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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Mar 25, 2020 12:00:00 AM
During a recession, and for the three years following, there has historically been a huge spike in paid claims, which is a number that typically doesn’t return to a more normalized level until five years post-recession. In addition, and looking...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Mar 23, 2020 12:00:00 AM
While missed deadlines are always a risk management concern, the significant number of uncertainties brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic only...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Mar 18, 2020 12:00:00 AM
Occasionally a lawyer will reach out to me wanting clarification on what should be covered in a letter notifying active clients, whose matters the...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Mar 4, 2020 12:00:00 AM
I’ll admit that advertising missteps rarely garner much attention from those who enforce the Rules of Professional Conduct. This shouldn’t be much...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Feb 27, 2020 12:00:00 AM
ALPS Risk Manager Mark Bassingthwaighte shares two real-world stories of attorneys struggling with behaviors that often lead to malpractice claims....
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Feb 14, 2020 12:00:00 AM
ALPS Risk Manager Mark Bassingthwaighte sits down with ALPS CEO David Bell to discuss David’s past, ALPS future, why every company should have a...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Feb 5, 2020 12:00:00 AM
The ABA’s issuance of Formal Ethics Opinion 482 in September of 2018 finally made it quite clear. Lawyers have an ethical duty to develop a disaster...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Jan 23, 2020 12:00:00 AM
In this episode of ALPS In Brief, ALPS Risk Manager Mark Bassingthwaighte shares an insightful story of a dream cruise, a freak accident, and an...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Jan 15, 2020 12:00:00 AM
Trust, which is built upon a lawyer’s ethical duty to keep all information relating to the representation of a client confidential, is the hallmark...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Jan 9, 2020 12:00:00 AM
Prior Acts Coverage With the short history lesson of Part 1 behind us, we can now start to dig into the basics of malpractice insurance. In order to...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Dec 18, 2019 12:00:00 AM
I’ve heard all kinds of crazy comments from lawyers over the years. For example, during a CLE event with a state bar’s ethics counsel sitting next...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Dec 4, 2019 12:00:00 AM
For years so many, myself included, have talked about the importance of trying to find a healthy balance between work life and personal life as a...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Nov 20, 2019 12:00:00 AM
For the sake of your clients, I hope you, and every other person who works at your firm, know full well what phishing attacks are and at least the...
