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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Mar 3, 2021
A lawyer and non-lawyer business partner own a business. These two have a falling out and litigation ensues. The non-lawyer business partner and other third parties have access to and are continuing to use one of the business’s shared calendars....
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Feb 3, 2021
These days, most lawyers are taking appropriate steps to see that all work-related servers, computers, mobile devices, and cloud-based apps are...
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Sharon D. Nelson Esq., Sensei Enterprises: Jan 28, 2021
The Perfect Storm is Headed Your Way The way law firms operate has undergone a drastic change over the past year, in both the physical and digital...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Jan 6, 2021
Lawyers often share with us that, as they see it, they really don’t need a cyber liability policy. They seem to base this conclusion on the fact...
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Sharon D. Nelson Esq., Sensei Enterprises: Oct 27, 2020
The following post was originally published on October 1 on the Ride The Lightning Blog by Sensei Enterprises, Inc. If You Are Hit by Ransomware,...
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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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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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Laura Churchman, Marketing Communications Manager: May 21, 2020
Effective at the May 2020 ALPS Board of Directors meeting, the Board approved the addition of Sherri Davidoff to its ranks. Sherri is the CEO of LMG...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: May 20, 2020
In many jurisdictions, commentary to Rule of Professional Conduct 1.1 Competency states that lawyers are to keep abreast of the benefits and risks...
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Sharon D. Nelson Esq., Sensei Enterprises: May 12, 2020
The following is a post by guest blogger Sharon D. Nelson, Esq., President of Sensei Enterprises, Inc., a digital forensics, cybersecurity and...
