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Are you driving naked this summer?
1+ week, 4+ day ago (558+ words) Understanding the Ontario auto insurance changes coming in July 2026 As of'July 2026, there are major changes to Ontario auto insurance policies. The changes to Accident Benefits coverage, will reduce mandatory benefits making many of them optional for drivers in Ontario. The…...
LSO introduces updated lawyer and paralegal directory to simplify information access
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (135+ words) Expanded licensee information may be published in line with the Increased Transparency initiative The Law Society of Ontario has introduced an updated lawyer and paralegal directory that simplifies access to licensee information and permits expanded licensee information to be published....
$60-million Ontario Training Schools class action claim settles
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (499+ words) A trauma-informed approach was taken to help claimants from being retraumatized "We think it's an excellent settlement following the conclusion of several years of very hard-fought litigation," says'Waitzer, adding that "$100, 000 as the max compensation is by far the largest amount,…...
Court approves data transfer agreement in insolvency matter with aerospace engineering company
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (697+ words) Contract considered by Superior Court concerns IP relating to aircraft modifications Among other orders issued in insolvency proceedings, the Ontario Superior Court approved an agreement for the transfer of data, designs, drawings, and other intellectual property held by an insolvent…...
Tribunal can't attribute full delay in accident benefits claim to injured man's ex-counsel
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (545+ words) Claimant says he didn't follow up as he trusted lawyers to handle the file The Ontario Licence Appeal Tribunal has found that the limited evidence regarding the involvement of the injured party's former counsel for around a year did not…...
Ontario Court of Justice welcomes 27 new justices of the peace
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (379+ words) The new justices have been assigned to Toronto, Orangeville, Brampton, Oshawa, among others Twenty-seven new justices of the peace are set to commence at the Ontario Court of Justice on July 8: Adamidis was on the Licence Appeal Tribunal and presided…...
New LSO treasurer Shalini Konanur wants to modernize the regulator
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (613+ words) She intends to balance the needs of the public with the needs of licensees Shalini'Konanur'wants to modernize the Law Society of Ontario'making it more transparent, more accessible, and better equipped to support licensees'as they navigate'rapid technological change.'Elected treasurer of…...
Superior Court approves legal fees set at a third of an injury settlement amount
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (376+ words) In a personal injury case, the Ontario Superior Court has seen nothing untoward about a contingency fee arrangement that imposed a proposed fee of 33 percent for tort claims and an alternate hourly rate of $900." In Bedoya v. TTC et al. , 2026 ONSC…...
New law firm bets on the long-term for electrification and clean energy
1+ week, 1+ day ago (447+ words) Former chief legal officer of FLO EV, Travis Allan, is counting on AI-assistance for operating proficiencies Travis Allan has started up a new law firm. It'ssomethinghe'sdone before, but last timehe did it with a partner. This time, Allanhas begun by…...
Ontario CA partially greenlights lawyer's appeal in fee entitlement dispute with firm
1+ week, 1+ day ago (407+ words) Per the court, the lawyer should be paid for files settled before he was terminated by the firm The Ontario Court of Appeal has partially greenlit personal injury lawyer Patrick Poupore's appeal in a dispute involving his entitlement to fees…...