Order From Chaos: A Guide to Visual Hierarchy
Order From Chaos: A Guide to Visual Hierarchy written by designer @amylloyd explores the importance of document design.
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Legal Design and Regulatory Compliance with the Lawyers Design School – Our Good Morning/Afternoon Chat (depending on your time zone)
How luck am I? I got to start off my morning speaking with Legal Design great, Hannele Korhonen. Even though it was the morning in Ontario (the afternoon for Hannele in Finland), our discussion about Legal Design and how it can be effectively used in regulatory Compliance was anything but a “snoozefest”. Check out
Behavioural Economics and Legal Design: Choice Architecture
What can behavioural economics teach us about legal design?
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Compliance Training Video For Firms (Animated) – CSA’s Amendments to Older and Vulnerable Clients
In July 2021, the CSA published Notice of Amendments to NI 31-103 and the Companion Policy entitled Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations to Enhance Protection of Older and Vulnerable Clients. These amendments were adopted by IIROC and the MFDA (jointly CIRO). This is an excerpt from a 30+ minute Compliance Training video created
Compliance Training Video For Firms (Illustrated) – CSA’s Client Focused Reforms on Know-Your-Client, Know-Your-Product and Suitability
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CSA’s Client Focused Reforms on Suitability, Know-Your-Client, Know-Your-Product – How these Regulatory Obligations “Fit” Together.
Policies, Procedures & Forms – Old School versus the New School Method
Reinvent your policies, procedures & governance documentation
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Using Legal Design in Litigation
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Legal design is not just “lipstick on a pig”. It has real, practical uses in the law, and particularly in litigation. In my previous blog, I explored some uses for Legal Design that included “Documentation and Policy Design”, also called “Informational Design” but with a legal twist.
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Wellness in the Legal Profession and How to Re-Charge: Two Highly Recommended Hikes in the Pyrenees
Wellness in the Legal Profession The Canadian Bar Association recently published a spotlight on wellness in the legal profession addressing a National Study about burnout. To combat stressors in the legal profession, the study published by Sherbrooke University, states that, “[m]ost people are aware that the elements of a healthy lifestyle—such as a nutritious diet,
FinTechs and Celebrity Endorsements – Do Consumers Need More Clarity?
Consumers should be cautious of celebrity endorsements when choosing a FinTech
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Toronto’s Fringe Festival, Review of Roomers
July 6, 2022 – On Wednesday, I attended Roomers, my first Toronto Fringe play since the pandemic. Roomers, written by Diane Baker Mason, directed by E. Llana Nakonechny and produced by Govern Yourself Accordingly Productions, will be playing at the Factory Theatre Mainspace on Bathurst for the next two-weeks. Why am I blogging about a
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