There’s still time to register for the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association Fall Conference! Always an excellent learning and networking opportunity; this year’s conference will take place on Thursday, November 10 and Friday, November 11 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre (South Building). This is a great opportunity to catch up on your CPD hours before
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FSCO just issued an update to the Minor Injury Guideline (MIG) effective November 1, 2011. This update clarifies some issues related to payments for treatment provided under the MIG. Here are the highlights: The collateral insurer remains the first source to look to for health care benefits, and these benefits must first be exhausted before
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Ovid said that “Everything comes gradually and at its appointed time,” this couldn’t be truer of the mediation process at FSCO. Anyone who has applied for a mediation through the Financial Services Commission is familiar with the inevitable wait involved to have a matter dealt with by the mediator. In recent years the wait times
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Automobile insurance coverage changed dramatically on September 1, 2010, when changes to the Standard Automobile Insurance Policy came into effect. Under the September 1, 2010 changes coverage for expenses related to medical treatment, housekeeping, attendant care and caregiving, previously offered in the standard automobile insurance policy, were significantly reduced or in some cases eliminated entirely.
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Our May 2011 newsletter featured an article about concussions, the symptoms, the dangers, the athletes they effect and their long-term effects. Concussions and brain injuries in sports have become a hot topic in sports since January internationally due to the superstar players who have been afflicted with concussions. It has been 7 months since Sidney
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Today’s marketplace is a competitive one. Personal injury law firms often go to great lengths to land clients, hence that unflattering term, “ambulance chasers”. Turn on 680News and you are bound to hear that “This news segment is sponsored by ___ Personal Injury Lawyers”. There are many different law firm names we could have posted
more info...Charles Gluckstein, a Toronto Personal Injury Lawyer, with a tremendous reputation, believes in work-life balance. More and more individuals today are experiencing burn-out, compassion fatigue and exhaustion from a lack of balance in their lives. Today’s society is an overwhelmingly busy society and from the looks of it, it isn’t going to slow down any
more info...The Ontario Trial Lawyers Association recently announced their 2011-2012 Board of Directors elected at the Annual General Meeting. And… CHARLES GLUCKSTEIN, OF GLUCKSTEIN & ASSOCIATES LLP is the new VICE PRESIDENT OF OTLA! Congratulations to Charles for your years of dedication to OTLA and to the legal community. Charles has served on many committees, is
more info...June is Brain Injury Awareness Month. Gluckstein & Associates LLP, a personal injury law firm in Toronto and a proud sponsor of brain injury awareness events and brain injury awareness societies across Ontario is proud to announce the following events: The Ontario Brain Injury Association (OBIA) and the Brain Injury Society of Toronto (BIST) are
more info...Gluckstein & Associates LLP, personal injury lawyers, is a proud sponsor of this year’s Acute Care & Beyond Conference, taking place at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. The Keynote Speaker is John Cairns, a well-known motivational speaker, whose presentation is “A Winning Attitude: A Leg to Stand On”. Charles Gluckstein will be speaking on “Managing Complex
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