David Fulton, CEO and President of True North Group Inc. co-presented “Cyber Insurance” with Stuart Tate of HighStreet Insurance. The on-demand program is now available! Key take-aways include: Understand why you are a target for cyber criminals Dive into the anatomy of a cyber-attack Consider cybercrime costs 10 tips to avoid cyber-attacks How to know you’ve …
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Amy Salyzyn is an Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law. She is a member of the Law Society of Ontario. Amy received her J.S.D. from Yale Law School for her dissertation exploring the judicial regulation of lawyers in common law jurisdictions. She also received her LL.M. from Yale Law School and …
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Nancy Bains is Tribunal Counsel and Privacy Officer at the Law Society of Alberta. She has been overseeing the Law Society’s privacy program since January 2015. In that role, she has coordinated the development of up-to-date processes, policies, and training. Nancy was in private practice for years prior to joining the Law Society. She graduated …
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Guest Author: Kayla Kneisel, Marketing Specialist, DoProcess Cloud-based technology and services have entered the mainstream and are here to stay. Cloud apps have become a regular part of our daily lives, and their underlying technologies have matured to the point where they can meet the demanding requirements of a busy law practice. Concerns about security …
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Guest Author: Patrick Hartford, NoticeConnect | Presenter for LESA’s Cloud-Based Wills Webinar Last year I read Middlemarch by George Eliot. The story, set in the 1820s, follows the inhabitants of a small English town and, to my surprise, estate planning drives much of the plot. Characters have competing wills and scandalous codicils are discovered. I …
Family Property Act for Legal Support Staff is now available as an on-demand program. Explore the ins and outs of the Family Property Act. Takeaways include practical tips to assist you in your role as legal support staff. Scroll below to read about our faculty for this program. Click here for program details and to purchase. …
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In October 2019, the Federation of Law Societies of Canada amended its Model Code rule on competence to include explicit reference to technological competence. Several provincial and territorial law societies, including Alberta, have incorporated this amendment into their respective codes. The fact that there now exists a formal duty of technological competence raises the question of …
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Address recent developments in the law and cases touching on increase in value of exempt assets, valuation dates, and double-dipping issues that arise when both income and property are shared in the same post-separation period in our on-demand program, Family Property Act and Fruit of the Marriage Tree 2021 Update. Presented by Kevin Hannah QC, a …
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Cyber-attacks are on the rise, and as a lawyer, it is wise to expect that your clients are likely to suffer some sort of hack. We are pleased to have Marin Kratz QC, chair of our Alberta Legal Technology Conference, guest author the below post to highlight important aspects of being a lawyer within a …
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Exploring an update on labour and employment law. Now available as on-demand programs. Part 1 discusses human rights including changes at the Alberta Human Rights Commission. There will also be a panel discussion on the potential future implications arising from the current global pandemic with topics including, constructive dismissal in a global pandemic, disability due …
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