Why It’s Important To Keep Your Emotions In Check After Learning a Malpractice Claim Is In The Works
It’s quite normal for an attorney to have an emotional response after learning a malpractice claim...
Are You Giving Your Clients Non-Verbal Cues About Your Competency as a Lawyer?
The number of times I’ve observed or heard about a problematic nonverbal interaction with a client...
ALPS In Brief - Episode 58: The Vera Project
Mark Bassingthwaighte: Hello, I’m Mark Bassingthwaighte, the risk manager here at ALPS. And...
What Lawyers Should Be Thinking About before Entering into an of Counsel Relationship
The term “of counsel” has multiple meanings. It has been used as an honorary designation for...
Why Don't Malpractice Policies Typically Cover Consulting Work? Understanding the Ancillary Services Coverage Concern
Market forces drive change and, at times, even bring about innovation. So, in response, when a...
What Lawyers Need to Know About Amazon Sidewalk
Call me crazy, but I simply don’t trust that Big Tech has my best interests at heart with...
Debut Demo of the first-of-its-kind Virtual Ethics Risk Assessment at the ABA’s 46th Annual National Conference on Professional Responsibility
Missoula, Montana, June 3, 2021 —ALPS, the nation’s largest direct writer of lawyers’ malpractice...
Why Documenting What You’re Not Retained to Do Can Be Important Too
In my experience, too many lawyers appear to be quite comfortable running with an assumption that...
Buying Insurance For A House Already On Fire
On February 23, 2021, the Montana Supreme Court issued an opinion delivered by Justice Laurie...
Why It’s Worthwhile to Look for the Learning with Problem Clients
When it comes to problem clients, we all have a story or two to share; but what if it becomes more...
A Malpractice Avoidance Checklist
If you were to collect everything I (and many others like me) have written on risk management for...
To Arbitrate or Not To Arbitrate? That Is the Question
Many states permit lawyers to include in their engagement agreements arbitration provisions which...
