Lovett & Westmacott and Ng Ariss Fong will be holding a two-hour webinar on privacy and confidentiality in professional regulation. The webinar will occur June 7, 2012 from 8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. (Pacific Time). Join us from your own office for a practical walk-through of common confidentiality and privacy issues relating to documents and information created [Read More]

Guest Blogger: Lonny J. Rosen, C.S.* * Mr. Rosen is a partner of Rosen Sunshine LLP in Toronto, as well as an Executive Member and Former Chair of the CBA Health Law Section. His full biography can be found here. Pharmacists work at retail pharmacies located within Zellers’ stores in Ontario (the “Zellers Pharmacies”). The [Read More]

When a member proves himself “innocent” of unprofessional conduct at a discipline hearing, whether the panel can or should award costs to the member will depend on the regime. For example, a statute may provide for costs where the commencement of the proceedings was unwarranted.* An Ontario court recently looked at whether a hearing was [Read More]

A professional being disciplined for professional misconduct or unprofessional conduct who fails to respond to investigative communications from his or her regulatory body may, if this silence is contrary to a duty to reply promptly to its communications, , result in even more severe discipline based on the professional’s “ungovernability.” This is illustrated in the [Read More]

Professionals can run up against ethical rules in many possible ways, but the most controversial ways will often involve speech or other forms of expression. Perhaps a professional verbally harasses or insults a patient or another professional. Perhaps a professional violates a rule involving advertising. More controversially, a professional may engage in controversial speech on [Read More]