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Mike Flaherty, Senior Claims Attorney: Apr 28, 2025
Over the years I have written a few blog posts on what is the latest version of what can euphemistically be called the Nigerian prince e-mail scam. That is: when someone presents an opportunity of a really good fee for modest work to handle a matter...
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Mike Flaherty, Senior Claims Attorney: Nov 13, 2024
When I learned that my blog would be posted between my second and third favorite holidays, I wanted to do something befitting the season that would...
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Mike Flaherty, Senior Claims Attorney: Feb 14, 2024
Every so often we get asked to write a blog for the company website, and usually I pick a topic based on a claim I'm currently involved in,...
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Mike Flaherty, Senior Claims Attorney: Mar 23, 2023
There is no shortage of ethics articles reminding you to pay attention to the occasionally overlooked question of who is the client and when a ...
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Mike Flaherty, Senior Claims Attorney: May 26, 2022
I was recently at a cocktail reception with a bunch of attorneys that I would describe as a group of 50 somethings. This gathering was a first for...
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Mike Flaherty, Senior Claims Attorney: Jul 16, 2020
As I sit at home working in relative isolation wondering when the second COVID-19 wave will crest (or is it part two of the first wave?), I have...
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Mike Flaherty, Senior Claims Attorney: Sep 19, 2019
It is often said that money is the root of all evil. I don’t know if that’s true but what is true is money is the center of all legal malpractice...
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Mike Flaherty, Senior Claims Attorney: Nov 16, 2018
A lot of legal malpractice claims come down to a he-said-she-said between the lawyer and the client and, despite ethical obligation of candor...
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Mike Flaherty, Senior Claims Attorney: May 16, 2018
With the daily grind of the practice of law we seldom take time to think about why we got into this business in the first place. With the exception...
