From client forms and calendaring tips to checklists and resources for starting your solo practice, ALPS Risk Manager Mark Bassingthwaighte and other industry leaders set you up for success with fun, bite-sized content made just for you.
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Aug 4, 2026
Solo and small firm lawyers hire contract attorneys for all kinds of reasons: smoothing out workflow spikes, adding subject matter expertise, covering hearings, or simply trying to control overhead. There’s nothing wrong with any of that. In fact,...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Jul 21, 2026
Law firm risk management is no longer just about avoiding obvious mistakes. Today’s malpractice landscape shows that many claims arise from routine...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Jul 7, 2026
Solo and small firm lawyers continue to receive offers to participate in what is commonly called a license rental business model. These offers can...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Jun 23, 2026
Don't miss our July 8 CLE, Business Relationships Between Lawyers, available on-demand after it airs! Assumptions make daily life possible. We assume...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: May 13, 2026
Truth be told, I’ve been there myself sitting on the client’s side of an attorney’s desk. At the time, it felt like my legal matter simply wasn’t...
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Sharon D. Nelson Esq., Sensei Enterprises: Mar 4, 2026
Lawyers have long known that expert testimony can make or break a case. Whether the issue concerns damages, causation, medical matters, engineering...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Mar 3, 2026
Our Director of Claims, Stacey Smith, recently posted an insightful article entitled “Why Insurance Defense Firms Are Struggling to Secure...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Jan 6, 2026
For years a postmark would reliably document the date you mailed something, but not anymore. As of December 24, 2025, those glory days have passed...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Dec 24, 2025
Entering into an office sharing arrangement can be quite beneficial for all involved, particularly if all the associated ethical, malpractice, and...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Dec 3, 2025
Let’s start by defining the word deepfake. A deepfake is a hyper-realistic image, video, or audio forgery that was edited or generated using...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Oct 28, 2025
For lawyers in practice today, convenient digital communication tools such as email, text messaging, instant messaging apps, social platforms (e.g.,...
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John Horrell: May 21, 2025
Attorneys, and especially solo and small-firm attorneys, are highly resilient and self-reliant professionals. But that resilience and self-reliance...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Apr 8, 2025
A report entitled “Profile of Legal Malpractice Claims 2020-2023,” published in 2024 by the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Lawyers’...
