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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Dec 16, 2020 12:00:00 AM
Two different companies, Pfizer and Moderna, are the first to have developed approved vaccines to fight the SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19). When I stop to think about it, this really is an amazing scientific feat given the world has only been...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Dec 10, 2020 12:00:00 AM
It was January of 2020 in Birmingham, Alabama. Jeremy woke to a noise in the middle of the night and went outside to investigate. He could see...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Dec 2, 2020 12:00:00 AM
Over the years I have visited more firms that I can remember; but no visit stands out more than the one that made me feel as if I had walked on to...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Nov 24, 2020 12:00:00 AM
As a kid, I always thought any Hollywood cowboy who could shoot from the hip and kill the villain was one tough hombre that no one in their right...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Nov 12, 2020 12:00:00 AM
As Mark alluded to in Part 1 of Listening to Your Life, the journey isn’t over. Mark recaps the lessons learned over a season of cycling, exceeding...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Nov 5, 2020 12:00:00 AM
Sometimes the teacher becomes the student, which is exactly what happened to me during a post CLE conversation between a panel member and an...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Oct 21, 2020 12:00:00 AM
Sometimes a call comes in that I feel compelled to write about and this is one of those times. The question seemed simple enough. Basically, the...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Oct 7, 2020 12:00:00 AM
Here at ALPS, all of us who work in claims and risk management periodically take calls from lawyers unsure if they need to report a claim. While we...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Oct 1, 2020 12:00:00 AM
It’s no secret that society has seen an uptick in divorces since the start of the pandemic, but there have also been some silver linings in this...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Sep 16, 2020 12:00:00 AM
Just as with small businesses in every sector, small law firms have widely varying outcomes in terms of business longevity. Over the years, I’ve...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Sep 2, 2020 12:00:00 AM
In the context of a conversation between an attorney and a client, effective communication occurs when both the attorney and the client feel they...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Aug 20, 2020 12:00:00 AM
Over the 3 years following this global recession spurred by COVID-19, we’ll see a spike in bankruptcies, business dealings gone south, divorces, and...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Aug 19, 2020 12:00:00 AM
I will admit that, at times and with topics such as cyber security, I can come across as overbearing to some and as a fearmonger to others. Speaking...
