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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Nov 24, 2020
As a kid, I always thought any Hollywood cowboy who could shoot from the hip and kill the villain was one tough hombre that no one in their right mind would ever want to mess with. I viewed those cowboys as heroes and would often pretend I was one...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Nov 12, 2020
As Mark alluded to in Part 1 of Listening to Your Life, the journey isn’t over. Mark recaps the lessons learned over a season of cycling, exceeding...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Nov 5, 2020
Sometimes the teacher becomes the student, which is exactly what happened to me during a post CLE conversation between a panel member and an...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Oct 21, 2020
Sometimes a call comes in that I feel compelled to write about and this is one of those times. The question seemed simple enough. Basically, the...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Oct 7, 2020
Here at ALPS, all of us who work in claims and risk management periodically take calls from lawyers unsure if they need to report a claim. While we...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Oct 1, 2020
It’s no secret that society has seen an uptick in divorces since the start of the pandemic, but there have also been some silver linings in this...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Sep 16, 2020
Just as with small businesses in every sector, small law firms have widely varying outcomes in terms of business longevity. Over the years, I’ve...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Sep 2, 2020
In the context of a conversation between an attorney and a client, effective communication occurs when both the attorney and the client feel they...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Aug 20, 2020
Over the 3 years following this global recession spurred by COVID-19, we’ll see a spike in bankruptcies, business dealings gone south, divorces, and...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Aug 19, 2020
I will admit that, at times and with topics such as cyber security, I can come across as overbearing to some and as a fearmonger to others. Speaking...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Aug 6, 2020
A lawyer was waiting on a fax with all the information she needed to complete a wire transfer. Fax received, money sent. What she didn’t know? Her...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Aug 5, 2020
More than a few lawyers who exclusively practice in the mediation or criminal defense space believe that purchasing malpractice insurance is a waste...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Jul 23, 2020
Lawyers become lawyers to help people. To right wrongs, to champion for justice. While law school prepares you substantively for the legal issues...
