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Loss Prevention

Loss Prevention Bulletins
2016
Issue 66 - Summer (2016)
  • Bulletin #231 - Better safe than sorry
  • Bulletin #232 - Calming the Anxious Lawyer
  • Bulletin #233 - On ending well and not burning bridges

Issue 65 - Winter (2016)
  • Bulletin #229 - The Upside of Redundancy
  • Bulletin #230 - Checklists for Lawyers

2015
Issue 64 - Fall (2015)
  • Bulletin #228 - Lawyer Stress 101

Issue 63 - Summer (2015)
  • Bulletin #226 - Expecting the Unexpected
  • Bulletin #227 - Billable Hours: Is More Always Better?

Issue 62 - Spring (2015)
  • Bulletin #225 - Navigating the Social Media Minefield

2014
Issue 61- Fall (2014)
  • Bulletin #223 - The Future Begins Now
  • Bulletin #224 - 10 Tips for Daily Stress Management

Issue 60 - Summer (2014)
  • Bulletin #221 - The Challenges of Self-Representing Clients
  • Bulletin #222 - Screen Your Clients and Cases

Issue 59 - Winter (2014)
  • Bulletin #219 - Limiting Missed Limitation Claims
  • Bulletin #220 - 10 Tips for Safe Pro Bono

2013
Issue 58 - Fall (2013)
  • Bulletin #217 - Doing Nothing is Not an Option
  • Bulletin #218 -  Embracing Disruption

Issue 57 - Summer (2013)
  • Bulletin #215 Back to Basics:Competence in Communications
  • Bulletin #216 When Work & Life Collide

Issue 56 - Winter (2013)
  • Bulletin #213 Sundogs and Getaways
  • Bulletin #214 Social Media and You - How to Reap the Benefits and Avoid the Risks

2012
Issue 55 - Fall (2012)
  • Bulletin #211 - Your Professional Liability Insurance and Cyber Coverage
  • Bulletin #212 - Lawyers are Vulnerable Too

Issue 54 - Summer (2012)
  • Bulletin #208 - Malpractice Avoidance - Some Friendly Reminders
  • Bulletin #209 - Book Review: Avoiding Extinction: Reimagining Legal Services for the 21st Century by Mitchell Kowalski
  • Bulletin #210 - Data Protection Tips

2011
Issue 53 - Fall (2011)
  • Bulletin #205 - Planning for the Unexpected
  • Bulletin #206 - You Have aWill, Dont You?
  • Bulletin #207 - Notify Your Insurer!

Issue 52 - Summer (2011)
  • Bulletin #202 - Put it in Writing!
  • Bulletin #203 - Keeping Your Client's Information Secure
  • Bulletin #204 - Engagement Letters, Revisited

Issue 51 - Spring (2011)
  • Bulletin #200 - Best Practices: Engagement Letters
  • Bulletin #201 - Friend or Foe? Social Media and Lawyers

2010
Issue 50 - Fall (2010)
  • Bulletin #197 - Awesome, Interesting & Valuable!
  • Bulletin #198 - The Importance of Managing Your Practice When You Don't Yet Control It
  • Bulletin #199 - Helping Lawyers Cope

Issue 49 - Summer (2010)
  • Bulletin #194 - Defining the Standard for Costs Awards Against Lawyers Personally
  • Bulletin #195 - Lawyer's Liability as a Director of a Corporation
  • Bulletin #196 - Are You a Clarifier or an Obfuscator?

Issue 48 - Winter (2010)
  • Bulletin #190 - Does a 7 Minute Call Create a Solicitor/Client Relationship?
  • Bulletin #191 - Think Twice About Bank Drafts
  • Bulletin #192 - Should You Have a Friends & Family Rate?
  • Bulletin #193 - How to Annoy (or Lose) a Client in 7 Easy Steps

2009
Issue 47 - Fall (2009)
  • Bulletin #188 - Acting as an Escrow Agent
  • Bulletin #189 - Do you use Facebook?

Issue 46 - Spring (2009)
  • Bulletin # 184 - Beware the Blame-Throwing Client
  • Bulletin # 185 - Top 10 Temptations to Avoid in a Recession
  • Bulletin # 186 - Book Review - The Busy Lawyer's Guide to Success
  • Bulletin # 187 - Safe and Effective Practice

