Insurance
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November 27, 2025
Auger Hollingsworth adds Chris Karpacz as personal injury associate
Auger Hollingsworth Accident & Injury Lawyers has announced the addition of associate Chris Karpacz to its team of personal-injury litigators.
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November 27, 2025
Law360 Canada Pulse survey 2025: AI sparks debate on legal industry's future
Canadian lawyers are somewhat split on the impact artificial intelligence will have on their industry, a new Law360 Canada survey shows. According to the 2025 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey — which marks Law360 Canada’s third deep dive into the feelings and thoughts that legal professionals have about their jobs — nearly half of respondents agreed that both the pros and cons of AI are sizable.
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November 26, 2025
Law360 Canada Pulse survey 2025: what lawyers really think about their profession
Find out what lawyers really think about their profession in Law360 Canada Pulse’s Lawyer Satisfaction Survey.
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November 26, 2025
Retrospective review of Criterion 8 cases
The Licence Appeal Tribunal (LAT) has released a steady stream of decisions addressing catastrophic impairment claims under Criterion 8, which concerns mental or behavioural disorders under the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule. A review of the decisions for the period of 2023 through 2025 reveals evolving patterns in applicant success rates and recurring themes in how adjudicators assess evidence and apply the AMA Guides, Fourth Edition.
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November 25, 2025
Law360 Canada Pulse survey 2025: lawyers grapple with stress amid financial strain, long hours
The legal profession is going through seismic change as it grapples with things like artificial intelligence, but one issue that has been around for centuries still remains — stress. According to the 2025 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey — which marks Law360 Canada’s third deep dive into the feelings and thoughts that legal professionals have about their jobs — 85 per cent of associates say they are at least sometimes stressed by their finances, along with 77 per cent of those at small firms.
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November 24, 2025
Law360 Canada Pulse survey 2025: nearly two-thirds of lawyers satisfied with jobs, but concerns remain
A recent survey of the legal profession is showing high marks on issues like job satisfaction and compensation. According to the 2025 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey — which marks Law360 Canada’s third deep dive into the feelings and thoughts that legal professionals have about their jobs — 63 per cent of respondents report being satisfied or very satisfied with their jobs overall, up from 60 per cent last year.
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November 24, 2025
Hosel rockets: A golfer’s biggest danger?
While Mark Twain described golf as “a good walk spoiled,” I don’t think he had in mind some of the serious injuries golfers have inflicted upon themselves and others during a round of golf.
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November 21, 2025
Ontario’s impaired-driving restitution proposal: Legal and policy challenges ahead
As reported by Law360 Canada, the Ontario government is exploring a new measure that would require impaired drivers who kill a parent or guardian in a motor vehicle accident to make ongoing financial support payments to the victim’s surviving children. The idea mirrors Bentley’s Law in Texas, enacted in 2023, which mandates long-term restitution — essentially child support — whenever an impaired driver is convicted of what Texas law refers to as “intoxication manslaughter” (the Canadian analogue most closely maps to “Impaired Operation Causing Death” under s. 320.14(3) of the Criminal Code).
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November 20, 2025
Canadian law firms integrate with DWF
Whitelaw Twining, a litigation law firm and Barnescraig & Associates, an insurance claims management and adjusting business, have united with DWF, a global legal and business services firm.
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November 18, 2025
Proposed reforms of civil procedure: Refreshing reboot or more of the same?
I was an articling student and had my work cut out for me. I worked on a client file to prove adverse possession for a right of way across a house that had existed since the 50s but was being enforced by a neighbour. I brought all the files I had researched myself — surveys of the land, blueprints rolled up, ancient texts, photos I took of the property, transcripts of examinations.