archive for the ‘Practice of Law: Marketing’ category



The Quest for a New Law Firm Website

by David Canton

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

As Connie mentioned, our firm launched a new website last week. In this post, I’ll share a few thoughts about the process of creating a new law firm website.
Lawyers… [more]

Firm Takes Fresh Approach With Website

by Connie Crosby

Monday, February 6th, 2012

Congratulations to law firm Harrison Pensa in London, Ontario who have just relaunched their website. While launching a new site is not necessarily newsworthy (well, unless you are a member… [more]

Building Your Practice Profile Through Social Media

by Connie Crosby

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

On Friday I had the pleasure of speaking to an audience of lawyers at The Commons Institute's eCommerce and the Practice of Law… [more] conference in Toronto. I was given the

Improving Your Law Firm Blog Content

by Connie Crosby

Monday, December 19th, 2011

I read Steve Matthew's Slaw.ca column today Web Law Predictions for 2012 with great interest. I noted especially the prediction that "Firms Abandon Content, Blame Subsequent Failures on Social Media,"… [more]

Six Technology Tools for Improving Client Communication

by Dan Pinnington

Monday, November 14th, 2011

This article originally appeared in the Fall 2011 issue of LAWPRO Magazine. All issues of the magazine can be found at www.lawpro.ca/magazinearchives.… [more]
Technology is becoming an ever greater part of

Google Plus: One Network to Rule Them All

by Omar Ha-Redeye

Tuesday, September 20th, 2011

 
Quite a few of us in Canada have been on Google+, but we've found there are far more American lawyers trying it out. Let's hope that changes fast.
Vic… [more]

The Importance of Real Time News and Information

by Connie Crosby

Monday, August 29th, 2011

I agree, this is not news. Our lives are getting faster and we expect to know what is happening right now in the world, not what happened five hours ago… [more]

Google Bets on Disrupting the Legal Market

by Jack Newton

Monday, August 22nd, 2011

Google's venture capital arm, Google Ventures, is intent on disrupting the legal market.
First, it invested in LawPivot, a Quora-style Q&A platform for providing legal advice to businesses. LawPivot has… [more]

The Best in Digital Marketing

by Omar Ha-Redeye

Saturday, August 20th, 2011

The Canadian Bar Association's National magazine has just released an article in the July/August 2011 edition, The Best in Digital Marketing… [more]. Compiled and edited by Luigi Benetton, the article

Solo Day 2011: Law Firm Marketing Management

by Connie Crosby

Thursday, August 11th, 2011

These are notes are from a panel discussion session at the American Bar Association 2011 conference in Toronto last Friday, one of the Solo Day 2011 talks. Panelists included Charley … [more]

These are notes are from a panel presentation session at the American Bar Association 2011 conference in Toronto last Thursday. Panelists included Dominique Shelton, Wildmon Harrold, Beverly Hills, CA, Prof. … [more]

Seth Godin on the New Fundamental Shift

by Connie Crosby

Monday, August 1st, 2011

In this ten-minute video, best-selling author Seth Godin talks about a fundamental shift in today's business world that includes marketing, social media and a move toward openness. He says: "You… [more]

SlawTips      

SlawTips Top 10 Financial Errors: #9 Avoid Having a Written Office-Sharing or Partnership Agreement
Thursday, February 9

Max Amsterdam once said: “Business is the art of extracting money from another man’s pocket without resorting to violence.” The purpose of having a written agreement between all … »»

Practice

SlawTips Open Access Journals
Wednesday, February 8

There is good leagal content that doesn’t necessarily come in the neat packages that we usually look in.  Though our commercial legal database subscriptions have linked, vetted, edited, and easily. […] »»

Research

SlawTips Use join.me to Get on the Same Page Across the Web
Wednesday, February 8

When you need to collaborate on a document displayed on your screen, it’s great to have a colleague from down the hall come into your office and look over your … »»

Technology

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MLB Selected Case Summaries    

These summaries of selected recent cases are provided each week to Slaw by Maritime Law Book.
More information.

  • Banks and Banking - Liability of banks to third parties - Negligence - General

    The plaintiffs were the former shareholders of a company that failed. They sued the defendant bank alleging that it breached its contract with the company and the plaintiffs and breached a duty ...

  • Actions - Cause of action - General principles - New or extended cause of action - Opening of floodgates

    The plaintiff and defendant worked at different branches of the same bank. The defendant’s common-law husband was the plaintiff’s ex-husband. Over a four year period, the defendant ...

  • Aliens - Definitions and general principles - Immigration consultants

    The Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants (CSIC) had been designated as the sole regulatory body of immigration consultants in Canada from 2004 until June 2011. On June 30, 2011, Bill C-35 came into force, which significantly amended ...

  • Criminal Law - Sexual offences, public morals and disorderly conduct - Public morals - Obscenity - Possession of child pornography

    The accused was convicted of making child pornography available and two counts of possession of child pornography (see [2010] Sask.R. Uned. 197). Subsequently, he was sentenced ...

  • Criminal Law - Procedure - Charge or directions - Jury or judge alone - Directions regarding pleas or evidence of witnesses, co-accused and accomplices

    Rowe was convicted by a jury of five offences. He appealed.

    The Ontario Court of Appeal allowed ...

  • Narcotic Control - Offences - Possession - General

    The accused wished to access marijuana for medicinal purposes but did not have an authorization to possess marijuana issued under the Marihuana Medical Access Regulations. He was notified that a package of marihuana addressed to him had been ...

  • Narcotic Control - General - Legislation - Exemptions - Medicinal marijuana

    McCrady, who had an application pending under the Marihuana Medical Access Regulations (MMAR) to possess and grow marijuana, was convicted of possession of marijuana (Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA), s. 4(1)). Hearn pleaded guilty ...

  • Criminal Law - Sentence - Trafficking in hashish or marijuana (incl. possession for purposes of trafficking)

    The accused pleaded guilty to one count of possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking. He was sentenced to 30 days’ imprisonment to be served intermittently and 11 months’ ...

  • Municipal Law - Powers of municipalities - Particular powers - Imposition and collection of taxes or fees 

    Catalyst Paper Corp. operated a paper mill in the District of North Cowichan. Catalyst objected to the tax rate that it paid compared to residential ratepayers. In 2009, the ...


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