Insurance
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April 01, 2025
Canadian securities regulators delegate registration authority to CIRO
Effective April 1, securities regulators in Alberta, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island and Yukon are delegating certain registration functions and powers to the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO).
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April 01, 2025
Law schools, students need to prep for AI in profession: scholar
With the increased use of artificial intelligence in the legal profession, law schools need to consider new forms of education and a revamp in guidance when it comes to students’ career paths, says a scholar.
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April 01, 2025
Alberta’s proposed auto insurance model creates system where ‘insurers call the shots,’ lawyer says
Alberta is proposing what it calls a “care-first” automobile insurance system aimed at moving away from court battles and providing more affordable coverage for drivers, but legal observers are saying it would take too many rights away and put too much power in the hands of insurance companies.
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April 01, 2025
When a three-way priority dispute ends in a tie
In Gore Mutual v. Dominion and Certas Home, 2024 ONSC 5239, Alyssia, at the age of 17, was an occupant of a vehicle insured by Certas that was involved in a single vehicle collision. Alyssia’s application for accident benefits triggered a priority dispute over whether she was principally financially dependent on either one of her parents, who were not married and no longer in a relationship.
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March 31, 2025
Rise of the product counsel | Laura Sulymosi
Since graduating from law school in 2007, I’ve worked in every conceivable setting in the legal profession. I’ve worked in law firms of all sizes, dabbled with government roles, supported a startup (a mid-size technology and business consulting company), and now, Telus Health. Clearly, I thrive on variety.
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March 28, 2025
Licence Appeal Tribunal allowed leave to intervene in appeal of its own decision
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has allowed a motion by the Licence Appeal Tribunal for leave to intervene in an appeal of the tribunal’s own decision not to revoke the licences of a car dealership's managers.
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March 28, 2025
Release of O’Connor report is a good start, but there’s a long way to go to | Anita Szigeti
Seventy thousand legal professionals governed by the Law Society of Ontario (LSO) were surprised to hear that the society had finally decided to release the report of Dennis O’Connor examining the raise their CEO got without convocation’s approval last summer.
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March 28, 2025
Canadian legal groups and regulators slam Trump administration’s ‘attacks’ on U.S. judiciary and bar
Canadian bar groups and the country’s 14 legal regulators are condemning the new U.S. administration’s “attacks” on American legal institutions. The concerns of Canada’s legal community were sparked recently by various calls from U.S. President Donald Trump and his allies to impeach judges who have not ruled in favour of the Republican administration’s actions, as well as by presidential executive orders and negative statements targeting individual lawyers and law firms, the immigration bar and so-called “Big Law” in the United States.
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March 26, 2025
New FINTRAC anti-money laundering regulations allow some businesses to share information
The federal government has published new regulations regarding new obligations under the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act and associated regulations for factors, cheque cashers and financing or leasing entities.
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March 26, 2025
Lawyer organizations must meet this moment | Anita Szigeti
Ontario’s Law Society is engulfed in the biggest scandal it has ever encountered in its existence at the moment. The biggest lawyer organizations in Ontario must now seriously consider issuing strongly worded statements calling for the release of the O'Connor report, and minimally to release the benchers in convocation from their gag orders.