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LMG Security: Jun 8, 2021
7 tips for protecting your community from attacks like the one on Colonial Pipeline By LMG Security The recent ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline showed just how “connected” we all are – and how an attack not only impacts the company...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Jun 3, 2021
Missoula, Montana, June 3, 2021 —ALPS, the nation’s largest direct writer of lawyers’ malpractice insurance, today launched a free virtual resource...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Jun 2, 2021
In my experience, too many lawyers appear to be quite comfortable running with an assumption that their client’s understanding of what the scope of...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: May 25, 2021
As the world re-opens and you begin to stretch your legs, ALPS Risk Manager Mark B tells some true tales and offers some tips for safeguarding your...
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John Ries, Claims Attorney: May 20, 2021
On February 23, 2021, the Montana Supreme Court issued an opinion delivered by Justice Laurie McKinnon in ALPS Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co. v. Keller,...
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Bree Buchanan & Chris Newbold: May 19, 2021
Chris Newbold: Hello, wellbeing friends, and welcome to the Path to Wellbeing in Law Podcast, an initiative of the Institute for Wellbeing in Law....
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: May 18, 2021
When it comes to problem clients, we all have a story or two to share; but what if it becomes more than that? What if a lawyer comes to realize that...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: May 12, 2021
If you were to collect everything I (and many others like me) have written on risk management for lawyers, I suspect the collection would fill a...
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Bree Buchanan & Chris Newbold: May 5, 2021
Paula Davis JD, MAPP, is the Founder and CEO of the Stress & Resilience Institute, a training and consulting firm that partners with organizations...
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Kate Whitlock: Apr 28, 2021
Many states permit lawyers to include in their engagement agreements arbitration provisions which would require potential clients to arbitrate...
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Chris Newbold, Chief Operating Officer: Apr 27, 2021
New nonprofit seeks to prioritize and improve well-being in the profession Washington – April 26, 2021: The National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being...
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ALPS Team: Apr 22, 2021
In March of 2020, just as Katie Peterson’s first year of law school was nearing its close, everything changed. As Katie rounds out a full year of...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Apr 21, 2021
I have been a risk manager here at ALPS for well over two decades now, which helps explain why I personally view the purchase of legal malpractice...
