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Draw clients a roadmap to avoid communication claims

by LAWPRO

Our readers should now be well aware that problems with lawyer-client communication are the number one cause of malpractice claims. Managing communication takes patience and effort: at one extreme of the spectrum, responding to calls and messages from clients who want constant contact can be frustrating; while at the other end, trying to get absentee… Read More »

Categories: 2013 December Cybercrime, Articles, Communications Errors, Practice Tips

Book review: The ABA Cybersecurity Handbook

by LAWPRO

“There are two types of firms: those that know they’ve been (cyber) attacked and those that don’t,” says Jill Rhodes, co-author along with Vincent Polley of the The ABA Cybersecurity Handbook. The book is an initiative of the ABA Cybersecurity Legal Task Force that was created in 2012 to bring together the legal community and… Read More »

Categories: 2013 December Cybercrime, Articles, Book Review, Cyber dangers, Legal Technology

Cybercrime and law firms: The risks and dangers are real

by LAWPRO

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Historians may well look back and call 2013 “The year of the hacker.” There have been numerous high-profile data breaches involving major corporations and online services: Facebook, Apple, Twitter, Adobe, NASDAQ, The New York Times and LexisNexis, to name just a few. Everyone reading this article likely has information stored by at least one, if… Read More »

Categories: 2013 December Cybercrime, Articles, Cyber dangers, Features, Fraud

2014 LAWPRO policy responds to changes in the profession and related risks

by LAWPRO

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Quick summary: Base premium for 2014: $3,350 (unchanged since 2011) $10,000 increase in deductible applied to certain administrative dismissal claims $250,000 sublimit coverage for eligible cybercrime losses Coverage for Ontario lawyers also called in Quebec, in support of full mobility Paralegal licensees practising in partnership with lawyers must move to LAWPRO insurance LAWPRO maintains base… Read More »

Categories: 2013 October - Insurance Issue 2014, Articles, Errors & Omissions

2014 coverage for lawyers in private practice

by LAWPRO

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Standard insurance coverage The base program Eligibility: Required of all lawyers providing services in private practice. Coverage limit: $1 million per claim/$2 million in the aggregate (i.e., for all claims made in 2014), applicable to claim expenses, indemnity payments and/or costs of repairs together. New Cybercrime coverage sublimit: The 2014 insurance program introduces s a… Read More »

Categories: 2013 October - Insurance Issue 2014, Articles, Errors & Omissions

2014 insurance coverage for exempt lawyers

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in-house corporate counsel government lawyers, educators and others not in active private practice retired lawyers, estate trustees, emeritus lawyers, judges and others no longer practising law legal aid clinic lawyers (not directly employed by Legal Aid Ontario) lawyers who engage in only occasional practice in Ontario and are resident in a Canadian jurisdiction other than… Read More »

Categories: 2013 October - Insurance Issue 2014, Articles, Errors & Omissions

Are you covered for a big claim? Consider LAWPRO Excess Insurance

by LAWPRO

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With your Law Society insurance renewing January 1, it is a good time to consider your firm’s excess needs. Remember that the limits on LAWPRO’s primary program are $1 million per claim/$2 million in the aggregate. Could any of your matters lead to a malpractice claim of more than $1 million? Don’t forget to include… Read More »

Categories: 2013 October - Insurance Issue 2014, Articles, Excess, Excess insurance

The practicePRO program: looking back on what has and hasn’t changed in the first 15 years

by LAWPRO

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In 1997, LPIC, as LAWPRO was then known, was in its second year of operating the primary professional liability program for the Ontario bar. At that time, LPIC was working hard to build confidence in a new insurance program (and itself as the new insurer of the program) in the wake of the E&O fund… Read More »

Categories: 2013 September practicePRO 15th, Articles, Features

The evolving face of risk management – practicePRO: The next 15 years

by LAWPRO

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Dan Pinnington joined LAWPRO in January of 2001 as director of the practicePRO program. Over the last 13 years he worked to expand the offerings and reach of this critical undertaking. It has become an internationally recognized risk management and claims prevention initiative. In this interview, Dan reflects on how risks and risk management have… Read More »

Categories: 2013 September practicePRO 15th, Articles, Features, Future of law

Could this happen to you? Getting duped on a bad cheque scam

by LAWPRO

In our newest effort to help Ontario lawyers appreciate where claims happen – and how to avoid them – we are pleased to introduce a new column to LAWPRO Magazine: “Could this happen to you?” Lawyers have told us they like to hear about real scenarios and circumstances that resulted in malpractice claims. They say… Read More »

Categories: 2013 September practicePRO 15th, Articles, Could This Happen to You?, Cyber dangers, Fraud

Land Acknowledgement

The offices of LAWPRO are located on the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, Anishnabeg, Chippewa, Haudenosaunee and Wendat peoples. Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit. LAWPRO respects and acknowledges the histories, languages, knowledge systems, and cultures of First Nations, Metis, and Inuit nations.

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