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3 Safety Measures Your Firm Should Implement to Avoid Wire Transfer Scams

We have received a steadily increasing number of notices from our insureds relating to fraudulent wire transfers. This increase in wire scams is seemingly a product of the increased remote interactions between parties occurring as the new normal as...

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Attorneys Beware: The Check Scam

It has never been easier than the present day to conduct law firm business without ever meeting clients in person. The result is greater efficiency...

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Decision Making as a Lawyer ... Don't Overthink It

It’s 2nd and goal from the 1-yard line, with 27 seconds remaining in the Super Bowl. You trail 28-24 and only a touchdown will seal the win. You...

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Don't Let Your Apprentice Get Lost in the Woods

I love fall in Montana. We put our rafts away and get ready for the winter as the temperature drops, the leaves change, and the snow starts to fly....

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Let's Give Each Other Some Grace...

I really struggled this month to find a topic to write about. In fact, I simply did not want to write this blog. Monday I took a partial “mental...

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It Takes All Kinds

Clearly, the world in which attorneys operate — a world where the attorney is usually the point person assisting other people or entities in...

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Estate Attorneys Beware: Real Examples from the ALPS Claims Files

“Baby Boomers, the generation of people born between 1944 and 1964, are expected to transfer $30 trillion in wealth to younger generations over the...

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Don't Fall for the Trust Account Scam

The idea of the Nigerian e-mail scam in which the rich Prince finds himself needing a few thousand dollars from you so that he can obtain his...

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Ethics Grievances and Next Steps

What is an ethics grievance? An ethics grievance/ bar complaint/ ethics inquiry are all interchangeable words for a complaint made against an...

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Buying Insurance For A House Already On Fire

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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3 Common Claims Resolution Problems and How to Avoid Them

Not too often, but often enough, we receive phone calls from concerned insureds inquiring about what they should do now they have become aware of a...

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“Deep Thoughts or Reflections” from 2020

2020 has been a year of challenges for most people, not just attorneys, both personally and professionally. The virus has created significant...

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Law and Gardening

“We must cultivate our garden.” —Voltaire, Candide I wasn’t much of a Voltaire fan when I was assigned Candide in a European History course in...

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