The LSO’s advertising and referral myth | Darryl Singer

By Darryl Singer ( October 19, 2021, 1:34 PM EDT) -- In 2017, the Law Society of Ontario (LSO) amended the rules on advertising and referral fees. Despite this, in the last several years the LSO has seen fit to target the many personal injury firms across the province who generate the bulk of their work from advertising. This includes going after firms for infractions which predated the changes, when the rules were in more of a grey zone. (Full disclosure: this includes my current firm Diamond & Diamond Lawyers LLP and its senior partner Jeremy Diamond, who are presently in the middle of defending an ongoing prosecution)....