There are multiple scenarios whereby fraudsters will attempt to have you wire funds to a different account than the one that you had intended to fund. Unfortunately, some of those attempts are successful. LAWPRO has received such claims and heard of many others. Here are some tips to assist you if such a fraud happens… Read More »
Categories: Fraud PreventionIn 2011 the Heritage Committee of the Law Society of Upper Canada began a project to document the disciplinary records in the LSUC archives (which go back to 1797). The aim is to make these records available to future researchers, and record such information (where available) as the nature of the complaints, the name of… Read More »
Categories: AnnouncementsThe pace of fraud emails and posts slowed somewhat in February compared to the previous month. We received 166 emails from lawyers (down from 187) and posted on 9 new fraud attempts (half the posts of January). The could partly be the result of a shortened month. 54% of the emails this month came from… Read More »
Categories: Fraud PreventionBeverly Michaelis, writing in the Oregon Law Practice Management blog, challenges lawyers to think about whether they are keeping a complete copy of client files. Often the answer is no, and there are three arguments against doing so: “I don’t want to store the paper” “Scanning is too time consuming” “The court has all my… Read More »
Categories: Law Practice ManagementIt can be uncomfortable to talk about money. When handling real estate purchases and domestic contracts, however, lawyers can’t afford to accept purchase funds on a “no questions asked” basis. Why not? Because if purchase funds come from somebody other than the prospective owner, the doctrine of resulting trust presumes that, regardless of who is… Read More »
Categories: Real EstateCatherine Sanders-Reach of the Chicago Bar Association has some good email advice for lawyers: turn off autocomplete in the address field of your emails. With headlines such as “Former bar prez copies top court on email about its ‘ill-conceived and uninformed questions” and “Did Lawyer’s E-Mail Goof Land $1B Settlement on NYT’s Front Page?“, it’s… Read More »
Categories: TechnologyThe demands of individual files can make it a challenge to give your practice’s finances the time and attention they need. From the new issue of LAWPRO Magazine, here are 20 ways you can make or save more money in your day-to-day work. Most are relatively simple and can be implemented at little or no… Read More »
Categories: Law Practice ManagementTwenty years ago, an investigative task force appointed by the Law Society of Upper Canada1 made a sobering discovery: the fund established to pay for professional indemnity claims against Ontario lawyers was underfunded by over $200 million dollars. The resulting crisis presented the bar in Ontario with one of the most serious challenges in its… Read More »
Categories: LAWPRO Errors and Omissions CoverageIt’s easy to think that, at least in your office, a major claim couldn’t possibly happen. But LAWPRO’s experience shows that errors, innocent oversights and gaffes in any type of practice can lead to big problems. And if you or your firm don’t have adequate insurance in place to address the claim, you could be… Read More »
Categories: Biggest Claims RisksLand Acknowledgement
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