Issue 45 - Winter (2009)
  • Bulletin # 180 - Loss Prevention eBytes
  • Bulletin # 181 - Fraud Targeting Lawyers - Another Version
  • Bulletin # 182 - Looking at the Sources of Legal Malpractice Claims
  • Bulletin # 183 - Crossing Borders with Client Information

2008
Issue 44 - Fall (2008)
  • Bulletin #179 - The Art of Client Selection

Issue 43 - Spring (2008)
  • Bulletin #176 - Recent Fraud Alerts
  • Bulletin #177 - Cleaning out the Cobwebs
  • Bulletin #178 - There Are No Guarantees

Issue 42 - Winter (2008)
  • Bulletin #173 - Retainer Letters and Conflicts of Interest
  • Bulletin #174 - The Challenges of Caregivers
  • Bulletin #175 - Ten Timesaving Tech Tips

2007
Issue 41 - Fall (2007)
  • Bulletin #170 - The Screen Door Slamming
  • Bulletin #171 - Courage!
  • Bulletin #172 - Discovering eDiscovery

Issue 40 - Summer (2007)
  • Bulletin #167 - A Handsome High Bridge Quickly Crossed
  • Bulletin #168 - Sharpening Your Tools: The Value of Continuing Professional Development
  • Bulletin #169 - Slow Law?

Issue 39 - Winter (2007)
  • Bulletin #163 - The World at Your Fingertips
  • Bulletin #164 - No Thanks
  • Bulletin #165 - Helping Lawyers at Risk
  • Bulletin #166 - 1st Rule of Loss Prevention: Document!

2006
Issue 38 - Fall (2006)
  • Bulletin #159 - The Rules of Non-Engagement
  • Bulletin #160 - I Love CanLII
  • Bulletin #161 - Pitfalls of Interjurisdictional Practice
  • Bulletin #162 - It's Closing Time

Issue 37 - April (2006)
  • Bulletin #157 - Dishonest Employees
  • Bulletin #158 - Done at last! Thoughts on Procrastination

2003
Issue 36 - December (2003)
  • Bulletin #156 - Ten Steps Towards Claims

Issue 35 - November (2003)
  • Bulletin #150 - Holidays
  • Bulletin #151 - Communication
  • Bulletin #152 - Costs Consequences
  • Bulletin #153 - Federal Privacy Legislation
  • Bulletin #154 - Taxation of Disability Benefits
  • Bulletin #155 - Client Selection

Issue 34 - January (2003)
  • Bulletin #146 - Standard Caveats
  • Bulletin #147 - Ensure you're not the Insurer
  • Bulletin #148 - Beware the Zebra
  • Bulletin #149 - Mobility - Practicing Law across Provincial Borders

2002
Issue 33 - March (2002)
  • Bulletin #142 - Business Advice - a risky business
  • Bulletin #143 - Are you Witnessing, Notarizing or Lawyering?
  • Bulletin #144 - Are your Employees Honest?
  • Bulletin #145 - It Goes Without Saying...
2001
Issue 32 - September (2001)
  • Bulletin #133 - What Will It Cost To Get Out Of The Deal?
  • Bulletin #134 - Are You Unful-filed? 
  • Bulletin #135 - Postponing The Inevitable
  • Bulletin #136 - Some Taxing Problems
  • Bulletin #137 - Do You Check, Mate? 
  • Bulletin #138 - Limitations - Again 
  • Bulletin #139 - There Still Is A Corporate Veil
  • Bulletin #140 - Misplaced Trust?
  • Bulletin #141 - Something More To Think About

Issue 31 - June (2001)
  • Bulletin #127 - Child support tax implications
  • Bulletin #128 - Virus control tips
  • Bulletin #129 - Clients who are promoting an investment
  • Bulletin #130 - New real estate process for western provinces
  • Bulletin #131 - Using scanned documents
  • Bulletin #132 - Do you use SupportWorks?

