Personal Injury
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November 08, 2024
Are long-term disability payments taxable?
There can be a tax liability with long-term disability payments, and if an individual is forced to rely on long-term disability (LTD) insurance as an income replacement after an injury or disability, they may wonder if those payments are taxable. The answer depends on several factors.
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November 06, 2024
Police-reported sexual assaults went up, but charges, convictions & custodial sentences went down
Sexual assaults reported to police went up from 2015 to 2019, but such offences were less likely to result in charges, court proceedings, convictions or jail time than in the previous five-year period, Statistics Canada reports.
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November 06, 2024
A punch could lead to liability headache | Jasmine Daya
A few years ago, I received a phone call from my security alarm company advising that the alarm was going off at Pravda Vodka Bar, an iconic downtown Toronto nightclub that I had purchased in 2020.
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November 04, 2024
Fed. Ct. judges take to YouTube to address bar’s & litigants’ non-disclosure of gen-AI court filings
Knowing that at least some (if not how many) lawyers and self-represented litigants are failing to disclose their use of ChatGPT or other generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools when they create content for documents filed in Federal Court, the national trial court has taken the novel step of posting YouTube videos, titled “Compliance with the Notice on the Use of Artificial Intelligence,” featuring judges who explain how to comply with the mandatory AI-use disclosure obligations the court imposed 10 months ago.
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November 04, 2024
CIVIL PROCEDURE - Appeals - Misapprehension of or failure to consider evidence - Injunctions
Appeal by appellants from trial judge's dismissal of their claims and refusal of injunction sought. The case involved a dispute between the parties over the use and maintenance of a shared well located partly on each party's land. The conflict escalated over the years, with the appellants accusing the respondents of invading their privacy and seeking an injunction to prevent the respondents from recording their activities or entering their property.
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November 04, 2024
‘Blizzard’ of liability: Dairy Queen case clarifies franchise safety, sentencing standards
In a recent case involving Ontario (Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development) v. 1222149 Ontario Ltd. (c.o.b. Dairy Queen), [2024] O.J. No. 3172, a routine workday turned into a serious workplace incident.
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November 01, 2024
Judicial council’s 1st ‘guidelines’ for AI use by judges & courts highlight risks, advise caution
The Canadian Judicial Council (CJC) is advising courts to exercise caution when using artificial intelligence (AI) tools given the potential risks, including entangling the judiciary in “legal complexities,” such as the infringement of copyright or violation of privacy laws.
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October 31, 2024
4 Lerners articling students return as associates
Recent news releases from Lerners LLP announced the return of former articling students Madeleine Cleland, Minki Jeong, Brienna French and Sanan (Sunny) Mirza as associates in the firm’s Toronto and London offices.
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October 31, 2024
More trust needed from insurers regarding mental health claims | Courtney Mulqueen
Insurance companies need to take a good-faith approach when assessing mental health claims.
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October 31, 2024
AI’s (in)ability to reason and what it means for lawyers
One of the most difficult aspects of my role at Fasken is telling lawyers that their great idea for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in their practice is not possible today and may not be possible for some time to come. (Note: Although not all AI is generative AI, for the purpose of this article, they’ll be used largely interchangeably as they often are in day-to-day life.)