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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Mar 4, 2020
I’ll admit that advertising missteps rarely garner much attention from those who enforce the Rules of Professional Conduct. This shouldn’t be much of a surprise because, truth be told, complaints about what some firm is doing with their advertising...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Feb 27, 2020
ALPS Risk Manager Mark Bassingthwaighte shares two real-world stories of attorneys struggling with behaviors that often lead to malpractice claims....
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Feb 14, 2020
ALPS Risk Manager Mark Bassingthwaighte sits down with ALPS CEO David Bell to discuss David’s past, ALPS future, why every company should have a...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Feb 5, 2020
The ABA’s issuance of Formal Ethics Opinion 482 in September of 2018 finally made it quite clear. Lawyers have an ethical duty to develop a disaster...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Jan 23, 2020
In this episode of ALPS In Brief, ALPS Risk Manager Mark Bassingthwaighte shares an insightful story of a dream cruise, a freak accident, and an...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Jan 15, 2020
Trust, which is built upon a lawyer’s ethical duty to keep all information relating to the representation of a client confidential, is the hallmark...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Jan 9, 2020
Prior Acts Coverage With the short history lesson of Part 1 behind us, we can now start to dig into the basics of malpractice insurance. In order to...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Dec 18, 2019
I’ve heard all kinds of crazy comments from lawyers over the years. For example, during a CLE event with a state bar’s ethics counsel sitting next...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Dec 4, 2019
For years so many, myself included, have talked about the importance of trying to find a healthy balance between work life and personal life as a...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Nov 20, 2019
For the sake of your clients, I hope you, and every other person who works at your firm, know full well what phishing attacks are and at least the...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Nov 6, 2019
Common reasons lawyers close their practices include a medical disability, wanting to retire, a move out-of-state, or a career change. While the...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Oct 16, 2019
It should come as no surprise that wellness has become a front and center topic in recent years, particularly in the legal profession; but I have a...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Oct 10, 2019
As an organization or law firm of any size looking to build a cybersecurity plan, your first step should be training your staff — making everyone...
