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While lawyers have until mid-October to comment on the proposed changes, there were quickly calls from some members of the personal injury bar for a total ban on lawyer advertising. PI has seen an explosion of advertising in recent years, which has undoubtedly cost some law firms millions of dollars they might have preferred to pocket or spend elsewhere. Competition in PI is fierce and there is certainly a level of mutual resentment among some of the firms whose names you’ve seen on the sides of buses.

http://www.canadianlawyermag.com/5679/Total-ad-ban-a-no-go.html

“The civil justice system in Ontario is broken,” Justice Myers said in the recently released decision of Saleh v. Nebel. “It is too slow and expensive to meet the needs of most Ontarians.”

http://abovethelaw.com/2015/08/the-view-from-up-north-judge-benchslaps-lawyer-for-sharp-practice/

Toronto, Ontario — August 5, 2015 — Allstate Corporation has just reported its latest numbers. The company suggests a solid increase in company revenues as premiums increase in the wake of a broad uptick in auto accidents.

http://www.collisionrepairmag.com/news/insurance/17395-allstate-revenues-up-in-q2-increase-in-accidents-driving-premium-increase

German automakers BMW, Audi and Daimler recently announced their purchase of Nokia
Maps for $2.75 billion, a move that places the companies in a more strategic position to develop self-driving cars.

http://www.insurancebusiness.ca/news/could-driverless-cars-eliminate-auto-insurance-in-canada-193932.aspx

“You have a legal obligation to provide three documents: your driver’s license, ownership and insurance – you don’t have an obligation to answer any questions beyond those documents,” Toronto criminal defence lawyer Reid Rusonik says.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/culture/commuting/what-must-i-legally-do-when-police-pull-me-over/article25829415/

“Cars don’t seem to be any more secure than when the university guys did it,” says Charlie Miller, a security expert at Twitter who, along with well-known hacker and security consultant Chris Valasek, engineered the attack on the Jeep Cherokee.

http://www.ctvnews.ca/autos/automakers-struggling-to-prevent-hackers-from-seizing-control-of-cars-1.2503295

The bombshell news of the “Wicked Tuna” TV star defrauding the U.S. government for $44,000 worth of disability benefits should serve as a critical lesson: insurance fraud is prevalent, and can come from almost anywhere.

http://www.insurancebusiness.ca/news/how-smart-brokers-detect-fraud-from-the-start-193895.aspx

An injured party and their family have a time limit within which to bring a lawsuit to recover damages or losses relating to an injury. The time limit for doing so in the Province of Ontario is usually 2 years from when the claim was discovered or reasonably discoverable (the “limitation period”). Many assume that claims are discovered (and the limitation period begins to run) when the injury occurs. In medical malpractice lawsuits, however, this is not always the case.

http://otlablog.com/discovering-a-claim-of-medical-negligence/

The noises courts have been making about lawyers’ duty to litigate efficiently has come to a head with an Ontario Superior Court judge’s decision to deny a successful defendant a $100,000 costs award for failing to co-operate with the other side’s lawyer.

http://business.financialpost.com/legal-post/ontario-judge-denies-successful-litigant-costs-because-of-uncivil-trial-tactics