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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Jan 16, 2019
In the good old days, plaintiff lawyers hoping to find a few new clients would place ads on billboards located near hospitals. From an ethical perspective, as long as these lawyers followed through with their obligations set forth in the...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Jan 2, 2019
During a presentation at the ABA’s 44th National Conference of Professional Responsibility last year, a CLE panelist threw out the following. Given...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Oct 25, 2018
Regardless of size, any and every law firm is an attractive target for a cyber criminal. Think about it. Law firms serve clients of all shapes and...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Sep 4, 2018
You’ve got a very serious problem on your hands should your firm’s computer network ever become infected with ransomware, which is a type of malware...
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Stacey K. Smith, Esq. Director of Claims: Aug 21, 2018
It seems that every week, the news reports on yet another company that suffered a cyber breach. Law firms, even small firms, are not immune from...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Aug 17, 2018
We may have reached, “a fairly critical point where traditional photographic evidence just isn’t as reliable as it used to be.” This according to...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Jul 5, 2018
In today’s world, people frequently work outside of their offices. They may be working while visiting a coffee shop, sitting at an airport, staying...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: May 22, 2018
1) Wire fraud fraudsters use spoofed email so learn to spot it. Although there are a number of ways to spoof email, it can be as simple as this. The...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Apr 5, 2018
If you are not already aware, ALPS proudly partners with Clio, the easy-to-use cloud-based law practice management software company with over...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Feb 21, 2018
There are two types of businesses – those that have been hacked and those that don’t know they’ve been hacked. This may sound like hyperbole, but...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Oct 26, 2017
ALPS In Brief, The ALPS Risk Management Podcast, is hosted by ALPS Risk Manager, Mark Bassingthwaighte. While in Missoula, Libby Benet, U.S. Lead...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Aug 18, 2017
(Updated May 19, 2023) The days when an attorney could send an unencrypted email without worry, remain blissfully ignorant about encrypting a...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Oct 13, 2016
Updated 07/2023 Lawyers remain a high-profile target for scammers hoping to get away with wire fraud and the attack vectors they are using continue...