2000
Issue 30 - December (2000)
  • Bulletin #123 - Is your limitations systems complete?
  • Bulletin #124 - Are you suing the right party?
  • Bulletin #125 - Who is responsible, senior or junior?
  • Bulletin #126 - Four tips for curing the common claim

Issue 29 - June (2000)
  • Bulletin #118 - When a lawyer leaves, does every file still have a home? 
  • Bulletin #119 - Who is using your letterhead? 
  • Bulletin #120 - Mid-career lawyers at greater risk of malpractice?
  • Bulletin #121 - Environmental orders and actions affecting real estate: practitioners be warned
  • Bulletin #122 - Common law, common mistakes, common claims

Issue 28 - April (2000)
  • Bulletin #113 - Claims against wills and estate lawyers may increase
  • Bulletin #114 - Will your on-line communications lead to claims against you? 
  • Bulletin #115 - No backup system? Get one today.
  • Bulletin #116 - Growth in condominiums presents opportunities and risks for lawyers
  • Bulletin #117 - Severe penalties for misrepresentations on tax matters

1999
Issue 27 - December (1999)
  • Bulletin #110 - Pensions in matrimonial property division
  • Bulletin #111 - Bad Company
  • Bulletin #112 - Will the U.S. Y2K Act affect your practice?

Issue 26 - September (1999)
  • Bulletin #104 - Want to share space but not liability?
  • Bulletin #105 - Caution! Word processor at work
  • Bulletin #106 - Corporate tax laws hold traps for family lawyers
  • Bulletin #107 - Tired of Y2K?
  • Bulletin #108 - Be vigilant about avoiding scams
  • Bulletin #109 - Declining to take a file

Issue 25 - June (1999)
  • Bulletin #99 - Why in the world did we ever keep original wills?
  • Bulletin #100 - E-mail neglect
  • Bulletin #101 - Sending disks to clients or other lawyers
  • Bulletin #102 - Vacations can cause headaches
  • Bulletin #103 - Y2K and your word processing software

Special Issue (1999)
  • Bulletin #98 - Year 2000 has potential liability for every lawyer

Issue 24 - March (1999)
  • Bulletin #96 - GST and residential properties
  • Bulletin #97 - Should you sit on your client's board of directors?
1998
Issue 23 - December (1998)
  • Bulletin #90 - How far does a retainer reach?
  • Bulletin #91 - On keeping secrets from your clients
  • Bulletin #92 - Communicate your client's instructions
  • Bulletin #93 - Keep computer records as evidence
  • Bulletin #94 - Will others' Y2K problems "bug" your practice?
  • Bulletin #95 - Be safe: look in your filing cabinets

Issue 22 - September (1998)
  • Bulletin #83 - Conflict of interest extends to legal support staff
  • Bulletin #84 - Limit your exposure for tactical judgements
  • Bulletin #85 - Countdown to 2000
  • Bulletin #86 - Software hits can eliminate deadline misses
  • Bulletin #87 - Unintended severance of joint tenancy
  • Bulletin #88 - Cash that cheque!
  • Bulletin #89 - Merge all causes of action arising from one accident in one suit

Issue 21 - June (1998)
  • Bulletin #82 - Time to set our alarms for the year 2000

Issue 20 - March (1998)
  • Bulletin #74 - Claim for loss of a chance of future earnings survives death
  • Bulletin #75 - Where there's a will there's a duty to beneficiaries
  • Bulletin #76 - When are you retained on a new matter for a "multiple-file" client?
  • Bulletin #77 - Caution: friends and relatives ahead
  • Bulletin #78 - When a lawyer retires
  • Bulletin #79 - Case on advising guarantor overturned on appeal
  • Bulletin #80 - Would your file notes save you?
  • Bulletin #81 - Claim all damages arising from one accident in one suit
1997
Issue 19 - November (1997)
  • Bulletin #73 - Independent Legal Advice Checklist

Issue 18 - July (1997)
  • Bulletin #71 - Independent Legal Advice: A Response
  • Bulletin #72 - Advising the Guarantor

Issue 17 - April (1997)
  • Bulletin #67 - Fee Disputes and Suits for Fees
  • Bulletin #68 - Am I My Partner's Keeper?
  • Bulletin #69 - Clarifying Instructions
  • Bulletin #70 - Some Family Law Concerns and Tips

1996
​Issue 16 - December (1996)
  • Bulletin #65 - Competent Independent Legal Advice
  • Bulletin #66 - Rx For Trouble

Issue 15 - August (1996)
  • Bulletin #63 - Update on Bulletins #58 & #60
  • Bulletin #64 - Top 10 Lame Excuses for Ignoring Loss Prevention

