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Chris Newbold, Chief Operating Officer: May 3, 2018 12:00:00 AM
While he was facilitating the State Bar of Nevada Strategic Planning, ALPS Executive Vice President Chris Newbold, also had the opportunity to sit down with Gene Leverty, Bar President. Nevada is contemplating requiring mandatory malpractice...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Apr 5, 2018 12:00:00 AM
If you are not already aware, ALPS proudly partners with Clio, the easy-to-use cloud-based law practice management software company with over...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Apr 4, 2018 12:00:00 AM
As a risk manager for the past 20 years, I’ve had more conversations with lawyers than I can keep track of and that were about more topics than I...
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Chris Newbold, Chief Operating Officer: Mar 22, 2018 12:00:00 AM
ALPS Executive Vice President, Chris Newbold, recently sat down with Doug Ende, the Chief Disciplinary Counsel at the Washington State Bar...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Feb 7, 2018 12:00:00 AM
ALPS, a professional liability insurance provider, interviewed me about why it is so important for lawyers to find and to be champions. The...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Jan 31, 2018 12:00:00 AM
To this day I still get the occasional call from an attorney wanting to know how to go about purchasing a tail policy and my response is always the...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Jan 24, 2018 12:00:00 AM
Last week the ALPS team gathered for a discussion about the company’s vision this year and beyond. Afterwards Mark sat down with ALPS CEO, David...
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Stacey Smith Claims Manager: Jan 17, 2018 12:00:00 AM
You have heard it many times before but it is worth repeating because we are still receiving claims from attorneys who first sued their clients for...
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Karen Thalacker: Dec 12, 2017 12:00:00 AM
We all know that clients can be difficult at times. But do lawyers have to be difficult too? Here are a few reminders about what not to do when...
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Rob Tameler, Claims Manager: Nov 20, 2017 12:00:00 AM
The short answer is yes. The common thought most law firms have is, “I’m too small a fish to worry about being hacked . . . there are bigger fish to...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Oct 13, 2016 12:00:00 AM
Updated 07/2023 Lawyers remain a high-profile target for scammers hoping to get away with wire fraud and the attack vectors they are using continue...
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I continue to be quite concerned about how we got to this point (my 50th year in the legal profession and my 30th year providing career advice to...
