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Jeffrey H. Bunn: Mar 11, 2020
It’s not nearly as woo woo as it may sound. The Japanese even have a term for it: Shinrin-yoku (loosely translated as, taking in the forest through our senses). Which, in turn, leads us to our sixth sense– a state of mind called, well-being. Time...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Mar 4, 2020
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
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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Karen Thalacker: Feb 25, 2020
Guest Blogger Karen Thalacker advocates that sometimes a good, old-fashioned phone call makes the most sense.
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David Fratarcangelo, Claims Attorney: Feb 20, 2020
Q: What do you get when you cross the Godfather with a lawyer?A: An offer you can’t understand. Q: How does an attorney sleep?A: First he lies on...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Feb 14, 2020
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
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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Kobi L Gibbs, Senior Claims Attorney: Jan 29, 2020
January is a time for making new resolutions, setting goals and evaluating what works and what can be improved. Generally, a majority of these...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Jan 23, 2020
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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Stacey Smith Claims Manager: Jan 16, 2020
In the Claims world, we love closure letters. Unfortunately, we rarely see them in the files – perhaps that is because attorneys who send closure...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Jan 15, 2020
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
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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Jeffrey H. Bunn: Jan 8, 2020
This is the third in a series of three blog posts on Law Firms and Data Storytelling. Last time banging this particular drum. And, yes, I’ll say it...
