Why is JUUL Facing So Many Lawsuits?

  JUUL Vape Lawsuit Canada – JUUL, the popular e-cigarette manufacturer that controls roughly 75 per cent of the Canadian market, has experienced significant public backlash over the past several months. Vaping – the practice of inhaling and exhaling aerosol produced by a device, often an e-cigarette, that heats e-liquid until it vaporizes – has been legal in Canada for years, but its popularity, particularly among young people, exploded following JUUL’s emergence.Since then, JUUL has become an avatar for everything – real or perceived – that is wrong with the vaping and e-cigarette industries: the health problems, the addiction, the deceptive marketing, and the targeting of teens and non-smokers. Outrage over several of these issues became so strong that it provoked a series of aggressive lawsuits. The US states of California, New York, North Carolina, and the District of Columbia have sued Juul Labs, the manufacturer of JUUL, for ‘viral marketing [that] contributed to the surge in underage vaping by teens in the district and across the U.S.,’ per CNBC. Continue reading …

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Top Lawyers was proud to sponsor the Best Lawyer costume category at the 2019 Halloween Bash in Support of the SickKids Trauma Program.

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We are delighted to welcome Toronto employment lawyer Stacey Ball to Top Lawyers ™.Mr. Ball is regarded as a leading employment and labour law lawyer in Canada.Mr. Ball has held adjunct professorships teaching employment law at The University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law and Osgoode Hall Law School. Continue reading …

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We are delighted to welcome Sonia Leith to Top Lawyers ™.Ms. Leith is a Personal injury lawyer in Toronto with a practice that largely focuses on helping victims of car, cycling and pedestrian accidents and their families. She also helps those wrongly denied access to their long term disability insurance benefits. Continue reading …

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We are delighted to welcome Damien Frost to Top Lawyers ™.Damien Frost is a defence lawyer in Toronto with over 35 years of experience as both prosecution and defence counsel.Mr. Frost is dedicated to protecting your reputation and professional standing. Continue reading …

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We are delighted to welcome Ivan Steele to Top Lawyers ™.Ivan Steele is the principal lawyer of Ivan Steele Law in Toronto. Continue reading …

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We are delighted to welcome Gary Will and Paul Cahill to Top Lawyers ™.Gary WillMr. Will is a founding partner of Will Davidson LLP and has been recognized as one of Canada’s leading experts in the practice of personal injury litigation.He is certified as a Specialist in Civil Litigation. Continue reading …

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We are delighted to welcome Toronto criminal defence lawyer Stephen Hebscher to Top Lawyers™.Stephen Hebscher brings the benefit of his 30+ years of experience in criminal law to every case.Mr. Hebscher vigorously defends the rights of his clients and works to obtain the most favourable results possible for his clients. Continue reading …

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Author: Joe Pileggi

Attention: Personal Injury Lawyers and Personal Injury Law Firms

Support the Sick Kids Trauma Program – October 25, 2019

Halloween Bash in Support of the Sick Kids Trauma Program
Location: 213 Sterling Rd, Toronto, ON
Save The Date – October 25, 2019 Get your tickets now: https://lnkd.in/gPFNGUr

Author: Joe PileggiFor the last two years the “Halloween Bash” has helped raise money for the Brain Injury Society of Toronto. This year our committee decided to change the charitable recipient!I am happy to announce that on the evening of October 25th, 2019, in the spookiest warehouse in the city, we will be hosting the Third Annual Halloween Bash in collaboration with the Sick Kids Foundation, all of the net proceeds will be going to the Sick Kids Trauma Program. Continue reading …

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We are delighted to welcome Toronto employment lawyer, Marvin Gorodensky to Top Lawyers™.Mr. Gorodensky has practiced exclusively in the area of employment law since his call to the Bar in 1988. The primary thrust of his practice is representing individuals in wrongful dismissal cases. He also represents employees and employers in other workplace, labour law and human resource matters. Continue reading …

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Author: Joe Pileggi

Structured Settlement Checklist

Courtesy of EPS Settlements Group of Canada – “The Structured Settlements Company”.Yes, it is that time of year again. Everyone needs to be prepared for the September 15th through to December 15th settlement rush. It is the time when Plaintiff and Defence counsel rush to settle claims; Insurers want to close files; and, plaintiffs are a little more motivated so they can have a stress free holiday season. Continue reading …

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Top Lawyers™ is delighted to welcome John Hyde of Hyde HR LawMr. Hyde has over 25 years of experience and represents individuals, private, public and institutional clients in a wide variety of labour and employment law matters.

He is certified by the Law Society of Ontario as a Specialist in Labour Law. Continue reading …

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As most in the legal and insurance industries are aware, in 2016, the Ontario government rolled back auto insurance coverage for catastrophic injuries from $2M to $1M. It was up to consumers to purchase enhanced insurance benefits to extend coverage to the previous protection levels. I wrote a short post about those insurance changes and my experience at the time. Continue reading …

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Author: Joe Pileggi

Autonomous Vehicles and Enhanced Road Safety – Insurance and Personal Injury Litigation Impacts?

I hate driving anywhere in the City of Toronto.It is a cacophony of pot holes, construction, and traffic jams. Tesla and other car manufacturers are rushing to provide an answer to City gridlock – Artificial intelligence, electric powered, wi fi connected, self driving cars. Continue reading …

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