawyers’ Insurance Programme insurance@lawsociety.nf.ca

DO YOU NEED EXCESS INSURANCE? All insured lawyers in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador have mandatory insurance coverage of $1 million per claim with an aggregate limit of $2...

Loss Prevention Tip #12 The Lawyers’ Insurance Programme is seeing an increase in spear phishing email frauds targeting lawyers and law firms. The spear phishing messages we are seeing are...

Report all Insurance Claims before June 30, 2017 The Law Society Member’s insurance policy is a “claims-made” policy. Accordingly, the focus is on when the claim is made and reported,...

CLIA Cyber Liability Program Lawyers and law firms are potential targets for hackers, ransomware and cyber criminals. However, the mandatory Professional Liability Insurance Policy has always excluded claims arising out...

LOSS PREVENTION TIP Are you suing the right party? When you file a lawsuit, beating the statute of limitations is not your only concern. You must also ensure that you’ve...

LOSS PREVENTION TIP When are you Retained on a New Matter for a Multiple-File Client? A lawyer represented a busy salesman on several commercial matters including some litigation files. During...

Business Interruption Plan? None of us like to think about disasters, and perhaps we even have an “it won’t happen to me” attitude. Regardless of the size of your firm,...