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Stacey Smith Claims Manager: Mar 20, 2024
We at ALPS have talked for many years about safeguards to implement to protect your firm (and your clients!) from a potential disaster. Although these will be familiar, they are worth repeating because our Claims Team continues to see claims...
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Dena Stoddard: Mar 13, 2024
The Importance of Succession Planning for Lawyers Succession planning is a crucial aspect of the legal profession. As lawyers, we devote our careers...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Feb 7, 2024
From time to time, I get involved in conversations with lawyers who have called in with a question or concern, and as we talk through the situation,...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Dec 6, 2023
This post is directed toward those of you who fail to accurately record your time on a consistent basis throughout the day, day after day. I know it...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Nov 15, 2023
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Oct 18, 2023
What happens in your firm if there’s a hit during a conflicts check? Hopefully, the conflict concern is immediately brought to the attention of the...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Sep 20, 2023
Engagement letters seem to be one of those documents most lawyers intellectually appreciate the value of but often underutilize. This letter simply...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Sep 7, 2023
Co-counsel relationships are sometimes formed “on the fly,” meaning no thorough discussion as to who will be responsible for whatever occurs. This...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Aug 2, 2023
Particularly in the solo and small firm setting, conflict missteps are often not a “whoops, we missed that name” kind of thing. More often the...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Aug 1, 2023
I know lawyers get tired of hearing it and risk folk like me get tired of always having to say it; but there is real value in documenting scope of...
