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Bree Buchanan & Chris Newbold: Aug 12, 2020
Podcast co-hosts Bree Buchanan and Chris Newbold, who also serve as co-chairs of the National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being, introduce themselves, provide perspective on how the lawyer well-being movement began, how and why the issue has sparked...
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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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Karen Thalacker: Jul 30, 2020
There may be people in both your professional and personal lives who are at the opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to the level of...
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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...
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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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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Jul 15, 2020
A lawyer called me wanting to discuss third-party payors because his representation of his client had just ended, and he didn’t know what to do with...
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Janel Chin: Jul 8, 2020
Janel Chin, owner of Peaks and Valleys Legal Services, reflects on the undue pressures placed on her clients, particularly women, who end up with...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Jul 1, 2020
The best risk management advice I will ever have to offer is simply this: Never minimize the importance of taking care of yourself. I know it sounds...
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Sharon D. Nelson Esq., Sensei Enterprises: Jun 30, 2020
Bob Ambrogi’s LawSites blog reported on May 21 that Boston law firm Sarrouf Law LLP got scammed in 2015, depositing a counterfeit check to its trust...
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ALPS Team: Jun 18, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic forced most law firms to conduct business in ways they had not done before. Many firms were forced to transition to work from...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Jun 17, 2020
I suspect more than a few law firms, particularly in the solo/small firm space, have yet to take the necessary time to draft and write up a...
