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April 30, 2020
COVID-19 Legal News Roundup: April 30th Edition
By Alan Kilpatrick, Reference Librarian The COVID-19 pandemic, and its impact on the practice of law, is changing rapidly. We want to help you stay up to date with the latest news. Each week we aggregate the leading legal news headlines on COVID-19 on topics that matter to you: access to justice, the Courts, legal innovation, legal practice, remote working,...
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April 17, 2020
New practice areas in the “Find a Lawyer” feature of the website for collaborative practitioners
Further to last week’s blog post, Update your Member Profile & Arbitration Services, we are pleased to advise that we have again expanded the practice areas in the Find a Lawyer feature of the website to include: “Collaborative Lawyer- Family Law” and “Collaborative Lawyer- Wills and Estates”. During these challenging times, it is important to ensure that members of the public,...
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April 16, 2020
New Practice Directives for Wire Transfer Procedures Via Online Wire Payments Service and Remote Witnessing of Wills via Electronic Means
Wire Transfer Procedures Via Online Wire Payments Service In the Law Society’s ongoing efforts to support lawyers in maintaining safe and effective legal services delivery in Saskatchewan during the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Law Society has prepared Emergency Practice Directive #2, with respect to Wire Transfer Procedures Via Online Wire Payments Service. Pursuant to Directive #2, during the current state of emergency, lawyers...
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April 16, 2020
COVID-19 Legal News Roundup: April 16th
Photo by Juliana Malta on Unsplash By Alan Kilpatrick, Reference Librarian The COVID-19 pandemic, and its impact on the practice of law, is changing rapidly. We want to help you stay up to date with the latest news. Each week we’ll aggregate some of the leading legal news headlines on COVID-19 on topics that matter to you: access to justice, the Courts, legal...
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April 14, 2020
MAZE ransomware warning from the Law Society of Manitoba
In the past two weeks, two Manitoba firms have called us at The Law Society of Manitoba to say they been hit by viruses – not COVID-19, but computer viruses, specifically a ransomware virus called MAZE. As a result of the virus attack, they have no access to email, Word, their accounting software, or any of their backups, including cloud...
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April 6, 2020
New Saskatchewan Law Courts Practice Directive on Gowning Policy for Counsel
The Court of Queen’s Bench has updated its practice directive GA-PD#5 respecting the Gowning Policy for Counsel. The updated practice directive can be found on the Courts’ website.
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