Issue 14 - April (1996)
  • Bulletin #60 - Re: Bulletin #58, a letter from Patricia A. Miquelon
  • Bulletin #61 - Ensuring Client Confidentiality in the Electronic Age 
  • Bulletin #62 - Thefts From Cars and Offices
1995
Issue 13 - December (1995)
  • Bulletin #58 - Hospitals' Claims, Settlement/and Lawyer Vulnerability
  • Bulletin #59 - Limiting Missed Limitations

Issue 12 - August (1995)
  • Bulletin #54 - Don't Put It Off
  • Bulletin #55 - PPSA Registration, Be Accurate!
  • Bulletin #56 - Watch Those Medical Malpractice Limitations
  • Bulletin #57 - Confidentiality in Mediation

Issue 11 - April (1995)
  • Bulletin #53 - Expanding the Plaintiff Pool
1994
Issue 10 - November (1994)
  • Bulletin #52 - Memo the File!!

Issue 9 - July (1994) 
  • Bulletin #49 - See You in Court
  • Bulletin #50 - Risks for lawyers as escrow agents, stakeholders and trustees
  • Bulletin #51 - "Am I my Brother's Keeper?" Maybe!

Issue 8 - March (1994) 
  • Bulletin #44 - Crisis or merely a Major Problem?
  • Bulletin #45 - Follow-up to Bulletin No. 42
  • Bulletin #46 - Undue Influence
  • Bulletin #47 - Execution of Wills Concerns
  • Bulletin #48 - Joint and Several Guarantors
1993
Issue 7 - November (1993)
  • Bulletin #43 - The Problem Client

Issue 6 - June (1993)
  • Bulletin #38 - It is Nine O'Clock: Do you know where your student is?
  • Bulletin #39 - Don't Blame the Messenger
  • Bulletin #40 - Courier Delivery 
  • Bulletin #41 - Undertakings/Trust Conditions - The improper request
  • Bulletin #42 - Taking Care of "In Care of..."

Issue 5 - January (1993)
  • Bulletin #32 - How to Act when not Acting
  • Bulletin #33 - A Deceptive Party? Don't Act.
  • Bulletin #34 - Independent Advice - Again!
  • Bulletin #35 - Carefully Read. Then Carefully Heed.
  • Bulletin #36 - Matrimonial Law
  • Bulletin #37 - Do it, but Do it Right!
1992
Issue 4 - August (1992)
  • Bulletin #24 - What's in a name? Plenty!
  • Bulletin #25 - Check those cheques.
  • Bulletin #26 - What to do when everything goes blank.
  • Bulletin #27 - Caution: affidavit ahead.
  • Bulletin #28 - "Neither a borrower nor lender be."
  • Bulletin #29 - Looking after Mr./Ms. Deeppockets.
  • Bulletin #30 - Be an undertaker without getting buried.
  • Bulletin #31 - Where there's a will, there's a woe (potentially).
Issue 3 - March (1992)
  • Bulletin #17 - SEF 44 Family Protection Endorsement
  • Bulletin #18 - Home is Where the Smart is
  • Bulletin #19 - Problems that Tax Us
  • Bulletin #20 - It Doesn't Always Add Up
  • Bulletin #21 - Avoid Owners Boners
  • Bulletin #22 - Be Clear on Instructions
  • Bulletin #23 - Limitations Yet Again
1991
Issue 2 - October (1991)
  • Bulletin #9 - Admit Liability. Waive Limitations?
  • Bulletin #10 - The Tender Trap
  • Bulletin #11 - "I followed accepted practice."
  • Bulletin #12 - To err is human. Staying involved may be dumb.
  • Bulletin #13 - Assist the Assistant
  • Bulletin #14 - Going to the "dogs".
  • Bulletin #15 - Check those assets!
  • Bulletin #16 - Mind Your Own Business.

Issue 1 - May (1991) 
  • Bulletin #1 - Boros v. Bodnar
  • Bulletin #2 - Orleski v. Reid 
  • Bulletin #3 - Testamentary Capacity
  • Bulletin #4 - Legal Assistant/Para-legal
  • Bulletin #5 - Can we ever be too careful?
  • Bulletin #6 - Korz v. St. Pierre
  • Bulletin #7 - Preventing missed limitation periods
  • Bulletin #8 - 63398 Alberta Ltd. v. Robertson
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